classroom wishlist...

Ms. Wetzel's class is in current need for tissues, whiteboard markers and snacks. Ms. Whalen's class is also in need for snacks and whiteboard markers. Thanks!!

Social Studies study guide

Quiz 1... Southern Colonies... Test Friday, April 22, 2011

• Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement.


• John Smith said that colonists that did not work could not eat.


• Jamestown almost did not survive The Starving Time.


• Maryland was begun as a refuge for English Catholics.


• The first cash crop in the colonies was tobacco.


• South Carolina's cash crops were rice and indigo.


• The Middle Passage was the trip from Africa to America.


• Slaves did most of the work on plantations.


• James Oglethorpe tried to start a colony for poor people in Georgia.


• Many of the colonial settlers were from the continents of Europe and Africa.


• Be able to label the five southern colonies on a map.

Spirit Week

We will be celebrating as a whole school spirit week next week.

• Monday- 3rd grade will be wearing darker blue shirts. Solid colors or uniform shirts please.


• Tuesday- hoodie day


• Wednesday- dress up day- shirts, ties, dresses, not costumes.


• Thursday- Neck up- hats, crazy hair, face painting, but no masks.


• Friday- Dress down day- we only earn this if our class raises $25 in support of the new school

If your child does not want to participate, they need to wear a regular uniform. Thanks! Ms. Whalen and Ms. Wetzel