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NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER MARCH 3-7

PICKETT’S MILL- If you are interested in being part of the new P.T.A. at Pickett’s Mill, please plan to attend a meeting on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 p.m. at North Star Church on Blue Springs Road.

READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY- Everyone is being asked to read for one hour (1:00-2:00) on Wednesday afternoon. Please have a great book ready to read!

EARLY RELEASE- Remember, students will be dismissed at 12:20 tomorrow.

BOOK FAIR- The wonderful book fair will be going on all week in the Media Center. Our class will have the opportunity to preview the books tomorrow. Please plan to bring you child to the fair either before school or after school one day this week

PICTURES- Please be looking for a picture to go with your descriptive writing. You will need it by Thursday of this week. Think about what you want to write about, and then how you could show that in a picture. It can be a picture that you can trace. It doesn’t need lots of details, because we will be making “silhouettes”.

ACCELERATED READER-Most students have already met their 12 point AR goal for this nine week period. If you haven’t, you have two weeks to meet your goal. It’s not long until the “P”Party. We want everyone to be able to come.

CONGRATULATIONS- Jameson Keasler is our newest Math Buster. Sarah Davis’s writing was chosen from our class to be considered for the Writing Fair.

THANKS!!!!! We truly appreciate all of the parents who come in to help on a regular basis and the parents who plan special lessons for us. We couldn’t do it without you

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Core Words- didn’t, I’m, car, morning, body Bonus Words- coastal plain, humidity, Live Oak (Georgia state tree), pocket gopher, tortoise, alligator, Spanish moss, Okefenokee Swamp, marsh / Cloze Review on Thursday

ENGLISH- DOL quiz over packet 22 on Wednesday / Descriptive writing / sequencing and time order words / compare and contrast

READING- “Centerfield Ballhawk” / Comprehension quiz on Thursday / Story maps / Vocabulary / Trading cards / Book Fair Preview / Meet AR goal by next Friday/ Shiloh video-compare and contrast the book and the movie

MATH- The students did much better on the measurement corrections. The test should be signed tonight. Please help your child with the ones that were missed. We will introduce the Metric System this week / Perimeter and area

SCIENCE- Discuss swamp and marsh- emphasis on protecting the swamp/marsh areas of the state and nation


I would like to show the students the video of Shiloh on Wednesday. It is rated PG due to some language. Please cut this permission form off and return it tomorrow indicating if your child can see the video.

_______Yes, my child can watch Shiloh. (Students can bring a soda and snack to have with the movie on Wed.)

_______No, I do not want my child to watch Shiloh. I understand that he/she will go to another class while the video is being shown.
Please sign:____________________________________________