Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

Please save the following dates on your calendars:

Tues., Dec. 17th, Papa John's Spirit Night 

Thurs., Dec. 19th, PJ Day!  Wear your Holiday PJs to school

Thurs., Dec. 19th, Holiday Parties for K, 3rd, and 4th grades

Thurs., Dec. 1th, 12:30 pm, Early Release Day

Fri., Dec. 20th, Holiday Parties for 1st and 2nd grades

Fri., Dec. 20th, 12:30 pm, Early Release Day 

Mon., Dec. 23th-Fri., Jan. 3rd, Holiday Break, No School for Students

Mon., Jan. 6th, Students return for 2nd Semester

Here's a look at our week:

We will have our class spelling bee on Monday, Dec. 16th. The top two spellers from each 3rd grade class will compete in the 3rd grade spelling bee in January. Parents of the winners will be notified this week.

There will be NO HOMEWORK this week! Students should continue to read at least 20 minutes each night. Be on the lookout for the December reading challenge coming home this week.

Don't forget, on Thursday and Friday, dismissal begins at 12:20. Please be sure your child knows how he or she is getting home. If there is a change in his or her regular transportation, please write a note for me.

In reading, we will be enjoying some holiday classics as well as some new holiday stories. In writing, we will finish our biographies and then write a fun, holiday story. We will also wrap up our unit on prefixes and suffixes.

Science Fair packets went home last Thursday. Projects are due in January. I would love to have several students participate in this event! Talk to your child and see if he or she is interested. Go to https://www.sciencebuddies.org/ for some project ideas. If you need another information packet, let me know!

The second quarter is wrapping up this week. When report cards are complete, they will be posted online. No paper copies will be coming home as they have in previous years. You will need to login to Parent Vue to access your child's report card. Here is the link to Parent Vue https://parentvue.cobbk12.org/ If you have not registered, you will need to come in to the office to get your account set up. It takes less than 5 minutes. Report cards will be posted January 10th.

Our holiday party is this Thursday. I wanted to say a HUGE thank you to everyone who signed up to bring in supplies! The party is going to be GREAT! Feel free to send in the supplies whenever you're ready. 

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!

Weekly Update

Hello Everyone,

Please save the following dates on your calendars:

Mon., Dec. 9th-Fri., Dec 13th, Custodian Appreciation Week

Tues., Dec. 10th, 5-8 pm, Zaxby's Spirit Night

Fri., Dec. 13th, 7:00-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Thurs., Dec. 19th, PJ Day!  Wear your Holiday PJs to school

Thurs., Dec. 19th, Holiday Parties for K, 3rd, and 4th grades

Thurs., Dec. 1th, 12:30 pm, Early Release Day

Fri., Dec. 20th, Holiday Parties for 1st and 2nd grades

Fri., Dec. 20th, 12:30 pm, Early Release Day

Here's a look at our ELA learning this week:

In reading, we will be reading about how December holidays are celebrated around the world. Students will be choosing countries that interest them and learning about their traditions. Then we will compare & contrast the traditions.

In writing, we will begin a new informative piece. This time we will be writing biographies about a famous or historical person. We will start by conducting some research. 

Our grammar focus this week will be on prefixes and suffixes. We will learn how these extra letters can change the meanings of words.

As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

3rd Grade Performance, Thursday, December 5th

The Addison 3rd graders will be presenting the musical “FLAKES" at the PTA/Foundation meeting THIS Thursday, December 5, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Addison café. Students should report to their classrooms NO EARLIER THAN 5:30 p.m. and should be dressed in their assigned costume.
Snowflake – The basic costume is a white sweat suit with a large snowflake attached to the front of the top. However, you could get as elaborate as you want as long as you stay with all white top and bottom and a snowflake attached to the front of the top.  
Snirts – The basic costume is a gray sweat suit. However, you could get as elaborate as you want as long as you stay with an all gray top and bottom. Face should be smudged with some brown makeup to look like dirt.

We will be performing for the student body at 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 5th. For this performance students should wear this year's STEM t-shirt, blue jeans and comfortable shoes. If your child doesn't have this year's STEM tee, then any Addison t-shirt or a plain green t-shirt will be okay.

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! It's hard to believe we have just 3 weeks until our December break. Please take a moment to save these important dates:

PTA/Foundation Meeting--3rd grade performs	December 5th, 6:00pm
Holiday Shoppe	December 7th
Early Release	December 19th and 20, 12:15 pm
Winter Holidays-School Closed	December 23rd - January 1st Students return on January 6th

As you can see, our big 3rd grade performance is this Thursday! Dr. Sampson will be giving out more information this week. If you have immediate questions, her email is michele.sampson@cobbk12.org. 

Here's a look at our ELA learning this week:

In both reading and writing, we will be focusing on compare & contrast. In reading, we will focus on finding similarities and differences in the text we read. In writing, we will write about the similarities and differences of two similar topics (like butterflies and moths, for example). We will learn that there are specific words that authors use to signal a comparison. Hopefully, the students will begin using these phrases in their own writing too.

As always, please let me or Mrs. Westbrook know if you have any questions or concerns. I can't wait to see everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello Third Grade Families,

Yesterday your child brought home an orange Thanksgiving reading challenge. I'm hoping for 100% participation in this reading challenge during the break. Please keep these papers in a safe place next week and return them by Wednesday, December 4th. Students will earn extra dojo points if they complete the challenge! Several students are borrowing books from my own personal class library collection to take home during the break so they have something to read. Please remind your child to return these books after the break. Happy Reading!

Also, today your child is bringing home a fun Thanksgiving narrative writing that we started in class. Students have the option of finishing this writing piece during the break and returning it on Monday, December 2nd for bonus dojo points. These stories should have a beginning, middle, and end and also include descriptions of feelings, actions, thoughts and even some dialogue! Today, we talked about editing our writing and how it is perfectly normal to make mistakes, but it's not ok to ignore those mistakes once you find them. We had fun jumping up and down and shouting, "I made a mistake!" The students did a great job of finding and correcting their errors. (and it was pretty fun to watch!)

I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving! As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Laura Kloos

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Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

I hope everyone can join us this Wednesday, November 20 at 11:50 for the Thanksgiving lunch. Also, don't forget, there is NO SCHOOL November 25-29.

Here's a look at our learning this week:

In reading, we will be learning how authors use cause & effect to connect sentences and paragraphs in the text. We will learn that there are certain key words that signal a cause or an effect. As your child reads at home, see if he or she can find these key words and identify some causes & effect in their text. 

In writing, we will be putting the final touches on our non-fiction animal books. The students have all done a great job adding text features to their books. Each student will present their book to the class this week.

We will wrap up our grammar unit on verbs this week by learning about subject/verb agreement.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything. 

Thank you!

Weekly Update

Hello Third Grade Families,

Please save the following dates on your calendar:

Tues., Nov. 12th, Papa John's Pizza Night

Fri., Nov. 15th, 7:00-7:45 am, FBI Breakfast

Tues., Nov. 19th, Thanksgiving Day Lunch for K and 5th grades

Wed., Nov. 20th, Thanksgiving Day Lunch for 3rd and 4th grades

Thurs., Nov. 21st, Thanksgiving Lunch for 1st and 2nd grades

Thurs., Nov. 21st, Progress Reports go home

Mon., Nov. 25th-Fri., Nov 29th, Thanksgiving Break, No School

We have a busy week ahead of us!

•  On Thursday, Mr. Dodd, from the Cobb County Gem & Mineral Society will bring geodes for every 3rd grader to crack open and take home! This is always an exciting day in the science lab.
•  Thursday will also be another STEM Day for 3rd grade! Our STEM activity will be related to the American Indian regions we have been learning about. Please send in a gallon sized bag of natural materials from your yard or the park such as leaves, pinecones, rocks, small sticks, tree bark, etc)
• Friday is our field trip to the Booth Museum. This field trip also correlates to our American Indian lessons. If you have not returned the permission form, please do so ASAP!

Here's a look at the rest of our learning planned for the week:

In reading, we will continue our work with text features. Students should be able to identify text features, but also understand how text features can help a reader. 

In writing, we are creating a non-fiction book. This week we will focus on adding text features to our writing. 

Our grammar focus will continue to be on forming and using verb tenses.

Also, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to our veterans. I know we have at least one parent from our class actively serving. Your service and dedication to our country is something I will never forget.

As always, please don't hesitate to reach out if you have questions or concerns.

Laura Kloos

Weekly Update

Hello Everyone,

Please save the following dates on your calendars:

No School for students	November 5th
Thanksgiving Feast for K and 5th	November 19th
Thanksgiving Feast for 3rd and 4th	November 20th
Thanksgiving Feast for 1st and 2nd	November 21st

Here's a look our learning this week:

In reading, we will begin our new unit on text features. We will be exploring non-fiction texts and learning how text features can help us understand more about what we're reading.

In writing, we will be finishing up our animal writing. Once these are finished, we will typing our writing and turning it into a non-fiction book complete with text features.

We will continue to work with verbs this week during grammar. Our spelling words will focus on irregular past tense verbs. We will also learn about different verb tenses.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions or concerns about anything.

Thank you!

Important Reminders

Hello Everyone,

There are several important papers coming home today. Please be sure to check your child's blue Thursday folder for the following:

• pictures from picture day & info on retakes if necessary
• information on the upcoming 3rd grade musical including scripts for those who have parts & costume information for everyone
• information on this Saturday's Addison Garden clean up day

Also,

• Please return the field trip permission form and payment if you have not already done so.
• Scholastic book orders are due next Friday, November 8th by 2:00pm. Visit https://clubs.scholastic.com/ and use our class code P2Y3C to place your order.
• Songs for our 3rd grade musical can be practiced using these links 
  https://youtu.be/hYJr8x7dBVM - Cold Snap
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/pX0YE43erjE - We're Flakes
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/uhjjHusLLKQ - SNIRT!
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/zMSn63UHiyk - Nothing Special
  
  
  
  https://youtu.be/CmJqaKhw6Ts - One in a Million
  

• Online payments will now be available to parents for almost all school payment needs such as Field Trips, T-shirt sales, etc. The payments are made through www.mypaymentsplus.com.  
  
  

Happy Pumpkin Day!