Friday, October 28, 2011

October 28

On Tuesday, I will give stickers to students who bring two pencils sharpened and ready for school and a personal pencil sharpener.
Also, please remember to send in the $6.00 for the field trip and the permission form.  Thank you to those that have already done so!

Enjoy the nice weather this weekend!

I have to go to another session of the district reading training on Monday.  Ms. Lee will be the substitute again.  The children like her and she does a good job.  Happy Halloween.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

October 27

Spelling Test tomorrow
Reading Quiz tomorrow
Spelling homework due tomorrow

Thank you Ms. Fady for reading to the morning class this morning.  The children enjoyed listening to Ms. Fady read as one of their group rotations during reading class.  She stayed from 10:00 - 11:00 and read to three groups.  If any parent would like to come and read to students, the times are 10-11 for Crawford homeroom and 1:30-2:30 PM for Wallace homeroom.  The days are Monday, Wednesday and Thursday.  You do have to get a background check through the front office before you can sign up.  Please let Ms. Ariss know if you can help as she is coordinating this effort.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

October 26

Field trip permission form needs to be signed and brought back.  Please send exact change of $6.00. 
Get papers and conduct chart signed.
Spelling homework due Friday
Reading logs due Friday

Thanks to Ms. Ariss who has volunteered to wash the shirts for both classes on November 10!  Yeah Ms. Ariss!

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

October 26

Please help keep order in the classroom by sending your child to school with sharpened pencils or mechanical pencils and/or a personal pencil sharpener.  Thanks so much!  I have offered sticker to all children who have a personal sharpener by Tuesday Nov. 1.  So much time can be wasted standing in line for the pencil sharpener!

If you haven't sent back the signed report card please do so.
Reading logs are due on Fridays.

spelling packet due Friday

Sunday, October 23, 2011

October 21-24

Get Report card signed
Bring a personal pencil sharpener to school if possible.  Bring pencils to school!
I will be at a district required training Monday.  Ms. Lee will be the substitute.  She is a regular substitute at Briargrove and she will take good care of the class.

Homework on Monday October 24 -
Get report card signed if you forgot
Spelling homework due Friday
Reading Logs due Friday

Friday, October 21, 2011

October 21

Thanks to the Malks for labeling our Field trip T shirts.  On the day of the field trip, November 10, your child will be allowed to change into their fielt trip T shirt at school.  At the end of the day, they will change back out of it and we will be asking a parent to volunteer to wash them all!  Any volunteers?

Also, the field trip permission slips should be printed by next Wednesday.  The cost will be $6.00 so whenever you want to send in the exact amount please, you may do so. 

Thursday, October 20, 2011

October 20

Spelling Test and Reading test tomorrow
Homework due
Reading logs due


Ms. Melville is arranging the field trip and we have not received the permission slips yet so I was premature in asking for money.  I will record and keep the few that sent in money today.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

October 19 addendum

Field trip permission slips will be given out soon for the Menil Museum Field trip on November the 10th.  We will go there in the morning for a writing workshop tour, eat lunch there and come back right after lunch.  The cost will be $6.00 per child.  If you want to go ahead and send in the $6.00 I will start collecting the money and check off your child.  I'm sure we will need a few parent volunteers to ride the bus and go with us so if you are interested please let Ms. Wallace or me know.

October 19

Get reading tests and spelling tests signed.  Get conduct chart signed.  Bring them to school tomorrow!
Be able to tell at least one emergency phone # by memory.
"Simon's Pets" - reading comprehension worksheet - due tomorrow

Reading logs and spelling homework due Friday

Upcoming - Book Fair - November 14
Essay contest - "How would my life be in outer space?"  entries due by November 2 (150 words maximum)

Monday, October 17, 2011

October 17

Spelling Homework due on Friday
Reading Logs - due Friday - please initial daily or once a week that your child is reading an appropriate amount each day.  Your child should read for at least 15 minutes and preferably 30 minutes for enjoyment - Remember you may read to or with your chid and the reading time will count.

Writers in the Schools - WITS starts tomorrow

Friday, October 14, 2011

October 14

Diamante Poem due by Monday - completed and illustrated - all but 3 GT students have grades
The morning group of students have been given back their corrected rough drafts and art paper and should finish by Monday.  Most had plenty of time in class today to finish.

Report cards will go out next week on Friday

Spelling List for Prudy's Problem (week of October 17) is on spellingcity website

Thursday, October 13, 2011

October 13

Parent permission for WITS - please return!  (Thank you to the 12 who returned today!)
I just realized that the other form was to sign if you do NOT want your child's information released according to district guidelines.  You do not need to return it unless you do NOT want information released. 

Be sure to bring your reading logs, spelling homework and reading worksheet homework to school tomorrow.

Carnival Saturday!

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

October 12

Compare and Contrast worksheet
Reading Log due Friday
Spelling due Friday
Reading and Spelling Quizzes on Friday

!!!Two important Sign and Returns!!!!  Directory information permission and WITS permission papers - Pleae sign and return them with your signature tomorrow.  You can answer yes or no but you must return both forms.  WITS is a wonderful writing program here at Briargrove just for third graders.  A young professional writer will visit each class for an hour each week to teach our children to write and to love writing!


Sign and return all graded papers - a spelling test and reading test, and your child's conduct chart

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

post it notes and vocabulary

If your student is reading for his/her reading log at home and comes across unfamiliar words, have them write the words on post it notes and stick them to a sheet of paper.  Then your student can bring the words to class for discussion and clarification.  (Post it notes are more fun than just writing them down) 

If anyone wants to donate small post it note packs to the class so that I can distribute to eager students who might not have them available at home, I would love it!

October 11

Spelling homework due Friday
Diamante poem due Friday (have not worked on in class yet)
Reading log due Friday

Early dismissal - 12:30 tomorrow

Carnival Saturday

Monday, October 10, 2011

October 10, 2011

Spelling Homework due this Friday
Diamante Poem due by Friday - We will work on this in class
NEW - Reading logs due on Fridays - Record the number of pages your child reads each night and initial each day to turn in on Friday.  Children should be reading according to their ability every day - approximately 15-30 minutes.  You may read to them, with them or ask them to read alone.

Bring library books tomorrow.

I am looking for a parent volunteer to take the class T-shirts home (in a bag) to label the names in Sharpie on each T-shirt.  These will be sent back to school for the children to wear on our field trips.  Any volunteers?

Thanks!

Thursday, October 6, 2011

October 6

See the blog posting on Crawfordspellcity.blogspot.com

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

October 5

spelling packet due Friday
Speakers from Alabama Coushatta have been postponed due to an emergency on their part
Ms. Wallace went home sick today at 8:30 AM so students were dispersed among other 3rd grade classes. 
Students in Crawford's homeroom received papers to sign but no conduct charts were passed out to either class due to the confusion of the day.

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

October 4, 2011

New spelling packet handed out today - due Friday
Pictures tomorrow
Projects due tomorrow - optional for regular class

Monday, October 3, 2011

Mistake on spelling list - October 3

Well this is annoying!  I accidentally msspelled "finish" on the spellingcity website.  I cannot find anywhere on the site how to edit the list or even how to delete the list and start over!  I can't believe that on a spelling site there is not an "auto correct". 
Please correct the first word..."FINISH", not "FINSH"
I am so sorry for such a grievous mistake!

October 3

Spelling homework - One worksheet due tomorrow - Penguin Chick p 114
Bring library books tomorrow
Pictures will be taken on Wednesday.  I do not have extra forms.  If you have lost the one that was supposed to go home last Wednesday, you may obtain another from the front office.   This is a school uniform picture.