We are looking forward to a fun school-wide Falcons Spirit week, ending with our 3rd Grade Super Bowl Friday! Be on the look out Monday for a flyer coming home with information about Super Bowl Friday. The flyer will explain about snacks, but I wanted to add an important reminder. If your child has a food allergy and you want them to be able to participate in the snacks, please be sure to send in a snack that they may eat, as well as make sure that they know what they can or cannot eat from the other shared snacks. Please email me with any concerns or questions.
Here's a look at this week... Reading - Point of View & Visualization We are learning to distinguish between the author's point of view and the reader's point of view. We are also focusing on visualizing when we read. Good readers create pictures in their mind while they are reading. We will continue reading Mr. Popper's Penguins. Language Arts Spelling - Sort 18 Writing - Narrative Writing Grammar - Superlative & Comparative Adjectives Math - Line Plots and Measurement Science - Regions & Habitats of Georgia Social Studies - Franklin D. Roosevelt Guidance - Ask us about our lesson with Mrs. Edwards on Monday. ILC - We have a lesson with Mrs. Bates on Thursday. Upcoming: Tuesday, January 31st Personal Safety Program Thursday, February 2nd Penguins due Friday, February 3rd Super Bowl Day February 20 - 24 Winter Break - No School We had a great week! Be sure to check Take Home Folders for your child's final product from the Computer Lab. If your child is starting a new Fast Class for Spring, please be sure to send in a note the first day of class so that your child and I are 100% sure that they are signed up for the class. Thank you for helping make sure your child gets home safely.
Here's a look at this week... Reading - Point of View In Guided Reading groups we will focus on point of view in fictional text. We will continue reading Mr. Popper's Penguins. Language Arts Spelling - Sort 17 Inflected Ending -ing Writing - Informational Writing We are finishing our animal research papers. Grammar - Figurative Language (idioms) Math - Line Plots and Measurement Science - Regions & Habitats of Georgia Social Studies - Franklin D. Roosevelt Garden - We will have a lesson with Mrs. Stone in the garden on Thursday. Upcoming: Thursday, February 2nd Penguins due February 20 - 24 Winter Break - No School Due to the two snow days and the student holiday on Monday, we will continue focusing on the same content this week.
Here's a look at this week... Reading - Theme We will continue reading Mr. Popper's Penguins focusing on cause and effect, as well as persuasion. Language Arts Spelling - Sort 16 Words with VCe and VCC. Spelling Test: Friday Writing - Informational Writing We will continue writing an informational paper on an animal based on our research. Each student selected an animal, researched it, and took notes this past Thursday. Next we will write an outline using our notes. Then we will write a rough draft based on our outline. Be sure to ask us what animal we chose for our research. Grammar - Simple, Complex, & Compound Sentences and Conjunctions Math - Equivalent Fractions & Comparing Fractions Science - Habitats Social Studies - Mary McLeod Bethune ILC - We will go to the ILC on Thursday. Guidance - We will have our lesson with Mrs. Edwards on Friday this week due to the holiday on Monday. Upcoming: Monday, January 16th MLK Day - No School Thursday, February 2nd Penguins due February 20 - 24 Winter Break - No School Dear Parents,
Although it is only the middle of January, the end of school will come fast and soon you will have a fourth grader! If you have not been through the transition before, it can be cumbersome. One major change is transitioning from a standards-based report card (1, 2, 3) to a traditional grade-based report card (A, B, C, D, F). We want to help you see the correlations in what your child’s grades would be if they were letter grades and not “1, 2, 3”. Beginning Tuesday, January 17 the third grade teachers will begin recording % grades on students’ papers. We will continue to do this until the end of the year. The grade recorded for report cards in third grade will still only reflect the standards-based score. Here is a conversion chart for your reference: A 90-100% B 80-89% C 74-79% D 69-73% F 0-68% Sincerely, The 3rd Grade Team Report Cards were sent home on Friday, January 6th. The report card is yours to keep. Please sign and return the unsealed envelope.
Here's a look at this week... Reading - Theme We started reading Mr. Popper's Penguins which is a very funny story about a man named Mr. Popper. Your child will bring home directions this week for their January Book Project: Penguins on Parade which ties into our novel study. Penguins are due on Thursday, February 2nd. Language Arts - Spelling - Sort 16 Words with VCe and VCC Writing - Informational Writing We will start researching an animal and writing an informational paper based on our research. Grammar - Simple, Complex, & Compound Sentences and Conjunctions Math - Fractions Science - Habitats Social Studies - Mary McLeod Bethune ILC - We completed our Patriot research with Mrs. Bates. Computer Lab - We worked on saving our Patriot research to flash drives. Be sure to send in a flash drive with your child so that they can share their research with you. Hope to see you at Chick-fil-A night on Monday, January 9th! Please check your email for important information regarding dismissal tomorrow.
Cobb County Schools will dismiss 2 hours early tomorrow. After School Program is canceled for tomorrow, Please make alternative arrangements for childcare if your student regularly attends ASP. Two hour early release means that our car riders will be released at approximately 12:15 pm. Buses should leave campus between 12:20 and 12:25 pm. They should arrive at your stop approximately two hours earlier than usual. As a safety measure, please be at your stop with plenty of time to meet your student. If you need your child to go home in a manner than is different from their usual manner, please make sure to send in a transportation change note. This is critical for our students who typically attend ASP. A reminder - ASP is canceled - and alternative plans need to be made. Please provide any changes in writing - not email - to your child's teacher. Change of transportation form can be found here. Please check news outlets/the Cobb County website/the Cobb County Facebook page for further updates. |
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