March 11 - 15, 2013

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Hello everyone! We are entering the forth nine weeks. The following nine weeks will be filled with many activities. We will be preparing for testing in May. Our students need to take this nine weeks seriously. Students need to work to the best of their abilities. They need to do their homework. They need to focus on academics.

We will have our reading test, DFI test, and spelling test on Thursday, due to our field trip to Ruffner Mountain.

If anyone has any thing to share about your culture with our class. Please contact me. We would love for you to come in and share your culture with us.

We are presently reading Charlottes Web.


Reading - Unit 5 - Story: How My Family Lives in America
Language Arts - Adjectives that compare

Writing: - Opinion
Math - Fractions Unit in AMSTI

Regrouping with subtraction and addition using three digit numbers

First in Math
Social Studies

Social Studies Weekly # 20

Economic Vocabulary - Test Thursday
Homework - March 11 - 15, 2012

Unit 5: How My Family Lives in America

Spelling Pattern: Homophones

1	to	11	flower
2	too	12	write
3	two	13	right
4	week	14	new
5	weak	15	knew
6	our	16	there
7	hour	17	their
8	stair	18	they’re
9	stare	19	weather
10	flour	20	whether

　

Sincerely,
Mrs. Roberts

November 26 - 30, 2012

November 26 - November 30, 2012

Weekly Newsletter

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday.

Thank you so much for the canned foods you sent in for the Birmingham Food Bank. Our class won for third grade and they brought in a total of 131 items.

We will also do type of activity for Christmas also. I am going to let the students decide what they would like to do to help someone or a group. We will also have a Holiday party in December. I send a note home soon.

The students will continue to work on multiplication concepts and learning the facts. They will also include story situations with multiplication.

In Science we will learn about food chains and have a vocabulary test on Chapter 4 on Friday of this week.

We finished reading The One and Only Ivan and we will work on a project to complete this activity with the class in Massachusetts.


Reading - Unit 3 - Story: The Gardner


Language Arts - Linking verbs and action verbs

Writing: - Compare and Contrast Essay - word choice

Math -

Multiplication

Rounding to nearest 10 and 100

Telling Time - half hour, quarter after, quarter past, half past, quarter till and 15 minutes till

First in Math
Multiplication Facts 0 - 4 test on Wednesday

Science - Food Chains

Social Studies

Social Studies Weekly

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts

November 13 - 16, 2012

November 13 - 16, 2012

Weekly Newsletter
Hello everyone!

Well it has been a while since I updated the blog. We have been very busy.

Our trip to the Atlanta Zoo was fabulous. Unfortunately Ivan the gorilla had passed away in August. We did not know this until after we booked the trip. However we saw where he lived and learned a lot about gorillas. The students also learned a lot about other animals. We are studying vertebrates and invertebrates. We are also learning about different environments, and if they are herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores. I feel students learn so much outside the classroom. We had great conversations. I truly had a great time and so did the students.

Thanks for participating in October Family Month and our Thanksgiving Lunch.

The Book Fair is still going on until Wednesday, November 14, 2012.

We are starting a can food drive this week until Thanksgiving. Please send in cans, and nonperishable foods. It is a contest. Let's help those who need it. Thanks.

We will finish the book The One and Only Ivan and finish blogging with Mr. Columbo’s third grade class in Massachusetts this week. The students have enjoyed this activity and connecting with other third graders.


Reading - Unit 2 reading test this week. We will also finish reading The One and Only Ivan. The students will read Sarah Plain and Tall in class and for homework.


Language Arts - Review all types of nouns

Common, proper, plural, singular, irregular, singular possessive, and plural possessive nouns

Writing: - How To Report

Math -

Multiplication

Rounding to nearest 10 and 100

Telling Time

First in Math
Multiplication Facts

Science -

Life Cycles

Social Studies

Social Studies Weekly

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts

Weekly Parent Letter

Weekly Parent Letter

October 22 - 26, 2012

Dear Parents,

Thanks for the parents who have come in for a visit and read to our class. We have really enjoyed it. Please remember you can come have lunch with your child this month any day. If you would like to come in and read or do an activity there are still some time slots available. Send in a note and let me know when you can come in. We would love it.

Our class is saving Box Tops. We are trying to collect 1,000 for the year. We almost have 300. The child who sends them in gets recognition. We send them in immediately and then we chart it on our class chart. Thanks for helping us with this endeavor.

Yes you can send in the money for the field trip. We finally received approval. The students are really enjoying the book, The One and Only Ivan. I am reading this book to the class. We are also blogging with a class in Massachusetts. It is a third grade class and the teacher’s name is Mr. Columbo’s class. Our students are commenting about the book we are reading and they are also writing and commenting on other subjects. I believe they are learning how to write letters, commenting, and developing some friendships at the same time. This is a great learning opportunity for our students and Mr. Columbo’s class.

As you know we are going on a field trip next Tuesday to the Atlanta Zoo. Thanks to all of you who wanted to chaperone. Space is very limited on the bus. This trip coincides with the book we are reading, The One and Only Ivan. The book is fiction, however it is about a real gorilla who lived at the Atlanta Zoo. Our students will be able to communicate with other classes who are reading this book and let them know they visited where Ivan lived. Thank you for allowing your child to experience this wonderful activity. This visit also allows students to learn more about animals and their habitats. We are learning about vertebrates and invertebrates in science.

The Social Studies “My Dream Bedroom” projects were fabulous. Thanks for assisting your child with this great project. They were so excited to share their project. Very well done.

This week is “Red Ribbon Week”, just say no to drugs. We are having activities all week. The students brought home a paper last week with the daily activities listed on it. We will also write it in the homework agenda daily. Let’s have lots of participation. There is a daily contest for each grade level. Let’s show the school we have spirit and we are saying no to drugs.

I sent home a game called “Close to One Hundred”. We learned how to play this on math night. Thanks for the parents who could attend. For those of you who could not attend, you can play this game at home with your child. This is great practice for learning many math skills. Let your child teach you how to play. We will have another math night again.

On Wednesday, October 31, 2012, I will have a small party for Halloween. If you would like to volunteer and come in and help me please let me know. I will let two parents come in. I do not need anything I will provide all the goodies.

Have a great week.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts

Octobert 8 - 12, 2012

October 8 - 12, 2012

Weekly Newsletter

We had a wonderful, exciting week.

On October 9, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. please come to my class for math night. I will explain to you what AMSTI is and show you some of the activities your students are completing in class this year. I will also show you how to play a game. Please come. This will be very helpful.

We started reading the book The One and Only Ivan in the Global Read Aloud this past week. The students are very excited. I am reading the book using the computer right now until we get the book on the Nooks. The students blogged about the characters and the setting last week. I believe they are learning a lot about writing and they do not realize it at this time.


Reading - We are starting Unit 2 in reading this week. The first story is about animals. We will also start a unit on animals in Science.


Language Arts -

Writing: - The students narratives turned out well. I will edit with them this week and have them write the final paper.

Math -

Rounding Numbers to the nearest 10’s.

Regrouping Practice

First in Math
Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication Facts

Science -

Invertebrates and Vertebrates

Social Studies

My Room Map Project - It will be due October 15, 2012.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts

Weekly Newsletter: October 1 - 5, 2012

October 1 - 5, 2012

Weekly Newsletter

Hello again. Hope all is well with you all. We had a fabulous week.

Students did better with homework. Thank you parents for checking and signing agenda. I will continue with this process.

We will participate in the Global Read Aloud this week. We are reading the book

The One and Only Ivan and we will Skype and blog with another class in Massachusetts.

Reading - Students will choose a chapter book. They will read it at school and at home for their reading log this week. Students will work on book report in class. Students will fill out a graphic organizer after each chapter. This will assist them in writing a book report.
We will also review skills learned in reading from the last five weeks. Students will complete the first benchmark test this week using skills learned in reading, language arts and writing.


Language Arts - Four Types of Sentences and Compound Sentences

Writing - Students will write a narrative this week.

Blogging

Writing: - Students are proofing and editing their Math Story and they are writing their first blog on paper. They will start blogging this week. The class blog is only visible by my students and my self. I see all blogs and approve them before they are uploaded to our blog. The students will create a list of rules this week. They will type their first blog. It will be their first blog post.

Math - Regrouping Practice

First in Math
Addition & Subtraction Facts
Multiplication Facts

Social Studies

Play Match Game with Social Studies words. Test Friday.

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts

September 24 - 28, 2012

Weekly Newsletter

Hello again. Hope all is well with you all. We had a great week.

The students did much better with homework this week. I will continue with the process I started last week. Thanks for signing and assisting your student with their homework and studies.

Reading - “My Rows and Piles of Coins”

 
Language Arts - Compound Sentences

Writing: Students are proofing and editing their Math Story and they are writing their first blog on paper. They will start blogging this week. The class blog is only visible by my students and my self. I see all blogs and approve them before they are uploaded to our blog. The students will create a list of rules this week. They will type their first blog. It will be their first blog post.

Math - Addition Strategies

Breaking the Numbers Apart

Example: 394 + 175 =

300 + 100 = 400 300 + 100 = 400

40 + 70 = 110 (30 + 70 = 100)

9 + 5 = 14 10 + 100 = 110

400 + 110 + 14 = 524 9 + 5 = 14

400 + 110 + 14 = 524

Addition & Subtraction Facts

Multiplication Facts

Social Studies

Have a great week!

Sincerely,

Mrs. Roberts