3rd Grade News
Ms. Ramsey's Weekly Newsletter Friday, November 11th
Going out of Town?
Aquarium Field Trip
***If your child returns their payment and form by next Thursday, November 17th, they will get an aquarium pencil! :)
Forms will be due back no later than Monday, November 28th.
Want to Help?
1. BOOK FAIR
We’re excited about our upcoming Book Fair (Nov. 14 – 18, 2016). Parent Volunteers will transform the Media Center into our very own book store. Students will visit the Book Fair during their Foreign Language and Language Arts classes.
There will be hundreds of books from new and favorite authors, popular series, cool posters, school supplies, and fun for everyone! Don’t miss the chance to light up a young reader’s face with a good book.
**Ms. Ramsey's homeroom will be visiting the Book Fair on Wednesday, November 17th during 7th period to allow students the opportunity to purchase books.**
Sign up to help with our Book Fair here:
Sign up to help cashier, restock or assist students finding a book. www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C49A4A628ABFA7-book
2. Third Grade Friendsgiving
Please use the link below to sign up to send in a dish or items to help with the event! Please note that ALL FOOD SHOULD BE NUT FREE. Kosher food is preferred.
Additionally parents are most welcome to join. Then, you can take your child home with you after the celebration. We will also need parents volunteers to set-up before and clean-up afterwards.
Thanks and happy beautiful fall days!!
3. FSA FAMILY THANKSGIVING DINNER
All families are invited to the annual FSAPS Thanksgiving Dinner to be held on Thursday November 17. Please join us as we celebrate Thanksgiving together by bringing a dish to share. Or, if you are too busy to cook, please send in a cash donation. Dinner starts at 6:00. This event is coordinated by the FSAPS Mustang Support Organization.
Sign up for Thanksgiving Dinner help here:
Signup Sheet for Thanksgiving Dinner Decorations, Setup and Teardown
www.SignUpGenius.com/go/10C0C49A4A628ABFA7-thanksgiving
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 2
Book of the Week: Pushing Up the Sky
Comprehension Skill: Character, Setting, and Plot
Phonics: Prefixes UN, RE, MIS, DIS
Spelling Words: unhappy, recall, disappear, unload, mistake, misspell, dislike, replace, mislead, disagree, rewrite, unroll, unknown, dishonest, react
Conventions: Main and Helping Verbs
CHARACTER EDUCATION: Respect
Mark Your Calendar:
TUESDAY, November 15- Third Grade Friendsgiving during 7th period
November 17- School wide Thanksgiving Dinner at 6:00pm
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
December 19- Create an Ecosystem take-home project due
December 21- Prek through 3 Winter Celebration (Parent volunteers will be needed!)
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
Any student interested in participating must first audition. We ask that interested participants please choose an audition time slot below using this group signup form. Slots will be filled on a first-come, first served basis.
https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c094daead23a2f85-variety
Please tell us in the comment section what you plan to do for your audition and what, if anything, you need from us (background music, etc.) It is important to make sure that you can commit to arriving at least five minutes before your chosen audition time.
Please note: if you miss your audition, you will forfeit your opportunity to perform.We apologize in advance, but auditions cannot be rescheduled and there are no do-overs. We have many people who wish to participate, and there is only space for a limited number of acts per show. It is imperative that you please choose a good audition time that you can commit to attending.
ALSO, PLEASE PLAN TO AUDITION ONLY IF YOU WILL BE HERE FOR THE PERFORMANCES.
Variety Show Performance Dates/Times:
Elementary Show - Monday, December 19th @ 2:30pm
Middle/High Show - Tuesday, December 20th @ 2:30pm
4th & 5th grades: TBD; performers in this age group will be assigned to one of the shows above based upon the number of qualified entries.
We look forward to seeing everyone for this fun event!
Sincerely,
Mrs. Millar and Mrs. Peacock
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Reading/Spelling
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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