Biographies for Kids

For the next two weeks, we will be focusing on a biography genre study. The students have already begun to get excited about this due to reading our first story about Bessie Coleman! Of course, they all wanted to know if I was related to Bessie. :)

Here is a link to Biographies for Kids. Students can enjoy reading about other famous people at home!

http://www.ducksters.com/biography/

We will continue to learn more about Bessie Coleman and other famous Americans next week.

Mrs. Coleman

Mark your Calendars!

The official FCAT schedule has been released and is DIFFERENT than the originally scheduled dates. FCAT for 3rd grade will be as follows:

Monday, April 14th- Reading, Session 1
Tuesday, April 15th- Reading, Session 2
Wednesday, April 16th- Math, Session 1
Thursday, April 17th- Math, Session 2

CGA 3 (Curriculum Guide Assessments) will start on March 10th.

Yankee Candle Fundraising:
TURN IN the single sheet showing # of orders (so far) by tomorrow, Friday, February 28th.
The actual orders are due March 10th.

Spring Break is March 17th-21st. A math packet will come home prior to Spring Break and will be due upon returning after Spring Break. An information sheet will be sent with the packet. No reading packet will be given, however, students are expected to continue reading every day and log the following in their agendas: title, author, exact pages read, and minutes read. Students are expected to keep the green bookmark up-to-date for every book they read, including books from home or elsewhere.

Please be sure all nightly reading is logged in the student agenda nightly, including weekends.

Thank you!
Mrs. Coleman & Mrs. Jeter

Reminders & Announcements

If students would like to send Candy Grams to anyone for $1 each, simply send in the completed slips and money on Monday! New slips were sent home today, February 7th.

For Friday, February 14th, your child may bring in Valentine cards if they want to, but they are not required. Please be sure to include ALL class members or do not send any at all. Thank you!

Many students are still working on the i-ready reading diagnostic testing, so please do not begin working on i-ready reading at home until Monday, February 17th. We will complete all diagnostics by next Friday.

In reading, our homework has been modified. Students are to CONTINUE reading 20 minutes each night. Students are to also read a short text (assigned by the teacher) and answer a few questions (also assigned by the teacher) about the text. We review this work immediately when turned in. Students will have the additional text and questions 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday). We will continue this through the end of March.

You can access the Scholastic Books website at anytime and order books at a great price! Just look on the left of our main blog page for the picture link. Please use the code listed under the link that goes with your child's homeroom teacher once you log into the Scholastic site. You'll need your own username and password first, then your teacher's code. Thank you to all who have ordered books and materials this year!! We have been able to add to our growing classroom libraries because of your support!

Coming soon... FCAT-like math and reading sample problems. We will post sample problems that relate to our current studies soon.

Thank you to all parents for your support and congratulations to all students who were rewarded with ice cream parties this week for earning an "80%" or above score on the reading, math, or science CGA2! We see a lot of growth!

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Jeter and Mrs. Coleman