Thursday, April 17, 2014

Have you heard.... We're hatching chicks!!!!






In 21 days, we will hopefully have six baby chicks!  We are all looking forward to this experience.  Thank you to the 4 H program at the University of Florida for allowing our class to participate!  Stay tuned!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

What Does the Teacher Say? Pep Rally 2014



Here is our video that the third grade teachers created for the FCAT Pep Rally this year!!  We hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed creating it! :)

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Thank you to our FCAT Sponsors! :)

Mrs. Kluge and I have been very fortunate to have two very helpful kindergarten classes who adopted us this year, to help keep our kids motivated throughout this busy testing week!  On top of creating these motivating posters, they have also delivered some sweet treats!  Thank you Mrs. Seefried & Mrs. Sisbarro! We appreciate you and your kindergarten friends! :)



Sunday, April 13, 2014

Week of April 14th-18th

FCAT Week is here!  These kids are ready to show what they know!  Thank you to all of you for completing your homework assignment!  The kids really enjoyed receiving notes from their parents, they lit up with excitement!

Don't forget to get money in to Daylynne for the pizza lunch on Friday, April 25th.  $2-$3 donation is appreciated!  All money is due next Wednesday!

Please make sure your child is on time to school, testing will begin by 9:00 am each morning!  Make sure your children are getting a great nights sleep and eat a filling nutritious breakfast!

FCAT Testing Schedule:

Monday, April 14th- Reading Session 1 (70 minutes)
Tuesday, April 15th- Reading Session 2
Wednesday, Aprul 16th- Math Session 1 (early release)
Thursday, April 17th- Math Session 2

Friday, April 18th- No School- Good Friday!

We will continue to review math on Monday and Tuesday of this week.

Resources: Will be modified due to FCAT week:

Tiberio:
Tuesday: Media 12:45-1:35

Kluge:
Monday: Media 12:45-1:35

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Our "F" Cats!



Our classes participated in a little craft project, by turning the letter 'F' into a Cat!  We enjoyed "destressing" before the test!



Our sea turtles have turned into SUPER HEROES!

Saturday, April 5, 2014

Week of April 7th-11th

Our last week before the students take the FCAT.  We will continue to do test prep in both math and reading but we can tell these students are ready!  We will celebrate the end of the week by attending a Pep Rally that the teachers put together to get the students to be less stressed about the test and relax!  The third grade teachers really have something fun planned for the kids! We can't wait for them to see it!

FCAT Informational Session: Tuesday, April 8th at 6:15PM in the cafeteria.  We hope to see you there!

Parents please remember to complete your FCAT homework assignment and e-mail it to us ASAP.  We want each student to have a note to open on test day!

Please see note from Daylynne Eyster:

Hey fellow parents. This is Daylynne, Elijah's mom.  The FCAT is almost upon us and after working so hard all year I thought we could throw the kids a pizza party after they are done testing as a big "Congrats!" for making it through the test.  I would be happy to handle the logistics of ordering the pizza and picking up a treat and beverage for both classes.  If each family sends in $2.00-$3.00 we should be able to cover the cost.  Feel free to send in your donation in an envelope with my name on it by Wednesday, April 23 and I will take care of the rest.  The party will be on Friday, April 25, after all of the make up testing has been completed.

Also, if you can contribute snacks that would be greatly appreciated.  Possible snack ideas:  (items that are individually wrapped work best) cheez-its, goldfish, pretzels, rice krispy treats, Ritz cheese or peanut butter crackers, fruit snacks, etc.  We appreciate any donation for after testing snacks.  We could also use Capri Suns!

Math: We will review each day in class past standards and benchmarks, including: time, quadrilaterals, subtraction, place value, multiplication, composing and decomposing polygons.  There will be homework each night that reviews these benchmarks.

Science:  We will begin our unit on plants.

Resources:
Tiberio
Monday- Art
Thursday- P.E. & Computer Lab

Kluge:
Tuesday- Art
Thursday- Computer lab
Friday- P.E.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Upcoming Dates

FCAT Informational Night will take place on Tuesday, April 8th at 6:15 in the Cafeteria.  You will learn about the format of the test, how you can help your child, computer based testing for 5th grade, and promotional requirements!  Please plan on attending!

3rd Quarter Awards are cancelled for this 9 weeks! Due to FCAT testing.
We will send home awards with report cards.  We will have 4th Quarter Awards and End of the Year Awards on Monday, June 2nd at 1:45.

PTA Bounce & Boogie Night Friday, April 25th 5-8 PM on the track