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NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER AUG. 24-29

THANKS! Many thanks to Vonda Palmer for working on our class directory and to Jen Nolan for making our parent helper schedule. If you signed up to help in the classroom, your child should have a calendar on the keep at home side of his/her agenda today.

PICTURE DAY- We will be taking individual pictures on Thursday, August 27th. Order forms were sent home last week.

STANDARDIZED TESTING- Please mark your calendars with the following dates: Wednesday, September 10-Friday, September 18. We will be taking the Cognitive Abilities Test and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills every day during that time.

OPEN HOUSE- The Open House for third grade will be on Thursday, September 3rd. The meeting will start in the gym at 6:30 and then parents will be dismissed to the classrooms. I hope everyone can make it. I will be sharing lots of information about our classroom, grading procedures, curriculum, discipline, etc.

FIELD TRIPS- We are having 5 different field trips associated with Cobb County Parks and Recreation. Three are here at school and two are at CATO Nature Center. The cost of the five filed trips will be ~$30. We would like to survey the parents at Open House to see if you would also like for your children to go to the Tellus Museum or if you think what we already have scheduled is enough. Think about it and then we’ll talk at Open House.

READING LOGS- Remember, all students should be reading at least 4 out of 7 nights every week for at least 15 minutes each time. Reading logs will be checked every Monday.

MULTIPLICATION- I gave each student a multiplication card. Please STRONGLY encourage your child to start memorizing the multiplication facts NOW! They are the base of much of what we will be doing in the future.

GRADED PAPERS- A stack of stapled papers will be coming home tomorrow. Please sign EVERY page. Students should correct any missed answers and write any misspelled word FIVE times each. Thanks for your help

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on the CVVC pattern. An assessment will be given on Friday.

ENGLISH- We will continue working on subjects and predicates.

WRITING- Our focus will be on descriptive writing this week. We will also begin working on poetry.

MATH- Place value will be reviewed this week. An assessment will be given on Friday. A 7 minute timed test will be given on Wednesday. Students who passed the 0-5 Multiplication test will move on to Multiplication 0-12. Students who did not pass the first multiplication test will go back to addition or subtraction. When those two are mastered with 100% accuracy, they will move on to multiplication.

SOCIAL STUDIES- Our focus will be on lines of latitude and lines of longitude. We will also preview the rest of the upcoming social studies unit for this nine week period.