August 28, 2017

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 28        Elementary Open House at 6:30 in the classroom
September 4    Labor Day Holiday
September 12  1st Chapel of the school year
September 14  Elementary School Pictures
September 15  New Family Dinner
September 18  Family Night
September 26  Chapel
September 26-28 Elementary Play
September 29   Homecoming
October 9 & 10 Student Holidays
October 13       End of Quarter 1 and AR deadline
FIELD TRIPS & OTHER EVENTS
Put these dates on your calendar:
Thurs., Oct. 5       Downtown Macon Tour
Thurs., Nov.16     Thanksgiving Play
Fri., Nov. 17         Jarrell Plantation
Wed., Dec. 13      Shopping Trip
Fri., Dec. 15         Class Christmas Party & Elementary Sing-a-Long
Fri., Feb. 23          Capitol Tour in Atlanta
First Quarter AR goal info is 4  passed A.R. tests on chapter books by Oct. 13. 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. 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 28. Thanks for your help on this project. (Info was in signed paper folders on Thursday, August 24.)
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 took 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!