NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER AUG. 30-SEPT.3
ISLA- Many thanks to all of the parents who sent in items for our ISLA Xtra activity. The children enjoyed tasting the fruits from the island.
OPEN HOUSE- Please plan to join us on Tuesday (K,2,4) or Thursday (1,3,5) at 6:30 in the gym. There will be a short PTSA meeting, and then parents will be dismissed to the classrooms. Useful information will be shared that night. Please try to come.
CLASSROOM DIRECTORY-Mrs. Kriebel is working on a class directory for us. If you haven’t been receiving e-mails from her, please let me know.
LABOR DAY- No school on Monday, Sept. 6th.
FALL BREAK- No school the week of Sept. 20-24.
ACCELERATED READER- All students in our class need to be reading AR books and taking AR tests. Our goal for the first nine weeks is 8 points. Please ask your child how many points he/she has so far and continue to offer encouragement towards the goal. Remember, all third grade students must pass the reading section of the CRCT in the spring. The more students read, the more confident they are at test time.8 points is a MINIMUM…we would love to see more points!!!
FIRST IN MATH- Your child has a card and information written in his/her agenda about how to get onto First In Math. It is a wonderful math program on the computer. Students can earn “stickers” for our school and for themselves for trying First In Math. Please write your child’s password in the signature portion of the agenda if you read this
ONLINE MATH BOOK- Many thanks to Mrs. Fritts (John’s mom) for entering each child’s information for online math books. Your child will have the information with them today in their agenda. The students will go ahead and bring their math books home today…test it and see if you can find the same page on line. If it works, your child does not need to bring the math book home when we have homework out of it…much lighter back packs!!!
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We are working on “r” controlled vowels this week: ar, ir, or, and ur. We will have an assessment on Friday. Your child should have the words for the week written in his/her agenda.
ENGLISH- Assessment over the four types of sentences / DOL quiz over weeks 2 and 3 / Common nouns and proper nouns
WRITING- We will begin brainstorming ideas and writing our personal narratives this week.
READING- Author’s Purpose will be our main focus this week. Ask your child about the three main reasons why author’s write: to persuade, to inform, and to entertain.
MATH- We will be discussing greater than, less than and equal to / Rounding and estimating will be our focus for the week.
SOCIAL STUDIES- We will begin discussing ancient and modern day Olympics/ We will also be discussing how Greek architecture influenced American architecture. Direct and Representative democracy will also be discussed. Mrs. Kriebel will be sharing information about her trip to Greece.