moschetta

Mustang’s Need

Tissue (Kleenex)

Pencils

Wrapping paper (bright and colorful) 5 rolls

Round coffee filters (20)

Reading

Amber Brown is Not a Crayon.  In this realistic fiction, third grade is turning out to be a sad time for Amber Brown, because her best friend is moving. Accelerated Reader Keep up the good work on those A.R. reading logs.  Remember all logs are being checked every Friday and must meet the minimum requirement of 100 hours per week. CRCT

                  Pipe cleaners (20)

                          

In preparation for the test, we will be reviewing and practicing adjectives, nouns, contractions, pronouns, types of sentences, capitalization and punctuation.

Homework

Daily’s Week 30

Spelling List #25

Math

Chapter 23 dividing by 1 digit numbers with remainders.

CRCT

In preparation for the test we will be reviewing and practicing; place value, estimating, multiplying by multiples of 10, identity, commutative, and associative properties

Specials

Mon. Music

Tue.  P.E

Wed. P.E.

Thur. Art

Fri. Tech

Helper Parent

Story Parent

Jonna Miller

Reminders

4/7 – 4/11 Spring Break

4/16 Birthday Book Club

4/24-4/29 CRCT

Homework

Daily’s, DLR, DMP Week 30

Spelling List #25

Notice all homework is sent home Friday in the blue folders

Shhh…Don’t ask why it’s a special surprise!

Thanks in advance for helping!

March 17.2008

Writers Workshop

This week we will be writing a persuasive narrative.  The students will be required to use homophones and homographs in their writing.

Reading

Grandfather’s Journey An autobiographical story about being torn between two homes and two countries.

Skill Groups; James and the Giant Peach

Grammar

main and helping verbs

Homework

Daily’s Week 28

Spelling List #22

Math

Test Wednesday on Chapter 20.  Adding and subtracting like fractions.  Vocabulary; fraction, numerator, denominator, common fraction and like fractions.

Social Studies

Landforms and the physical features of

Georgia

.

Specials

Mon. P.E

Tue.  P.E

Wed. Art

Thur. Tech

Fri. P.E 

Helper Parent

Jonna Miller

Story Parent

Valerie Healy

Reminders

3/15 Fun Run

3/17 St. Patrick’s Day

3/18 Volunteer Appreciation Tea

3/19 Birthday Book Club

         Fernbank Field Trip (wear your class t-shirt) bring a big snack

3/20 Report Cards go home

3/24 Recorders for music

February 11,2008

Calling all parents and friends of Sope Creek!!  Our annual career day is scheduled for March 4th from 8:30-11:30am.  Please consider being a part of this exciting day by volunteering be a speaker.  Speakers do not have to be here the entire day and will be given an exact schedule.  No career is too big or little!

Please contact the Sope Creek Counselors at 770-916-7088 for additional information and to sign up.  Also, feel free to tell anyone who may be interested.  Thank you.

* All students are encouraged to participate in giving and receiving Valentines.  We will have a celebration with treats.  Every student has a class list in their blue folder.  Also, it would be helpful is everyone brought in a large ziplock baggie for their cards and goodies.

* Due to all the practice and time spent on the Freedom Performance are reading schedule will not change from last week.

This week the students will finish researching famous people and events.  They will include; Flight of the Challenger, Baseball Hall of Fame, Franklin Roosevelt and Jackie Robinson. 

Reading

Wolf

Island

 students learn about the role that wolves play in nature and what can happen to the balance of nature when wolves disappear from a habitat.

Read Aloud; Indian in the Cupboard

Skill Groups;

·        The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

·        Box Car Children The Mystery Cruise

Math

Chapter 17.  The students will describe and identify properties of solid figures.  Test on Friday.

Health

Nutrition exploration.  The students will learn about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity.

Specials

Mon. ART

Tue.  TECH

Wed. PE

Thur.

PE

Fri.    MUSIC

Helper Parent

Inna Sturina

Story Parent

Caroline Simmel

Reminders

2/14 Valentines Day Celebration

2/15 AR party for students reaching 30-60-90 points

2/18 Presidents Day NO SCHOOL

February 4, 2008

Writers Workshop

This week the students will continue researching famous people and events.  John Hancock,  Al Capone, Audie Murphy and Nellie Bly.  They will respond to literature by comparing the story Wolves to

Wolf

Island

.

Reading

Wolf

Island

 students learn about the role that wolves play in nature and what can happen to the balance of nature when wolves disappear from a habitat.

Read Aloud; Indian in the Cupboard

Skill Groups;

·        The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

·        Box Car Children The Mystery Cruise

Math

Chapter 17.  The students will describe and identify properties of solid figures.  Test on Friday.

Health

Nutrition exploration.  The students will learn about the importance of good nutrition and physical activity.

Specials

Mon. Music

Tue.  Music

Wed. PE

Thur.

PE

Fri.    Art

Helper Parent

Valerie Raymond

Story Parent

Georgette Robertson

Reminders

2/06  Early Release 12:20

2/07  Freedom Evening Please have students report to the classroom at 6:30 wearing red, white and blue.

January 28. 2008

                                

Writers Workshop

This week the students will continue researching famous people and events.  Robert Scott, Edgar Allen Poe, Josh Gibson, Carry A. Nation and Lyndon B. Johnson. 

They will choose to write a story, write an ad or make a poster as a response to reading Wolves.

Reading

Wolves an informational selection describes how wolves live and survive in the wilderness.

Read Aloud; Indian in the Cupboard

Skill Groups; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Math

Test on Wednesday.  The students should be able to use and recognize the following vocabulary; line segment, radius, diameter, right angle, acute angle, obtuse angle, equilateral triangle, isosceles triangle and scalene triangle.

Science

The students will investigate the habitats of different organisms and the dependence they have on their habitat.

Specials

Mon. PE

Tue.  Art

Wed. Tech

Thur.

PE

Fri.    PE

Helper Parent

Jonna Miller

Story Parent

Valerie Raymond

Reminders

1/28  Early Release 12:20

2/01  Art Day

2/06  Early Release 12:20

2/07  Freedom Evening

December 17,2007

Writers Workshop

This week the students will write about how their family celebrates the Winter Holiday.  They will need to use descriptive language with at least 10 adjectives.

Reading

The Three Little Javelinas This version of the Three Little Pigs is set in the

Sonoran

Desert

.  Hairy wild pigs called javelinas build houses of tumbleweeds, cactus sticks, and adobe bricks.

Read Aloud; Indian in the Cupboard

Skill Groups; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Grammar

Adjectives; an adjective is a word that describes a noun.

Math

Please check to see what number time test your student is on.  Our goal was to reach #20 by the holiday break.  These tests are given in 1 minute to increase fluency and accuracy.  It is extremely important for your child to have mastered multiplication facts, as we are moving into division.  This week the students will understand the relationship between multiplication and division.  They will begin practicing division facts.  Test on Friday; Harcourt Chapter 11.

Social Studies

The students will learn about rules, rights, and responsibilities.  They will also learn about local, state and national leaders.

Help Please!

Mustangs are in need of tissues, Lysol spray and Lysol All Purpose Cleaner.  We have been cleaning, cleaning, cleaning to try and keep everyone healthy.

          Specials                      Helper Parent

Mon.  Music                           

Tue.  PE                        

Wed. PE

Thur. Art                                Story Parent

Fri.    Tech                                     Valerie Healy

Reminders;

12/17

Holiday

Book Exchange books due

12/19 Birthday Book Club @7:20 A.M.

12/20

Holiday

Party 12:30-1:30

12/21 Last Day of School

Mrs. Derijke and Mrs. Moschetta would like to wish everyone a Wonderful Winter Break and Happy New Year!

News Letter

Writers Workshop

We will be writing our own fractured fairy tell by creating a new chant for the gingerbread boy to say as he runs away from everyone.

Reading

Lon Po Po a Chinese folktale is similar to Little Red Riding Hood.  A mother leaves three sisters at home while she visits their grandmother overnight.  At dusk, a cunning wolf disguised as an old woman comes to the door….

Read Aloud; Indian in the Cupboard

Skill Groups; The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

Grammar

Object Pronouns follow an action verb.  The words me, you, him, her, it, us, and them are object pronouns.

Math

This week the students will multiply with three factors and solve  multi-step problems using multiplication, addition, and subtraction.  Test on Chapter 10 Thursday.

          Specials                      Helper Parent

Mon.  Art

Tue.  Tech                              Inna Strunina

Wed. PE

Thur.

PE

                                Story Parent

Fri.    PE                                Shoshana Haim

Reminders; 12/13 Visiting Author Carmen Deedy 12/14 AR Party, 12/20

Holiday

Party

Mustang News

December 3, 2007    Show Respect

                               Have a Positive Attitude

                               I will work hard

                                Newcomers Welcome

                                Everyone Cooperates

                                Safety

Congratulations!

This weeks star students; Kevin H. and Claire

Writers Workshop

Mustang’s have been reading about Christmas Around the World.  We have written a compare/contrast essay on Christmas in the

USA

and Christmas in

Holland

.  This week the students will decide what country and custom they want to explore and write about.

Reading

The students will read Centerfield Ballhawk.  This story is a realistic fiction piece about a little boy who does not want to disappoint his father.  In the end, he realizes he is a “hit” with his father as a player and a person.

Grammar

Review singular and plural pronouns.  Introduce subject pronouns.

Math

Keep practicing your multiplication facts especially 6,7,& 8’s. 

We will be using bar graphs and multiplication to problem solve.  Test on Chapter 9 Friday.

          Specials

Mon.  P.E.

Tue.  P.E.

Wed. Music

Thur. P.E.

Fri.    P.E.

Reminders; 12/14 AR Party, 12/20

Holiday

Party

Story Parent  Misty Ely            

Helper Parent Valerie Raymond

Mustang's News Letter

Congratulations! Too… last weeks STAR STUDENTS:  Annabelle and Ali.  They showed outstanding citizenship by having no marks on their behavior contracts.  Star Students demonstrate leadership by conducting class meetings.  They are recognized in the classroom and wear cowboy hats as a symbol of pride. Academics Language Arts   Our Language Arts block includes whole class instruction on; My Name is Maria Isabel, Grammar skills will include plural and singular possessive nouns. Concepts will include using a graphic organizer, story elements, drawing conclusions and authors purpose.    Skill groups will be reading leveled informational text pertaining to bats and owls.   During writer’s workshop, the students will be writing a compare and contrast informative on bats and owls. Math Understanding Time. We will finish chapter 6 and test understanding time. We will continue working on multiplication and basic division. Science The Mustangs are growing grass and comparing the results of clay soil and top soil.  We will begin learning about heat, how thermal energy moves and how temperature is measured. Please send in an instant hot chocolate mix for an experiment on conductors. Reminders 10/29-11/2 Disabilities Awareness Week. 10/30 Mr. Sawgrass 10/31 Halloween 11/1Reflections reception 7:00 P.M. in the cafeteria. 11/5 No School 11/6 No School Specials Monday- P.E. Tuesday- Art Wednesday- Tech Thursday –P.E. Friday –P.E. Story Parent 11:30 Little House on the Prairie Georgette Robertson Helper Parent October 30th Diane Wagner

Mustang's News October 29,2007

Congratulations! Too… last weeks STAR STUDENTS:  Annabelle and Ali.  They showed outstanding citizenship by having no marks on their behavior contracts.  Star Students demonstrate leadership by conducting class meetings.  They are recognized in the classroom and wear cowboy hats as a symbol of pride. Academics Language Arts   Our Language Arts block includes whole class instruction on; My Name is Maria Isabel, Grammar skills will include plural and singular possessive nouns. Concepts will include using a graphic organizer, story elements, drawing conclusions and authors purpose.    Skill groups will be reading leveled informational text pertaining to bats and owls.   During writer’s workshop, the students will be writing a compare and contrast informative on bats and owls. Math Understanding Time. We will finish chapter 6 and test understanding time. We will continue working on multiplication and basic division.