Hi Parents,
It’s hard to believe that the school year is coming to an end and this is our final newsletter. It has been a pleasure working with each of your children this year. Thank you for supporting the third-grade teachers in our endeavors to give them the best education possible. This week students will be sharing their entrepreneur projects, working on making solar ovens and cooking smores. On Tuesday, third grade students will have an opportunity to meet on the playground and exchange autographs/messages with one another. This can be done in the yearbook (if they have been delivered by then!), an autograph book, or paper of the students’ choosing. Your children will need a pen or Sharpie as well. Please stress to your children that they will be writing on someone else’s property and are expected to write neatly and respectfully. May 20th- Discovery Lab Slime Party! May 22nd- Class Party May 23rd-Students' LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! Report cards will be sent home Hi Parents,
I hope you had a great weekend! Please refer to the ABC Countdown to see what activities we have planned for this week! Homework – Last week, our class earned no homework for this week! Sign and Returns- Please return all Sign and Return papers from this year for Dolvin's records. Thank you! Census Forms- Please send back all Census Forms as soon as possible. Our grade books and attendance records will be move to a new system and having accurate information for your child in this system is imperative. These are due back on May 17th. Reading- We will continue to review folktales. Students will look at various folktales and discuss the moral of the story and what makes it a folktale. We will also be reviewing 3rd Grade standards that we have learned throughout the year. We will be presenting our poetry projects this week. Writing- Students will be participating in Genius Hour. They will brainstorm about questions they have or things they wonder about. They will then research these topics. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar standards from this year. Social Studies - As we wrap up our Economics Unit the students will begin creating their business projects and acting like Entrepreneurs. We will create and present these projects in class. Students will be creating paper products that they could sell to the public (we will not actually be selling these). Please send in the paper materials that your child would like to use to create their business. We will only be using paper, scissors and glue to make these products. (bookmarks, origami, paper airplanes etc.) Upcoming dates and reminders: May 13th- Reading to Kindergarten (bring in children's books to read) May 14th- Bring a stuffed animal (please make sure it is a smaller one) May 17th- STEM Day (please send in empty 2 liter bottles) May 22nd- Class Party May 23rd-Students' LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! Have a wonderful week! Hi Parents,
I hope you had a great weekend! Please refer to the ABC Countdown to see what activities we have planned for this week! Homework –We will not have any homework this week due to our class reaching our class goals for great behavior. Please make sure to study sort 33 this week with your child. We will have a spelling quiz on Friday, May 10th over sorts 31, 32, and 33. We will also have our Economics test on Thursday, May 9th. Solar Ovens- If you signed up to bring in supplies for our solar ovens, please send them in this week. I appreciate you all pitching in to make this possible. We are going to start building our ovens on the May 13th. If you have old newspapers, please send them in. The newspaper acts as an insulator for our ovens and right now we do not have anyone signed up for newspaper. Reading- We will be reviewing folktales from before Georgia Milestones. Students will look at various folktales and discuss the moral of the story and what makes it a folktale. We will be focusing on fables and myths this week. We are also going to be sharing our poetry projects with the class this week. Writing- For the next few weeks of school, we will be continuing to review the elements and expectations for narrative, informational, and opinion writing as well as constructive responses. We will also include some creative writing with the different types of writing we’ve studied. This week, students will be researching how a newspaper is made. They will write their own newspaper, including specific parts we’ve discussed in class. We will also be working on cursive. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar skills from this year. Social Studies - Our final unit this year is our Economics Unit. In this unit, students will define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: natural (land), human (labor), capital (capital goods) and Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources in an attempt to make a profit). Students will also give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange. ( consumers and producers). In addition, students also will be working on describing how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace and explain that some goods are made locally, and some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Finally, students will explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice. Students will begin brainstorming for their business project (what business they would like to open, what resources they would need). We will have our Economics test on Thursday, May 9th. Upcoming dates and reminders: May 8th- Book Fair (we will be attending the book fair this day at 11:00 am. Please have your child bring money for this if they would like to buy a book). May 9th- Sign and returns Have a great week- Kendall Watkins Hi Parents,
I hope you had a great weekend! We had so much fun on our Field Trip last week. Homework –Please complete the reading packet for homework. Spelling- We will be focusing on sort 32 this week. Students will have a spelling quiz on Friday, May 10th covering sorts 31, 32 and 33. Reading- Students will look at various fables and myths and discuss the moral of the story and what makes it a fable or myth. We will have a Reading Test on Tuesday, April 30. The test will cover figurative language, poetry (that poems have lines and stanzas), folktales, fables and myths. Students can bring home their reading interactive notebooks to study. Writing- Students will be completing an opinion writing piece that will be counted as their test grade in Writing. Please review the Opinion Writing Outline that I emailed home on Friday with them. For the next 6 weeks of school, we will be continuing to review the elements and expectations for narrative, informational, and opinion writing as well as constructive responses. We will also include some creative writing with the different types of writing we’ve studied. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar skills from this year. This week, we will be reviewing prefixes and suffixes. Social Studies - Our final unit this year is our Economics Unit. In this unit, students will define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: natural (land), human (labor), capital (capital goods) and Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources in an attempt to make a profit). Students will also give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange. ( consumers and producers). In addition, students also will be working on describing how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace and explain that some goods are made locally, and some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Finally, students will explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice. Students will begin brainstorming for their business project (what business they would like to open, what resources they would need). On Thursday, May 2nd, students will have a quiz covering vocabulary we have discussed and human, natural and capital resources. Please review the vocabulary sheet I emailed home. This is also in students' interactive notebooks. Upcoming dates and reminders: April 29- Splash Into Kindergarten 9 am Media Center April 29- Watching the Science Fair Video May 3rd- Family Fun Night Thanks and have a wonderful week! Hi Parents,
I hope you had a great weekend! We are glad to start out the week with testing being over! The students worked so hard last week. Please refer to the ABC Countdown to see what activities we have planned for this week! Field Trip- We will be going on our field trip to the Chattahoochee Nature Center tomorrow, April 23rd. If your student is bringing lunch from home, please make sure it is packed in a brown paper bag or Ziploc bag so it can be disposed of after lunch. Please send your child in sneakers and a Dolvin t-shirt. If you do not have a Dolvin shirt please wear blue. We will be outside so they can bring a hat to wear and sunscreen. Homework –Please complete the Reading Packet for homework. Students should focus on Word Sort 31. The word lists (31-33) went home today. Students will have a quiz covering these sorts on May 10th. Reading- We will be reviewing folktales from before Georgia Milestones. Students will look at various folktales and discuss the moral of the story and what makes it a folktale. Students will continue to work on and present their Poetry Projects. Writing- For the next 6 weeks of school, we will be continuing to review the elements and expectations for narrative, informational, and opinion writing as well as constructive responses. We will also include some creative writing with the different types of writing we’ve studied. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar skills from this year. This week, we will be reviewing reference materials and punctuating with dialogue with quotations and commas. Social Studies - Our final unit this year is our Economics Unit. In this unit, students will define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: natural (land), human (labor), capital (capital goods) and Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources in an attempt to make a profit). Students will also give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange. ( consumers and producers). In addition, students also will be working on describing how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace and explain that some goods are made locally, and some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Finally, students will explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice. Upcoming dates and reminders: April 23- 3rd grade field trip April 25- Fine Arts Night Thanks and have a wonderful week! Hi Parents,
I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Homework – there will be no assigned homework this week as we have Milestones testing this week. Milestones Testing- 3rd grade will begin Milestones testing April 15th-19th. Please make sure your child is rested and has eaten a nutritious breakfast each day. Please also try to get them to school in plenty of time each morning so that they are able to use the restroom and prepare for the day. The kids are going to do great. Spelling- We will be taking a break from spelling since we are preparing for Milestones testing. We will begin our spelling lists again on April 22nd with sorts 31, 32 and 33. Reading- We will be continuing to review many of the third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones. These may include figurative language, text structures, text features, theme, story elements such as characters and settings, main idea and details, etc. Students will continue to work on their Poetry Projects in class in this week. Writing- For the next 6 weeks of school, we will be continuing to review the elements and expectations for narrative, informational, and opinion writing as well as constructive responses. We will also include some creative writing with the different types of writing we’ve studied. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar skills from this year. Social Studies - Our final unit this year is our Economics Unit. In this unit, students will define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: natural (land), human (labor), capital (capital goods) and Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources in an attempt to make a profit). Students will also give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange. (consumers and producers). In addition, students also will be working on describing how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace and explain that some goods are made locally, and some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Finally, students will explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice. Milestones- There are several wonderful resources available to help your child prepare for the Milestones assessment in April. Below is a link to a Milestones study guide online that explains the test and gives some sample problems. http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/Milestones_StudyGuide_GR03_11-16.pdf Our school has purchased Coach Digital which gives access to Milestones preparation materials. https://www.coachdigital.com/org/02042377 Username: This will be your child’s lunch number or the number he or she uses to login to launchpad. Password: 123456 Upcoming dates and reminders: April 15-19: Milestones Testing for 3rd Grade April 15: Milestones Writing & English Language Arts section 1 April 16: Milestones English Language Arts section 2 April 17: Milestones English Language Arts section 3 April 18: Milestones Math Section 1 April 19: Milestones Math Section 2 April: 23rd grade Field Trip April 25: Fine Arts Night Have a great week! Hi Parents,
Welcome back. I hope you had a spring break. Again, thank you for a great Staff Appreciation Week. It was a great way to start the break. Homework – Homework will be sent home on Monday and due back on Friday, April 12th. There will be no homework sent home during Milestones testing on April 15th- 19th. Milestones Testing- 3rd grade will begin Milestones testing April 15th-19th. Please make sure your child is rested and has eaten a nutritious breakfast each day. Please also try to get them to school in plenty of time each morning so that they are able to use the restroom and prepare for the day. The kids are going to do great. Spelling- We will be taking a break over the next two weeks from spelling since we are preparing for Milestones testing. We will begin our spelling lists again on April 22nd with sorts 31, 32 and 33. Reading- We will be continuing to review many of the third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones. These may include figurative language, text structures, text features, theme, story elements such as characters and settings, main idea and details, etc. Students will also begin working on a fun Poetry Project in class in this week. Writing- We will be continuing to review the elements and expectations for narrative, informational, and opinion writing as well as constructive responses. Grammar- We will continue to work on reviewing our grammar skills from this year. Science - We will finish our final science unit on Heat. Students will be learning about sources of heat energy, carrying out experiments using different tools including thermometers, and understanding that heat transfers from hotter to colder areas until the temperatures even out. Social Studies - Our final unit this year is our Economics Unit. In this unit, students will define and give examples of the four types of productive resources: natural (land), human (labor), capital (capital goods) and Entrepreneurship (risk-taking and combining natural, human, and capital resources in an attempt to make a profit). Students will also give examples of interdependence and trade and explain the benefits of voluntary exchange (consumers and producers). In addition, students also will be working on describing how goods and services are allocated by price in the marketplace and explain that some goods are made locally, and some elsewhere in the country, and some in other countries. Finally, students will explain the concept of opportunity cost as it relates to making a saving or spending choice. Milestones- There are several wonderful resources available to help your child prepare for the Milestones assessment in April. Below is a link to a Milestones study guide online that explains the test and gives some sample problems. http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/Milestones_StudyGuide_GR03_11-16.pdf Our school has purchased Coach Digital which gives access to Milestones preparation materials. https://www.coachdigital.com/org/02042377 Username: This will be your child’s lunch number or the number he or she uses to login to launchpad. Password: 123456 Upcoming dates and reminders: April 8: Mrs. Clark’s Birthday April 12: Kids Night Out April 15-19: Milestones Testing for 3rd Grade April 15: Milestones Writing & English Language Arts section 1 April 16: Milestones English Language Arts section 2 April 17: Milestones English Language Arts section 3 April 18: Milestones Math Section 1 April 19: Milestones Math Section 2 April: 23rd grade Field Trip April 25: Fine Arts Night Have a great week! Hi Parents,
I hope you enjoyed the weekend! Spelling- We are working on sorts 28, 29 and 30 in spelling. We will focus on sort 30 this week. On March 29, a spelling quiz will be given on 20 words from the 3 different lists. Reading- This week, we will continue to touch on fables, folktales, and myths but also start reviewing our reading skills from the year in preparation of GA Milestones. Writing- We will continue to work on opinion writing while also beginning to review constructed responses, narrative writing and informational writing in preparation of GA Milestones. Grammar- We will continue working on subordinating conjunctions. A subordinating conjunction is used to link a subordinate clause (also known as a dependent clause) to the main clause (also known as an independent clause). An example is, Keep your hand on the wound until the nurse tells you to take it off. Science - We will continue our final science unit on Heat. Students will be learning about sources of heat energy, carrying out experiments using different tools including thermometers, and understanding that heat transfers from hotter to colder areas until the temperatures even out. We will have a test on Thursday, March 28th. Milestones- There are several wonderful resources available to help your child prepare for the Milestones assessment in April. Below is a link to a Milestones study guide online that explains the test and gives some sample problems. http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/Milestones_StudyGuide_GR03_11-16.pdf Our school has purchased Coach Digital which gives access to Milestones preparation materials. https://www.coachdigital.com/org/02042377 Username: This will be your child’s lunch number or the number he or she uses to login to launchpad. Password: 123456 Upcoming dates and reminders: March 25- 29: Staff Appreciation Week March 26: Final Digital Citizenship Parent Workshop - 4:45-5:45 pm in the Dolvin Media Center March 29: Deadline for Field Trip Lunches – please let your child’s teacher know their choice https://forms.gle/HnUtC8WQAm1ivrf56 April 1-5: Spring Break (No School) April 15-19: Milestones Testing for 3rd Grade April 23: 3rd grade Field Trip No Lunch Visitors March 26,27 & 28 Have a great week! Dear Parents,
I hope you enjoyed the beautiful weekend! Report cards will be sent home on March 20, 2019. Spelling- We are working on sorts 28, 29 and 30 in spelling. We will focus on sort 29 this week. On March 29, a spelling quiz will be given on 20 words from the 3 different lists. Reading- This week, we will be learning about the characteristics of fables, folktales and myths. We will be learning how to identify the central message, moral or lesson from these stories. Writing- We will continue to work on opinion writing. Students are reading two articles about the same topic written from two different points of view. Students are then forming their own opinion about the topic using evidence from the articles to support their own point of view. Grammar- We will continue reviewing compound sentences using coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so). We will be introducing subordinating conjunctions. A subordinating conjunction is used to link a subordinate clause (also known as a dependent clause) to the main clause (also known as an independent clause). An example is, Keep your hand on the wound until the nurse tells you to take it off. Science - We are beginning our final science unit on Heat. Students will be learning about sources of heat energy, carrying out experiments using different tools including thermometers, and understanding that heat transfers from hotter to colder areas until the temperatures even out. We will have a quiz on heat on March 19th. Milestones- There are several wonderful resources available to help your child prepare for the Milestones assessment in April. Below is a link to a Milestones study guide online that explains the test and gives some sample problems. http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/Milestones_StudyGuide_GR03_11-16.pdf Our school has purchased Coach Digital which gives access to Milestones preparation materials. https://www.coachdigital.com/org/02042377 Username: This will be your child’s lunch number or the number he or she uses to login to launchpad. Password: 123456 Upcoming dates and reminders: March 19: GA Milestones Parent Meeting (conducted in Spanish) 10 am media center March 20: Report Cards sent home and Chick-fil-A Spirit Night (5 pm) March 21: Sign and Returns March 22: Field Day March 25: Field Day (If raining on March 22nd) March 25- 29: Staff Appreciation Week April 1-5: Spring Break (No School) April 15-19: Milestones Testing for 3rd Grade What: Chick-fil-A Spirit Night Where: Chick-fil-A at Alpharetta Commons Date: Wednesday, March 20th Time: All day!! Students/parents may visit all day. Families must say they are from Dolvin for the school to get credit. Why: To support Dolvin and “Eat more Chikin!” The class with the most participation wins a chicken biscuit party, so don’t forget to tell them who your teacher is! **Dolvin will have special guest readers starting at 5:00 p.m. ** Have a great week! I hope you enjoyed the weekend. I know daylight savings was hard this weekend. 😊
Homework- There will be no homework this week since we earned a no homework pass for all of our Boosterthon pledges. Please send back sign and return papers if you have not already done so. Spelling- Sorts 28, 29, 30. Focus on sort 28 this week. The spelling quiz on this unit will be given March 29th. Reading- As we continue figurative language, we will also start to learn poetry. This includes dramas, folk tales, stories, and comprehend literature. They will learn lines and stanzas for poetry. There will be a quiz on Figurative Language on Friday, March 15th. The following kahoot is great to help your child review all of the types of figurative language we have learned (oxymoron, onomatopoeia, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, simile, personification, alliteration). We have glued charts into their interactive notebooks as well. Kahoot Code: 093751 Writing- We will continue to work on opinion writing. Students are reading two articles about the same topic written from two different points of view. Students are then forming their own opinion about the topic using evidence from the articles to support their own point of view. Grammar- We are continuing to learn about compound sentences. Compound sentences have two sentences that are joined with a conjunction. Example- I read two books before going to bed, but my grandma read ten books. We will also be introducing coordinating conjunctions. Ex- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (fanboys). We will begin learning about complex sentences using subordinating conjunctions next week. Science- We are beginning our final science unit on heat. Students will be learning about sources of heat energy, carrying out experiments using different tools including thermometers, and understanding that heat transfers from hotter to colder areas until the temperatures even out. The School Governance Council would like to examine ways we can help all parents be more involved at Dolvin. Please take this short survey to provide the council with valuable information about how to improve opportunities for parent volunteering. Your answers will be anonymous unless you choose to provide contact information. Thank you! https://goo.gl/forms/lf2X6ZYehIXFxl4V2 Shamrocked: If you would like to donate to the American Cancer Society and have your child's name placed on a Shamrock, please send in $1 for a green shamrock or $5 for a gold one. https://www.smore.com/s7y58-sham-rocked Milestones- There are several wonderful resources available to help your child prepare for the Milestones assessment in April. Below is a link to a Milestones study guide online that explains the test and gives some sample problems. http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/Assessment/Documents/Milestones/Study-Resource%20Guides/Milestones_StudyGuide_GR03_11-16.pdf Our school has purchased Coach Digital which gives access to Milestones preparation materials. https://www.coachdigital.com/org/02042377 Username: This will be your child’s lunch number or the number he or she uses to login to launchpad. Password: 123456 *Choose homeroom or math from the drop down menu in the upper left hand corner. Upcoming dates and reminders: March 11th- Teacher Work Day (No School) March 19th- Georgia Milestones Parent Session for Parents who speak Spanish (10am media center) March 20th- Chick-fil-a Spirit Night March 22nd- Field Day March 25th- Field Day alternate in case of inclement weather Have a great week! |
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