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!!!
This year we will celebrate "Pumpkin Day". Would you like to volunteer to send in a food with pumpkin in it? Here are some ideas: pumpkin bread, pumpkin fudge, pumpkin butter, pumpkin pie, pumpkin ice cream, spiced pumpkin seeds, etc. We will have a pumpkin snack tasting during the afternoon of this special day. Also, if you'd be willing to donate a pumpkin, please do so! We are in need of five. Just send it in whenever you get a chance! Pumpkin Day will be next Wednesday, October 26th! We will use the pumpkins to learn about measurement, perimeter, and multiplication.
To celebrate the Blue Ribbon School honor that our school has achieved, Friday, November 4th will be Blue Ribbon Day. Before this day, the students will receive the new blue t-shirt, which should be worn 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!
I am interested in having our class participate in the Savannah Harbor Foundation's Eleventh Annual Gingerbread House Competition. I need to preregister our class, and we would get a prebuilt shell to decorate. Before I sign us up to do this, I need to know if there are a few parents who would be willing to decide how the class decorates the shell and who would be willing to take charge of making the list of what candy supplies are needed. Then those parents could come in and lead the class in decorating the gingerbread house. If anyone is interested, please email me. Thanks!
Reading Challenge: This quarter, the challenge is to get to 150 points by December 16th. I have such amazing readers in my room who have already met this new reading challenge! Yah for 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 7-9 vocabulary test is Wednesday.
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 10 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 with Chapter 3 on addition and subtraction. We will complete lesson 3-14. Diagnostic Checkpoint 3C is on Tuesday, October 25th. The Chapter 3 test will be on Wednesday, October 26th. We will begin Chapter 4 on Friday.
Social Studies: We will be learning map skills as well as what the seven continents and four oceans are. Students will also learn some key pieces of information about where they live. We will continue Chapter 1 called "Communities Are People." The continents and oceans test is on Tuesday, October 25th. The "People and Places to Know" test is on Thursday, October 27th.
Bible: Proverbs 3:3 "Never forget to be truthful and kind. Hold these virtues tightly. Write them deep within your heart."