May is Marvelous!  It was so nice seeing everyone at Evening in the Garden on Tuesday.  The weather was so nice and our school grounds looked so beautiful!  The kids from our class who participated in the musical did a wonderful job!  I was so proud of them!   We still have a few weeks left.  Thanks to all who are getting agendas signed and homework turned in .  There are several areas yet to cover, so it is important that the children remain focused each day as we end the year together on a good note!

Here are a few reminders for the month of May:
May 9- Our last counselor visit
May 11- Performing Arts with dancers from China here at Ford/ Cookies for Moms at 12:00 in our room.  The children have some special things to share with you!
May 13- Happy Mother's Day!  Give your Mom a Hug!:)
May 14- Computer Lab-Graph Club...Creating our own graphs
May 15- Field Day for 2nd and 3rd
May 16- Target Day...not Thursday of this week only.
May 21- Computer Lab...Finish graphs if not complete
May 22- Book Buddies- Bring beach towel and your favorite book to share with your buddy.  We will provide popsicles.
May  23- Award's Day for 4th and 5th grades
May 24- Last Day of Third Grade:(

**The last 2 days of school will be early release days.  The children will be dismissed at 12:30.
Specials will be 8:15-8:50 and Lunch will be 10:15 to 10:45.
If you have any questions about the schedule let me know!  Have a wonderful summer and come back and visit next year! :)

Awesome April

It's hard to believe we are 6 weeks away from the end of the school year! What a busy year it has been!
We had a great visit to Cato on Wednesday. Mrs. Rogers, our Earth Parent went with us. Thanks for your help on this adventure. The kids learned about pollution and how important reduce, reuse and recycling items are on a daily basis. We also took a hike around the property and had great conversations about things we observed and saw.
We have quite a few important events coming up during this month...Please make note of them.

*CRCT Testing begins April 18th-through April 24th.
April 18th- Reading
April 19th Language Skills
April 20th- Math
April 23- Science
April- 24- Social Studies

*A schedule was sent home Monday for snacks during CRCT...Thanks ahead for donating the items the children to enjoy during our testing week. A letter went home today as a reminder about the testing dates. Please have your child be rested and fed before coming in on the test days. We will not have snack until after testing.

*Volunteer Tea- April 26- 8:00-10:00. All of the parents will receive an invitation....in my room. Thanks for filing, helping with the children, donating items, field trips, etc. You all have been wonderful and I appreciate all of your time and efforts.

*April 27- Crazy Sock Day- Donate $1 and wear crazy socks on this day.

*May 1- Evening in the Garden- 5:30-7:30

Last Day to check out books for our class is April 24. We will visit the Media Center April 17th. On May4th we will return books and listen to a story.

Let's focus these last few weeks. Please continue to get agendas signed. Papers still go home on Thursdays, and will be returned with a red check on them when I have checked them off. Homework is Monday through Thursday. We will continure working on multiplicaton and division in class. Thanks for all of the help you are giving your child at home:)

Draw a pretty spring flower in the signature box of the agenda. I will send out May Blog soon for all of the end of the year happenings.

Funtastic Fridays

Relay for Life is sponsoring "Fun Fridays" for the following dates....You have to bring a dollar to participate. Let's all show our support and participate in these special days! :)

Mar. 16- P.J. Day
Mar. 23- Crazy Hair Day
Mar. 30- Hat Day
Apr. 13-Favorite Sports Team Day
Apr. 27- Crazy Sock Day

April 30-May 3 will be a "Penny War" between grade levels. Let's hear it for Third Grade!!!

*Thanks to all who have sent items for the Spring Fling Basket. If you have books you would like to donate to the book sale at the Spring Fling...We have a box in our room for the collection. Many Thanks ahead for donating.

Draw a smiley face if you read thisBlog! :)

Marvelous March

I can't believe March is already here! It has been a busy month! We closed out the month of February with Biography Blab...Sharing the information about the famous people and the desk tops that were created to go with the famous people. I enjoyed interviewing these selected folks and learning more about them. The kids had to write why they were famous on paper at their desk. It helped them remember and be able to recall and discuss them after the reports had been shared.
We have had quite a few sick children in the classroom. Thanks for keeping them home to get well. Please encourage your children to wash their hands as soon as they arrive at home...germs are everywhere! We are trying to get the children to wash hands after specials....bathroom, etc. Hopefully this will keep those of us well at school. The kids that have been out have been great about make-up work. Thanks for your support in this area.

Here are some things happening in the month of March....

* Salt Dough Maps Friday, Mar. 9th. Thanks to the parents who volunteered to come in and help with this project.
*Mar. 15- Spring Pictures (class picture and individuals)
*Mar. 16- Kick off for Book Fair/ We will meet with our book buddies on this day:)
Wear GREEN on this day...since we will not be in school on St. Patrick's
Day
*Mar.-19-23 Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center
*Mar.- 24 Spring Fling- 4:00-8:00 at Ford...Flyers went home today.
*Mar.- Performing Arts at Ford
*April 2-6- Spring Break
**April 18, 19, 20, 23, & 24 are scheduled CRCT testing dates. Please mark your calendars if you have not already done so.

***I your read this blog, draw and color a green shamrock in the signature box of your agenda.

February is Fabulous!

I can't believe it is already February! The months are really moving on! Thanks to all who came out for Curriculum Night! It was fun seeing the children outside of the regular day...playing games and interacting with other kids! Jump Rope for Heart was a success on Friday. The kids really enjoyed jumping rope and it is for such a good cause! :) The prizes will be here in a few weeks...I'm not sure of the time frame. Thanks for all who brought in donations. We have a lot of things going on this month. Please get your calendars out and make notes of the events coming up!
Feb. 7- Skull Study- Visit from Cato
Feb. 8- Counselor Visit
Feb. 9 Computer Lab...We will be working on our animal projects.
Feb. 10- Media Center- Finding resources that our animals may be in
Feb. 14- Valentine's Day- Give your parents a hug!
Feb. 15- Media Center- Animal Reports and Dewey Decimal System Part 1
Feb. 20- President's Day- No School
Feb.21- Computer Lab- We will still be working on animal projects
Feb. 23- Dewey Decimal Lesson Part 2
Feb. 24- Biography Reports and Desktops Due today. Come dressed like your character or bring something to change into.
Ford Dance 6:00-8:00 @ Ford

**Please keep practicing multiplication facts. Those that are finished through 12's are given random mutiplication facts for the three days as review. Most are passing...keep up the good work!
If you read this Blog draw and color a red heart in the signature box of the agenda.

Welcome Back and Happy 2012!

January is really moving along...especially since we weren't in school the first week of this month. It was good to see all of the kids back on Tuesday. It was sad to not have Natalie back with us. She moved over the break to Paulding County and will continue third grade in that area. She and her sweet Mom will be missed. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Rogers will be taking over the room mom duties for the rest of the year. Thanks in advance for helping them out. We want to welcome Carter to our class. He is from Michigan and moved in the area over the break. He is getting a lot of help from his new classmates on the rules and routines of our classroom.
We started off the first week back with a visit from Cato. They learned about plants and animals of the regions in Georgia. We will be doing an animal project a little later in the quarter.
Here are a few reminders for the the month of January....

*No School on Jan. 16- Martin Luther King Day

*Media Center Visit January 20 and Jan. 25. We will be selecting Biography Books for our next book report and presentation on Feb. 24th.

*Bingo Night is also Jan. 20th.-6:00-8:00

* Jan. 31- Guidance Lesson

*Computer Labs- Jan. 13, 20, and 31.

If you read this Blog write... "Happy 2012!" in the signature box of your agenda. :)

Happy New Year!!!!!!!

December is Dashing Away!

***Hope this finds everyone well and busy like me! I am posting some reminders for December, so read carefully and mark your calendars!

*Dec. 8- Last Media Center Visit before the holiday- Please return or renew books that you may have checked out.
*Dec. 9- Book Buddies
*Dec. 14, 15 , and 16th- Checkpoints in Math, Language, and Science
*Dec. 14-SRI
*Dec. 19- Performing Arts here at Ford....David Ginn- Magician
*Dec. 20-Geometry Quilt Due
*Dec. 20- Bring book to exchange at Christmas Party
**Dec. 21- Christmas Party- 12:30-1:30/Last Day of Class/ You can check your child out from the room.

Winter Break: Dec. 23- Jan. 9th. Enjoy time with your family! See You Next Year!
Read and Study those facts over the break!

If you read this blog draw a candy cane in signature box of the agenda:)