NEWSLETTER MRS. TURNER SEPT. 26-30
FIELD TRIP ON FRIDAY- We will be going to the Vulcan Rock Quarry this Friday. One parent can go with us. You will probably have to drive your own car or ride with parents from other third grade classes. I don’t think there will be enough room on the buses. If you would like to be considered, please write a note in your child’s agenda. I will write down all of the names I receive and pick one from the hat. Students will need to wear tennis shoes and a red shirt. Listen to the weather that morning to see if you will need a jacket. Students will also need to bring a sack lunch and a drink if they aren’t buying a sack lunch from the cafeteria. We will be leaving at 9:15 and returning at 1:30.
CLASSROOM HELPERS- Many thanks to the following parents who have stepped up to help us this year:
Room parent-Jen Kastensmidt, Reading parent- Jo Runyon, Earth Parent- Melanie Perkins, and Class photographer-Chrissy Gibson. As far as I know, we still need a parent for HOSPITALITY and a parent for CHIC-FIL-A. If you can help out with either of these, please let me know.
SCIENCE LAB NEEDS- Mrs. Cauffiel needs some pencils with latex-free erasers,
SPOOKTACULAR- Thanks for sending in cans to help with the scarecrow. We will be decorating Snow White’s poisoned apple tomorrow. Please plan to join us this Saturday from 4:00-8:00 for a great time.
REFLECTIONS- The theme this year is “Diversity means…” Reflections is a great program! It encourages children to show their creative sides. All of the students in our class will be completing a LITERATURE piece for the competition at school. A permission form will be coming home this week. I would like to encourage the children to enter other categories as well: visual arts, photography, film production, dance choreography and music composition. All entries are due by October 10th to the front office. Details can be found in the packet that was sent home last week.
BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION- Continue to save and send in those Box Tops. The contest continues through Oct. 21.
ACCELERATED READER- The students are making great progress toward their goal of 9 points for the first nine weeks. Remember to read books that are ON YOUR LEVEL. You don’t want to pick books that are too hard or too easy.
PICTURE RETAKES- Thursday, Sept. 29th
STANDARDIZED TESTING-We will be taking the Cognitive Abilities Test and the Iowa Test of Basic Skills from Wednesday, Oct. 5- Friday, Oct. 14th. A special snack schedule will be coming home for the week of the Iowa Test.
SCIENCE NIGHT- Plan to join us on Tuesday, Oct. 4th from 6:00-8:00 for a great night of hands-on science experiments!
CATO FIELD TRIP- We will be visiting the CATO house on Tuesday, Oct. 4th for our second CATO field trip. The earth parent will be our chaperone for this field trip. If she is unable to go, I will send out an e-mail.
THANK YOU LETTERS TO THE TROOPS- Ford is joining The Bert Show to let our troops know how much they are appreciated. Ford families and students are asked to write letters to our troops. The letters need to be ready to send by Oct. 28th. Here are some Do’s and Don’ts: DO use regular size paper or smaller paper. DO use crayons, pencils, or markers. DO use thank you words not political opinions. Some ideas for writing are: thank you for serving our country, leaving family, away from home, appreciate your hard work and dedication, etc. DON’T use cardboard, glue, tape, staples, or glitter. DO NOT SEND photos, donations, envelopes, or stamps. Thanks for taking the time to read this! Please write the words: THANK YOU SOLDIERS in the agenda if you read all of this. Students will receive a Rachel’s Challenge link for every letter written by the child and his family.
SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Our patterns for this week are: oi, oy, ou, and ow. Please study the words throughout the week. Many of the patterns sound alike, so the words have to be memorized. An assessment will be given on Friday.
ENGLISH/WRITING- We will continue discussing subjects and predicates/ Writing- Our descriptive writings should be finished by the end of this week. We will be typing our color poems in the computer lab. Reflections entries will be worked on at school. Letters to the soldiers will also be worked on at school.
READING- We will be using Time For Kids to discuss nonfiction texts. We will also be discussing elements of a variety of genres. What does fiction vs. nonfiction look like? An assessment over basic elements will be given on Thursday. We get to meet our Book Buddies from Mrs. Edwards’s class this week!!!!
MATH- Time and money, addition and subtraction, and input/ output will be our topics this week. A timed test will be given on Wednesday.
SOCIAL STUDIES-We will continue our discussion of the three branches of government.
HEALTH- We watched a power point today on ways to keep our bodies healthy. Please be aware of the snacks your children are bringing to school each day. We want to encourage healthy choices