Read Across America Week Daily Activities

Read Across America

 Literacy Spirit Week

March 2^nd- March 6^th

Please join us in Celebrating the Birthday of Dr.Seuss

by participating in the following school-wide spirit days!

Monday, March 2 : Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss  Wear your Dr. Seuss T-shirt or a red shirt to school and enjoy guest Readers

Tuesday, March 3: Hats off to Dr. Seuss  Wear your favorite hat, crazy hat, or a Cat in the Hat

Wednesday, March 4: Crazy Fox in Socks Show off Your Crazy or Mismatched Socks

Thursday, March 5: Cozy Up with a Good Book Wear pajamas or bring a blanket for special reading time in the classroom    

Friday, March 6: Character Day Dress as your favorite book Character: It does not have to be a Dr. Seuss character

**REMINDER: PCES Family Literacy Night**

Thursday, March 5th from 6:00-7:30

Join us to make Oobleck and crafts, learn about Reading Apps, take AR tests with your child, and participate in a BOOK SWAP!

             EVERY CHILD will receive a FREE book!                                 

       Dinner Provided

January

Welcome back!

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your family and friends!

Here is a look at the things coming up this month.

Tuesday, January 6- Students return to school

Friday, January 9- Math NOBT Test (Rounding)

Monday, January 12- Reading Unit 4.1 Test

Monday, January 12- 2^nd Nine Weeks Report Cards

Monday, January 19- Holiday 

Monday, January 26- 2^nd Nine Weeks Honor Roll Ceremony

3^rd grade- 9 a.m.

Friday, January 30- 2^nd Nine Weeks All A’s Field Trip

** Please remember to check your child’s planner, our class newsletter, and this blog for updates and/or changes. **

Dacember

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving break.  Christmas Break will be here before you know it.  Here is a look at some of the things we have going on this month.

Thursday, December 4- 3.MD.5-7 Area Test

Thursday, December 4: 3.MD 5-7 Area Test

Friday, December 5: Unit 3.4 Reading/Spelling Test

Friday, December 5: Science Ch. 12 Test

Friday, December 5: Scholastic Book Orders DUE

Friday, December 5: 0-12 Multiplication Test

Thursday, December 11: Christmas Lunch @12:10

Thursday, December 18: Class Christmas Party 

Friday, December 19- End of 1^st Nine Weeks

December 21-January 5: Christmas Holidays!

*Please remember to check your child’s planner, newsletters, and this blog for any additions or changes.*

Have a great month!

Scholastic Book Orders

Scholastic Book order forms went home today. Please have a look and see if there is anything you would like to order. They have some as low as $1.  Most are AR books! 

All orders are due by Friday, December 5.  Please make checks payable to Scholastic. 

You can also order online.  Go to scholastic.com and use our class code H2WQK. 

*Scholastic books make great Christmas presents! Let me know if you would like to keep your order a surprise. 

November

Whew! What a busy but fun month October was.  November is here and let’s get ready for the holiday season.  Here is a look at some things going on this month.  As always, please remember to check back here, your child’s planner, and our class newsletter for updates or changes.

Monday, November 3- All field trip money and permission slips due. ($4)

Thursday, November 6- PE Black Light Bash ($2)

Friday, November 7- Ft. Beginning Field Trip

Tuesday, November 11- Veteran’s Day Holiday

Thursday, November 13- Veteran’s Day Program (6 p.m. at CHS)

Wednesday, November 26- Friday, November 28- Thanksgiving HOLIDAYS!

Just a few reminders:

·        Yearbooks are on sale for $18.  They will go up to $20 in January.

·        We are still collecting Box Tops for Education.

·        We are still collecting can taps for the Ronald McDonald House.

Have a wonderful month!

October

October is a very busy month.  Here is a list of some of the things we have going on this month.

Friday, October 3- Multiplication Test (0’s-5’s)

Friday, October 3- Unit 2 Week 2 Reading/Spelling Assessment

Tuesday, October 7- Scholastic Book Orders Due

Tuesday, October 7- Science: Simple Machines Quiz

Tuesday, October 7- Social Studies: Ch. 7 Test

Wednesday, October 8- Last Day of First Nine Weeks

Monday, October 12- FALL BREAK

Tuesday, October 14- FALL BREAK

Thursday, October 16- Science: Ch. 15 Simple Machines Test

Thursday, October 16- First Nine Weeks Report Cards

Thursday, October 16- Book Fair Begins (Book Fair ends October 28.)

Monday, October 20- Parent’s Visitation Tea (9 a.m. in the Cafeteria)

Wednesday, October 22- First Nine Weeks Awards Ceremony

 (8:30 in the Cafeteria)

Thursday, October 23- Friday, October 31- Red Ribbon Week

(See additional post to come for Dress Up Days and other information.)

Friday, October 31- Fall Festival (12:30-2:30)

**Please check your student’s planner, class newsletters, and this blog for any additional information or any changes. **
*** Parents we are in the need of volunteers for our Book Fair and Fall Festival.  Please le me know if you would be interested in helping. ***

Have a wonderful month!

Fall Festival

We are planning to celebrate with our annual Fall Festival on Friday, October 31.  We will enjoy an afternoon of fun, food, games, blow-ups, and more.  Our fun will last from 10:30-12:00 for pre-K – 2^nd grade, and from 12:30-2:00 for 3^rd-5^th grade on the track besides PCES.  BE sure to make plans to come out and join us.

Admission for the event will be $5.  Money can be sent to your student’s teacher beginning September 29.  The admission will allow your child access to the blow-ups and games that we will have.  Students will need additional money to purchase tickets for the food items that will be on sale, as well as for the crafts that will be available for them to do.  Tickets are $0.50 each, and will be on sale the day of the festival. 

Students will be allowed to wear their costumes for the fall festival this year.  However, costumes are to be fun and NOT scary or gory.  In addition, students will not be allowed to wear masks for safety reasons.

In order for our fall festival to be a success we need your help.  Please donate bags of candy and/or volunteer your time.  On the day of the event, we will need help setting up and operating games, and help ensuring that our students have a fun, safe environment. 

This is going to be a blast!! Thanks for your help!! 

September

Here are a few things going on during the month of September:

Monday, September 1: Labor Day Holiday

Wednesday, September 03: Math Assessment #2

Friday, September 5: Grandparents Day Luncheon (12:10)

Friday, September 5: 2’s Multiplication Test

Friday, September 5: First Nine Weeks Progress Reports

Friday, September 5: Map Labeling Test

Monday, September 8: Unit 1.4 Reading & Spelling Test

Tuesday, September 9: Map Skills Test

Wednesday, September 10: Science Ch. 14 Heat, Light, and Temperature Test

Friday, September 12: 3’s Multiplication Test

Monday, September 15: Unit 1.5 Reading & Spelling Test

Monday, September 29: PD Day- Student HOLIDAY

**Please remember to check your student’s planner and newsletters for updates and any changes.

Have a great month!!

 

Multiplication

Multiplication is a HUGE part of third grade mathematics.  Our goal is for your student to become accurate and automatic with their facts, 0-12.  Mastery is vital to your child’s mathematical success.  Knowledge of these facts will affect them as they learn and work with decimals, division, fractions, word problems, and more!  I will give each student a multiplication chart with all of the facts, and we will be making flash cards most weeks in class - please practice these EVERY DAY!!!  You can take these cards with you and practice them wherever you go:  in the car, at the doctor, while cooking supper, before bed, during TV commercials, etc.

We will be working on 1 set per week (EXCEPTION:  0s and 1s will test together, 10s and 11s will test together).  The students will take timed tests daily.  These will not count as a grade.  Every FRIDAY we will take a timed test that will be graded.  Students will have 2 minutes to complete about 30-33 problems.  We will go in order (beginning with 0s and 1s), through the facts, but you can keep up with which facts we are on in the planners, on our newsletter, and on the blog.

Later this year, students will be introduced to and required to complete a math program on the computer called Math Facts in a Flash.  This is timed multiplication drills.  Throughout the year, students will have time in class to work on this.

In the spring, all students who have mastered their facts, 0-12, will be invited to an ice cream party!  Thanks for helping us work on this, and all of your support!

Box Tops

Our school is still collecting Box Tops for Education.  This is an easy and fun way to earn extra money for our school.  Box Tops for Education can be found on a variety of things.  They are probably found on things you use every day!

All you have to do is cut the box top from the package and send them to the school.  We will do the rest!

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

PTO Membership

Join PTO today!! Membership dues are only $5.  Each class that reaches 100% PTO membership, each student in that class will receive an ice cream party.

100% of the money raised by the PCES PTO stays at PCES to be used for benefit and encouragement of students.

Help our class reach the goal of 100% by joining PTO today!!

If you would like to join or have any questions, please see me.

Thank you!!

Remind 101

August 10, 2014

Dear Parents,

        Technology never ceases to amaze me! I know life can get a bit hectic when kids start school, and deadlines can become intimidating.  Well, I have been introduced to a text reminder application that will allow me to send out classroom and school reminders via text message. This will help take the burden off of you to remember. To participate in receiving text message reminders, simply text

@missrobi  to (850)780-0888.

        Rest assured that you will not receive advertisement texts, and your phone number will remain private. You may choose to opt out at anytime by messaging stop to the above number.

        It is my hope that this will help strengthen the home-school connection. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions.

Welcome to Third Grade!

  

August 5: Open House (6-7 p.m.)

August 6: First Day of School

April

Here are a few things going on this month.

March 29-April 6: SPRING BREAK!

Friday, April 11: Math Written Assessment #23

Friday, April 11: Unit 5.5 Reading & Spelling Test

Friday, April 11: SPRING FLING ($5)

Friday, April 11: Aquarium Field Trip Money DUE ($45)

Friday, April 18: Good Friday HOLIDAY

*Note: This holiday will not be taken if a day of school is lost for any reason between now and April 18^th.*

Wednesday, April 23: 4^th Nine Weeks Progress Reports

**Please check your child’s planner and newsletters for updates or any changes.**

3rd Nine Weeks

Congratulations to the following for earning awards for the third nine weeks!

All A’s

Kadyn

A/B’s and Perfect Attendance

Savannah and Demarte

AR Goal and 85% Correct

Jordan, Savannh, Dexter, and Johniyah

I am so proud of them.  Keep up the good work!

Timeline Projects

*The following note went home today!* 

Timeline Project

This project is due on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2014

It may be turned in early.

**It will be worth a test grade in Social Studies and

a Reading test grade.**

In Reading, we have been studying biographies and timelines.  We are learning about our past, present and future.  For this project, your child needs to make a timeline depicting their life.  There should be one event for each year of their life.  They should start with their birth and proceed with each year thereafter.  Some examples that can be included are birthdays, special vacations, births of siblings, or engaging in something (sports, music or awards).  However, it is not limited to these. 

They are to write the date and above the date they should write something about the event and why it is special.  Students can use actual photographs of these events, draw a picture, or use a picture from a magazine. In other words-be creative! They will have to give an oral presentation to the class explaining their timeline.  (All projects will be returned after they are displayed.)  

For examples of a timeline, please see your Reading Writing Workshop book pages 378-379. Timelines can also be found on pages 70-71 and 108-109 in your student’s social studies book.

See back of sheet for rubric with scoring guidelines.  Make this a fun project for you and your child, a time to share with him/her events that were special to you and to them.  This will be a time to reminisce about the past. They grow up so quickly. 

If you have any questions, please let me know! 

Thanks for all you do! 

PCElympics T-shirts

The time is quickly approaching for our annual PCElympics! All our competitions will be held during your child’s PE time during the week of May 5-8.  They will compete in Tug-of-War, Dress the Teachers Relay, and many more team games.  At the end of the week (Friday, May 9), we will have our closing ceremonies which consist of water slides, sprinklers, slip-n-slides, games and snacks.  This year we will also give you the opportunity to order a PCElympics t-shirt.  The shirts will be $10 each and will be worn during our closing ceremony celebration. All money and order forms are due by Wednesday, April 8.  Check must be written out to PCES and include driver’s license number and phone number.  Order forms went home today! Please see a coach for more information.

Spring Fling

We are planning to kick off spring with our 3rd annual Spring Fling on Friday, March 28th.  Students will have an afternoon of fun and excitement. This will include several blow-ups and obstacle courses for the children to enjoy. This year, we are going to separate grade levels to optimize our play time. The times are as follows:

·         Kindergarten-2nd grade students will be on the track from 10:30-12:30.

·         3rd-5th grade students will be on the track from 1:00-3:00.

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Wrist bands cost $5.00, and will go on sale Monday, March 24th. You must have a wrist band to participate in the Spring Fling. Students will give their money to their classroom teacher.  In addition, we will sell food tickets for $0.50. Food items that will be available are as follows:

*pickles .50                 *drinks .50                  *cotton candy $1.00               *pizza $1.00

March

Here are some things we have going on this month.

Monday, March 3- Saxon Assessment #19

March 3-7- Dr. Seuss Week (See other Blog post for dress up days)

Monday, March 17- End of 3^rd nine weeks

Monday, March 24- Report Cards

Friday, March 28- Spring Fling

March 30-April 6- SPRING BREAK!

*Please remember to check your child’s binder and newsletter for any changes.*