Tuesday, November 19, 2019

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!

Monday, November 18, 2019

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

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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
           

Monday, November 4, 2019

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