Progress Reports

Progress reports will go home Tuesday 22 January 2013. 

Study Island and OAS Information

On Tuesday your child will bring home their Study Island and OAS username and passwords.  These websites are very valuable in reviewing information we have learned in class.  They will help to further prepare your child for the CRCT that will be given in April.
We will use both of these sites in class on a regular basis.

I will upload test questions to the OAS system beginning this weekend.  ELA will be first followed by Math then Science and finally Social Studies. 

Every student has taken the Study Island pre-test in Math and the majority of them have taken the ELA pre-test. 

If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me via email rturner@liberty.k12.ga.us or by calling the school and leaving a message. 

American Heroes

During the 2nd marking period our class studied the nine American Heroes that are presented in our Social Studies curriculum.  Our new CCGPS for Reading incorporate these 9 heroes.  Students had to break into groups and they had to put together a power point (ppt) presentation.  Members of our class completed presentations on Paul Revere, Mary McLeod Bethune, Frederick Douglass, Thurgood Marshall, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Following is the presentations the groups put together.

Frederick douglass from cisturner

Mary mc leod bethune from cisturner

Paul revere from cisturner

Roosevelt from cisturner

Thurgood marshall from cisturner

Odds and Ends

Beginning Tuesday 8 January students will complete the Spelling homework in cursive.  They will also have to complete their Spelling tests in cursive.  We will slowly add cursive to the rest of our classwork as the students become use to writing in cursive. 

Report cards will be sent home on Thursday 10 January.  If your child's report card states Promotion in Doubt; Parent Conference requested, please call the school and schedule a conference at your earliest convenience. 

ABC Awards are on Friday 11 January.

Welcome Back....again

We are back hitting the books for the 3rd marking period.  Time is flying by.  It seems like just yesterday we began school and here we are over 1/2 way through the year.  As we begin the second half of the year, we have a full plate.  Not only will we continue on with our studies in all of our subjects, but we will also devote time to reviewing and preparing for the CRCT.  3rd grade is a gateway year and students MUST pass the CRCT to continue on to 4th grade.  We will also begin the mandatory 3rd grade writing assessment.  The first assessment, persuasive writing, will be on Thursday 10 January 2013. 

The third nine weeks finds our class reading Mr. Popper's Penguins, studying habitats and continuing with our GA Weekly Studies for Social Studies.  Additionally, students will begin working with area and perimeter, learning and using specific formulas.  Other topics in Math that they will learn about include fractions, liquid measurement, time/elapsed time, and geometry.  Finally, we will continue our study of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and pronouns as well as honing our writing skills.