Happy Birthday, Lizzie!

A very special birthday wish to Lizzie. We enjoyed your chocolate cupcakes!

God bless you and your family. We love you!

National Day of Prayer

It was great having several of my third graders at See You at the Pole Wednesday morning. We are praying for God to bless our nation.

Happy Birthday, Chloe!

A very special birthday wish to Chloe! Our class enjoyed celebrating with chocolate-covered doughnuts! Happy Birthday, Chloe! We love you!

Just a Few Reminders!

• Picture Day is Wednesday. This is a different company and payment must accompany your child on Wednesday. I sent home an envelope for this.
• See You at the Pole is this Wednesday morning at 7:30 on the playground.
• We are beginning subtraction today. Traditionally, this is the hardest area we cover in third grade. My students will be multiplying and dividing and still stumbling over subtraction. I teach them to say: If the Bottom is Bigger, Borrow! This seems to help. I appreciate any reinforcement you can give at home!
• I was out on Friday, so test folders will go home this Friday.
• God bless you with a wonderful week.

Third Grade Art! :)

We are so thilled to have third grade art this year. Mrs. Hom is doing a great job with my class. These students finished their glasses and remembered to put their names on them, so Mrs. Hom could return them. They enjoyed wearing their glasses during DEAR (Drop Everything and Read!).

Just a Few Changes...

I just wanted to let you know that Mrs. Gossage and I had a meeting with Mrs. Burroughs concerning third grade and how it is going, and we made a few changes that I think will be for the best.

Mrs. Gossage will now be teaching English and creative writing, as well as cursive. I will take over the reading and spelling, as well as math.

This semester we will have history and geography, and the second semester we will have science all semester. I think this will be easier with a larger class, and our history book is only made to cover one semester.

I hope all is well with you. I appreciate so much all the wonderful stickers you have been sending in, as well as other items that help our class run smoothly.

God bless you with a good week!

Our Girls at Cheer Clinic

Go Curtis!!!

Spelling!

Just a reminder that spelling books are checked each Thursday. There are four pages with each lesson. There is a grade written in the spelling book for each lesson. These grades count as a test in spelling. Some of my students are racing through their work, and it shows when I grade it. Some are working very carefully, and it shows as well. It is possible to do all the pages for that particular lesson early. I have had some students complete all four pages on the weekend, so they won't have it for homework during the week. This week, we are on Lesson 5.
If a student receives an "F" or "D" on their spelling workbook, the book is sent home to be signed.
Thanks so much for all your help at home!

Our Softball Day!

We had a great time supporting our girls' softball team on Tuesday! Thanks to everyone who came out! Chloe Wilson did a great job throwing out the first pitch of the game!