Classroom Request

Hi Friends,

I want to make sure my students have the materials they need to succeed. So I've created a classroom project request at DonorsChoose.org, an award-winning charity.

I'm asking for donations of any size to help my kids. For the next four days, any donation you make to my project will be doubled! If you know anyone who is passionate about education, please pass this along. Your donation will brighten my students' school year, and you'll get photos and thank yous from our class.

Here's my classroom request:

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/finding-a-hero-in-all-of-us/980741/

http://www.donorschoose.org/project/a-place-to-call-home/980736/

To have your donation matched dollar for dollar, enter the match code INSPIRE on the payment screen. This awesome match offer lasts through March 25.

My students and I greatly appreciate your support.

Mrs. Turner

Reminders

Progress reports will be sent home on Monday 11 February.
Mr. Popper's Penguins project is due on Tuesday 19 February.  NO LATE projects will be accepted.  Once you have your project finished bring it in to class.  You do not have to wait for the due date to turn in projects.
Students should be getting on OAS and Study Island regularly.  I sent home the username/password for both of these programs.  They are a great help in preparing for the CRCT.

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.