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WEEK OF 10/1/07

READING:  We will read from our supplemental library.  We will have literacy circles on non-fiction books this week.

There will not be any spelling words this week or language arts homework due to the ITBS.

MATH:  We will finish chapter 3 in math.  Continue to practice subtraction facts at home.  We will have another subtraction fact timed test this week.  There will not be any homework in math this week due to ITBS.

  Parents:  Please do not send your child to school in flip-flops.  If your child does come to school in flip-flops, they will not be allowed to play during recess.  Sneakers are best for playing outdoors.

Please return your school lunch and fundraiser surveys.

October 6th- Octoberfest at the school from 2-6p.m.Thanks to Ellie's mom for creating our class pumpkin.

Don't forget to bid on our class pumpkin.  The pumpkins will be in the media center before Octoberfest.  On Saturday October 6th the pumpkins will be in the cafeteria.  Come bid on our great Greyhound Class Pumpkin.

IMPORTANT DATES:

10/1- PTA BOARD MEETING @ 9A.M.

10/1-10/5 --3RD AND 5TH GRADE ITBS TESTING. PLEASE COME TO SCHOOL BY 8A.M. TESTING WILL BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 8 A.M.

10/4---PICTURE RETAKES OR MAKEUP IF YOUR CHILD WAS ABSENT DURING PICTURE DAY.

10/6- OCTOBERFEST 2-6 P.M.

10/17--Early Release at 12:20 p.m. Please make the appropriate arrangements.

10/25- ETOWAH/NEW ECHOTA FIELD TRIP..PLEASE RETURN FIELD TRIP FORMS.

10/31--HALLOWEEN AND READING LOGS ARE DUE

There will be a contest for those 3rd and 5th grade classes that have perfect attendance the week of testing.  The classes with perfect attendance during this week will receive a pizza party on October 8th. 

THANKS TO THOSE PARENTS WHO BOUGHT LYSOL WIPES AND LYSOL SPRAY FOR THE CLASS.  IT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED!  WE ARE STILL IN NEED OF LYSOL SPRAY.  PLEASE HELP US KILL THESE NASTY VIRUSES BY DONATING LYSOL SPRAY. THANK YOU.

Science:  The Greyhounds continue to investigate and study rocks and minerals.  They are busy finishing graphic organizers on the rocks and minerals.  Look for study guides to go home soon.

WEEK OF 9/24/07

This week in Reading we will again have no story, but we will have guided reading groups.  We will work on writing, particularly on responding to literature. We will also take a skills tests in grammar.  Here are the spelling words for this week:

1. damp

2. help

3. cried

4. young

5. know

6. bright

7. page

8. place

9. achiever

10. these

11. red

12. goal

13. seen

14. writer

15. country

16. drop

17. still

18. flash

19. pet

20. drift

Math: We continue to work on Chapter 3. We will choose mental math to solve problems in math as well as paper and pencil. We will also select operations to make number sentences true.  Here is the homework for the week:

Monday: RW 18

Tuesday: RW 19

Wednesday: CoGat Testing (No Homework)

Thursday:   CoGat Testing (No Homework)

Science:  The students will begin their three week rotation with Mrs. Lance.  They will explore rocks and minerals.  Look for graphic organizers to go home and for a Study Guide to be sent home on the last week of the rotation. 

Important Dates:

9/26- Birthday Book Club

9/26-9/27- CoGat Testing in third and fifth grade.  Arrive on time.  Testing begins at 8A.M.

9/26- Last day to earn AR Points. 

9/28- AR Party @ 1:30 for those who earned 30 points!

Lysol Wipes/Clorox Wipes Needed!

Parents:  We have had many students in our classroom sick with stomach virus/flu, fever and flu like symptoms.  We would love to have everyone stay healthy.  Here is where you can help.  When out shopping, please try and donate a tub of Clorox or Lysol Sanitizing Wipes.  We use these on a weekly basis to clean our desktops, computer keyboards, doorknobs, etc.  We are trying to get rid of those nasty virus. Any help with this is greatly appreciated!

Be sure to visit the harcourt website on the left side of this blog for math fun!  Also, be sure to download the spelling sheet for the week!

WEEK OF 9/17/07

What a great week we had!  Again the Greyhounds completed their homework assignments for the week. They really did a great job!  We are becoming more responsible!  Way to go Greyhounds!

Reading this week: We have officially ended our first theme in Reading, Creativity at Work.  We will be taking a skills test covering the four kinds of sentences, subjects and predicates, and common and proper nouns.

IMPORTANT DATES:

9/19--EARLY RELEASE---PLEASE MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR YOUR CHILD. DISMISSAL IS AT 12:20 P.M.

9/17-9/21--SCHOOL BUS SAFETY WEEK

9/26--9/27---COGAT TESTING  3RD & 5TH GRADERS.

ARRIVE ON TIME FOR THIS TEST---8:00 A.M. THE TEST BEGINS!!

9/20- PTA MEETING AT 7:30 P.M. ALSO MATH NIGHT FOR 4TH AND 5TH GRADE.

Spelling words for this week will be words covering all the vowel sounds from the previous spelling lists. It is a review of the previous four weeks.

Here are the words:

1. smell

2. father

3. country

4. harbor

5. things

6. pulse

7. clock

8. aware

9. active

10. capture

11. sight

12. dream

13. drift

14. grow

15. tight

16. artist

17. tales

18. paint

19. read

20. page

Math:  We will begin Chapter 3- Addition. We will learn about the properties of addition--communative, identity, and associative.  We made a flip book on Friday covering this to prepare us for this coming week. We will also add 3 and 4 digit numbers and use the guess and check strategy to solve word problems.  We will learn front-end estimation as well!  Look for the first subtraction timed test this week!  Practice, practice, practice at home!! Here is the homework in math for the week:

Mon.---RW13

Tues.--CW14 (Challenge Book) this is a handout.

Wed.--RW15

Thurs. CW16--this is a handout.

Social Studies:  The students continue to learn about the Creek and Cherokee Indians.  You will have a test this week.

Week of 9/10/07

Thank you parents for helping your child get their homework in order for Friday.  We had a very successful Friday!  All homework was turned in!  I am so proud of my class!  It shows that the Greyhounds are working hard, and that Greyhound parents ROCK!!

This week we will begin reading the biography Jerry Pinkney: Achiever of Dreams by Ilene Cooper in our reading book.  This story tells how Jerry Pinkney achieved his dream of becoming a prominent artist and illustrator of numerous children’s books.

  We will review subjects and predicates as well as introduce common and proper nouns.  Spelling words for the week will focus on long a and long e.  The students will also continue working with prefixes and suffixes.

Here are the spelling words for the week:

1. page

2. place

3. read

4. saved

5. street

6. tales

7. wheels

8. meet

9. way

10. real

11. paint

12. came

13. seen

14. made

15. these

16. face

17. same

18. artist

19. writer

20. achiever

MATH:  We will finish Chapter 2 in math!  The whole chapter dealt with comparing, ordering, and estimating numbers.  We have discussed numbers to the nearest ten, hundreds, and thousands!  We will also take a Unit Test this week and possibly one last addition timed test!

Here is the homework for the week:

Monday:  Odd Number Problems on Page 35.  Also, I will distribute a Chapter 2 Pretest for review.  This is due back on Friday with all the homework!

Tuesday:  Page 37.  Do all the problems on this page.

Wednesday: I will give the Chapter 2 Test on Wednesday! Study, study, study! Homework for tonight Page 38 and 39..there are only 9 problems. 

Thursday:   Reteach Workbook will be handed out on Thursday.  We will use this workbook for homework.  Do page RW11 and RW12 for homework.  The page should be torn out of the book!  The workbook can remain home, but the homework should be turned in of course on Friday!

Social Studies:  Your child continues to work in Mr. Dunn's class and learn all about the Creek Indians and Cherokee Indians! They are working from the Georgia book all about their lifestyle and culture. Look for study guides to come home this week.

IMPORTANT DATES:

9/15- EAST COBBER PARADE

9/19- EARLY RELEASE @ 12:20- PLEASE MAKE APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS.

9/26- 9/27- The cognitive abilities test will be administered.  This test measures student performance on abilities related to success in school subjects.  In addition, the results of this test will be used for gifted eligibility.

10/1- 10/5- The Iowa Tests of Basic Skills will be administered. The ITBS is a nationally normed test that measures student achievement in reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies. 

All tests are multiple-choice tests and will provide both the school and parents with important information about specific strengths and weaknesses of students in the content areas tested. 

We will begin testing promptly at 8:00 a.m.  Look for more information on this in the Creek Chronicle!

WEEK OF 9/4/07

PARENTS:  Please remember to help your child get organized for school by helping them get all of their homework together and ready to turn in on Friday.

The Greyhounds will read Appelemando's Dream from the textbook.  Skills with this story include discerning reality from fantasy, subjects and predicates, avoiding double negatives, and spelling words with long i and long o.  REMEMBER TO DOWNLOAD THE HOMEWORK SHEET FOR SPELLING.  LOOK UNDER PAGES, THEN CLICK ON THE LINK.  LASTLY, PRINT IT OUT AND LET YOUR CHILD BEGIN USING IT!

Here are the spelling words for the week:

1.  bright

2. cried

3. float

4. might

5. know

6. rise

7. tight

8. white

9. close

10. soap

11. tie

12. lie

13. grow

14. stone

15. sight

16. goal

17. capture

18. drift

19. dream

20. drab

In math, we will begin Chapter 2.  We will use models, number lines, and place value to order numbers.  We will also solve problems using a bar graph, and estimate numbers to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000.

Here is the homework for the week:  Comparison of Numbers.

Monday:  Odd Number Problems on Page 26.

Tuesday:  Odd Number Problems on Page 27.

Wednesday:  Odd Number Problems on Page 29.

Thursday:  Odd Number Problems on Page 31.

SOCIAL STUDIES:  The Greyhounds will begin Social Studies with Mr. Dunn this week.  They will begin to study the Creek and Cherokee Indians. We will discuss their way of life, jobs, food sources, and family life.  We will have a test over the first part of the material on Friday.The most important part is that they know they have a test Friday. LOOK FOR A STUDY GUIDE TO COME HOME THIS WEEK!

IMPORTANT DATES:

9/3/07- LABOR DAY

9/7/07-GIFT WRAP DRIVE ENDS

9/4/07- PTA BOARD MEETING @ 9 A.M.

9/4/07- SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUB ORDERS DUE!

9/4/07- Look for some special offers from Highlights Magazine.  Even if you do not want to order magazines for your child, please return the slip on 9/5/07.

9/19- Early Release Day @ 12:20 p.m.

9/26- Birthday Book Club

WE ARE COLLECTING BOX TOPS FOR OUR CLASS.  PLEASE HELP US BY PURCHASING PRODUCTS WITH THE BOX TOP COUPON ON THEM AND THEN CUTTING THEM OUT AND BRINGING THEM TO SCHOOL.
 

LABOR DAY--NO SCHOOL!

HAPPY LABOR DAY!  ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND!