Announcements:
I am in need of a parent to watch the class on November 2nd from 1:00 to 2:40. All the 2nd and 3rd grade teachers will be in a workshop here at school during that time. If you could watch the class, please email me. Thanks!!!
To celebrate the Blue Ribbon School honor that our school has achieved, Friday, November 4th will be Blue Ribbon Day. Students should wear the new blue t-shirt on that day. Also, all students should bring a lunch from home as we will be having class picnics on the lawn. As a special treat, children will get Blue Bell Ice Cream. After that, we will have a special chapel in the Lower School gym where students will watch a film about our school and thank the Lord for all his many blessings. You are invited to join in the festivities and fun!
Thanks to Carmen DeYoung, Teresa Mercer, and Marsha Oliver who are heading up our gingerbread design for the Savannah Harbor Foundation's Eleventh Annual Gingerbread Decorating Contest. Look for more to come on how you can help with this project!
Reading Challenge: This quarter, the challenge is to get to 150 points by December 16th. Yah for William Oliver, Caylie Maye Cornwell, McCulloch Hoxie, Geshna Paravata, Kalina Rashkov, and Allison DeYoung!!!! They have meet the reading challenge even before I set it!
Book report: The book report poster, which should be neatly done, proofread, and in full color is due October 31st.
Reading: We are reading The Mouse and the Motorcycle. The Chapters 10-11 vocabulary test is Tuesday.
Reading with Mrs. Chambers: If your child goes to Mrs. Chambers for reading, please go to her website at http://mrscchambers.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week.
Cursive Handwriting: All letters have been reviewed/taught. If your child continues to have trouble with a particular letter or letters, I will send home extra practice for him or her to do. On each spelling test students get a cursive handwriting grade. You will see this below the spelling test grade.
Language: We will work on learning the rules for making singular nouns plural.
Spelling: Students will learn the words in lesson 11 this week. Students who get 100% on the spelling pretest on Monday will receive an accelerated spelling list for that week. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the grade level spelling words each week. Just go "Find a List" and then for the teacher type in "SCPS Third Grade." All the lists for the entire year will appear. Just choose the one for this week.
Writing: For the next five weeks students will be learning how to organize their writing. This week we will focus on writing to compare.
Timed Tests: Timed tests will be on Tuesdays this year. This month I give students both additon and subtraction timed tests. They should be ready each week for both kinds of timed tests. Students have 1 minute for 25 problems, 2 minutes for 50 problems, or 4 minutes for 100 problems.
Math: We will finish continue with Chapter 4 called "Time, Data, and Graphs." We will complete lessons 4-2 through 4-5. Diagnostic 4A is on Thursday.
Social Studies: We will continue Chapter 1 called "Communities Are People." The test over Chapter 1 will be on Thursday. A study guide will go home on Tuesday. We will continue learning geography mapping skills. We will also learn more about the geography of Georgia and write a paragraph about a favorite holiday. Students will begin a project called "My Community Booklet" where they write and draw pictures about their community in booklet form.
Bible: Proverbs 3:4-5 "If you want favor with both God and man, and a reputation for good judgement and common sense, then trust the Lord completely; don't eve trust yourself."