We recently assisted our book buddies in Mrs. Norris' kindergarten class when they were studying owl pellets. Together, we found all sorts of neat things like the skulls and bones of mice and rats.
I hope you all are staying warm this week, while enjoying the cool, crisp fall air! Remember to turn back the clocks one hour this weekend - Daylight Saving Time ends!
Students will be issued their report cards on Thursday, November 1, along with their MAP scores. Please take some time to review these items with your child and set goals - both behaviorally and academically - to have him/her maintain doing his/her personal best or brainstorm ways of doing better in the second nine weeks. Remember, third grade is a transition year and require more independence and responsibility! You may keep the items in the report card cover, but please sign and return the report card cover by Friday. It will be used each nine weeks.
Looking ahead: Students will wrap up our unit on measurement unit with a test on Wednesday, November 7 (A study guide will be going home this Friday and we'll review it in class on Monday). Students will also continue studying multiplication and have a 2s multiplication quiz. As writers, students will learn all about the meaning behind Veterans Day and draft letters to our Veterans. In reading, students will review informational text features, using their SC Social Studies Weeklies. As historians, students will dive into colonial life in South Carolina, focusing on the effects of European settlement in the new colony.
Students are also receiving an edited Tic-Tac-Toe for homework this nine weeks. Two boxes have changed, which give students more choices! We have discussed in class that students may choose ANY three boxes to do on their Tic-Tac-Toe, so long as they do the center box. This means, your child does not have to do the Tic-Tac-Toe vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Links to the two new web sites mentioned on the new homework are located at the bottom of our class blog: ABCYA and IXL math. This new copy will also be e-mailed to you, so you can use it as a reference throughout the second nine weeks.
You are receiving a permission brochure for our next "Being There Experience," which will actually be held at school. Students will enjoy time with Diamond Del and mine for rocks and minerals. Please sign and return the entire brochure by Friday, November 9. You have already paid for this in the first installment of our field trip fees.
Students are also receiving an edited Tic-Tac-Toe for homework this nine weeks. Two boxes have changed, which give students more choices! We have discussed in class that students may choose ANY three boxes to do on their Tic-Tac-Toe, so long as they do the center box. This means, your child does not have to do the Tic-Tac-Toe vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Links to the two new web sites mentioned on the new homework are located at the bottom of our class blog: ABCYA and IXL math. This new copy will also be e-mailed to you, so you can use it as a reference throughout the second nine weeks.
You are receiving a permission brochure for our next "Being There Experience," which will actually be held at school. Students will enjoy time with Diamond Del and mine for rocks and minerals. Please sign and return the entire brochure by Friday, November 9. You have already paid for this in the first installment of our field trip fees.
Our new reading incentive: “The Palmetto Reading Bowl”
Ready for Bookman Road’s Palmetto Reading Bowl? Students at BRES are so pumped about the big reading game! Our school is asking that every child write the title each book he/she reads between November 5 and 16 on a football (colored to match the preference his/her favorite team), which will be provided by teachers. Of course, we’ll have Carolina garnet, Clemson orange and white for any other top team. On November 20, we’ll count all the footballs to see which “team” read the most books! We’ll also celebrate by enjoying some “Beacon tailgating” treats. We’ll all be scoring at the goalpost because Readers Are Winners!
Ready for Bookman Road’s Palmetto Reading Bowl? Students at BRES are so pumped about the big reading game! Our school is asking that every child write the title each book he/she reads between November 5 and 16 on a football (colored to match the preference his/her favorite team), which will be provided by teachers. Of course, we’ll have Carolina garnet, Clemson orange and white for any other top team. On November 20, we’ll count all the footballs to see which “team” read the most books! We’ll also celebrate by enjoying some “Beacon tailgating” treats. We’ll all be scoring at the goalpost because Readers Are Winners!
Next Tuesday is Election Day - a great "Being There Experience" for your child! If you have the opportunity to do so, please take your child to vote with you! It is a great, educational experience. We'll be doing an in-depth discussion on the importance of voting, when we study government in the third nine weeks.
I hope you all have a safe and wonderful weekend! Thank you, as always, for your never-ending support!
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