Dear Families,
We are pumped up and ready for our SOL tests this month. The students have been practicing all of their strategies and we celebrated today with a school wide PEP Rally! Our third graders wowed the second through fifth grades with their songs of positivity! I am so proud of the children and their performance today!

The third grade will be performing again on Tuesday, May 28 at 6 pm for our PTO meeting. A letter from Ms. Atkins came home last week. The students are asked to report the library at 5:45 for this evening performance.
Next week in Reading we will be reviewing drawing conclusions in nonfiction, comparing settings, characters, and events in fiction, and using character traits to make fiction inferences. Please use the reading passages in your child’s folder to help them remember how to practice finding the answers to questions using evidence in what they read. In writing we will focus on writing to persuade. In math we will be reviewing computation and estimation to solve problems with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. The students need to remember to slow down and show their work, or as I remind them, DO THE MATH, be successful with their third grade math skills. In social studies we will learn about Christopher Newport and his contributions to the colonization of Virginia.
As you help your child prepare for their SOL tests please check their homework and remember to read for twenty minutes every night, check over their homework for completion and accuracy, and monitor their agenda because additional assignments may come home as the need arises. Other great resources are SOL Pass and your child’s Hclever account!
Upcoming Dates:
Thursday/Friday May 16-17-Reading SOL
Thursday/Friday May 23-24-Math SOL
Monday, May 27-Memorial Day Holiday
Tuesday, May 28-PTO Third Grade Performance 5:45 pm -7 pm
Friday, May 31-Field Day rescheduled