The new reading challenge is to get 150 Reading Counts points by December 17th, the end of the second quarter. Getting 150 points by this date will put them on the right track for making it to the end of the year sleepover. For those who meet the challenge, I will be providing pizza for lunch when we come back to school in January. If anyone could send popscicles and/or drinks, that would be wonderful too.
The week of October 18-22 Lower School Outreach is collecting items to be donated to the homeless. We will be collecting socks, stocking hats, gloves, and scarves. If you are able, please donate something for this worthy cause.
Report cards will go home on Wednesday. Please sign and return them Thursday. If your child earned Honor Roll, High Honor Roll, or Headmaster's List, he or she will be honored at a special assembly on Friday, October 29th at 9:30 in the Eckburg Center. We would love for you to come watch your child receive his/her special recognition.
I will be out Friday. I am going to a cousin's wedding in Jacksonville. Both my daughters are going to be in the wedding and are super excited. We are looking forward to this time with family.
October Book Report: For this book report, students will be creating their own Reading Counts test on a chapter book. For this reason, the book they choose cannot be a Reading Counts test book. I sent home guidelines on creating the Reading Counts test. After Mrs. Tootle and I put the tests in the Reading Counts program, the student who created it will be the first to take the test. Punctuation, spelling, and correct grammar count as well as coming up with good questions. The book report is due October 29th.
Reading: If your child has Mrs. Slaughter for reading, then you can go to her website at http://mrsslaughter.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week. If your child goes to Mrs. Chambers for reading, then you can go to her website at http://mrscchambers.weebly.com to find out what they are doing in reading each week. The accelerated group will begin The Mouse and the Motorcycle this week. A letter will come home on Monday outlining the vocabulary test dates and the requirements for this book.
Cursive Handwriting: We have reviewed all the letters. Some students need extra practice at home as well. I will continue to write notes on the tops of paper for the children who are still finding it a challenge to form the cursive letters correctly.
Language: We are reviewing possessive words and quotation marks this week.
Spelling: This week we will learn the words in lesson 9. The test is on Thursday. You can go to www.spellingcity.com for online practice of the spelling words each work. 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: This quarter we will focus on organizing our ideas so that they flow together smoothly. Paragraphs should still be indented, have a topic sentence, three or more detail sentences, and a concluding sentence. We will continue to work on making sure all sentence are complete thoughts and not run-on sentences or fragments.
Timed Tests: Timed tests are on Wednesdays. This week will be 100 subtraction problems in 4 minutes. Students should be studying addition and subtraction math facts every night.
Math: We will continue Chapter 3 on adding and subtracting. We will cover lessons 3-8 through 3-11. Diagnostic Checkpoint 3B will be Thursday, October 21st.
Social Studies: We will continue our unit on geography and Chapter 1 about communities. Students should be using their study guide to prepare for the Continents and Oceans test which is on Wednesday, October 20th. Students should also know their address and phone number. Please refer to the study guide for further details.
Bible: This week's verse is Matthew 11:28 "Come to me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest."