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.


           



           

December 10th-18th

Announcements: 

• These last 7 school days before Christmas break are full of fun activities. Therefore, we will not be taking a Reading or Spelling test this week. We will be completing classwork in these subjects that may be graded throughout the week. 
• Our field trip to the Springer Opera House is Tuesday, December 11th. Please be at school by 7:10. We will leave by 7:20. We need to have time to find parking and use the restroom before the performance begins. Students need to wear nice church clothes, a nice uniform, or a nice Christmas outfit to the play. Please make sure clothes are clean and pressed.
• The Big Chief/Little Chief Tacky Christmas Sweater party is Wednesday, December 12th. Students will not exchange gifts with their Big Chiefs. The SGA has asked all Little Chiefs to bring a bottle of lotion for the nursing home in place of gifts.
• The Christmas Musical is Monday, December 17th. Polar Express is also this day. 
• Our class Christmas party is December 18th. I will send home a letter with more information soon. 

What We Are Learning: 

• Reading and Language Arts: 
• Christmas Comprehension Stories
• Writing: 
• We will be writing a letter to Santa this week. 
• Spelling: 
• We will practice ABC order and cursive handwriting. 
• Math: 
• Reviewing all multiplication facts
• Saxon Lessons 60-62
• Science: 
• Complete habitat projects and do our poster presentations

Important Dates: 

• Monday, December 10th- Saxon Math Test
• Tuesday, December 11th- Field Trip
• Wednesday, December 12th- Big Chief, Little Chief
• Monday, December 17th- Polar Express Day, Christmas Musical 
• Tuesday, December 18th- Christmas Party