Studyisland

Studyisland is a wonderful learning tool that reinforces the skills we are working on. Students have assignments, which are graded, to work on. They may also work ahead on other skills too. Once a student has mastered a skill, they are awarded a blue ribbon. We will be doing things throughout the year for students who have earned a certain number of blue ribbons. Once a student has reached 75% mastery, the games that go along with the skill are unlocked.

Studyisland can be accessed anywhere there is internet connection.  Visit Studyisland. Your student should know his/her username and password.

Parent Conferences

Thank you to all the parents who came out for parent conferences! It has been great to get to meet with all of you and get to discuss your student’s progress.

If you were unable to come and need to reschedule, please let me know as soon as possible.

Thanks for all you do!!

Box Tops for Education

Our school is collecting Box Tops for Education. It is a great way for our school to earn money.

All you have to do is cut out the box top from your packages and send the box tops to school.  We will do the rest.

Visit the

Box Tops for Education Website   to learn more or to see what products have box tops on them.

 

Have a GREAT weekend!!

Reminders

Here are just a few reminders as we finish up our fifth week of this school year! (Wow, it has gone by fast!)

      Lesson 4 Test will be tomorrow. (Friday, September 21)

      3’s Multiplication Test will be tomorrow also.

      Tuesday, September 25 we will have our Map Skills Test and Classifying Animals Test.

      Parent Conferences will be on Wednesday, September 26. (You should have received a note about this yesterday.)

      We are still asking parents to join PTO for only $5. If our class has 100% of its parents join by October 4, the student will receive an ice cream party.

      We have started reading logs. Students should be reading EVERY night for at least 20 minutes. Please remember to sign each night.

Yesterday, we took a trip to check on our garden spots. We can see where the seeds we planted last month have started to sprout. Here are just a few photos of the girls spot.

Multiplication 0's &1's

We have begun our quest as a class to master the multiplication facts 0-12s.  To achieve mastery, students must past a written timed test on each of the facts (with 80% accuracy) and past off each of the facts on Math Facts in a Flash (a computer program we have).  Once they have passed a fact they will receive an ice cream scoop to color and we will display them on the wall.  In the spring, all students who have mastered 0’s-12’s and have all of their ice cream scoops will be invited to an ice cream sundae party.

Last Friday we took our first 0’s and 1’s facts test.  We had a majority of the class to pass the written timed test.  Several students have already earned their first two ice cream scoops by passing the written test and Math Facts in a Flash.

Congratulations to them on their hard work!

Check back next week to see who else has mastery their multiplication facts.

Social Studies and Science

We have been busy!

Last week we finished our first chapter in Science and Social Studies. We learned about the different types of communities in Social Studies. In Science, we learned about plants. The students did a great job and had a fun time learning lots of new things!

The students brought in leaves and the class classified them.

Some of the communites we made in class.

One group's urban community.

This week we started with two new units. In Science, we will be learning about animals and in Social Studies, we will complete a unit on map skills. We have already learned a lot and we have completed several fun activities that go along with each unit. We still have some fun activities to do and a lot more to learn!

We made backbones.

We learned about the continents and oceans. 

We learned about the compass rose and everyone got to make one.

*Labeling the Map Test will be Thursday, September 20.

*Map Skills Test will be Tuesday, September 25.

*Animals Test will be on Tuesday, September 25.

(Check planners or newsletters for any changes in test dates.)

GO RED DEVILS!

Students from our class and Mrs. Taff’s class want to wish our Coach Nelson and the Central High School Red Devils good luck in their game tonight against Carver of Montgomery.

GO RED DEVILS!

Star Student of the Month

Star Student of the Month

Ashlyn

The student voted Ashlyn as our star student of the month. They were told to vote for someone who was star worthy. They were told to think of someone from our class who was loyal, fair, kind, and a great friend.  They were told to vote on someone who was a great example of what a third grader should be.

Congratulations to Ashlyn!!

Here are just a few things about our Star Student of the Month:

Favorite Food: Pepperoni Pizza

Favorite Subject: Reading

Favorite Book: The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss

Favorite Color: Light Blue

Favorite TV Show: Shake It Up

Favorite Thing to Do: Dance

Favorite Singer: Kate Perry

Favorite Place to Eat Out: McDonalds

Favorite Teams: CHS Red Devils & Auburn Tigers

What she wants to be when she grows up: Model

Favorite 3^rd Grade Moment So Far: Playing games in PE

Be on the lookout for our next star student next month! 

Week Three

I hope you had a great long weekend. Can you believe it is already week three? We have had a great start to the year.

Here are just a few of the many things we have going on right now.

·        On Friday, we teamed up with Mrs. Taff’s Class to work on a spot in our school garden. We have a friendly competition going on between the boys and the girls to see whose garden can produce a better crop of Alaskan snow peas.

You can check out Mrs. Taff's Blog on the garden here. 

• On Friday, you should have received a letter about multiplication. We will begin earning our Multiplication Scoops this week with 0’s and 1’s.

• Today, your child will bring home his/her graded papers. Please review them with your child, sign them, and return them tomorrow.
• We have our first tests this week. We have a math test today and reading, language, and spelling tests tomorrow. We also have a science and social studies test scheduled for Friday.
• Please remember to sign planners nightly!
• If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know.

We have a busy week planned! I hope you all have a great week!!