Dear Families,

We are settling into our daily routines.  Friendships are forming.  The third grade students explored the award winning Arcadia Historical Museum and then cleaned up the Arcadia Beach.  We have another trip to the fishing weir on Oct. 10.

I’m in the process of planning a second grade field trip entitled Historic Sites of Onekama, as well as our annual Spirit of the Woods trip. 

Look for permission slips for BOTH FIELD TRIPS next week. 

Work in language this week included working with homonyms – words that sound alike but have different meaning and spellings. 

Examples:   pair  and pear,  meet and meat, do and due, flee and flea, etc….

The use of adjectives in writing descriptive sentences, as well as analyzing the two main parts of a sentence (subject and predicate), were also learning objectives for the week. 

The third graders are also reviewing for the Michigan Educational Assessment Test, which will be taken in October.  If you have questions about this standardized test, also known as the MEAP, please contact me. 

Sincerely,

Gretchen Eichberger-Kudlack

231.889.5521 ext. 341

geichberger@manistee.org

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Thank you – geichberger@manistee.org