Students will receive a weekly list of words to study and practice. The list will be given out on Monday and a quiz will be given each Friday. Students may also practice the words by visiting www.spellingcity.com
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Posted at 09:20 PM | Permalink
Parents and Students,
Wow! Our first week of third grade went really well. We are off to a great start! Students have been learning all of our rules, procedures, and class expectations. We have already learned some new skills and I am assessing the children to see what they already know. I am excited to be working with such a bright, energetic, and sweet group of students. Weekly progress updates will be sent home starting next Friday. Thank you so much for all of the wish list items. These will be very useful for our class and I appreciate it so much. It was very nice meeting all of you. I look forward to a wonderful year of learning!
Mrs. Creason
Posted at 07:47 PM | Permalink
Dear Parents,
The Cobb County Board of Education is posting a survey giving the public the opportunity to indicate a preference from three calendar options for the next two school years. The survey will open today and remain open until Thursday the 17th. Please take time to voice your opinion!
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NR9TSZ6
Posted at 02:31 PM | Permalink
Parents and Students,
I have a few reminders for you.
Students should bring a wrapped book for the book swap during our holiday party if you have not done so. Please send this by Monday, December 13th.
Our holiday celebration is Tuesday, December 14th from 8:15-9:45. Parents are welcome to come.
Our Market Day Preview Day is Wednesday (12/15). Parents do not need to attend on this day. Students will simply have the opportunity to preview all the stores and available items. Students should bring in their posters, signs, or any displays on Wednesday. Remember to also bring in at least one item from your store to display on preview day. If anyone is finished with their products, they can bring all their items in on Wednesday if they choose (not baked goods).
Market Day is Thursday (12/16) from 12:15-1:30. Parents should plan on arriving during this time if you are planning on "working" your child's store for any portion of time. Students will pay you $2 for every 15 minutes that you work. Please don't worry if you are unable to attend. I will have students set up their store next to a buddy who will be able to watch their shop, so they will have the chance to go shopping.
Thanks so much for all your support in helping your child become entrepreneurs. Please email me if you have any further questions.
Posted at 03:34 PM | Permalink
Hello Parents and Students,
I hope you are all enjoying the cooler weather. Thank you so much for sending in the testing snacks. ITBS testing will be during the week of October 4-8 and students do not have to bring an individual snack this week. Your child will not have written homework during the week of testing. Please continue to read at home daily. Students are encouraged to get plenty of sleep and eat a healthy breakfast.
We have a parent working on our class directory, so you will be receiving that shortly. As I am preparing our conference schedule for the week of 10/18-10/22, please let me know if there is a particular day or time that you prefer. Parents with siblings at Bullard will have a back to back conference.
The students are working hard and I have such a cooperative class. I appreciate all of the support from home.
Posted at 03:23 PM | Permalink
Words Their Way~ We are currently working on Sort 4 words this week. Please have your child practice his/her words at home using the list that is sent home weekly. Students may visit Spellingcity.com. It's a great site for practicing the words. I have it listed as a page on the right side of my blog and the page will include directions. I have programmed the weekly sort. The site offers many different games to make practicing the words fun. It will even give your child a spelling test! Have fun practicing!
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8/31 Open House 7:30-8:30
9/6 Labor Day
9/20-9/24 Fall Break (Schools Closed)
9/29-10/1 CoGat Testing
10/4-10/11 ITBS Testing
10/18-10/22 Conference Week (Students released 2 hrs. early)
Posted at 02:19 PM | Permalink
Hello Parents and Students,
I am so excited about the upcoming school year! I have such a wonderful group of students and I look forward to all the learning experiences we will go through together. It was so nice to meet all of you at sneak a peek. I wanted to let you know that our third grade open house will be on August 31st from 7:30-8:30. Parents will be able to learn more about our curriculum and third grade expectations. I hope to see you all there.
Posted at 03:43 PM | Permalink
3rd Grade Mathematics Quarter 4
Dear Parents:
The objectives listed below will be used to lead your child to mastery of the concepts covered in the 4th Nine Weeks Unit of study.
Data
Extended Multiplication
Extending Division
Representing Numbers
· Understand the relative sizes of digits in place value notation (10 times, 100 times,
1/10 of a single digit whole number) and ways to represent them including word
name, standard form, and expanded form
Time
· Determine elapsed time of a full, half, and quarter-hour
Here are some suggestions as to what you can do at home to help your child:
Look for graphs and tables in the newspaper – read them together and talk about what they are telling us.
Patterns can help when multiplying 2-digit and 3-digit numbers. For example:
4 x 9 = 36
4 x 90 = 360
4 x 900 = 3600
Think of similar problems to stump each other.
Estimate the answers of multiplication problems before they are worked. See how close you can get. Try the same with division problems. Make up mental math problems estimating how many cookies each person in the family will get from a package of 100 cookies or other situations in daily life.
Describe an everyday situation in which someone may need to multiply dollars and cents. (Sample answer: Determining the amount of money a person would earn for working a certain number of hours at a certain hourly wage.)
Remove the face cards and the 10’s cards from a deck of cards.
Partner 1: Draw two number cards to form a two digit number (a 4 and a 6 = 46 or 64). Multiply number by 4.
Partner 2: Round the number and then multiply by 4. Compare products. How close was the estimated answer to the actual number? Tell why.
Games
Hurray Array!
Materials: Paper and pencil
Step 1 Decide on a problem – for example 3 x (4 x 5) = __ (the associative property).
Step 2 Draw the problem in arrays
ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ 3 groups of 4x5 =
ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ
ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ
ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ ΟΟΟΟΟ
Step 3 Find the answer by counting by ones, fives, fours.
Why can’t you find the answer counting by 3’s?
Step 4 Try another problem.
Leftovers
Materials: Pair of dice, 15 counters (Cheerios, pennies, beans etc.), paper cup to hold
the counters, small paper plates.
Step 1 First player rolls dice. This determines how many plates to lay out. The
player divides the total number of tiles in the cup into equal shares on the plates. He or she gets to keep all the leftover counters for that round. Both players write a mathematical sentence to represent the division; for example, 15 ÷ 4 = 3 R3 or 15 ÷3 = 5 R0 (R = remainder).
Step 2 Return the tiles on the plates to the cup. The second person roles the
die, takes the correct number of plates, and divides up the tiles. Both players record again.
Step 3 Continue playing until no tiles are left. The winner is the player with the
most leftovers. (If the number of plates exceeds the number of counters (i.e. there are four plates but only two counters) it is impossible to put an equal number on each plate so the mathematical sentence is written as 2 ÷ 4 = 0 R2.
Pennies and Dimes
Materials: A random (30 – 35) number of pennies
Step 1 Explain you would like to turn the pennies into dimes. Count the total
number of pennies and estimate how many dimes for which you could trade. Write a number sentence: 34 ÷ 10= 3 R4.
Step 2 Try with several numbers of pennies – rounding to a “friendly ten’” is a
very useful strategy.
Posted at 03:05 PM | Permalink
Parents,
Economics Day is Thursday, April 1st. Please send in any supplies you have been assigned, if you have not already done so. Students will not go directly to their room on the morning of Economics Day. They will meet in the gym, and then begin the Economic Day rotation after morning announcements. Book bags should stay home on Economics Day. Also, please remember that parents who have signed up to help should be at Bullard by 2:30 on Wednesday, March 31st to help set up. If you did not sign up to help but would like to come on Wednesday or Thursday, you are most welcome to join us.
Thank you,
The Third Grade Teachers
We still are in need of:
Glow Necklaces
Pink Tablecloths
Purple Tablecloths
Latex Gloves
Chocolate Chips
Chocolate Syrup
Book Marks
Decorative pencils
**Gently used or new books on a 3rd grade reading level
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