December 16, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                          December 16, 2019

            Our story this week is The Overlanders. We will be creative in our test taking for reading and spelling Thursday. This is a great week to let your child study and read alone. YOU can take a break! I know how busy you must be. Our grades will only help our averages, not hurt. I’m not going into detail about how we will test because I want it to be a surprise to the children.

            In math we will learn how to square numbers; identify perfect squares; find the area of a square; simplifying with exponents of 2; writing 3 and 4 digit numbers; using base ten blocks; subtracting 3 and 4; following a recipe; setting a dial; and elapsed time.

            Wrapped $10 gift cards and unwrapped baby boy gifts were due today. Please try to send those by Wednesday at the latest.

            Tomorrow is the last day to check out a library book. Thursday all library books are due and it’s the last day to take an AR test for the second nine weeks.       

Friday is our party at 10:00. We will dismiss at 12:00… no lunch will be served and no extended day will be offered.

            I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We return to school January 6.

                                                            Teaching and loving yours!

                                                                                    Miss Suzann

December Reminders

IMPORTANT!!

KEEP THIS SO YOU ARE “IN THE KNOW”!!

No reading story the week of December 9-13. We will be gone Thursday, and Friday is Polar Express Day. We will “catch up” and review during our academic time. If there is something you want me to cover, please let me know.

Monday, December 9: Box of cake mix & container of icing OR box of brownie mix due for SGA’s food baskets, Pom-Pom Squad practice 3:00-4:00

Tuesday, December 10: Pom-Pom Squad in gym ready to cheer by 5:00

Wednesday, December 11: Senior Center Christmas item due (winter hat, socks, gloves, soap, shampoo, lotion, Kleenex, aspirin, Tylenol, or Band-Aids), Big Chief ornament wrapped and labeled with name and grade

Thursday, December 12: Students voted to wear festive dress up clothes and NOT uniforms for our field trip. We will LEAVE campus at 7:50am so students should be here by 7:30am.

Friday, December 13: Polar Express Day! Wear pajamas! I don’t know any other specifics.

Monday, December 16: Big Chief/Little Chief party at 1:20. Unwrapped baby item, wrapped $10 gift card due.

Tuesday, December 17: Last day to check out a library book. STAR testing.

Thursday, December 19: All library books due, last day for AR tests

Friday, December 20: 10:00 Party! Thank you in advance to Harper, Marlie, and Mason’s moms for organizing! We dismiss at 12:00. No lunch will be served, no extended day.

December 9, 2019

Dear Family,                                                           December 9, 2019

          Reminder we don’t have reading or spelling tests this week. I hope you enjoy the break as much as the students will!

          In math, we will learn about cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons; reading a recipe; writing fractions; subtracting a multiple of 10 from a number using mental computation; and estimating differences between two tw0-digit numbers. This is a great time of year to practice measuring and reading recipes! Over the holidays maybe you can fit in some kitchen math. Don’t forget we already know gallons, half gallons, quarts, and pints.

          You may know this from the group text last night but just as a reminder… at our party Friday, December 20, we will exchange $10 gift cards. The card should be wrapped and appropriate for a girl or a boy. Amy Watson, bookkeeper in our main office, has SEVERAL $10 gift cards for different fast food restaurants. You are welcome to check with her if you are interested. Each student will also bring an unwrapped baby item to donate to an expectant mother in need. Send both items by Monday, December 16.

                                                Teaching and loving yours,

                                                                   Miss Suzann

December 3, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                            December 3, 2019

            Welcome, December! What a wonderful day we had on Tuesday before our Thanksgiving holidays. Thank you for all the delicious goodies you sent and your time volunteering.

Lakeside’s SGA is filling the pantry for fifteen families this holiday season. Third grade is assigned 1 box cake mix with frosting or 1 brownie mix. You may certainly bring both. There will be an ornament party for Big Chiefs/Little Chiefs Monday, December 16. There is an official announcement included in our binders.

In math this week we will be writing number sentences for “equal-groups”; identifying and drawing lines of symmetry; dividing by 10, by 7, and by 1; and subtracting by 2.

Our story this week is The Harlem Renaissance. Thank you to Harper’s Aunt Becky for sending CD’s of great Big Band music.

Dress rehearsal for our Christmas program is this Wednesday at 12:30. Hayden, Mason, and Porter will need their wisemen costumes and props here that day. I know you are all looking forward to the performance Thursday evening at 6:00.

We are still collecting cylindrical containers for music after the holidays.

                                                Teaching and loving yours,

                                                            Miss Suzann

Fund Raisers

There are several fundraisers in progress including:  Poinsettia’s for Preschool, long-sleeved t-shirts and sweatshirts, junior class spirit card and junior class baked good auction. Please contact me or the office if you need more information. Thank you!

November 18, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                         November 18, 2019

            Tomorrow we have our class picture taken. If you would like a copy, they are $10.95. Checks may be made out to Lifetouch. These must be purchased tomorrow morning.

            Remember, you can check grades on iNow. If you’ve misplaced your log-in information, Sherri McClendon in the office can help you.

            Our story this week is A New Life for Mei. Vocabulary and spelling words came home Friday. We will learn about adding -ed and -ing to words and review abstract nouns. I love how the skills in Open Court spiral. It’s not a “once and done”!

            In math, we will learn to add two digit numbers; estimate when adding; drawing and measuring to the half inch (if you don’t have a ruler at home with centimeters and inches, you may need one); multiplying by 7; locating and naming points on a number line; estimating capacity; and drawing a bar graph. We’ve been discussing cups, pints, quarts, half-gallons, and gallons. This would be a great conversation when you’re in the kitchen or grocery store! You’ll be surprised how much they know!

            Speaking of surprises….. they’re learning to read cursive writing. Sooo, be aware of writing surprises, etc. in cursive! And I’m sure you’ve already learned they can understand anything you spell. (Moms, get a tissue. They are growing up.)

            Possessives are still a little tricky. We’re learning to find the hints in sentences to decide whether a word is plural or not before we make it a possessive. Example: “The many birds’ nests were full of twigs.” MANY lets us know it’s more than one bird.

            Our pom-pom squad will not cheer December 3 due to the Christmas parade downtown. No practice Dec. 2.

            Our lunchroom needs a head count for our feast Tuesday, November 26. Thank to those who sent in money today or regretted.

                                                            Loving and Teaching Yours, Miss Suzann

11.12.19 Newsletter

Dear Family,                                                                                         November 12, 2019

            Brrrrrrr! Hello, winter! I’m sure you’ve heard the Veterans Day parade scheduled for this evening has been cancelled due to weather. I saw beautiful pictures of our very own Bailyn Brooks in the National Peanut Parade! Our Veterans Day program Friday was spectacular. The flag retirement ceremony was very moving. Thank you to Becky McPherson for the use of her flags we held when we sang.

            Tomorrow we will have pizza for lunch, courtesy of Katherine’s grandmother, to celebrate Katherine’s birthday. No need to send a lunch.

A special thank you to Laney Winkleblack for organizing our Operation Christ Child shoebox(es) project as assigned to us by the SGA. Mindy Mogren, our Christmas angel, purchased the goodies and we have TWO boxes. Please send money to reimburse Mindy.

            We will have our class picture taken a week from today, November 19. These are purchased by PRE-ORDER only. If you want one, please send $10.95. We will wear our nicest school uniforms.

            We are collecting cylindrical containers with lids to make drums at music. If you have any to spare, send them all! Coffee cans and oatmeal canisters are great.

Our story this week is Einstein Anderson and the Hurricane Hoax. Vocabulary and spelling words came home Friday. The students are looking forward to the spelling this week as it is a review list. We will also review possessives and contractions. We are trying so hard to remember the word “apostrophe”.

            In math, we will learn to identify the perimeter of an object; subtracting a number from 10; making a shape for a given perimeter; and constructing a number line. Continue to work on addition facts and multiplying 10’s and 1’s.

                                Teaching and Loving Yours,

                                                        Miss Suzann

           

November 4, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                            November 4, 2019

            This week our story is Hot Enough to Fry an Egg.  We will continue working on homographs and pronouns. Remember to try to use our vocabulary words in context at home.

            In math we will learn to multiply by 1 and by 10 (postponed from last Friday); estimating and finding the capacity of containers (cup, pint, quart, half-gallon, gallon, and liter); reading a thermometer to the nearest degree; identify the freezing and boiling points of water; normal body temperature; estimating a reasonable temperature; using comparison symbols for greater than, less than, and equals; and identifying horizontal, vertical, and oblique lines and line segments.

            This Friday, November 8, third grade will sing in our Veterans Day program at 8:15 on the football field. We are to wear red, white, and blue... and look nice! We don’t want to be sloppy looking for our veterans. An email was sent to all families about this program.

December 5 is Lakeside’s Christmas program. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend due to a prior engagement! I have tickets for an event at the River Center. I know they will sing beautifully. Miss Janice said I may attend the dress rehearsal.

            $25 is due this Friday for our field trip on December 12.

            Congratulations to Mason for winning the Red Ribbon poster contest! A special thank you to Miss Michelle Helms and Miss Jenny Brooks for our Halloween party. John Collin treated us with Halloween candy and Miss Amy Ammons did, too!

                                                             Teaching and Loving Yours,

                                                                          Miss Suzann

October 28, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                              October 28, 2019

            I was so proud of our report card grades last week! I hope you noticed the new AR reading levels from our STAR testing. You might’ve traveled in a stratus cloud this morning. You may call it fog but we are scientists and say stratus!

In math this week, we will study adding two-digit numbers using mental computation; naming line segments; equilateral triangle (all sides are the same length), isosceles triangle (two sides are the same length), and scalene triangle (all sides are different lengths); identifying a missing digit in addition; and…..drum roll… multiplying by 1 and by 10, factor and product. Don’t stop practicing addition facts! Saxon includes them on tests throughout the year.

            Our story is Get the Facts. We will talk about homographs: words spelled the same way but pronounced differently depending on their use in a sentence. I am elated we are reading so well! And more importantly, comprehending!!

            Congratulations to Katelyn, John Collin, Harper, Mason, Ella, and Daryn for meeting their AR goals the first nine weeks!

            We’ve been BOO-ED! Thank you, Miss Mindy! We shall have fun eating all that candy!

            Third grade has been asked to sing at LSC’s Veterans Day program Friday, November 8, at 8:15am on the football field. We will sing “This Land Is Your Land”.  I’m sending home the words. Please practice!

            This is Red Ribbon Week. Tomorrow is crazy socks, Thursday is LSC attire or a costume (no masks), and Friday is Hippy Day!

            Please allow your child to be responsible for his/her binder. They know what to leave at home, what to return to school, and what stays in the binder.

            My “Lakeside Ladies” need to review the dress code on page 28-29 of our handbook. You may locate it online if you’ve misplaced yours. The length of skorts, skirts, dresses, and jumpers must be 3 inches above the knee or longer. I’m not so crazy to measure and if it’s 4 inches punish anyone but some of ours are way above three inches.     

Loving and Teaching Yours, Miss Suzann

October 21, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                             October 21, 2019

            Thank you for your support of our Fall Festival! A fun time was had by all. If you’re sending money to pay for class pictures…it’s due tomorrow.

            Congratulations to John Collin! His name was drawn from completed Reading Charts. He won $1. Remember to fill these out each week. They are in our binders. There is a letter from our music teacher, Janice Adams, in our folders today.

            Report cards will come home Wednesday. I’m elated by our growth. Keep it up. The most helpful things you can do each week are use our vocabulary words at home, make sure your child is reading, review our work and offer support, and keep practicing those math facts! Multiplication is around the corner.

            We will have our spelling and reading tests this Thursday, October 24. Tornadoes is an interesting selection and applicable to where we live, unfortunately. Remember we use our textbook during the reading test so please don’t worry about memorizing the different aspects of the EF scale.

            In math this week, we will learn to add three or more single-digit numbers; telling time to five-minute intervals; identifying a.m. and p.m. as well as the number of minutes in an hour and hours in a day; adding 7 and 8; and conducting a survey. This means we will have learned to add 0-9!!

            Thank you to Daryn for bringing her butterfly to school! She watched it from a caterpillar to a beautiful butterfly! And Becky McPherson taught our class Friday morning. I really appreciate her volunteering her time.

                                                                        Loving and Teaching Yours,

                                                                                 Miss Suzann

October 14, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                              October 14, 2019

            Can you believe the first nine weeks is almost over? Where does time go? I’m very proud of my students and their hard work.

            This week in math we will begin adding 5 and 6; ordering three digit numbers; counting quarters; and finding half of a set.

            Our reading story is Seasons of Change.  Please pay special attention to the vocabulary.  You’ll see last week’s test in our binders.  We read these totally on our own! We struggled a bit so I added ten points to everyone’s test grade.  (Remember you can look at your child’s grades on STI.) This Friday, I will read the test aloud again for any student wishing me to do so. If you have concerns, let me know.

            In science, we are talking about the seasons. Dr. Mehaffey was SO IMPRESSED with our life-cycle posters!!

Dates to remember:

Oct. 14 (tonight): Dine at Willy T’s 4:00 until closing. Mention Lakeside!!

Oct. 15 at 3:00: AR testing ends for the 9-weeks

Oct. 17: Fall Festival 5:00-7:30

Oct. 18: Wear camo

Oct. 22: Picture money due. You may also order on-line. If you’re not ordering, you don’t need to return the proofs. Report cards come home this date.

                                                                        Loving and teaching,

                                                                              Miss Suzann

October 8, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                                October 8, 2019

            I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! Maybe you got a jump start on our science projects. Students may bring them in as they finish. The due date is Thursday, October 10.

            You will see our cumulative Unit 1 Reading Assessment in our work folders today. I was elated with our grades! Unit 2’s theme is Extreme Weather. I’ve been reading our unit tests aloud. Beginning this week, I want them to read it. I’ll tell them any and all words they don’t know. We will see how it goes. I feel confident they will do fine. And if not, we will regroup. I want my students to be successful.

            I have mixed feelings about our how I give our spelling tests. They want to write the words and not bubble in. Let me know your thoughts. This week we will WRITE the words on notebook paper.

            In math this week our topics are: collecting data and tallying; adding multiples of 10 using mental computation; estimating the sum of two two-digit numbers; and estimating, measuring, and drawing line segments using centimeters. Continue reviewing adding 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 9.

            Please return the fall festival sign up sheet. We need parents to work at our inflatable booth. Our city’s splash pad opens tomorrow. Better late than never. They encountered stumbling block after stumbling block. Last day for AR tests this nine weeks is Tuesday, October 15 at 3:00.

            We wear neon this Friday. Let’s GLOW, Chiefs!

            A special thank you to:

·        Hayden for bringing us erasers from Japan. He visited Epcot and thought of us!

·        Becky McPherson (Aunt Bec Bec) for our pink beaded necklaces Friday. We enjoyed our pink iced cookies as we sported our beads!

·        Daryn brought us pink arm bands to wear! We were a sharp crowd when we won the spirit stick!

Teaching and loving yours,

             Miss Suzann

Lif Cycles Science Project

Science Project on Life Cycles

Assigned October 3, due October 10

On a white piece of posterboard, draw the stages of a living thing. You may choose from:

·        Butterfly (eggs, caterpillar, chrysalis, adult butterfly)

·        Frog (eggs, tadpole, grows arms and legs, tail shrinks, adult frog)

·        Chicken (egg, chick grows in egg, baby chick hatches, adult chicken)

·        Ladybug (eggs, larva, pupa, adult ladybug)

·        Butterbean (seed, roots from seed, stem and leaves, flowers and bean pods)

We’ve discussed all of these in class and watched videos on some of them.

All pictures should be drawn by the student (no printed pictures or cutouts from magazines). I am looking for original drawings by my third grader. Markers, colored pencils, crayons, and/or paint are all acceptable.

Label the drawings (not printed out from a computer or label maker).

I would suggest your child plan out where he/she will locate each drawing on the poster using a piece of copy paper or notebook paper. Arrows may be used to show the cycle.

20 points for neatness

20 points for spelling

20 points for accurate information

20 points for effort in drawing

20 points for following directions

This should be completed totally by the student. I am excited to see their work!

September 30, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                         September 30, 2019

            Happy last day of September! Maybe we will get some cooler weather in October.

            Thank you all for your support of our Homecoming! We won first place for our class banner!!

In math this week we will talk about a dozen and half-dozen, writing fractions, reading and writing to 1,000, writing money amounts with dollar signs and cent symbols, reading a thermometer and marking it to the nearest two degrees, and addition facts adding 3 and 4.

            Our Unit 1, Lesson 6 The White Spider’s Gift is a play! We continue to work on writing complete sentences, nouns, verbs, subject (who or what the sentence is about) and predicate (what the subject is or does).

            This Friday we wear pink to school. Pom-Pom Squad, you have a note in your binder from Miss Kelly.

            No school Monday, October 7. The faculty will attend professional development in Montgomery. I will send our Home Connection this Friday since we will have a short week.

            Another free app you may find interesting… Freerice. The grammar section is particularly good.

            Thank you to:

·        Mayor Tibbs for bringing us hot Cinnabon Delights from Taco Bell this morning. Yum!

·        Miss Michelle, Katelyn’s mom, for birthday cupcakes!

Teaching and Loving Yours,

             Miss Suzann

Newsletter September 23, 2019

Dear Family,                                                                                         September 23, 2019

            What an exciting week we will have! Check out LSC’s Facebook page and Instagram for each day’s theme. Congratulations to Bailyn Brooks and John Collin McWhorter! They are our homecoming representatives.

            We will have our weekly reading and spelling tests Thursday of this week. I sent the Home Connection letter home Friday so you could get a jump start.

            If your child misses school, they must bring an excuse to school the next day. We’ve been a little remiss on this.

            Congratulations to Harper! Her name was drawn from those meeting their goal of 60 minutes reading at home. She won a whole dollar!

            The Barbour County Humane Society and Southern Souls Animal League are our charities for homecoming. Please remember to send a jar of peanut butter before Friday.

            We dismiss Friday at 12:00. No extended day, no lunch.

            Our newsletter will be located on our third grade blog. This will be helpful if yours is misplaced or if other grownups in your child’s family need access. Go to Lakesidechiefs.net. Then “About”. Then “Faculty/Staff”. Scroll down to find my name. Eventually, you will see a place to click for our blog.

            We are loving cursive writing. Our classwork comes home every day. Please guide and support your child as needed.

            Thank you to:

·        “Aunt Bec-Bec” (Becky McPherson) for watching our class Thursday afternoon.

·        Ella’s mom, Gina, for delicious birthday cupcakes and snack bags.

·        Porter’s mom, Julie, and Aunt Amy for purchasing a class set of blue and white shakers for us to use at pep rallies.

·        Katelyn’s mom, Michelle, for sharing a great free app to help with memorizing math facts. MATH DRILLS LITE can be programmed for the specific skill you wish your child to master. It. Works.

Loving and Teaching Yours,   Suzann Tibbs

Dear Family,                                                                      September 16, 2019

            School pictures are this Wednesday! Students wear uniforms. We WILL have our pictures made before PE so we won’t be red-faced and sweaty.

            Last day for homecoming shirt orders is tomorrow. You’ll also find an order form for Breast Cancer Awareness pink t-shirt.

            We are working on common and proper nouns. You can work on this as you ride down the street! Talk about things you see as a common noun (restaurant) and what the proper noun would be (Burger King). You can think of tons!

            In science, we are continuing life cycles and living versus non-living things.  Great work on our weather related science test!!

      Our story this week is Bummer and Lazarus. It’s a great one!

            Thank you and hugs to:

·        Porter for our homemade cookies

·        “Miss” Gina Nixon for watching our class a few minutes Tuesday morning

·        Logan for picking up pinecones every single day from where we land if we play on the slide

Teaching and Loving yours,

            Miss Suzann

Dear Family,                                                                      September 9, 2019

          I hope you’ve had time to log in to Open Court Reading (to find our story and other skills we are covering), Accelerated Reader (to view your child’s progress in AR), and iNOW (to view your child’s attendance and grades). If you have trouble with any of these, please let me know.

          Lakeside collects Box Tops for Education. You may send these in any time. We also recycle ink cartridges and receive a small amount of money for each we mail in. Send these in a plastic sandwich bag so the ink won’t get on things in your child’s bookbag.

          Charleston Wrap orders are due tomorrow. Other upcoming dates: School pictures are on September 18. Scholastic Book Club orders are due September 25.

          Our Pom Pom girls did a great job Friday! I was so proud of them! This Friday will wear decade attire. Select your favorite decade. I have many from which to choose. Hahaha!

          I read our test on Little Havana aloud to the class. We will continue our study of nouns and verbs. Remember we aren’t following Open Courts’ English skills progression. It’s a tad too difficult too quickly in my opinion. You may notice on our reading tests that a couple of pages were skipped.

          WOW! I can tell we have been working on simple addition and subtraction facts! Our scores are improving daily.  Let your child show you how he/she can count money. We’ve used dimes, nickels, and pennies.

          In science, we took a break from life cycles to take advantage of all the news reports on Hurricane Dorian.  Ask your child some of the things we’ve discussed to reduce the impact of weather-related hazards. We will continue learning about living vs non-living things and life cycles.

          Thank you to Edyn for our yummy donuts last week!

                                      Loving and Teaching Yours,

                                                           Miss Suzann

May 13 - 16, 2019

Here We Go!!  My last blog (probably) as a teacher.  Come this Tuesday I will
enter retirement for the second time.  Please let me express my appreciation
to you parents for all the support and encouragement you have given me this
semester.  I know it was hard to see a wonderful teacher like Mrs. Kasey leave,
and then have a retired person come in.  You accepted me so graciously.  You
entrusted your child's continuing education into my care.  I am forever grateful
for your faith in me!!  I love teaching, and I have LOVED being with this
class.  These kids are amazing, as you already know.  I look forward to seeing
where life takes them.  I know great things are in store for them in their future!!
                                                               Love, Ms. Pam

Let's Recap:

Friday, May 10 - Field Day - Wear tennis shoes,comfortable clothes for running, have
sunscreen on, bring a cap if you like, bring water and snacks, bring money for popsicles.
You do not have to wear uniforms.

Monday, May 13 - Regular day - Wear uniforms.  Students will bring home a summer
packet of items they might consider reviewing over the summer.

Tuesday, May 14 - End of Year Party/Pool Party - We will leave school
about 9:30 and return by 2:00.  Girls, wear shorts with a uniform shirt over your
swimsuit.  Boys, wear a uniform shirt/shorts and bring swim trunks to change into.
Make sure you have a towel and sunscreen.  Party moms will provide our lunch.

Wednesday, May 14 - Spring Music Program/Honors Day Program to
begin at 8:30.  Please wear school uniforms for the program.  Parents, please follow
the class back to the classroom if you need to sign them out for the rest of the day.

Thursday, May 15 - Dismissal at 12:00.  Wear uniforms if you come to school.

Friday, May 16 - SUMMER VACATION BEGINS
Remember to read some good books, practice multiplication facts when you can,
work on cursive writing a little, and write some good stories about what you
are doing this summer.  AND HAVE FUN WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS!!
And students, never forget how proud I am of all you have accomplished this year!

NOTE A CHANGE ON MAY 15

PLEASE NOTE A CHANGE

Honors Day on May 15 will FOLLOW the K - 5th Spring Music Program.

The music program will start at 8:30.  The Honors Day program will be

after that.

May 6 - 10, 2019

PLEASE NOTE:

May 6 - Last day for homework (since we have a field trip, field day, Honors Day, and party
              coming up).  And grades must be posted by Wednesday, May 8.

May 7 - Last day to take an AR test

May 8 - Field Trip (We will leave at 8:30.)

May 10 - Field Day

May 10 - Library books due

May 14 - Pool Party at Eufaula Country Club  (We will leave about 9:40 and return
                by 2:00.  Ms. Pam's last day with us is the 14th.

May 15 - NOTE THIS CHANGE - The K - 5th grade Spring Music Program will be at 8:30 and                          Honors Day Program will start after the music program.  (Mrs. Kasey has agreed to come   
               back and read the names at the Honors Day Program.)

May 16 - Dismiss at 12:00

May 17 - Summer vacation begins (On May 13 Ms. Pam will send home a Summer Packet of things
                we might want to work on to make sure we are ready for 4th grade.)

THINGS WE ARE LEARNING: 

Social Studies test on Landforms and Bodies of Water is on Monday, May 6.

Math test on multiplying by 8 and skills test is on Tuesday, May 7.

NO Language Arts tests this week (reading, spelling, vocab., grammar)  We will read
                The United States Capitol and review the spelling and vocab that go with this
                 story.  But NO TESTS!

April 29 - May 3, 2019

PLEASE NOTE:

Picture orders are due by April 30.

A. R. ends on May 7.

All library books are due back by May 10.

Field Trip to Backyard Orchard is May 8.  Please send the $8.00 as soon as possible.

May 10 is Field Day

May 14 is our End of Year Party  (Pool Party) at Eufaula Country Club. Cost is $5.00.

May 15 is Honor's Day at 8:30.

May 16 is the last day of school.  Dismissal is at 12:00.

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING:

Reading - How Congress Works - test on Friday

Spelling - words with prefixes - test on Friday (including challenge words)

Vocabulary test Friday

Social Studies - learning about landforms and bodies of water - Test is Monday, May 6.

Math - Math skills test and facts test on multiplying by 6 are Tuesday, April 30.

     This week we will be learning about negative numbers, division, and volume of a
   
     rectangular prism.  Our last math test for the year will by Tuesday, May 7.


**I can hardly believe the school year is almost over.  I am looking forward to

retirement (again), but I have LOVED being with this class and a part of the

Lakeside School family.  I will always hold fond memories of these past four

months!!

April 22 - 26, 2019

Please Note:

A big "Thank You" to all the parents that helped with the Easter party.  It was so much fun!

Aspire Tests April 22 - 26  Please get to school on time.

Because of the Aspire all next week, we will NOT have any Language Arts tests (Spelling,
     Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading) next week.

We will have a Social Studies test on Thursday (locate National Parks on a map)
     and a Social Studies test on Friday ( identify a National Park when given info about it).

Our next math test does not fall until April 30.

Mark Your Calendar:

May 8 - Field trip to Backyard Orchard  - Cost is $8  You may send that any time now.

May 10 - Field Day

May 14 - End of Year Party - Pool Party at Eufaula Country  Club. Cost is $5.  We will
     leave school about 9:45 and be back by 2:00.
   
    ** Because my granddaughter is graduating  kindergarten on May 15, the 14th will be my
     last day at Lakeside.

May 15 - Honors Day at 8:30

May 16 - Last Day of school

April 15 - 19, 2019

WELCOME - We are so happy to have Rosie Robinson and Kayden Cannon in our Class!
   
     We now have 18 fabulous friends in our room!!

Announcements

     Please send your 12 candy filled eggs by Tuesday, April 16.

     Progress Reports do home on April 16.  Please return by the 18th (before Easter holiday).

    April 18  Easter Egg Hunt at 11:00 and party lunch to follow (Willy T's chicken and fruit provided

          by the party moms.)

     Good Friday Holiday (No School) - April 19

     Aspire Tests - April 22 - 26 (Please be on time for school each day this week.)

     May 8 - Field trip to Backyard Orchard - We will leave the school at 8:30. The cost
          for the trip is $8.  This includes picking strawberries to take home, a Social Studies lesson with
          Mrs. Cassie, and fun on the bouncy houses.  If you think you can help transport students from            school to Backyard Orchard, please let me know.  We will probably be there a couple of hours.

May 10 - Field Day

May 14 - End of Year Party

May 15 - Honors Day

May 16 - Last Day

What We Are Learning

     Reading - Every Vote Counts (test on Thursday)
     Grammar - Verb tense (test on Thursday)
     Spelling - Words with prefixes (test on Thursday - NO Challenge Words)
     Social Studies - Types of maps and Using a map scale (Test on Tuesday)
     Math - Measuring line segments, angles, geometric solids
          Math skills test and facts test (multiplying by 9) will be on Wednesday.


May you and your family have a HAPPY and BLESSED EASTER!!
   

April 8 - 12, 2019

Announcements

     April 8 - Picture Day and Liberty's Legacy Celebration at 12:30 at City Auditorium
          Wear what your parents choose for Picture Day.  Bring jeans/pants and your
          Liberty's Legacy t-shirt to change into.

     April 19 - Good Friday Holiday  (No School)

     April 22 - 26  Aspire Tests (Be sure to be at school ON TIME each day this week)

Looking Ahead

     May 8  Possible field trip to Backyard Orchards (more info. later)

     May 10 Field Day

     May 14 End of Year Party

     May 15 Honors Day

     May 16 Last Day of School

     May 17 Ms. Pam retires AGAIN.  LOL!!
   

What We Are Learning

     Math - test on math skills and dividing by 1,  3, and 4 on Wednesday
          Study fractional parts, mental computation, distributive property, practice facts

     Reading - Road To Democracy, (vocab. and selection tests on Friday)

     Spelling - Words with prefixes -  test on Friday

     Grammar - prefixes - use study guide to review for Friday's quiz

     Social Studies - Using maps
   

April 1 - 5, 2019

Announcements

     Farm Day - April 2  We will leave school on the bus about 8:40 and return around 11:40.  Please
          wear your Field Day t-shirt if you have one.

      April 5 - Dismissal will be at 12:00.

     April 8 - Spring Picture Day and Liberty's Legacy Celebration
          Please wear what you plan on for pictures.   Then I will let students change
          into the Liberty's Legacy t-shirts for the celebration.  (We have not received the
          shirts yet.  They should arrive around midweek.)   For the celebration we will leave school
          on the bus around 11:45 and return by 2:00, I think.

April 19 - Good Friday Holiday

April 22 - 25 Aspire Test Week.  The students will take one component each day (reading, math,
          English, writing, science).  The tests will give us a baseline for each student.  When                              the students take the tests again in fifth grade and eighth grade, progress can be assessed.

What We Are Learning:

     Reading - No new selection since this is a review week.  Work on reading AR.

     Vocabulary - Test will be Thursday since Friday is early dismissal day.

     Spelling - Review words - Test on Friday

     Grammar - Review week - Test on Friday

     Social Studies - We will have some fun doing Liberty's Legacy lessons as we look forward
          to the Celebration on April 8.

     Math - Adding money amounts, Division story problems, Multiplying a multiple of
          10, 100, 1000 by a single-digit number.  No facts test or math test  this week since we will miss
          math on Tuesday (field trip) and Friday (half day of school).

March 25 - 29, 2019

ENJOY your Spring Break!!  And stay safe if you and your family are traveling. 

I will post a blog for the week of April 1 - 5 around March 31.

Students return to school on April 1.  And that's no April Fools.

(I can hardly believe we only have seven weeks of school left until summer vacation!!) 

March 18 - 22

Announcements

    The Book Fair is going on until Tuesday, March 19.  Plenty of great books to choose from!!

     Please encourage your child to reach their AR goal this 9 weeks.

Dates

     March 25 -29 Spring Break

     April 2-  Farm Day - leave at 8:40 and return at 11:40  Parents may join us.

     April 8 - Liberty's Legacy Celebration at City Auditorium at 12:30. Parents may join us.

     April 19 - Good Friday Holiday (NO School)

What We Are Learning

     Reading - Is This Panama? - test Friday

     Spelling - review words  - test Friday

     Vocabulary - test Friday
 
     Social Studies - Declaration of Independence and Constitution Unit - test Friday

     Math - facts test on Thursday

          Topics for this week include:  making change, multiplying  by 100 and 1,000

          Six-digit numbers, writing numbers in expanded form

March 11-15,2019

Announcements

     Be sure to Spring Forward your clocks one hour this weekend!

     Disaster Relief items (bar soap or  dish detergent) due Monday, March 11.

     Please wear your field trip T-shirt  on Friday for Farm Day.

Dates to Remember

     March 13 - Report Cards go home. Return by Friday, the 15th.

     March 14 - 20 is the Book Fair

     **Thursday, March 14 - Spelling and Vocab Tests.  NO Challenge Words on the Spelling Test

     March 15 - Social Studies Test

     March 15 - Ag Day (Farm Day)  We will leave at 8:40 and return around 11:40.

     March 25 - 29  Spring Break

What We Are Learninig

     Reading - Ecosystem Invaders

     Grammar - Using Commas

     Spelling and Vocab. - Tests on Thursday this week

     Math - Line segments, Parallel Lines, Quadrilaterals
   

March 4 - 8, 2019

Announcements

          It will be so good to be back in the classroom on Monday.  I am proud of the
students for showing cooperation with the subs last week.

Dates To Remember
   
     March 8 - Social Studies Test; Reading, Grammar, and Spelling Tests
 
    March 15 - Ag Day (Farm Day); behind Eufaula Elementary; leaving school at  8:40 and returning about 11:40

     March 25- 29 is Spring Break

What We Are Learning -

     Spelling - Words with Suffixes

     Grammar - Compound Subjects and Predicates

     Reading - Animals and Their Habitats

     Social Studies - Famous American Figures (Test on Friday)

      Math - Subtracting Money Amounts, Time to the Quarter Hour, Writing Mixed Numbers,
                 Showing Fractional Amounts

February 25 - March 1

Announcements

     Feb. 25 - March 1 is Dr. Seuss Week.  Students may wear crazy socks on Wednesday.

          Everyone should wear red or blue on Friday to celebrate our freedom to read what

          we choose.

     HOORAY - We met our goal of $105 for the Liberty's Legacy statues. 


Dates To Remember

     Monday, Feb. 25 - Symbols Poster Due


What We Are Learning

      Math - Subtracting two and three digit numbers, Fractions, Multiplication Facts

     Reading- Einstein Anderson and the Mighty Ants

     English - Suffixes, Multiple-Meaning Words, Capitalization, Commas

     Social Studies - Famous American Figures
   

February 18 - 22, 2019

THANKS to the moms that helped with the Valentine's party.  All of our parents are real

     "sweethearts!"


Announcements

     No School on Feb. 18th - ENJOY time with family

     A substitute will be with the class on Feb. 19.   Since there is no school Monday, and I will be out

          on Tuesday, this week's spelling test will NOT have the three Challenge Words on it.

     We have raised $53 towards our goal of $105 for the Liberty's Legacy statues!!  HURRAY


Dates To Note

     February 25 - Symbols Poster Due   

      March 15 - Third Grade Ag Day (Farm Day) - We will go to the football field area behind

          Eufaula Elementary. This will be from 8:30 to 11:30.

     March 25 - 29  Spring Break


What We Are Learning

      Math - Arrays, Finding Area, Sum of Three Addends, Division Facts

     Reading - A Saguaro's Story

     English - Suffixes, Abbreviations

     Social Studies - American Symbols

     Spelling - Words with Suffixes (NO Challenge Words)

February 11 -15, 2019

Announcements

     Please return Progress Reports

     On Friday your child will be bringing home their story about the Trail of Tears.  ENJOY!
 
     For Liberty's Legacy we have chosen three individuals as our community heroes.  We will

          be presenting them with a replica of the Statue of Liberty.  Each statue is $35.  We

          will be raising money between now and April 2 to purchase these.  The students

          discussed ways they might earn money to go towards this fundraiser.

     On Friday the students will be bringing home information about the American Symbols
   
          Poster Project.  This is not due until February 25.  Be creative and have fun with it!!

What We Are Learning

     Math - Temperatures on a Celsius Scale, Multiplying by 5,  Measuring Distances

     Grammar - Comparative and Superlative Adjectives, Suffixes

     Spelling - Words With Suffixes

     Reading - The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

     Social Studies - American Symbols

Important Dates

     Facts Test - Thursday, February 14

    Social Studies Test -  February 14

     Valentine Party - 2:00 on February 14

     Spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and reading tests on Friday, February 15

February 4 - 8, 2019

Announcements -

     On Monday the students will bring home a letter welcoming you to the Liberty's Legacy
Super Citizen Program.  To kick off the program, our third graders will be going to the
Eufaula Community Center on February 8 for Kick Off that starts at 9:30.  At this time the
students will learn more about the program.  On  April 8 we will participate in the Celebration/
Graduation from the program.  This will be held at the City Auditorium at 12:30.  We would
love for you to join us for this time of celebration.  (Reminders will come home as it gets
closer to the date of April 8.)

     Parents, please return the Photo/Video Acknowledgement and Approval Form for Liberty's
Legacy.

What We Are Learning -

     Language Arts (Spelling, Vocabulary, Grammar)  - Unit Review

     Social Studies - Using Maps and Globes, Liberty's Legacy

     Math - Money, Subtraction Facts, Problem Solving, Square Roots, Area


Dates to Remember -

     Math test on Tuesday, February 5 on 100 subtraction facts

     Map and globe test on Tuesday, February 5

    Unit Test for Language Arts on Friday, February 8

January 28 - February 1, 2019

Announcements

    January 31:   Mid-year Honors Program at 1:00 to recognize students with all As and all As/Bs the

          first or second nine weeks.  Great job!

     The students are learning the song "You in the USA."  They will be singing it on February 8

          when we go to Eufaula Community Center for the Kick Off Program for Liberty's

          Legacy.  You can go on YouTube and find the song (also referred to as Only You).

          This way the students will be able to practice it at home.

     February 14 at 2:00 - Valentine party.  I will send home the list of 17 students in about

          a week in case your child wants to prepare and deliver Valentine cards to the class.

          Don't you just love Valentine's Day!?!

What We Are Learning

     Reading - Our story is Arbor Day Square.

     English - Word Analysis

     Spelling - Review Sounds

     Math - Roman Numerals, Ordinal Position, Money, Adding Three-Digit Numbers

     Social Studies - Compass Rose, Parts of a Map, Reading a Map

Dates To Remember

     Tuesday, Jan. 29 - 5 Minute Test on 100 Addition Facts

      Friday, Feb. 1 - Reading, Spelling, Vocabulary Tests

     Tuesday, Feb. 5 - Test on Parts of a Map

January 21 - 25, 2019

Important Dates:

     January 21 - NO SCHOOL

     January 24 - Social Studies Test on Globe Study Guide (Part 2)

     January 25 - Spelling, Vocabulary, Reading Tests

     January 31 - Mid-year Honors Day (More info will be available later.)
   
     February 8 - Kick Off for Liberty's Legacy - Third grade will go to the Community Center

                          for the program to introduce our 8 week study of our country.

    February 14 - Valentine Party at 2:00.  We will exchange Valentine Cards.  There are

                         17 students in our class.

   What We Are Learning:

                       Reading - Our story is The Dancing Bird Of Paradise.

                      Grammar - Adverbs

                      Spelling - Words with same base and words with long vowel sounds

                      Social Studies - Map and Globe

                     Math - Time to the minute, Rounding numbers, Fractions,

January 14-18, 2019

Our first week in 2019 was a great one!!  The students are working hard. I know they

     will keep up the good work.  I am so proud of them!

Important Dates:

     Wednesday, January 16 - Social Studies quiz on six map locations.  Refer to the
         
          study guide.

     Friday, January 18 - Spelling, Vocabulary, and Reading Tests

What We Are Learning:

     Reading - Main idea and details, cause and effect

     Spelling - /oi/ sound in words

     Math -  Solving word problems, subtracting two-digit numbers, multiplication facts,

                  reading a line graph, writing numbers to 1,000 using words, multiples of 100
                 


   

January 7 - 11, 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR, parents and students!!
I hope you enjoyed your Christmas Break.  As much as I enjoyed mine, I am ready to
get the second semester underway.  Excited, honored, and blessed only begin to
describe how I feel being given this opportunity to be the third grade teacher at Lakeside.
I look forward to working with the students each day!! Ms. Pam

What We Are Learning:
 
Reading - Summarizing and Clarifying, new vocabulary words, reading The Overlanders

Grammar - Compound Sentences

Spelling - /aw/ sound in words

Social Studies - Continents and Oceans

Math -

           Estimating Differences
         
           Squaring Numbers

           Using Base Ten Blocks

           Subtraction Review

          Identifying Missing Addend

Important Dates:

          Social Studies test on Thursday, January 10.  Students must be able to label a map

           with the 7 continents and 5 oceans.

          Social Studies Project Due on Friday, January 11.  Students must complete the world map.

          Reading, vocabulary, and spelling tests on Friday, January 11.

         Saxon Math test on Friday, January 11.