Homecoming Week Fun

Here are some pictures from Homecoming Week. Sorry I am a little late posting them! I thought our door was soooo cute, and I loved the saying on it! Thanks so much to Melanie Nelson, our sweet room mother, who took time to come decorate the door for us.

I hope everyone has enjoyed not having to study for spelling this week. I have seen some GREAT cursive handwriting this week from homework and morning work. We are working to move to all cursive, so keep up the hard work! If I made notes on your child's paper, or corrected letters, please continue to practice those letters at home. Practice makes perfect! :)

This week has been a review week in reading, so I have focused on week areas and retaught those skills. Hopefully grades will continue to go up. One thing I have noticed is that many of my students are in a HUGE hurry to finish any, and everything they do. I really believe that is why some have low grades, so we have also practiced checking our own work this week and looking back to find correct answers if we don't remember. I have stressed this week the importance of ALWAYS doing your best, so please talk to your children about that too. That is all I will ask of them this entire year - Do your Best!

Thanks for all you do!

Homecoming Week

This week we will be celebrating GCHS Homecoming. We will have dress up days, a pep rally, and early dismissal on Friday for the parade!!!

Dress Up Days are the following:
Monday - Inside Out/Tacky Day
Tuesday - Crazy Sock Day
Wednesday - Crazy Hair Day
Thursday - School Spirt Day (Titan Day)
Friday - Dismissal at 11:30

I will post pictures from the week so be sure to check the site daily!

Thanks to Melanie Nelson for decorating our classroom door! It looks great!!! I will post pictures of it too!

Last Chance For Bonus!!!

Tonight, Thursday September 9, is the last night students may submit their sentences for bonus points. They were suppose to write 3-4 sentences about what they would do if they had a million dollars - see post below for directions. Please leave a comment on that post with the sentences, be sure to include child's name so I will be sure they get points.

Great job so far J.J., Alexis, Savanna, and Mitch!!!

Owl Pellet Fun!!!

Today in Science we spent the day digging through owl pellets looking for bones! The class really enjoyed this, and did a great job! Some were a little slow to touch, but I had a few girls who jumped right in using their hands. I let those who wanted to bring a few of the bones they found home to share with parents, so please be aware they had that in their folders today.

Congratulations Abby!!!

Congratulations to the 3rd Grade Student of the Month...ABBY COKER!!!

Rounding Practice

Here is a great website for rounding whole numbers. This would be great practice for students at home. I have really noticed that many struggle with rounding, and that is one of the math skills that follow students up through the higher grade levels. It is very important that this skill is mastered during 3rd grade. So, any extra time spent on this would really benefit your child.

http://www.aplusmath.com/Flashcards/rounding.html

Thanks!

Look for pictures later today from last Friday's Alabama/Auburn Day, and a picture of the 3rd Grade Student of the Month (she was from our class)!!! I can't post pictures from my school computer.

Team Spirit Day

Roll Tide!!! I think the class had a great time wearing their team shirts on Friday, and I had a lot more Alabama fans than Auburn!!! This must be a smart group! :) Just kidding Auburn fans...my husband is an Auburn graduate, so they are not so bad! ;-)

BONUS POINTS

I have had some parents express concern over some grades you have seen come home, so here is a bonus point activity for students!

This week our story was "If You Made A Million", and it taught us about things like interest, checks, and money. For 5 bonus points in Reading AND Language, students can post a comment on here (this post) telling what they would do if they had a million dollars. It MUST be 3-4 COMPLETE and correctly written sentences.

All you have to do is click on comment, and choose to post as ANONYMOUS (you don't have to have google account to post). I look forward to seeing your comments!!!

Don't forget your name on your comment!!!

Happy Wednesday!!!!

This MUST be submitted by Thursday, September 9, this will get the points added in before midterm reports go home!!!