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*Updated March 16, 2010

Important News

Students will have their final CSAP testing sessions in writing on Monday and Tuesday of this week. We are very proud of how hard our students have worked on their tests. Thank you for all of your support during the testing days and weeks.
Thank you to the families that have provided items for our CSAP breakfasts. The students always look forward to these mornings.
There will be no homework this week due to CSAP testing.
If students chose last week’s homework option to make a leprechaun trap, they should bring their traps in on Tuesday, March 16^th. We will “set” them Tuesday afternoon. Students will bring home their traps Wednesday. Don’t forget to ask your student if they were able to catch a leprechaun. We are excited to see if we attract leprechauns this year!
There will be no school March 23-March 30. School will resume on Wednesday, March 31^st. Have a fun, safe Spring Break!
During the month of February and the first two weeks of March, Aspen Creek students have had the opportunity to earn duct tape along with PRIDE paws. Students earn PRIDE paws for showing they are positive, responsible, inclusive, dependable and engaged. Students voted each time they earned a PRIDE paw for which principal (Mr. Livingston, Mr. Perez or Mrs. McKercher) they would like to see duct taped to the gym wall during this trimester’s PRIDE pep rally. This Thursday, March 18^th, students will get to put the duct tape they have earned for their outstanding choices over the last month and a half onto the winning principal, Mr. Perez, during our second trimester PRIDE pep rally. Ask your student how many pieces they will be taping on Mr. Perez this Thursday.
This Friday, students are invited to show their school spirit by participating in Funky, Fun Friday. This week’s theme is Beach Day. Students may wear any school dress code appropriate beachwear.

Coming Home

You should have seen a newsletter coming home in your student’s homework folder on Monday.

This Week in Class

In math, students will continue to review geometry and fractions concepts. In third grade students are expected to identify and compare basic fractions such as halves, quarters and thirds. We will also talk about basic fraction vocabulary (numerator, denominator) adding fractions with like denominators and identifying equivalent fractions.

In social studies this week, students will work on earning a new badge for their Colorado history t-shirt. They will be looking for facts about the basic needs of a Native American tribe and will turn these facts into a reader’s theater script which they will perform for the other third grade classes.