More pics from our day!!!

Book Character/ Dress Up Day!

Next Week.....

Attention, Parents!!!

Next week, we will be reading a trade book entitled Molly’s Pilgrim. We will have a reading checkpoint and vocabulary quiz on Thursday,Nov. 3, and a Spelling Test on Friday, Nov. 4. We will also be making a clothespin pilgrim/Indian doll to go with the book. Students will make the clothespin doll at home. We will send home a clothespin, a note, and vocabulary and spelling list on Tuesday explaining this a little more. Students will need to bring to school a shoebox lid by next Monday, Nov. 7. The dolls will be due on, Mon., Nov. 7, as well.

A Note from Mrs. Mallett

Dear Lower School Families,

The Lower School will be celebrating Fall with our annual Pumpkin parties again this year. On Monday, October 31st, all students (and faculty of course) in grades PK-6th will be allowed to dress for school as their favorite character/book character for our 1st annual character parade! This will be an excellent time to wear your character costumes if you have one or to dress up as your favorite book character, etc. This is NOT a "dress down day". Everyone will need to be either in costume or in school uniform. We will begin our celebration with a character costume parade through the middle and upper school and around the athletic complex at 1:00 pm and immediately return to class to begin our parties. Of course....parents are invited to surround the gym...cameras in hand... for excellent photo opportunities!
I appreciate your support, look forward to seeing you at this fun event, and as always...I am here if you have any questions or concerns.
Warm Regards,
Donna S. Mallett, Ed.S.
Head of Lower School

Mark Your Calendars!

Oct. 31 ~ Fall party ~ 1:45
Nov. 10 ~ Field trip to Grand Opera House (downtown Macon) to see "Alice in Wonderland"
Nov. 11 ~ Grandparents's Day ~ Early Dismissal ~ 11:30
Nov. 18 ~ Thanksgiving Feast
Nov. 21-25 ~ Thanksgiving Holidays
Dec. 12 ~ Kids Yule Love - Early Dismissal
Dec. 12-15 ~ 1/2 Days ~ 11:45 Dismissal
Dec. 16 ~ Class Christmas Breakfast
***Dismissal on Friday, Dec. 16, will be at 10:30.  Please make plans accordingly.

A Glance at Our Week....Oct. 24-28

Reading ~ "Rosie, a Visiting Dog's Story"; focus skills: decoding long words  and context clues
Spelling ~ words with the /ou/ sound
Language ~ Review Compound Sentences: Begin Plural Nouns
 Wordly Wise~ Lesson 4

Math ~  Subtraction Test on Wednesday;  Begin Money chapter-counting bills and coins, comparing amounts, making change
Social Studies ~  America's First People-Cherokee, Sequoyah, Hiawatha, Haudenosaunee

**TOMORROW, Tuesday, is Tattnall night at Stevi B's Pizza!!! Come out and enjoy dinner and also help support your school.
**Celebration Chapel is Wednesday.
**Permission form and $7.00 for GrandKids trip to see Alice in Wonderland(11/10) is due by Thurs.
**AR party is Friday, at 12:15. These students will participate: Logan, Grace, Kaleigh, Maddie, and Lauren.
**Thursday is the deadline for students in K5-6th grade to register for Elementary World Cup Soccer.

A Glance at Our Week...Oct. 17-21

Reading ~ "Little Grunt and the Big Egg"-fantasy...Focus Skill: continue with word relationships...antonyms, synonyms, homophones, and multiple meaning words
Spelling ~  words with the /oi/ sound-  We are writing these words in cursive!  We are doing GREAT!!!!!
Language~ Continue with compound sentences and combining words (and, but, or)
                Review nouns (common, proper, abbreviations, and titles)
Wordly Wise ~ Begin Lesson 4
Math ~  Chapter 4 - Subtraction...review addition flashcards regularly.  This will help with subtraction.  We will test next Wednesday over subtraction.
Science ~ We are reading Chapter 2: Changes to Earth's Land for enjoyment. No flashcards or quizzes or test with this chapter.  Students made cast and mold fossils in Science Lab.  They are so cool!  Ask us about them!
Bible ~ Respect- James 3:9-12 - Showing respect with your words. 

PICTURE RETAKES are tomorrow.  Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011

Friday Folders

Friday Folders will be coming home on Monday, Oct. 17.  Your child's report card will be in his or her folder on Monday.

OWL PELLETS!!!!!!

Well, how did you like the owl pellets! Some students were unsure at first, but soon realized they are cool!!!   No, a pellet is not owl poop!  (as some of them thought ~ gross!) A pellet contains things that the owl cannot digest. The pellet is regurgitated. It is so neat to see the bones in a pellet!   Next week, we will do some art and write some interesting facts that we have learned about owls!Here are a few pictures from our day with owl pellets!

Science Review game

Click here to play a game that will help review our science words.

A Glance at Our Week....Oct. 12-14

 Reading/ Spelling: No story or spelling list this week. 

Language: Sentences~ simple and compound
Math: Subtraction ~ 3 digit and 4 digit numbers with regrouping, estimating an answer and word problems
Wordly Wise:  Lesson 3 ~ Test on Friday
Science: Rocks and Minerals ~ Vocabulary Quiz on Friday
OWL Mini-unit: We have some fun activities planned!  We will dissect an owl pellet, too! 
                                                                                     I am so excited!!!
Bible: Respect - 1 Peter 2:17 "Show proper respect to everyone."

FIELD TRIP (GrandKids/ Laura Ingalls Wilder) is THURSDAY. Wear your uniform and bring a lunch and drink from home.   We will be traveling on the bus, and we will picnic when we return.

What a Wonderful Week!

What a Great week we had!  The weather was gorgeous, and the students were outstanding!  Everything was just perfect! We are growing and maturing each day! October has brought some cool weather, but the learning in room 502 is heating up!  Thanks for all you do to encourage your child to do his/her best!!  I am enjoying and loving this group!!

Here are a few reminders! 

• We will NOT have a Spelling list next week, nor will we have a Reading checkpoint story.

• We have some fun things planned for next week as we end our first grading period and begin a new one.  Report Cards will be coming home in Friday Folders next week!

• Continue reviewing addition and subtraction facts and working with adding and subtracting large numbers.   Please remember to check over your child's homework nightly!

• Field Trip on Thurs., Oct. 13  ~ GrandKids ~ Students will need to be in uniform and bring a sack lunch and drink that day.

Have a GREAT, LONG WEEKEND!!!  See everyone on Wednesday!

Elementary Pep Rally!!!!

3rd Grade vs. 4th Grade in Football Dress Relay!

They beat us, but it was very close!  Grace and her team gave it their best!



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GO, TROJANS!!!!!




Singing our Alma Mater!!



Look at Our Chapel Leaders!

Bo and Lauren led the pledges in Chapel this week.  They did such a FaNtAsTiC job! We were very proud of them!  Thanks, Bo and Lauren, for being prepared and for a job WELL DONE!!!!

Next Week...Oct. 12-14

Reminder ~ No School ....Mon., Oct. 10 and Tues., Oct. 11
GrandKids'  Trip ~ Thurs., Oct. 13

Because next week is such a short week, we will not have our normal Reading and Spelling Test next Friday.  We will take a few days off of the regular week's work and work on a short mini unit on owls.  This will be so much fun!

Wordly Wise ~ Lesson 3 Quiz will be on FRIDAY of next week....(Not Thursday)

Field Trip/ GrandKids/ October 13

Our first field trip is Thursday, October 13. I have everyone's  permission form and the $7.00 ticket money. We will travel by TSA trolley bus. Mr. P. will drive us. On the day of the trip, every child will need to bring a lunch and drink from home. (We will miss our normal lunch time.) We plan to picnic back here at school.


This is a school dress down day. However, because we are going on our trip, we want our third graders to be in dress code that day. Looking good and great behavior always reflects well of our school!   You may still donate a $1.00 to support the Bons Repos Orphange in Haiti. 

A Glance at Our Week....Better late than never! :)

Reading: "Wild Shots: They're My Life"/ vocabulary study
                                         focus skill: author's purpose and word relationships

Spelling: When g before e,i, and y, it has the /j/ sound and c before e,i, and y makes the /s/  sound.
                        We are writing our words in cursive this week!
Language: Test Thursday over Simple, Complete, and Compound predicates...Review subjects and nouns.
Math: Test  over Chapter 3: Addition. Test is Wednesday. Our next chapter is on Subtraction.
Science: We are continuing our study of rocks and minerals. Study vocabulary cards daily.
Wordly Wise: continue with Lesson 3 vocabulary. Test is next week(Friday).  *Note the change of day.

What a cool vehicle!

"Laughing Pizza", a family band,  presented a free  show for our elementary students on Tuesday afternoon.

Bible: Our new virtue for October is RESPECT/ 1 Peter 2:17

Grandparents' Day ~ Nov. 11, 2011

Friday, November 11, is Grandparents' Day at TSA. This will be a half day dismissal for elementary students. All programs will be in the morning. This will allow the students to leave with their Grandparents for lunch, etc. Please make a note of this change and begin now planning to notify these special visitors of this fun day!