The Next Two Weeks

It is hard to believe Thanksgiving is next week and December is right around the corner!!!

Miss Schriefer

Miss Schriefer, USC Intern, will only be with us for two more days. Thursday, December 3rd will be here last day. She has done a great job and I know the students will miss her, but they will still get to see her at school because she will be in fifth grade next semester. 

Math- We will continue to work on Module 3, Multiplication and Division. The students will have a quiz over lessons 9,11, 15-18 on Tuesday, December 1st. 

Language Arts- The students will continue writing a story from the point of view of a turkey. Our story after break will be "Here's My Dollar". We will focus on Author's Purpose. The students will have a test over the story on Friday, December 4th. 

Science- We will focus on Life Cycles and Food Chains.

Socials Studies- We will continue learning about exploration in South Carolina. We will focus on Hernando DeSoto, Jean Ribault, Juan Pardo, William Hilton and Henry Woodward.  The students will continue to work with their groups on their Paper Slide Video. They are becoming experts on an explorer and will teach the information to the rest of the class using their video. 

Have a great weekend! 

Fossil Frank

The students enjoyed our visitor today! He brought in a lot of fossils for the students to observe. They even went fossil digging and identified fossils they found. 

Fossil Frank sits with the students while they dig to find fossils.  

Trenton, Bennett and Ethan look through Fossil Frank's collection. 

Thank You Rotary Club

The third grade students each received a dictionary from the Blythewood Rotary Club on Thursday to use in class. They were super excited! 

Math- Our focus will still be on multiplication and division. 

Language Arts- We will discuss point of view (1st and 3rd person point of view). We will look at several books and passages that have different points of views.  The students will also write a story from a turkeys point of view. They will have their spelling test on Tuesday. 

Science- We will wrap up habitat changes and fossils with a test on Wednesday. Fossil Frank comes to visit on Thursday. 

Social Studies- We will start discussing early exploration in South Carolina. The students will create a paper slide show to help teach the class about the explorers we will be studying. 

The $14 for Diamond Dell and Fossil Frank is due on Tuesday. Please send the money in with your child, if you haven't done so already. Thanks! 

Veteran's Day

Happy Veteran's Day

Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam came in today to speak to the class about what they do/did in the military. They also read a book to the class. We also had several parents/grandparents come celebrate Veteran's Day at lunch with their child/grandchild. Thank you Veterans for serving our country!! 

Box Tops

Box Tops

The next Box Tops Collection Contest ends on 11/18. 

It is easiest  if you use the collection sheet with footballs that was sent home last week, however, I will take them in any format.

If you also have Labels for Education or Tyson labels, feel free to send them too and I will ensure our class gets the credit for them. 

Thank you for your support!

A Look Ahead...

Report Cards
Your child's report card is in his/her folder. You can keep the contents inside, but please send back the envelope signed. 

Honor Roll Recognition
The students have worked very hard this nine weeks! If your child made the A or A/B Honor Roll he/she will be recognized Wednesday on the morning show.

Wish List
I am in need of index cards for the classroom. If you would like to donate a pack, I would appreciate it. They can be lined or unlined.Thanks in advance! 

Native American Fun

The class became expert potters and basket weavers this week. They also received a shell necklace. Each item represents one of the tribes we are learning about. Make sure you ask your child what item represents what tribe and why. 

Math- We will be focusing on multiplication and division again. Please encourage your child to practice his/her facts at home. They will have a math quiz on Friday.

Language Arts- Our story for next week is "Castle on Viola Street". The students will have a test on Friday. We will discuss theme in stories. I passed out spelling words on Tuesday and the students will have a test over them on November 17th. They can practice at spellingcity.com. 

Science- We continue discussing changes to habitats and how they can be harmful or/and helpful.

Social Studies- We will wrap up our unit on the Native Americans of SC with a test on Wednesday.

Claire, Trenton and Mason use the collaborative area in the 3rd grade hall to
compare and contrast the 3 Native American tribes we are studying. 

Metric Week Trivia

The school celebrated Metric Week last week with a short video and a trivia question on the morning show each day. I had several students who did a great job of researching the questions asked!! I was very impressed! Yesterday, Mrs. Bright announced the winners of each trivia question and the winning student received a treat. Congrats to Harrison Knight and Andrew Black for giving the correct answer to two of the questions last week!!!

Congrats!!!