August 29, 2016

3rd grade is off to a great start! Be sure to follow the 3rd Grade Blog by email to get email notifications of new posts. Our blog is the primary way we get all 3rd grade news and info out to our parents, so be sure to check in regularly!

August 29       Elementary Open House at 6:30 in the classroom
September 5   Labor Day Holiday
September 6   1st Chapel of the school year
September 9    New Family Dinner
September 15  Elementary School Pictures
September 17   Elementary Gardens Work Day 9am-11am
September 23  Student Holiday

FIELD TRIPS & OTHER EVENTS
Put these dates on your calendar:
Tues., Oct. 18              Downtown Macon Tour
Thurs., November 17  Thanksgiving Play
Fri., November 18       Jarrell Plantation
Wed., Dec. 14             Shopping Trip
Thurs., Feb. 23           Capitol Tour in Atlanta

Elementary Gardens Clean Out and Up Work Day

  Saturday  morning, September 17^th

             9:00- 11:00 am

This is a parent/child unplugged activityJ

Please bring your gloves, clippers and water bottle.

First Quarter AR goal info is 4  passed A.R. tests on chapter books by Oct. 12. AR BookFinder is linked on the right sidebar for your convenience.
We all tend to “forget” concepts and skills we have “learned” if we have not used them for an extended period of time like summer vacation.  We have been reviewing different concepts mastered in second grade to refresh our memory.  As we move through  Unit 1,  second grade “developing” skills are revisited, and some are mastered.  The Everyday Math website is linked on the right sidebar for your convenience. Remember log-in codes are taped on the inside of your 3rd grader's planner.
We have started off by reading Flat Stanley and are learning many new and interesting vocabulary words. Please remember to send in an address for our Flat Stanley project by Monday, August 29. Thanks for your help on this project. (Info in signed paper folders Thursday, August 25)
Our first Social Studies unit is on communities, and we will also review geography skills. Included in our Communities unit is a third grade favorite, a study of Historic Macon.
Our first science unit is on Soil Science.  We to a trek around the campus exploring different kinds of soils visited the Science Lab for a lesson on soil layering.  There is a lot to learn about dirt!