Miss Watkins' Third Grade Class

Last Week of School Activities

Monday is Read-In Day!  Students may bring a pillow, blanket, or sleeping bag.  They may also bring in their favorite chapter book and picture book to share with the class!

Tuesday is Game Day!  Students may bring in their favorite game to play with their friends.  Please do not allow your child to bring in any electronic games, Nintendo DS, iPods, etc...

Wednesday is Memory Day!  Students may bring in their Yearbooks or other items to sign.

Thursday is Sports Day!  Students may wear their favorite sports jersey, t-shirt, or uniform to school.  They may also bring in a sports reated Show-and-Tell item if they like!

Friday is our 3rd Grade Party!  Students should not bring anything with them to school on Friday!

Have a fun and safe summer!

Field Day!

Weather permitting, Field Day will be this Wednesday, May 13, 2009! 

Please make sure that your child has on appropriate shoes for all activities.  (Students should NOT wear flip flops, crocs, sandals, loafers, etc...)  

Please send a towel, change of clothes, and a bag for dirty/wet clothes to come home in!  Students will be miserable if they have to sit in wet clothes all day.  Students are allowed to wear their swim suits UNDER their clothes only.  

Here is our Field Day schedule:

8:30-11:30 :  Stations

11:30-1:00:  Lunch/Yearbook Signing

1:30-2:00:  Third Grade 50 Yard Dash Finals and Tug-of-War 

Long Division

 

Make sure you are practicing the right steps of long division:  divide, multiply, subtract, bring down, and start again if you need to!

Get some extra practice by playing "Snork's Long Division game".  Click here!

Get some extra practice by playing "Snork's Long Division game".  Click here!

Play KenKen!

Sharpen those math computation skills by playing KenKen! 

Click here! 

The website says, "KenKen is the puzzle phenomenon sweeping the world! Fun, fast and highly addictive, even educational, KenKen is a great way to enjoy yourself and exercise your brain at the same time!  Famous for his ability to creatively teach kids math in Japan and also for his entertaining puzzles, Tetsuya Miyamoto invents KenKen in 2004 and the worldwide craze begins!"

Kemp's Spring Fling!

Don't forget that Friday is Kemp's Spring Fling! 

Spelling Words!

Students will be tested over our new spelling words on May 8!  Good luck!

Our new words: 

best, across, during, today, however, loudspeaker, countdown, motorcycle, understand, postscript, however, somewhere, keyboard, grandparents, breakfast, background, scarecrow

Congratulations!

CRCT testing is over! 

Students, thank you so much for all of your hard work!  You did a great job, and I am so  proud of your effort!

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle!

Remember to think of ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle at home!  Play this fun game and help Michael recycle!   Click here

May Specials Calendar

Here is your May Specials Calendar!

Download May Specials Calendar 

                                                 

CRCT Practice Tests!

Go here for more practice!

 

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/grade3.htm  

 

http://www.iq.poquoson.org/grade3.htm  

Congratulations

Thank you so much to those children that participated in CRCT Spring Training!  I can truly tell that those children are dedicated to doing well on the test!  Please continue taking tests over the weekend!  All practice will help!

Congratulations to Meghan H., Madison W., and Rachel for being our top three students!  I hope you enjoyed your Happy Meal today!

Reminders!

**The CRCT begins next Tuesday, April 21st!  Please make sure that your child gets to bed early and is at school ON TIME everyday!  The shedule for testing is as follows:

Tuesday, April 21st:  Reading

Wednesday, April 22nd:  Language Arts

Thursday, April 23rd:  Math

Friday, April 24th:  Science

Monday, April 27th:  Social Studies

**I need 2 self-addressed stamped envelopes from every child so that we can mail final Report Cards and CRCT scores in the Summer.

**Please turn in the yellow Field Day lunch form ASAP!

Updated April Specials Calendar

Here is the updated and complete April Specials Calendar.  Download April 2009 SPECIALS CALENDAR 

More Spring Training!

Looking for another resource to help your student practice the skills they are learning at school?  Looking for more CRCT practice besides OAS?

Log on to www.myskillstutor.com for more practice!

Your child will come home with a "Student Quick Guide" today.  The guide will have their username, password, and site ID.  (Their username is their school number.  The password is 1234.  The site ID is kemp01.)

Enjoy!

Spelling Unit 15

Here are your Unit 15 spelling words!  Your test will be on Friday, April 17th!

Sitton Words:  paper, hard, near, sentence, better

Supplemental Words:  million, scissors, blizzard, occurrence, collision, village, official, balloon, struggle, puzzling, address, wrapper

What are we studying?

For this last nine week grading period we will be working on...

Math:  We will be extending our multiplication and division skills!  Students are beginning to multiply and divide two and three digit numbers by single digit numbers.  We will finish us the nine weeks collecting data to create graphs, while studying how to interpret graphs.

Reading:  Students will continue to use UNRAAVEL as they sharpen their reading comprehension skills.  We will also be studying poetry!

Writing:  Students will be writing narratives!  They will also continue to work on applying grammar skills while they write.

Science:  During the final nine weeks, we will be studying heat, how it is created, and how it affects the world around us.  Our last unit will focus on recycling, conservation, pollution, and the impact humans have on their environment. 

Social Studies:  We will continue to review and learn more about the people we have studied this year that have helped expand the rights and freedoms of people in the United States like Paul Revere, Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Mary McLeod Bethune, Franklin Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt.  Over the next few weeks we will start learning about Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Cesar Chavez. 

Relay For Life News!

Next week will be a special week to raise money for Relay for Life!  Students can donate ONE dollar for each day's activities.

Monday:  Sports Team Day

Tuesday:  Pajama Day

Wednesday:  Dress like a Food Day

Thursday:  Hat Day

Friday:  Celebrity Day

**Wednesday, April 3rd, will be the Bazaar and Bake Sale!  All items will be ONE dollar!

Magnets Test

Here is the Magnet Study Guide that your child will bring home today.  Our test is on Monday, March 30th!  Please study with your child!Download Magnets Study Guide

April Specials Calendar

  Please download the April Specials Calendar for you to keep at home!  Download April 2009 SPECIALS CALENDAR

Thank You!

Thank you SO much for making me feel so special and appreciated this week! Your kind words and generosity are greatly appreciated!  You guys are the best!

Spring Training

Looking for All Stars!

Look for a letter on Monday about our CRCT Spring Training!  You don't want to miss it! 

Unit 14 Spelling Words

Sitton Words:     soon, story, since, white, ever

Supplemental Words:     thought, again, guess, brought, woman, people, friend, learned, write, favorite, school, different

Challenge Words:  Franklin D. Roosevelt, equivalent, persuade

OAS CRCT Practice

Parents and students make sure you are logging into OAS to practice for the CRCT. 

Please visit https://www.georgiaoas.org

Log in with your student's Georgia Test ID number and password.  This can be found on a label I placed in the front of their agenda.  Every bit of practice helps! 

Unit 13 Spelling Words

Here are your Unit 13 spelling words!  Your test will be on Friday, March 13th!  Don't forget about Spelling City!

Sitton Words:  night, picture, being, study, second

Spelling Words:  because, picture, Christmas, country, bicycle, continent, mannequin, ketchup, necklace, khaki, croquet, county

Calling all Arthur Fans!

Have you ever wanted to create your own cartoon character?  Well now you can!  Kids ages 6-12 are invited to create a new character for a guest appearance on Arthur.  The selected student and his/her character will be featured in a live-action segment on the Arthur TV show.  They will also receive a visit from Arthur creator Marc Brown at their school!

Click HERE to download entry forms and instructions!  Good Luck!

March Specials Calendar

Here is your Specials Calendar for the month of March!  Please download and print the calendar for your reference.  Thanks! Download March Specials Calendar

Habitats

Looking for more information on habitats?  Look here!

 

http://www.activescience-gsk.com/games/index.cfm?module=2

http://www.panda.org/news_facts/education/middle_school/habitats/index.cfm

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/habitat/index.htm

http://www.coast-nopp.org/resource_guide/elem_mid_school/ma_habitats_acts/introduction.html

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/education/conservationcentral/design/default.cfm

http://www.treetures.com/Blanch.htm

http://www.scaquarium.org/curriculum/activities/k_two/liv_nonliv/forest1.htm

http://sv.berkeley.edu/showcase/flash/fish.html

http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_landing.htm

Dates to Remember!

  Mark these dates on your calendar!

February 17, 2009:  Progress Reports

February 18, 2009:  Six Flags Reading Logs Due

February 19, 2009:  Third Grade Performing Arts Trip

February 26, 2009:  Spring Pictures

February 27, 2009:  Kemp Spirit Day and Winter Dance

February 27 - 28, 2009:  Odyssey of the Mind Competition  Dalton, GA 

March 3, 2009:  Early Release Day

March 5, 2009:  PTA Meeting

March 12, 2009:  End of 3rd Nine Weeks

March 18, 2009:  Face Painting

March 19, 2009:  Report Cards

March 20, 2009:  Talent Show

March 27, 2009:  Field Trip to Little White House

Unit 12 Spelling Words

Sitton Words:    mother, light, country, father, let

Spelling Words:    kindness, useless, treatment, cheerful, friendly, powerless, awareness, suddenly, commitment, resourceful, numbness, careful

  

The 12 Powerful Words

Download Powerful Words  Click here to download and watch our iMovie on the 12 Powerful Words!

How do I make an inference during reading?

Remember?  Just read between the lines!  Authors give clues in their writing that you can put together with your own knowledge to form a conclusion about a topic. 

Try some fun inferencing practice at this website!  http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsi-p.html

Remember?  Just read between the lines!  Authors give clues in their writing that you can put together with your own knowledge to form a conclusion about a topic. 

Try some fun inferencing practice at this website!  http://www.gamequarium.com/readquarium/skillsi-p.html

Unit 11 Spelling Words

Here are your Unit 11 Spelling Words!  Our test will be Friday, February 13th!  Don't forget about Spelling City!

Sitton Words:  need, far, hand, high, year

Spelling Words:  marvel, doctor, cartoon, chapter, weather, urban, foreign, whirlpool, enormous, harmony, whether, rural

Challenge Words:  environment, Piedmont, February, perimeter

The Little White House

We are looking forward to our field trip on Friday, March 27th, 2009.  We will be traveling to tour The Little White House in Warm Springs, GA. Students will be learning about Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt.  Please send in your permission slips!  If you forget your copy make sure to download one here! 

Download The Little White House

3rd Nine Weeks

What are we studying?  

Math: We are working on the relationship between fractions and decimals, measurement, perimeter, and area.  We are also continuing to practice our multiplication and division facts so we will be ready for extending multiplication!

Social Studies:  We are learning about the many people who helped expand people's right and freedoms in our country like Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, and Mary McLeod Bethune.

Science:  We are studying how organisms depend on their environments and the imporantance of habitats.  We will also be looking at the various habitats found in Georgia.

Reading:  We will be looking at the elements of fiction like character, setting, problem, solution, and plot.  Our Buckle Down books will also be helping us review all of our reading strategies.  We will also be working on inferencing and determining cause and effect.  Soon we will begin participating in literature circles with fictional texts!  We are looking forward to it!

Writing/Grammar:  Our focus during this grading period will be writing to convince or persuade.  We will be working on using valid reasons to support our opinions and using credible sources for more information.  We will continue to work on our conventions using DOL and Mountain Language. 

CRCT Practice

Parents and students make sure you are logging into OAS to practice for the CRCT. 

Please visit https://www.georgiaoas.org

Log in with your student's Georgia Test ID number and password.  This can be found on a label I placed in the front of their agenda.  Every bit of practice helps! 

Dates to Remember

  Put these dates on your calendar!

1-30-09: Kemp Spirit Day

1-28-09: Chick-fil-A biscuits and Beef o Brady's Night

2-4-09: EARLY RELEASE DAY

2-4-09: Chick-fil-A biscuits and Beef o Brady's Night

2-9-09: Teacher Appreciation Week

2-11-09: Chick-fil-A biscuits and Beef o Brady's Night

2-16-09: Teacher Workday (Student Holiday)

2-25-09:  Chick-fil-A biscuits and Beef o Brady's Night

2-27-09: School Spirit Day and Winter Dance

Fraction Fun!

Remember these sites from the math websites tab on the right?  Try them again!

Comparing Fractions-Information about fractions and games to play as well.

Fractions-Students have to determine what fraction of a shape is shaded.

Action Fractions-  Race to the finish by adding fractions!

Remember these sites from the math websites tab on the right?  Try them again!

Comparing Fractions-Information about fractions and games to play as well.

Fractions-Students have to determine what fraction of a shape is shaded.

Action Fractions-  Race to the finish by adding fractions!

Time for Kids goes to the Inauguration!

 

Two TFK kid reporters go to the Inauguration!  Check out their special reports!

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/newprez/

February Specials Calendar

  Download February Sepcials Calendar 2009 

 Click here to download our February Specials Calendar! 

Six Flags Reading Logs

Don't forget that your Six Flags Reading Logs are due on February 18th!  As long as you log and have six hours of reading signed, you will recieve a free Six Flags ticket to be used this summer!  Happy Reading!

Dates to Remember!

Tuesday, January 13, 2009-  Box Tops for Education due!

Wednesday, January 14, 2009- Conference letters come home!  Please send them back as soon as possible.

January 19, 2009-  Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Student Holiday

January 26-30, 2009- Conference Week

    Our schedule looks like:  Specials 8:50-9:20    Lunch 11:05-11:35    Dismissal 12:15

Wednesday, January 14, 2009- Conference letters come home!  Please send them back as soon as possible.

January 19, 2009-  Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Student Holiday

January 26-30, 2009- Conference Week

    Our schedule looks like:  Specials 8:50-9:20    Lunch 11:05-11:35    Dismissal 12:15

Unit 9 Spelling Words

Our new spelling words this week are...

Sitton Spelling:  four, head, above, kind, began

Homophones:  Make sure you know the meaning of these words so you can write them correctly in a sentence.    its, it's, their, they're, there, write, right, to, too, two, you're, your, cent, scent, sent

Challenge Words:  abolitionist, prejudice, antislavery

Test January 16, 2009!

Sitton Spelling:  four, head, above, kind, began

Homophones:  Make sure you know the meaning of these words so you can write them correctly in a sentence.    its, it's, their, they're, there, write, right, to, too, two, you're, your, cent, scent, sent

Challenge Words:  abolitionist, prejudice, antislavery

Test January 16, 2009!

Caring Coins!

Don't forget that breakfast items will be on sale every morning to raise money for caring coins!  Remember, all of your extra coins go to special people around our school that help make our days at Kemp so great!  

Check out these two flyers for some special activities going on in the next few days to raise more money for caring coins!  

Download Upcoming Holiday Events 

Download Donations Needed By Student Council 

Spelling Practice!

Check out these great websites for some excellent ways to practice your spelling words at home!  Try some at home and let me know which ones are your favorite!

http://www.sd5.k12.mt.us/elrod/multiage/Spelling.html

http://www.kidsspell.com/

December Specials Calendar

 I hope that you all got a copy of the December Specials Calendar!  As soon as the problems with downloads are fixed, I will post it here too!  Keep checking back!

Unit 8 Spelling Words

Here are the Unit 8 Spelling Words!  The kids will be tested on these words on Friday, December 12th!  Please make sure you are reviewing these words daily!  Don't forget about www.spellingcity.com! 

Sitton Words:  once, animal, life, enough, took

Spelling Words:  classroom, principal, cereal, cyclone, silence, bicycle, decide, express, awesome, fancy, messenger, except

Can you figure out the different spelling patterns for the /s/ sound?

Congratulations Amanda!

Our very own Amanda won 1st place in the school and district Reflections competition!  Amanda's piece will now go on to the State Competition!  Way to go Amanda!

Unit 7 Spelling Words

Here are this week's new spelling words.  The students will be tested over these words on November 21, 2008.  Please start working on them immediately!  Remember www.spellingcity.com is an excellent place to practice spelling words!

Spelling Words: feet, land, side, without, boy, voice, annoy, destroy, spoil, enjoyment, noise, poison, avoid, royal, point, oyster, choice

Challenge Words: diligence, liberty, erosion

Literacy Centers

Here are the current centers we our working on during our Literacy Block!  Ask your child how they are  going and if they are doing their best.  While the children are completing these centers they are also working in small groups with me reading and learning about Paul Revere.  Ask them what they have learned so far about Paul Revere.  Download centersnov3.doc

Magazines Needed!

We are in need of old magazines for our centers!  This week the kids are finding detailed pictures and describing them with as many "juicy" adjectives as they can.  If you have any old magazines that you would like to donate to our class, please send them in!  Thanks so much!