3rd Grade News
Ms. Ramsey's Weekly Newsletter Friday, November 18th
Going out of Town?
Aquarium Field Trip
SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 3 COMMUNITIES BUILD A NATION
- Lesson 1: America’s 1st People: Native Americans
- Lesson 2: Early Explorers
- Lesson 3: Early Spanish Communities
- Lesson 4: Early French Communities
- Lesson 5: Early English Communities
- Lesson 6: Creating a New Nation
Vocabulary: customs, fort, colony, citizen, territory, expedition, drought, Quaker, pilgrim, tax, protest, independence, revolution, constitution
SCIENCE: Chapter 4: Living Things
Lesson 1: How can you classify animals? VOCABULARY: marsupial, trait, vertebrate, invertebrate, arthropod, endotherm, ectotherm
Lesson 2: How are offspring like their parents? VOCABULARY: trait inherited trait, acquired trait, learned behavior, instinct, migrate, hibernate, camouflage
Lesson 3: What are the life cycles of some animals? VOCABULARY: larva, pupa, metamorphosis, life span
READING AND ELA: Unit 3, Week 3
Book of the Week: Seeing Stars
Comprehension Skill: Graphic Sources
Comprehension Strategy: Text Structure
Vocabulary: Wordly Wise 7
Phonics: /j/ /s/ /k/ Sounds
Spelling Words: Clock, large, page, mark, kitten, judge, crack, edge, pocket, brake, change, ridge, jacket, badge, orange, ceiling, advantage, pledge, Kentucky, pencil
Conventions: Subject-Verb agreement
Writing: Compare and Contrast Essay
NOVEMBER CHARACTER EDUCATION: Respect
Mark Your Calendar:
Nov 21-25 Thanksgiving Break
November 30- AR Reading Reflection logs due (1 nonfiction, 1 fiction)
November 30- Aquarium field trip (more info to come in November)
December 4: FSAPS Open House
December 8- In Class Chapter 3 Social Studies Diary Project Due
December 13- Ch. 3 Social Studies Test
December 5- 16- Winter MAP Testing- bell schedule change
December 19- Create an Ecosystem take-home project due
December 19/20- Variety Shows
December 21- Prek through 3 Winter Celebration (Parent volunteers will be needed!)
December 22- Last Day of Semester Award Ceremonies
The FSA Service Learning Clubs announced a wonderful partnership with Blessings in a Backpack, a local nonprofit that aims to curb childhood hunger by providing food to at-risk children in our community.
Between now and the end of this semester, FSA students will be asked to donate individual, serving-sized, non-perishable items in their homerooms to help fight childhood hunger in our local community. Collections will continue from November 1 through December 6.
FSAPS wants to help because #fsacares! We hope you will please help us make this campaign successful!
Grade level homerooms have been assigned specific products from the organization’s wish list of foods to help the children. Items include:
- Pre K – K : Fruit Cups/Canned Chicken Soup (individual servings)
- Grade 1: Canned Vegetables/Clementines/WOW Butter (Horizon product) (individual servings)
- Grade 2: Mac and Cheese Cups/Canned Pastas – like Ravioli, Spaghetti and others (individual servings)
- Grade 3: Pudding Cups/ Apple Sauce Cups/Grits and Mashed Potatoes (individual servings)
- Grade 4: Granola Bars/Mixed Fruit Bars/Apples (individually packaged)
- Grade 5: Canned Tuna/Canned Vienna Sausages/ Fruit Gummies(individually packaged)
- Grade 6: Pretzels/Cheezits Snack Foods/Pop Tarts (individually packaged)
- Grade 7: Popcorn/Rice Krispie Treats/ Individual Rice Packets (individually packaged)
- Grades 8: Cookies/Raisins/Individually wrapped baked goods – like Muffins (individually packaged)
- Grade 9-10: Single serving shelf stable milk (made by Horizon)/Single serve Breakfast Cereals/ Oatmeal Packets (individually packaged)
Please send in your donated items, as often as you wish, between now and December 6. Donation drop zones have been set up in the front lobby for lower grades and the cafeteria for upper grades. Service learning club members will be responsible for collecting and recording donations.
We thank each and every one of you in advance for your generous spirit. Thank you for helping us be a part of the solution to childhood hunger.
FSAPS Variety Show Auditions
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c094daead23a2f85-variety
Variety Show Performance Dates/Times:
Elementary Show - Monday, December 19th @ 2:30pm
Middle/High Show - Tuesday, December 20th @ 2:30pm
We look forward to seeing everyone for this fun event!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Millar and Mrs. Peacock
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Ms. Chelsea Ramsey
Fulton Science Academy Private School
Serving Advanced and Gifted Students
Email: cramsey@fultonscienceacademy.org
Location: 3035 Fanfare Way, Alpharetta, GA, United States
Phone: 678- 366-2555