Newsletter

MRS. TURNER NEWSLETTER AUG. 16-20
WELCOME TO THIRD GRADE- I am looking forward to a great year together. The students seem to be excited about learning.
THANKS- We are fully stocked with paper towels, tissues, wipes, soap, and index cards. Most of the students have had the opportunity to get their binders and notebook paper, too. We have even received candy and treats for the goody drawers. Please feel free to send wrapped candy or other treats for the drawer. Thanks so much for your generosity!
FORMS- Everyone did a GREAT job filling out and returning forms. Everything has been taken up and accounted for. I appreciate how quickly everything was returned. That makes my job a lot easier.
BLOG- I will post a weekly newsletter on the blog every Monday. Please read over it for special dates and activities. I might ask you to write something specific in your child’s agenda to see if you really read the blog
PICTURE DAY- Students will have fall pictures (in August!!!!) on Thursday, August 19th. Forms were sent home on Friday. Please return the form with payment on Thursday. A $10 late fee will be charged to anyone who turns in the form late. (Pictures are optional.)
EARLY RELEASE- Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, August 25th. Students will be dismissed at 12:15.
OPEN HOUSE- K, 2, & 4 will have Open House on Tuesday, August 31. 1, 3,& 5 will have Open House on Thursday, September 2nd. Both sessions will start at 6:30. Please try to attend. We will be sharing a great deal of important information that night. I hope to see you at Open House!
NO SCHOOL- Students will not have school on Monday, September 6th due to the Labor Day holiday. Our Fall Break will be September 20-24.
PARENT LETTERS- Many thanks to all of the parents who have sent a letter to me about your child. It is very helpful to have insight from the parents. Please try to send me a letter by Friday, August 20th.
AGENDAS AND BINDERS- Please sign your child’s agenda every night. Do not take anything out of the Return to School side of the binder. Feel free to take items out of the Keep At Home side on a daily basis. We will clean out binders every Thursday and move items from Return to School to Keep at Home. X’s will be written in the agenda when students forget homework or have inappropriate behavior. Two X’s each week are o.k. If students receive more than two X’s, they will miss X-tra activity on Thursday. We will start with a clean slate every Friday. Our week will run from Friday to Thursday because some students have Target on Friday.
READING LOG- Students need to read at least 4 nights a week for at least 15 minutes. Of course, more minutes would be great!!! Please record minutes on the orange reading log. Students should be prepared to show completed reading logs every Monday.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on long vowel sounds again this week: ai, oa, ea, ee, ui, and oo. Remember…”When two vowels go walking, the first one does the talking.” Students will be given an assessment on Thursday.
ENGLISH- We will continue discussing the four types of sentences. An assessment will be given on Tuesday. Students will be doing a morning work packet every day. Assessments will be given over the material as we complete and check the packet. Nouns will be introduced at the end of the week.
WRITING- Descriptive writing will be our focus this week. We will write descriptive paragraphs about ourselves and we will write color poems. Students need to wear ORANGE on Tuesday and GREEN on Wednesday to help us with the color poems.
READING- Patricia Polacco will be our author focus as we read Appelemando’s Dreams. AR is not up and running yet, but students should still be reading on a nightly basis. I’ll let you know when we can start taking tests. We will adjust our AR goal according to when we can actually start taking tests.
MATH- Place value will continue to be our focus in math. Students should be prepared for 7 minute timed tests every Wednesday.
SOCIAL STUDIES- We will be learning about latitude and longitude this week. An assessment will be given on Thursday. We will begin learning about “My Place in Space.”