NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER FEB. 7-11
SCIENCE NIGHT- Please plan to attend Science Night tomorrow night from 6:30-8:00 in the gym. We have a wonderful Science Lab here at Ford. We want to keep the lab! Please come and see all of the wonderful things the students are learning. Students who attend Science Night will receive a free homework pass
PICTURE DAY- Spring pictures will be taken tomorrow at ~10:30. Class pictures will be taken tomorrow along with individual pictures for those who want them.
CATO INDOOR FIELD TRIP- Please ask your child about our field trip. We learned about the various regions of Georgia and some plants, animals, and soils found in each region. Please write the name of the region we live in in the agenda.
DENTAL HEALTH MONTH- Dr. Depew will be coming to Ford on Friday to do a lesson with all of the third grade students.
VALENTINE’S DAY- Students will be allowed to hand out Valentines next Monday if they would like to. If students decide to hand out Valentines, they must include everyone in the class. We will make a Valentine folder at school to hold all of the cards. A class list was sent home at the beginning of the year with all of the names and addresses,etc. If you need another class list, please write a note in the agenda.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- We will be working on plurals again this week-change f to v and add es, change the word, keep the word the same/ Assessment on Thursday
ENGLISH- Review their, there, and they’re/Assessment in GUMS over all of the topics covered so far
WRITING-We will start writing our Georgia animal research paper today. We have discussed how to write main idea sentences and how to set up our papers. We will continue working on our research paper throughout the week.
READING- Our main topic this week will be a discussion of Mary M. Bethune and how she affected American history./Read AR book- All students need 10 AR points by March 18th.
MATH- Discuss decimals in money, times, stats, etc./ Review decimal fractions
SOCIAL STUDIES-Mary M. Bethune / Four types of resources-human, natural, capital, and entrepreneur/ supply and demand/ Georgia News Weekly