A Look Ahead

If you did not attend virtual parent orientation, please make sure you watch the recording and look at the presentation. There are some new procedures/opopurtunites as far as grades are concerned for your child that you need to be familar with. 

Next Week

I will be at school on Tuesday, Thursay and Friday next week as well as half a day on Wednesday. So happy to be returning for a majority of the week. Of course, this is if everything in my household stays the same. I will let you know my plans of the following week once those dates are definite since one of my sons cannot return until the 23rd. 

Reading Celebration

Congrats to Bryce for completing the Richland County Library summer reading challenge and enjoying a celebration today with the other students from Upper Campus! 

Curriculum

Math- We continue to focus on multiplicaiton strategies in math. We will be working in Chapter 3. If you would like more details about what your child will be learning, please read the Chapter 3 Family Letter (They are linked.) Students can start focusing on memorizing their facts with the factors of 0,1,2,5 and 10. 

ELA- We will wrap up our focus on context clues on Wednesday. We will start focusing on asking and answering literal questions before, during and after reading. We will also focus on nouns (common and proper) and making sure the students capatilize proper nouns in their writing. We will continue writing personal narratives. 

Science- We will wrap up our focus on Plant and Animal Habitats. The students will have a graded assignment on Tuesday, but will be allowed to use their notes. They started working on an animal research project that will be graded when completed. 

Social Studies- We continue to focus on Mapping Skills. 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday- Art

Tuesday- Computer Lab

Wenesday- Music

Thursday- PE

Friday- Science Lab

Important Dates

Thursday, September 9th-September 17th- Virtual Book Fair 

Monday, September 20th- Interims

Friday, September 24th- Student Half Day- Dismissal at 11:30

A Look Ahead

The students have done a great job of bringing their charged chromebooks to school each day. Thank you for making sure they come prepared! 

College Color Days

Everyone looked great in their college colors today.

Toys

Please remind your child that he/she should not be bringing toys to school. I have a lot of fidget gadgets being brought in, but are being used more as a toy. Also, if your child has a phone it needs to stay in his/her backpack during the school day. If it is taken out it will be taken away.  Thank your for reinforcing this at home with your child! 

Parent Orientation

I will host a virtual parent orientation on Thursday at 6 pm. I will be recording it in case you are unable to join. I will send out a Google Meet link on Tuesday or Wednesday for you to join. 

Friday Folders

Please remember to ask your child for their Green Friday Folder and send it back on Mondays. Your child has a couple graded assignments coming home. You are welcome to keep them.There is also a very important paper for third grade parents about the SC Read to Succeed Act. 

Curriculum

Math- We continue to focus on multiplicaiton strategies in math. We will be working in Chapter 3. If you would like more details about what your child will be learning, please read the Chapter 3 Family Letter (They are linked.) Studnets can start focusing on memorizing their facts with the factors of 0,1,2,5 and 10. We have a program to practice multiplicaiton fluency we are using at school, but your child could practice their facts with mutliplication flashcards at home. You can buy them or they can make some with index cards or squares of paper. 

ELA- We will continue focusing on context clues. I continue to read one on one with students to check for fluency and comprehension. We will continue writing personal narratives. 

Science- We continue to focus on Plant and Animal Habitats. 

Social Studies- We continue to focus on Mapping Skills. 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday- No School

Tuesday- Computer Lab

Wenesday- Music

Thursday- PE

Friday- Science Lab

Important Dates

Monday, September 6th- Labor Day- No School 

Thursday, September 9th- Parent Orientation 6pm (virtual)

Thursday, September 9th-September 17th- Virtual Book Fair 

Monday, September 20th- Interims

Friday, September 25th- Student Half Day- Dismissal at 11:30

A Look Ahead

 Friday Folders

Your child is coming home with a Friday Folder. Please ask your child for the folder, look through the folder and send back on Monday. Thanks! 

Media Center

Students attended their media center orientationon today. They love that the media center has 2 floors! Your child can check out up to 3 books at a time. Third grade is able to check out new books on Monday and Thursdays. Students are not able to take Reading Counts tests yet. 

Mrs. Medlock reading a book to the class in the media center. 

Hasani showing his book choices. 

Chromebook Insurance 

Please read the Communigator post about purchasing insurance for your child's chromebook. Please make sure you follow the school blog (Communigator) for important information. You can click on the Follow this Blog button on the top right corner to receive and email when the school posts information. 

Curriculum

Math- We will focus on multiplicaiton strategies in math. We will completed lessons 1-4 in Chapter 1 and started Chapter 2 today. We will have a math test over multiplication on Friday. Your child is welcome to take home his/her math workbook to practice the different lessons we have done, but I have not assigned homework. If you would like more information about that, please let me know. If you would like more details about what your child will be learning, please read the Chapter 1 Family Letter and Chapter 2 Family Letter. (They are linked.) 

ELA- We will review affixes (prefixes and sufixes) and move into the skill of using context clues to figure out the meaning of words. I continue to read one on one with students to check for fluency and comprehension. We will start writing personal narratives. 

Science- We continue to focus on Plant and Animal Habitats. 

Social Studies- We continue to focus on Mapping Skills. 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday- Computer Lab

Tuesday- Music

Wenesday- PE

Thursday- Science Lab

Friday- Art

Important Dates

Friday, September 3rd- College Colors Day

Monday, September 6th- Labor Day- No School 

Thursday, September 9th- Parent Orientation 6pm (virtual)

Thursday, September 9th-September 17th- Virtual Book Fair 

A Look Ahead

Growth Mindset- The Power of Yet

We discussed how some things in third grade might be challenging at times, but we will have a growth mindset by being positive, continue to try and learn from our mistakes. We also discussed that we might not understand something immediately so we would say something along the lines of "I do not understand multipliction yet".  

Emma displays her illustration representing a growth mindset. 

Sydney and Machiah working on math task cards reviewing math.

Curriculum

Math- We will focus on multiplicaiton strategies in math. We will complete lessons 1-4 in Chapter 1 and move into Chapter 2. Part of Chapter 1 is on division strategies, but we will not focus on that part of the chapter yet. If you would like more details about what your child will be learning, please read the Chapter 1 Family Letter and Chapter 2 Family Letter. (They are linked.) We will take the MAP Math test on Wednesday. 

ELA- We will focus on affixes (prefixes and sufixes). We will discuss choosing "just right books" when independently reading. I will also start reading one on one with students to check for fluency and comprehension. The studnets will also be doing some creative writing next week. We will take the MAP Reading test on Tuesday. 

Science- We will focus on Plant and Animal Habitats. 

Social Studies- We will focus on Mapping Skills. 

Related Arts Schedule

Monday- Computer Lab

Tuesday- Music

Wenesday- PE

Thursday- Science Lab

Friday- Art

Important Dates

Tuesday, August 24th- MAP Testing

Wednesday,  August 25th- MAP Testing

Monday, September 6th- Labor Day- No School 

Thursday, September 9th- Parent Orientation 6pm (virtual)

A Look Ahead

 Gator Games Pictures

Lots of teamwork was used to build a   five times and crawl through it. 

Olivia and Alicia work together during the three legged race. 

The class getting ready for the water bucket relay. 

We represented Algeria. 

Laiken won the hula hoop contest for the entire 3rd grade!!! 

Working together to form as many three letter words as possible. 

Alergia Shirts

Ava trying to hit the target with her pennies. 

Cheering on the 5th graders with our homemade posters! 

Curriculum

Math-  We will finish up Chapter 15 on Area and Perimeter. 

ELA-  We will fininish reading Lemonade War. We will also continue practicing writing in cursive. If your child was at school for Gator Games he/she has a cursive packet to practice in and can continue practicing this summer. 

Science- We will not focus on science. 

Social Studies- We will continue to focus on the Regions of SC. 

*We will also complete some fun end of the year activities this week. 

A Look Ahead

 Gator Games

Gator Games is on Tuesday! I know the students coming in are excited. It will be a busy day and hopefully your child will sleep well Tuesday night. Please try to drop your child off as close to 8 am as possible Tuesday morning so he/she can make a flag and get settled before we start at 8:45am. Please refer to the Gator Games Information in your child's Google Classroom or in the email I sent out on Thursday as to what your child needs for the day! I will take lots of pictures to share! 

Curriculum

Math-  We started Chapter 15 today in math. We will focus on Perimeter and Area. We will have a graded assignment on Thursday. Please encourage you child to practice their math facts.  They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer

ELA-  We continue reading the book Lemonade War. We will focus on chapters 8-11 next week. We will finish reading the book the last week of school. If your child is virtual and has a copy it will need to be returned to the school when we finish. The students will also continue learning how to write in cursive.

Science- We will not focus on science. 

Social Studies- We will focus on the regions of South Carolina. The students will have a graded assignment on Friday. 

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week. 

A Look Ahead

Media Center News

All media center books are due on Friday, May 28th. If your child has a copy of Lemonade War checked out, he/she can keep it until we are done with the novel. 

Schedule Change for Tuesday

Fourth grade will be taking SC PASS for science on Tuesday so our schedule will be a little different. The class will have related arts from 9:45-10:30 instead of our normal time at 1:00. We will still break for lunch/recess at 11:30 and return at 12:15. 

I enjoyed having several more students join us this week for SC Ready. We celebrated their hard work with popsicles on the patio outside of the media center. I also snapped an "almost" class picture. Wish we were able to get a picture with all 20 students. 

 

Curriculum

Math-  We continue disucssing Chapter 14: Represent and Interpret Data this week. We are focusing on pictographs and bar graphs. Your child will have a test on Thursday. If you would like to read more about what your child will do in this chapter, please read the family letter.  Please encourage you child to practice their math facts.  They can use flashcards or the following website: Math Trainer

ELA-  We continue reading the book Lemonade War. We are reviewing several reading skills (inferring, predictions, summarizing etc.) while we are reading.  Students either have their own copy or are following along/reading with a virtual copy. The students will have a quiz over chapters 1-7 on Friday. The students will also start learning how to write in cursive.

Science- We will focus on Transer of Electrical Energy (insulators and conductors). 

Social Studies- We will not focus on social studies.

*Please continue to refer to your child's Week At A Glance for graded assignments next week.