I hope you enjoyed our class picnic.  I had a wonderful time with all of you!

Next year, you will each be invited to attend my REUNION picnic.  Stay tuned.....

ACADEMICS

I will post important class information on a weekly basis including updates on what we are studying by academic subject, due dates, and special events.

OUR SPECIALS SCHEDULE

Monday: P.E.

Tuesday: No Specials

Wednesday: P.E.

Thursday: Art

Friday: Music

Try the freerice website!  It offers an excellent opportunity to practice skills and donates food to impoverished countries based upon the number of questions you answer. 

Visit: www.freerice.com

Logon: Dickinson

Password: Dickinson

MATH SKILL PRACTICE:

"STUDY ISLAND"

  This is a valuable website for practicing and enriching math skills. Students LOVE it!

Please be sure that your child is regularly visiting Study Island: (www.studyisland.com)  Each student's logon will be their complete name in the following format: Robert.Jones@ahes 

Everyone's password is 123456

Of course, students should also visit www.PearsonSuccessNet.com where their logons are their first name and two digit student number (ex:Abbott22 or Brian03) and their passwords are all Dickinson. Assignments are posted for them on this website.

Click on Take it to the Net and then on Examples or Test Prep to practice and review math concepts.

Click on Games for additional practice.  The Math Facts Practice game is an excellent way to reinforce the students' mastery of basic facts (click on operation and difficulty level).

Just 5-10 minutes per day makes a huge difference. 

These basic facts (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) impact student success in all areas of math.

  Students must bring their Jaguar folders back to school each Monday.

 Please help your child to stay organized.  All homework should be completed and placed in the homework folder and in their book bag each evening to eliminate the chance for materials to be accidentally left at home.  This is your child's responsibility- please help him/her to develop organizational skills by guiding, but not doing the task for them.

Keep in mind:

Students should be reading for pleasure, studying their vocabulary words, and practicing math facts at home daily.

Math homework is assigned nightly (Monday through Thursday).

Written vocabulary homework is assigned on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays

Reading Response Journals are due each Thursday.

Writing homework is due almost every other Friday (and should be worked on a little each day)

Thank you so much for helping me to help your child to be organized and confident!

Math facts quizzes will occur weekly, and we have switched to 100 mixed multiplication fact quizzes. 

3 MINUTES, 100 PROBLEMS!

Our class' mixed multiplication average went from 43 to 72, back down to 66, up to 71, up to 76, down to 69, up to 77, and up to 78!  This week, we finally reached an average of 80%!

Please practice those facts daily

Our class' mixed addition facts average has climbed significantly since the beginning of the school year!  The average score began at 48 and has ended at 82. 

48, 68, 69, 77, 69, 74, 75, 80, 82,82!

Ask your child his/her score and whether or not he/she has been improving each week.

CHILDREN ARE NOT PERMITTED TO SKIP QUESTIONS.  EACH MUST BE ANSWERED CONSECUTIVELY ACROSS ROWS OR DOWN COLUMNS. 

This is designed to encourage the children to learn the more difficult facts instead of simply avoiding them. 

Every child can do well on these If they practice their math facts nightly (see Helpful Homework Hints in your child's BLUE HOMEWORK folder for more information).

Reading Response Journal   

assignment is designed to foster a love of reading and to

encourage discussion about stories. 

When readers talk about what they have

read and make personal connections to stories, their

comprehension and pleasure from reading increase. 

I sincerely hope you enjoy

these special reading times with your child!

1) At the beginning of each week, each student will choose and

borrow a picture book from our class Reading Response Journal

shelf.  This book will be brought home and needs to be read aloud

with a parent, grandparent, or other adult (VERY IMPORTANT). 

The student may read the entire story aloud to the adult or may

choose to alternate pages with his/her adult reading partner. 

The entire story can be read in a single sitting or spread out over

multiple days.

2) During and after reading, please take the time to discuss the

story.  Talk about what the characters are feeling, make

predictions about what might happen next, and explore

similarities (and differences) between your lives and the

experiences of the characters. Don t forget to look at the

illustrations carefully because they are designed to help the

reader glean even more information about the story. 

3) Each student will complete a two-sided Reading Response Journal

form weekly based upon the book and your discussions.  

Connections:

text-text: one book reminds you of another

text-self: something in the story reminds you of something you have experienced yourself

text-world: something in the story reminds you of something you heard about before

Please encourage your child to write his/her entry INDEPENDENTLY  (please don't correct spelling, grammar, etc.) . Do encourage them to do their neatest, most careful work.

I am most interested in each student's thinking process.

Weekly Vocabulary Words

There will not be any new vocabulary words this week.

Try saying a sentence with a blank and see whether your child can fill in the missing prefix word.

Each vocabulary word list is based upon a specific prefix or suffix.

 Studying prefixes and suffixes helps students increase their ability to read and figure out the meaning of new words that they encounter!

 Lists (with definitions and matching game activity) will not be replaced. Students who lose their lists will need to copy the words and definitions from a classmate during their free time.  This policy is in place to encourage responsibility on the part of my students. Please remind your child to keep all word lists in their homework folders (even once the week has passed).  We will revisit the words regularly.

 

 

 Family Field Trip Ideas

Are you looking for something to do one weekend?      

Consider visiting these places that are related to our studies!

Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum in Cartersville

Fernbank Museum of Natural History in Atlanta

Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain, Georgia

Fernbank Science Center in Atlanta

The Okefenokee Wildlife Swamp Park in Waycross

Brasstown Bald Mountain (near Hiawassee)

The Little White House in Warm Springs

The Autrey Mill Nature Center on Old Alabama Road in Johns Creek!

The Chattahoochee Nature Center in Roswell

The Dahlonega gold mines in Dahlonega

A recycling center

     

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LOGON INFORMATION

CRCT Practice

www.georgiaoas.org

Your child's logon ID and password are the same multidigit number (printed on a sticker on the inside cover of his/her agenda).

You may need to hold the CONTROL key while clicking "login" to disable your popup blocker.

ONLINE SOCIAL STUDIES TEXTBOOK:

www.eduplace.com/eservices

Logon ID: grade3ourdemocracy

Password: 123456 

STUDYISLAND.COM

Logon ID: Student's name in the following format

Jane.Doe@ahes

Password: 123456

Studnets need to complete the "online pretest" in order to fully access the website. Please do this first!

ONLINE MATH TEXTBOOK AND RESOURCES

WWW.PEARSONSUCCESSNET.COM:

Logon ID: Student's name in the following format:

Abbott22

Logons are their first name and two digit student number (ex:Abbott22 or Brian03)

Password:Dickinson

ONLINE SCIENCE TEXTBOOK

www.hspscience.com

Click on GA-Fulton County School District-Abbotts Hill ELementary

Username: fcsthird

Password: fcsthird

WWW.FREERICE.COM

Logon ID: Dickinson

Password: Dickinson

Brainpop

www.brainpop.com

Logon: Abbotts

Password: jaguars

NETTREKKER

This is an excellent resource for research, skill based practice, and reference.

To access, simply logon to the fultonschools.org website and click on nettrekker

Enter your student's ID number (listed on the report card) followed by @fcs.org

The password for everyone is 12345678

Have fun exploring!