We want to remember all the days that Mrs. Jones , our school nurse, has made a difference for our class this year! Wednesday is School Nurse Appreciation Day! Let's remember her with cards, flowers from your yard, or other small treats from home.
Dear Parents,
I hope you all had a relaxing Spring Break, now we are ready to take the all important Georgia CRCT April 21 – April 27. Instead of being worried about the test, we would like to think of this as a CELEBRATION of all we’ve learned in third grade. To help us CELEBRATE, we are planning some fun, stress-free activities for each afternoon. Please mark these on your calendar.
These are the special activities for each day:
· Tuesday, April 21 and throughout testing-We have discussed that we are in training for the “BIG GAME” which starts on this day. Wear a jersey of any kind.
· Tuesday, April 21-Game Day-Students may bring in board or card games to share with classmates. Please label containers.
· Wednesday, April 22-Rotating Labs
· Thursday, April 23- Movie Day-Each class will watch a movie in their classroom. Teachers will provide popcorn.
· Friday, April 24- Arts and Crafts Day-Students may bring in arts and crafts supplies to make projects, or coloring, drawing, or activity books. Be prepared to share supplies with each other. We will have glue, scissors, and construction paper available.
· Monday, April 27-Puzzle/Games/ Research
We would also like your help with providing some “brain food” snacks for each day. Please fill out and return the form at the bottom of the page letting us know if you can send some of these in. Please send in the food by Monday, April 20.
Thanks for your help,
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I will send in the snack(s) that I have checked below by Monday, April 20.
__________________________________
Parent Signature
______ raisins ______ pretzels
______ crackers/goldfish ______ orange juice
______ apples or bananas ______ peanuts
______ apple juice ______ grapes (send these in on 4/21)
______ plates ______ cups
______ other ____________________________________ ______Trail Mix
Poetry Book Report
Our book report for this month is poetry. After reading a “poetry book”, choose a poem that you would like to memorize, rewrite, and decorate. This will be a short month for us therefore you will only need to complete the following:
1. Rewrite the poem in your best handwriting. Make sure you include the title, author, and the book title of the book where you found the poem.
2. Create a boarder to go around your poem or draw an illustration to go with your poem.
3. 3. Memorize your poem. Make sure you do your very best for your classmates. You may use costumes, props, or anything else you think will add to your presentation. But…costumes or note necessary.
Poems are due: Thursday, April 30, 2009
Enjoy these games!
Fractions and Decimals
Fractions ELab http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/10.html
Parts of a Group Elab http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/11.html
Decimals Elab http://harcourtschool.com/activity/elab2004/gr3/12.html
Lots of Fractions Games http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_3rd_original.htm
Fractions Virtual Manipulatives http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_102_g_2_t_1.html
What Students Need to Know about Fractions and Decimals from The Georgia Department of Education
Decimals Railroad Game
~The Witty Scoop~
Dear Parents,
We would first like to say thank you for the wonderful cards and gifts we received for Teacher Appreciation Week. Thank you for your thoughtfulness!
The school year is almost over, and with that said, we all know that CRCT testing is right around the corner. This year the testing window will be from April 21- May 1. This time period will include the make-up testing, so please make sure your child is present on these critical days. Information regarding the practice tests online was sent home a while ago. Please contact either teacher if you have any questions or concerns regarding the online practice test that is available to your child.
The 4th quarter will be filled with interesting topics and focal points. In reading and language arts, the students will be focusing on poetry, and narrative reading/writing. Magnets, heat, recycling and conservation are the hot topics in Science. In Social Studies, historical figures such as Eleanor Roosevelt, Thurgood Marshall, Cesar Chavez and Lyndon B. Johnson will be discussed. The spotlight will be on multiplication and division in math, please continue practicing the math facts with your child as the student’s will be learning about extended multiplication and division. Growth and development will be the topic for Health.
In addition to practicing math facts, please encourage your child to read every night. Each student has received a reading spinner that can be used on any book to help increase their understanding of the book they’ve read. The also received a “Questions folder” which can be used to aid their thinking process, it allows the student to ask questions about the text and then identify how and where in the text the question was answered.
We have once again used all of our classroom supplies and ask that you please send in pencils, eraser caps, and Kleenex. Please place pencils in your child’s pencil case and send a few in for the class. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Check our blog weekly as updates will be posted. Have a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Scott & Ms. White
READ! READ! READ!
Reading spinners were sent home today with each student. They can be used with any reading passage or text. After your child has read a portion of a story or 1 to 2 pages in a book they can spin the spinner. Then they will make a statement or ask a question based on where the clip landed. A KEY is glued to the back of each spinner to help them remember what they need to do for each word. They are very excited about their new spinners, so pick a family favorite book and try it out before bedtime.
Dear Parent,
We are putting together a Brainy Box for our classroom. Every child is smart in different ways. Each of the eight smarts have been included. Below is a list of itmes we are trying to collect for our Brainy Box. If you have any of these items laying around your house collecting dust we would love to give them a new home. Thank you for helping us show what we know in our classroom!
Brainy Box Item Requests
Rubics Cubes Go Fish
Jenga/Jumble Towers Crazy Eights
Guess Who games Sudoku books
Peg Board games Educational Trivia games
Word Searches Scrabble
Dear Mates,
As we continue to go green we are posting the weekly agenda our blog.
| DATES: | week of March 2, 2009 |
| L.Arts | Using questions, predictions and inferences to Jump into the text How I Became a Pirate |
| Math | Measurement: Area and Perimeter |
| Science/Soc. St. | Habitats/ Mary McLeod Bethune/ Franklin Delan Roosevelt |
| Health | Respiratory System |
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| 31 |
