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Welcome

Welcome to my class. I am very excited about this school year and cannot wait to meet each and every one of my students (and their families). I know that we will have an outstanding year! This year, I have a new website. The new and improved website is found at rbturner.weebly.com Please take time to look through the various resources that I have made available to you. As we go through the school year, I will update the review tab with power points that will help your child to review for chapter/unit tests, but will also help them with our end of your standardized testing. Pertinent information along with a photo gallery can be found on my website. Class updates can be found on the blog. This blog will not be used effective 5 August 2014. If you have any questions, concerns, or comments, please feel free to contact me via phone at 912-368-3595 (please leave a message and I will return you call) or email me at rturner@liberty.k12.ga.us

Changes!!

We are going to begin a new schedule on Monday 3 February. Students will now "change" classes for each subject. They will move together as a whole class and will be in our "homeroom" for the first segment of each day and the last segment of each day. Following is our new schedule: Daily Schedule Time Teacher Class 0720-0749 Mrs. Turner Morning work/AR 0740-0845 Mrs. Coley Reading 0845-0930 Mrs. Garrido Writing 0930-1025 Ms. Kolbeck Math 1025-1110 Mrs. Oglesby Social Studies 1110-1125 Recess 1125-Noon Lunch Noon-1245 Mrs. Moody Grammar 1245-125 Specials 125-210 Mrs. Turner Science For the remainder of the 3rd marking period students will NOT have a spelling test. They will continue to have their usual homework MINUS the spelling portion. If you have any questions or concerns please feel free to contact me.

Thanksgiving

I trust everyone had a very happy Thanksgiving. I hope that everyone enjoyed their mini vacation. We are back in full academic swing on Monday 2 December. We only have approximately three weeks before the winter break and we will use each and every minute to our fullest advantage. A few dates to keep in mind: Thursday 12 December: 2nd/3rd grade PTO Showcase @ 5:30 p.m. Friday 20 December: Winter party. I will provide nachos for the students. Please feel free to send in snacks/drinks etc. for the party.

Mr Popper's Penguins Projects

Students were given a choice of two projects that they were to complete as a wrap up of our Mr. Popper's Penguin unit. Some of the students decided to create dioramas while others created a poster. Both of the projects required students to complete a persuasive paragraph. The students did a really great job on their projects.

Resources

I am implementing a new web-based program called MobyMax in our classroom. Students will use MobyMax during ELA and Math review times. Please feel free to have your child work on MobyMax from home. I have place a link to MobyMax in the links section on the right hand sidebar. Students username is their first name (lowercase) and the password is their first name (lowercase). This program is case sensitive so please make sure they are using all lowercase when logging in and for their password. Another feature is the ability for parents to monitor/check your child's progress. Just select parent from the drop down menu and login using your child's username and password. I hope that everyone will enjoy this program and use it to enhance learning.

American Heroes

During the 2nd nine weeks, our reading will focus on nine great Americans. Each week we will pick one American to study. We will read and discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people's rights and freedoms in a democracy. We will also study their character traits. The nine Americans are: Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B. Anthony (women's rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D. Roosemelt (New Deal and WW II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson (Great Society and voting rights), and Cesar Chavez (worker's rights). We will also look at the social barriers, restrictions, and obstacles that these historical figures had to overcome and describe how they overcame them. We will begin this series with Eleanor Roosevelt.