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Week of 3/3/08

Career Day and Early Release Day will be on Tuesday March 4th.  The children are released at 12:20pm this day.  Sack lunches we be provided and we will eat in the classroom.  We will be visited by a group of speakers that will tell us all about their jobs. We are very excited!

We will learn about data collection and problem solving in Chapter 14 of our math textbook.  We will learn about organizing and displaying data, tally table, frequency table, and survey results. Here is the homework for the week:

Monday: RW 70--Collect Data

Tuesday: RW 71--Data from a survey

Wednesday: RW 72--Problem Solving Skills

Thursday:  RW 73 and RW 74--Bar Graphs and making a bar graph.

Please continue to work on division and multiplication facts.  I can't stress how important it is for your third grader to know these facts by heart.  Fourth grade is just around the corner and this is a must for 4th graders!

We continue to learn about the balance of nature and the animal world around us.  We will read an interesting non-fiction story called--All Eyes on the Pond.  We will be doing another project/presentation for this unit.  We will learn how to research information on the internet and using the encylopedia.  Here are the spelling words for the week.  Our spelling pattern is contractions and possessives.

1. can't

2. crawdad's

3. that's

4. they're

5. what's

6. its

7. it's

8. they've

9. giant's

10. blind

11. echoes

12. spy

13. view

14. peculiar

15. peering

16. don't

17. let's

18. I'll

19. I'd

20.  wouldn't

Science:  The children continue to learn about animals and their habitats.

IMPORTANT DATES:

MARCH 4TH- CAREER DAY FROM 8:30-11:30 A.M.

ALSO EARLY RELEASE DAY @ 12:20 P.M. AND SACK LUNCHES

Mar 15^th- FUN RUN

Mar 18^th-Volunteer Appreciation Lunch

Week of 2/25/08

Do doubt about, the Greyhound parents are the BEST!!! Thank you so ver much for the gift cards, cards, lunches, pies, and plants.  Mrs. Wood and I felt very much loved and appreciated.  We are so thankful that we have incredible students and wonderful parents, too!  It is truly our pleasure to teach your children.  They are a special group of talented individuals.  Thanks to all the moms that helped us on Friday and throughout the week.  The PTA provided a wonderful lunch for all the teachers at Sope Creek.  We had a very nice lunch.  Thanks to all parents who helped us this week and made us feel so special.  We truly can't do all of this without your help.  We are truly thankful and humbled by this show of love! 

Our presentations on Famous African Americans/Presidents were just simply wonderful! Mrs. Wood and I got goosebumps listening to the presentations.  Boy, some of our Greyhounds went above and beyond!  EVERYBODY, did a fabulous job.  I will be burning DVDs for all the parents so that you may enjoy the presentation. The posters and the handouts are magnificient.  I will be photographing the posters and putting the pictures up on the blog.  Thanks to all the parents who worked with their child and to those boys and girls who did this project on their own.  I am so PROUD OF ALL THE GREYHOUNDS.  This was a tough assignment and you guys did it! 

We just completed the chapter on Fractions and we learned so much, too!  We did a great job on the test, too.  This week we will concentrate on decimals.  We will figure out tenths and hundredths.  We will also add and subtract decimals.  Here is the homework for the week:

Monday:  RW 108 RW 21.1 Fractions and Decimals

Tuesday: RW 109 RW 21.2 Tenths

Wednesday: RW 110 RW 21.3 Adding Decimals

Thursday:   RW 111 RW 21.4  Subtracting Decimals

We will also have a Challenge handout.  I will distribute it on Monday.

It will include CW 108, CW 109, CW 110, and CW 111

We will begin a new story this week.  Nature's Great Balancing Act.  This is story is straight from our anthology textbook.  We will concentrate on /a/ and /be/ words. We will also work on summarizing the literature, vocabulary from the story, and comparing and contrasting. 

Here are the spelling words:

1. about

2. adults

3. amount

4. available

5. avoid

6. believe

7. between

8. after

9. again

10. been

11. ago

12. along

13. asleep

14. become

15. besides

16. tame

17. population

18. energy

19. ground

20. affects

SCIENCE:  THE STUDENTS WILL BEGIN SCIENCE THIS WEEK WITH MRS. LANCE. THEY WILL LEARN ABOUT GEORGIA'S DIFFERENT ANIMAL HABITATS.LOOK FOR STUDY GUIDES TO GO HOME AND CHECK THE PLANNER FOR TEST DATES.

IMPORTANT DATES:

FEB. 26-- PICTURE DAY (CLASS PICTURE AND INDIVIDUAL PICTURES)

FEB. 29-- CHUCK E. CHEESE TGIF 3 P.M.

MAR. 4---CAREER DAY 8:30--11:30 A.M.

MAR. 15---FUN RUN...ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF SMARTBOARDS.  THE COST IS $20.00. EVEN IF YOU DON'T RUN, YOU WILL GET A COOL T-SHIRT.

MAR. 18TH---MARK YOUR CALENDAR---VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION LUNCH. PLEASE PLAN ON ATTENDING...IF YOU HAVE READ TO THE CLASS, DONATED ITEMS TO OUR CLASSROOM, HELP OUT BY BEING A COPY CAT OR ANY OTHER WONDERFUL THINGS YOU HAVE DONE FOR THE SCHOOL OR ME, PLEASE ATTEND THIS LUNCHEON. I WILL SEND OUT A FLYER AS A REMINDER.

Week of 2/20/08

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH FOR THE WONDERFUL GIFTS, CARDS, CANDY, AND BUBBLE GUM!!! I JUST LOVED MY VALENTINE'S GOOD WISHES.  GREYHOUND FAMILIES AND STUDENTS ARE THE BEST!

Because we will end up with a short week, we will have some math review pages on fractions this week.  Please study your multiplication and division facts.  We will have a timed test this week. Here is the homework for this week:

Wednesday:  CW 20.1 and CW 20.2

Thursday:  CW 20.3 and CW 20.4

These are handouts.  I will pass them out Friday 2/15/08

We will not start a new story this week, but will review some concepts from last week's story---Wolves.

Here are the spelling words for this week:

These are review words from previous weeks:

1. order

2. open

3. once

4. often

5. number

6. she

7. they

8. through

9. together

10. though

11. thought

12. while

13. white

14. hole

15. whole

16. without

17. usually

18. turn

19. until

20. upon

NOTE:   YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DO MONDAY OR TUESDAY'S HOMEWORK. PLEASE DO ONLY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY'S HOMEWORK.

Science:  We will begin science once again with Mrs. Lance.  She will be teaching the Georgia habitat's and Georgia animals.

IMPORTANT DATES:

2/18 AND 2/19--NO SCHOOL!

2/20--BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB!

2/21- OUR PROJECTS ARE DUE!! BE SURE TO BRING IN YOUR POSTER AND BE READY TO GET INTO CHARACTER. I WILL BE VIDEO TAPING THIS EVENT.

2/26--SIX FLAGS READING IS DUE!

DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR THE FUN RUN. EVEN IF YOU CAN'T COME, GET THE COOL T-SHIRT!

Week of 2/11/08

We had a fabulous homework completion week.  EVERY Greyhound turned in the homework packet.  Way to go, Greyhounds.  This was a hard unit in math.  Metric and Customary Units of Measurement can be a difficult concept to learn, but we got through it! 

We will begin to study Fractions this week.  Soon we will add and substract them too!  Here is the homework for the week:

Chapter 20 in the Math Textbook:

Monday:  RW 101  Parts of a Whole 20.1

Tuesday: RW 102  Parts of a Group 20.2

Wednesday:  RW 103 Add Fractions 20.3

Thursday:  RW 104 More Adding of Fractions 20.4

Friday:  Turn in all homework for the week!

We will read a non-fiction story from our textbook called--Wolves.  We will watch a video about wolves, too.  The spelling pattern are words that end with /ed/ /ing.  Here are the spelling words for the week:

1. attacking

2. called

3. defending

4. scared

5. threatened

6. warning

7. wagging

8. letting

9. running

10.  moved

11. coming

12. saved

13.  picked

14. pulled

15. shopped

16. wolves

17. creature

18. survive

19. exist

20. extinction

This is the last week of social studies.  Make sure you bring in the play dough that Mr. Dunn created.  The students will be making landforms!  Also, be sure to check the binder for social studies study guides and test dates!  BE SURE TO WORK ON YOUR PROJECT FOR THE PRESIDENT/AFRICAN AMERICAN PROJECT. 

IMPORTANT DATES:

2/13--PTA DAY @ THE CAPITOL

2/14--SAINT VALENTINE DAY TEA

2/15--- AR PARTY...CUT OFF FOR AR POINTS WILL BE 2/13.

2/18-- PRESIDENT'S DAY---NO SCHOOL

2/19--TEACHER WORKDAY---NO SCHOOL

2/20--BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

2/21-- AFRICAN AMERICAN/PRESIDENT PROJECT DUE--YOU CAN DRESS UP AS YOUR FAMOUS AMERICAN!   ALSO SOPE CREEK CELEBRATES ITS 30TH B-DAY!

SIGN UP FOR FUN RUN.  IT WILL BE SAT, MAR. 15TH FORM 9-11 A.M. THERE ARE CLASS BASKETS AVAILABLE FOR SILENT AUCTION. VISIT THE SOPE CREEK FOUNDATION WEBSITE. www.sopecreekfoundation.org

WE WILL HAVE A VALENTINE CARD EXCHANGE IN THE CLASSROOM.  WE WILL ALSO GRAPH, SORT, AND IDENTIFY DIFFERENT HEARTS IN MATH!  WE WILL HAVE VALENTINE'S DAY ACTIVITIES IN THE MORNING.  I HAVE CREATED A CLASS LIST SO THAT YOU MAY WRITE THE STUDENT'S NAME ON EACH VALENTINE.  CLICK THE THE HOMEWORK LINK.  YOU WILL FIND THE CLASS LIST THERE!

Week of 2/4/08

Because we have been practicing for our performance since last week and will continue to practice on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, we will not have time to do a story this week.  Therefore, there will not be any spelling words this week.

Look for the Famous President/African American project under the homework---click on the homework and you can find the directions. Please be sure to let me know who you have chosen by Feb. 5th. This will count as one major grade in Language Arts!

We are studying the customary and Metric units of measurement from Chapter 15.  We need to review and go over a few concepts.  Measurement and conversions are difficult and we need to make sure your Greyhound masters this concept. Therefore, we will spend this week reviewing .

LOOK FOR A MATH PACKET FOR HOMEWORK THIS WEEK TO GO HOME. IT WILL INCLUDE MULTIPLICATION/DIVISION WORKSHEETS.

                                PRACTICE YOUR MULTIPLICATION AND DIVISION FACTS...THERE WILL BE A TIMED TEST THIS WEEK ON BOTH OPERATIONS! 

SOCIAL STUDIES:  Mr. Dunn continues to teach from Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 from the textbook.  Students are learning about the different types of maps---physical maps and political maps.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

  2/4---PTA BOARD MEETING  @ 9 A.M.

2/6--ANOTHER EARLY RELEASE DAY---@ 12:20..PLEASE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE ARRANGEMENTS AND LET ME KNOW.

2/9-- Winter Talent Show

2/7--3RD GRADE FREEDOM EVENING PERFORMANCE @ 6:30.  PLEASE PLAN ON ARRIVING AT 6:30.  WE NEED TO HAVE THE CHILDREN HERE BEFORE 7 P.M.  THEY ARE TO WEAR RED, WHITE, OR BLUE SHIRT WITH JEANS.

2/16--The Mansour Center 995 Roswell Street Marietta.  Free seminar--Mothers Raising Sons--from boys to men. If interested, go to the website www.singleparentconnection.net

2/18 and 2/19--NO SCHOOL!

2/21--FAMOUS PRESIDENT/AFRICAN AMERICAN PROJECT DUE!

2/20- Birthday Book Club

2/21- Sope Creek’s 30^th Birthday

Tuesday, 2/26/08- 1, 3, 5 Spring Pictures from Lifetouch!

Week of 1/28/08

DON'T FORGET:  Monday, January 28th is early release.  Dismissal is at 12:20 p.m.  Please make the appropriate arrangements.

Also, Friday, February 1st is ART DAY!  This year the theme is Performance Art.  This is an entire day of art and fun activities.  We will eat sack lunches in the classroom.  Third grade will need to wear black shirts on this day.  If you would like to bring the black shirt in, please do so by Thursday.

It was very nice to have a chance to visit with all of the Greyhound parents during conference week.  Your Greyhounds are truly amazing!

We will have our Chapter 18 test on Tuesday of this week.

We will begin our measurement chapter number 15.  This chapter covers measurement to the nearest 1/2 and 1/4 inch in foot, inch, yard, and mile.  Also, we will compare the customary units of measurement.  We will also learn the metric measurements.

Here is the homework for the week:

Monday---RW 75--Lesson 15.1 Measure to the Nearest 1/2 and 1/4 inch.

                RW 76--Lesson 15.2 Inch, Foot, Yard, and Mile

Tuesday--Compare Customary Units RW 77--Lesson 15.3

Wednesday--Metric Length RW78

                     Compare Metric Units  RW79

Thursday--Problem Solving Strategy--RW80.

We begin a new story in a new book.  Diamond Cove is the second have of the year for our classroom reading.  Our story this week is Borreguita and the Coyote.  This is a fiction story as we begin to learn about the balance of nature.   We will learn about vocabulary, summarizing literature, adjectives that ell how many, context clues, and our spelling pattern.

Our spelling pattern this week is words with /ur/:

1. deserve

2. returned

3. fur

4. her

5. turn

6. girl

7. word

8. person

9. first

10. third

11. hurt

12. church

13. work

14. grazing

15. swallow

16. curious

17. comfortable

18. image

19. ledge

20. space

Our spelling test will be on Thursday along with our reading test.

The students will take their Chapter 4 tests this Tuesday for Health.

Social Studies:  They will begin Social Studies and the study of landforms and physical features of Georgia for the next three weeks.  Please check the planners for homework assignments or study guides in Social Studies.

IMPORTANT DATES:

2/1--Art Day also Art Show from 6-8:30 p.m.  You can purchase your child's art at the art show.

2/4--9 A.M. PTA BOARD MEETING

2/6--EARLY RELEASE @ 12:20

2/7--3RD GRADE FREEDOM EVENING PERFORMANCE @ 7 P.M.

2/9--Winter Talent Show

2/18th and 2/19th--No SCHOOL!

2/20--Birthday Book Club

2/21--Sope Creek's 30th birthday!

FUN RUN IS COMING IN MARCH---IT IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 15TH  FROM 9A.M.--12 P.M.

Week of 1/22/08

The Health and Nutrition Committee is sponsoring "3-a-Day Month", by the National Dairy Association.  Students are encouraged to milk, cheese, or yogurt three times a day to insure adequate calcium intake.

During the week of Jan 22 - 25, students can produce their own 3-a-day Superfan online.  Have your child print the superfan they create, and they will all be collected to create one large superfan.  During the week of Jan 28 - Feb 1, children drinking plain milk, skim milk, or yogurt may be given prizes by the 'Got Milk' promotion.

Visit www.3adaysuperfans.org to participate in this campaign.

Please remember that we do not have school on Monday January 21, 2008.  The rest of the week ,we have early release for our conferences. We will eat lunch earlier and go to specials at a different time because of our early dismissal time. 

School is dismissed at 12:20pm everyday including Monday, January 28th.  We will return to our regular schedule on Tuesday, January 29th.

I look forward to meeting with you.  Please plan to arrive early to find a parking spot.  We are held to strict schedule and I would like you to receive your full amount of time.  I do look forward to meeting with you next week.

The Book fair is in the Media Center, so plan to look around before or after our conference.

Due to early release and a short schedule this week, we will not have any spelling words or story.  We will resume our regular schedule Tuesday, January 28th!

We will begin a new Chapter this week. Chapter 18 Perimeter and Area. Here is the homework for the week:

  Tuesday:  Lesson 18.1 and Lesson 18.2 or RW 92 and RW93.  Perimeter and Use a Formula-- l+w+l+w=perimeter.  Perimeter is the measurement outside of a figure--around the figure.

                      Wednesday:  Lesson 18.3 and Lesson 18.4 orRW94 and RW95--Area and Find Area.  l x w= area.

                      Thursday:  Lesson 18.5 P or RW 96--Problem Solving.

IMPORTANT DATES:

   1/22-1/28--Early Release Week @ 12:20 p.m.  Please make the appropriate arrangements and let the teacher know how you will be going home all week.

1/22-1/28--Scholastic Book Fair.  Please be sure to visit the book fair.

1/21--No school Martin Luther King, Jr.  Birthday!!

Bring in yarn, ribbon, beads, etc. for your ART PROJECT.  We will begin this on Wednesday!  This will count for 1/2 of their art grade this quarter.

We collected $25.40 for the Penny Wars.  Thank you Greyhounds for participating in this great cause for the American Cancer Society.

                     

WEEK OF 1/14/08

Happy New Year once again.  Thank you parents for adhering to the schedule for conference.  I'm booked solid back to back each and everyday! I looked forward to meeting with you and distributing the report cards. Your children have been working hard and it shows on their report cards.

We had a wonderful Science Day.  It served as a great review of the Science materials and standards that have been covered thus far.  Thanks to all the parents who helped with this big task.  We appreciate you and all your efforts!

I'm now able to collect your Scholastic Book Club orders by check.  If you wish to not order online, you can return your order form along with a check payable to Scholastic Book Clubs.  Remember, no tax is added to your purchases.

Also, we have a new page added to the homework sheet.  It is a vocabulary map.  Your child will need to pick two vocabulary words each week and print out two vocabulary maps and follow the directions on the map.  Remember, it is not the pattern words for the week, but rather the actual vocabulary words for that week. This page will actually take the place of Thursday's homework in spelling.

A letter will go home on Monday regarding CRCT practice online.  This is a wonderful website that gives the children actual practice tests. Please read it carefully!

We have been using our Smartboard ever since we came back from the winter break.  Boy, are we learning and having fun with it.  Thanks once again to the Ellis family and to every family in our classroom that donated money toward this wonderful teaching tool!

We will begin our new Chapter in Math.  Chapter 17 discusses Solid Figures. We will discuss and learn what are faces, edges, and vertices in solid figures.  We will combine figures, draw figures, and identify relationships between figures. As you look through your child's math book, you will see the Georgia State Standards in blue at the top of each and every page.  These are our new State Standards that ALL teachers teach by.  Ask your child about the Essential Questions or EQ.

Here is the homework for the week:

Monday---RW88 or Lesson 17.1  Solid Figures

Tuesday--RW89 or Lesson 17.2 Combine Solid Figures

Wednesday--RW90 or Lesson 17.3 Draw Figures

Thursday--RW91 or Lesson 17.4 Identify Relationships

We will have an additional handout in math.

The Cube Projects were fantastic.  I have them displayed outside our classroom.  I have received many compliments from parents and teachers on what a wonderful idea and project.

This week, we will take our Theme 3 assessment tests.  We will have a review of spelling words from previous weeks.  Remember to pick out two vocabulary words and do the vocabulary map.  Click Homework link and then click Vocabulary Map.  Here are the spelling words.

1. one

2. won

3. blew

4. blue

5. ate

6. eight

7. seen

8. scene

9. here

10. hear

11. hour

12. our

13. idea

14. heard

15. herd

16. feet

17. wood

18. would

19.  sentence

20. several

In Health, we are learning about germs, diseases, infectious and noninfectious diseases, and about staying healthy.  We continue to work from Chapter 5--Preventing Diseases.  We have used the smartboard to show videos about germs.  The children are really enjoying learning about staying healthy.  We will take our Health Test on Chapter 5 on Friday of this week.  Review and study your guides and handouts.

IMPORTANT DATES:

1/16--Birthday Book club at 7:20 in the media center

1/17--Newcomer's Welcome Coffee @ 9:30 in the media center

1/21--Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday--No School

1/22-1/25---Conference Week and early Release @12:20.  Also the Book fair will be going on in the media center.  Please make the appropriate arrangements for your child.  They are not invited to the conference.

We are in need of Lysol Spray and hand sanitizer.  A big thanks to those parents who have already contribute, but we are still short.  If you can spare a can or bottle of hand sanitizer, it will be very much appreciated by the Greyhounds.

The Sope Creek Relay for Life Team is holding a competition between grades to see who can collect the most pennies.  Please send in any donation of extra pennies you have around the house.  They really do add up.  The money will be donated to the American Cancer Society.  Thanks for your help.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WEEK OF 1/08/08

Happy New Year to all!

Don't forget that the Home Reading Log is due on Tuesday.  Also due on Tuesday is the Cube Tissue Box Project.  Your child will need to present it to the class. Make a list of all AR books read during the break and be ready to take AR tests on your computer day.

Reading:  We will finish our Theme 2 with a wonderful story called The Three Little Javelinas.  This story is very similar to The Three Little Pigs.

We will look at story element, vocabulary, using adjectives, sequence in a story, and homophones!  We will use a Venn Diagram to compare and contrast the two stories. Here are the spelling words for the week: The pattern this week is homophones.

1. hare

2. hair

3. right

4. write

5. see

6. sea

7. si ( the spanish word for yes)

8. there

9. their

10. they're

11. through

12. threw

13. wood

14. would

15. one

16. won

17. here

18. hear

19. cousin

20. desert

Math:  We will review Chapter 16 in our math book.  We will send home a pretest for Chapter 16.  Look for a packet PW 81- PW 87 or 16.1 to 16.7.  Continue to practice mulitplication and division facts.

Health:  We will begin to study Chapter 5 in our Health Book.  As cold and flu season begins, we will discuss how to prevent the spread of diseases. We will also look at nutrition.  Look for study guides to go home.

IMPORTANT DATES:

1/21---Martin Luther King, Jr. No school!

1/22-25th and also 1/28.  Conference Week and early release @ 12:20 each day.  Make appropriate arrangements.

1/22-25th---Report cards will be distributed during conferences.

Week of 12/24/07

Happy Holidays to all!  May you have a wonderful winter break!

Don't forget:  The reading project is due January 8th, 2008!

Read, read, read during your winter break!  Make a list of all AR books read so that you may be ready to take the tests.

See you in 2008!