TEST ALERTS

Wednesday, Oct. 5: Math Test over Chapter 3: Addition, properties of addition, front-end estimation, inverse operations

Thursday, Oct. 6: Language Test over Chapter 4: Simple predicates, complete predicates, and compound predicates....Review subjects and nouns
Click here for more practice on predicates


Friday: weekly Reading and Spelling tests

Reminder:  GrandKids permission forms and money are due by Tuesday.

WoW, What A WEEK!!!!!!!!



Maddie enjoys a book during center time!




These fellows are working hard to classify and sort their rocks!!!!




Taking a break to pose for a picture!!!




WOW, GRAY!  Cool piece of Georgia's "white gold"...AKA..Kaolin!!!  Thanks for sharing!!!




Pet Rocks!!!!  Come see our hall display!




Hats for Hope!!  Tattnall's Service Project!  We had a blast!



Jalon cooling out in a basket with a good book!



Working hard on their pet rocks!



What a conversation about texture and luster!  I was impressed!

Also, A BIG THANK YOU to Mrs. Hiller and Mrs. Farmer for supplying us with popcorn and lemonade for our movie party on Friday.  After reading Balto, The Dog Who Save Nome and learning about the Iditarod, we watched the movie on Friday and discussed similarities and differences between the story and the movie!!!!  And what is movie without popcorn and drinks!!  What a cool way to end our week!!!!  We loved it!

Things That Are Due.....

PICTURE PROOFS are due!  Even if you don't order any, please return the proof.
HATS FOR HOPE....... Students may wear a hat to school if they have made a donation of $1.00 for this service project. Our own Abby Wilson is being honored through this demonstration of support for her and others who are battling childhood cancer.  You can still bring your donation tomorrow!  WEAR A HAT!!!

CHEEK CHEERS.......Cheerleaders will be selling Cheek Cheers for $1.00 tomorrow morning at carpool drop off. See a cheerleader before you come to class if you would like to purchase a cheek cheer to show your support for our Tattnall Trojans.

FIELD TRIP FORMS.......Permission forms for our field trip to the Grand Opera House on Oct. 13 and $7.00 for the ticket are due no later than Tuesday, October 4.

A Glance at Our Week....Sept. 26-30

Reading: "Balto: The Dog Who Saved Nome"
               vocabulary study/ focus skill: word relationships(synonyms, antonyms, homophones)
Spelling: words with the sh, ch, and tch
Language:  Chp. 3 on Predicates/verbs/simple and complete predicates/compound predicates
Wordly Wise: Start Lesson 3
Math: continue with Addition ~ properties of addition, front-end estimation, expressions 
Science: Unit on Rocks and Minerals ~ Study those flashcards when they come home!
Handwriting: continue review of lower case cursive letters
Bible: continue with initiative/Philippians 2:4

Reminders:  Return Picture orders by Friday.
                     Friday is Hats for Hope!  $1.00 donation ~ Wear a hat on Friday!
Mark Your Calendar ~ Thursday, Oct. 13 ~ GrandKids Field Trip ~ more info later!

FYI ~ Cub Scouts

For those that are interested.......There will have a cub scout "round up" informational meeting on: Wednesday, September 28th for grades 1st-5th. The cub master will be stopping by our classrooms for around 10 minutes beginning at 9:00am. The sign-ups for Cub Scouts will be held in the cafeteria on Thursday, September 29th at 6:30.

Mark Your October Calendars!

October 7th~Elementary Open House for Prospective Families


October 10th ~ Magazine Holiday -No school for students and teachers.

October 11th ~In Service - No school for students.

We Are "ROCKING" right along!!!!

  Do you know......
               What is Georgia's little Grand Canyon?  
               What Georgia mineral is called "white gold"?
               What famous statue is carved from strong Georgia marble?

 We have started our first unit in science, Rocks and Minerals! The kids seem to LOVE it!!!  Mrs. Moncrief has been doing hands-on activities in Science Lab, and these third graders have been paying attention!  I can already tell! We will cover a lot of information, but it should be fun! 

The students have a rock hunt homework activity that was sent home on Wednesday and to be completed by Friday.  Please help your child with this hunt.  We will classify the rocks according to texture, color, luster, etc.
Next week we will create our very own "pet rocks" for a hall display.   We are "RoCkInG" along!!!! (heeheehee)!!

Hats for Hope and Elementary Soccer

Student Council is again sponsoring Hats for Hope. Students who make a $1 donation may wear a hat to school on Friday, September 30. All money will go to Jay’s Hope Foundation and will be donated in honor of 8th grade student, Abby Wilson, to show our support for her in her battle with cancer.

Thursday, October 27,  is the deadline for students in K5-6th grade to register for Elementary World Cup Soccer. Registration forms are available in the office.

Both of these forms will be in your child's Friday Folder.

A Glance at Our Week ....Sept. 19-23

• Reading: "Turtle Bay" vocabulary study/   focus skill: author's purpose
• Spelling: words with the kn, wr, ph, and gh 
• Language: Chp 2 TEST on Tuesday (Subjects) ~ SEE Post Below! Begin Chp. 3 on        Predicates/verbs
• Wordly Wise ~ Lesson 2 Quiz on Wednesday
• Math: Addition/properties of addition, front-end estimation, expressions
• Social Studies: Thursday Chp. 2 quiz over geography and natural resources..SEE Post below!
• Science: begin unit on Rocks and Minerals
• Handwriting: continue review of lower case cursive letters
• Bible: continue with initiative/Philippians 2:4 

Spirit week was a huge success last week! It is always fun to be a little crazy during the week!  3^rd  grade did a super job at our pep rally!!  Everyone seem to have a great time!  A big THANK YOU to each of you that showed your school spirit and to the parents that sent in some fun snacks for our week! Mrs. Hardy is looking forward to a normal week.......if there is such a thing!  Go, TSA!

Test Alerts!

Social Studies Vocabulary Quiz on Thursday!
      Click here to play a game to help review our Social Studies words.


Language Test over Chapter 2 tomorrow!
     Click here to play a game to review simple, complete, and compound subjects.

Boxes for Soldiers!!!!!!!

We had a GrEaT group of Middle Schoolers and High Schoolers helping us!

Class Color Day!!!

It was this kind of a day!  UpSiDeDoWn and CrAzY!!!!

IMPORTANT INFO!!

WEAR  RED TOMORROW!!  It is class color day!

CARE Package items are due tomorrow also!  We will be packing the care boxes for the soldiers tomorrow at 1:30 in the PE gym!  Please send in your items along with the $3.00 for shipping and handling.  Thanks for your help with this wonderful service project!

FYI!!!!!!

We have a new server and my email address is slightly different. PLEASE make a note of this!

rhonda.hardy@tattnall.org

If you were not able to attend the Trojan Legion meeting last night and pick up your child's progress report, I will be putting it in your child's Friday Folder! With so much going on this week, I feel this is the safest place!

Soldier Care Package Items Are Due Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011!

(There was a red letter in your child's Friday Folder about this project from Mrs. Mallett!)

Each child is to bring his/her items to school, along with $3.00 for shipping and handling, on THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15th. On Thursday afternoon, students will be placed in groups. They will combine their donated items to be assembled into a care package to be mailed to an American soldier. Our goal is to provide 75 boxes. Boxes and all packaging items are being supplied by the school. We ask that you prayerfully consider your donations and have fun with your children shopping for this very important project.

Thursday is also Class Color Day!  Third Grade is red!

More pics!

College Day!

Day wouldn't be complete without a CrAzY picture!!

A Glance at Our Week....Sept. 12-16

Please remember this is HOMECOMING WEEK!   

Check earlier post about HC attire!!!  This will be a FuN week!

Reading: "Olympic Games - Where Heroes are Made"
                                Skill: reading nonfiction/vocabulary
Spelling:     Words with st and str
Language:   Review subjects (complete, simple, and compound) and predicates. 
                           Test over these next Tuesday....Sept. 20!
Wordly Wise:    Continue with Lesson 2 (test next week) 
Math:     Chapter 2 test on Tuesday.  Addition chapter is next.
Social Studies:   Chapter 2.....study of  land features, map grids, and natural resources

Bible:   Initiative- Seeing what needs to be done and doing it!....Phil. 2:4
                    Last week we read and discussed the Parable of the Good Samaritan.   Luke 10
                    This week we will take a close look at Nehemiah.  Nehemiah 1 and 2

The magazine sale has been extended through Wednesday.

Some Incentives Include:

• Magazine Holiday - October 10th (IF we reach our goal of $50,000)
• 1 entry for every 3 magazines sold to win $500 (IF we reach our super goal of $60,000)
• Pizza party for the highest selling class in Elementary, Middle, and High School
• Money machine grab for the highest individual seller in Elementary, Middle, and High School (Minimum of 5 magazine orders sold to qualify)
• Students turning in 7 orders by Wednesday will get to see the amazing Sean Watson, Illusionist.

Homecoming FuN!!

CAMO DAY!!!!  CAN YOU SEE US????

OK...WE ARE LOSING IT,  AND IT IS JUST MONDAY!!!

The Votes Are In!!

Congratulations to Grace Hiller!   

She was chosen by our class to be our 3^rd grade class Representative on the Elementary Student Council. She will meet monthly with the Elementary Student Council to discuss important events.  She will be our 3rd grade voice!   I know that she will do a GREAT job!

Center Time! Cooperation and Collaboration!

C

Trojan Legion/ Open House/ Progress Reports

Tuesday, Sept. 13, is the Trojan Legion Open House.  This will be a chance for you to come in, look around the room, and pick up your child's progress report.  I regret to inform you that I will not be there.  As some of you know, I am also assistant varsity and head b-team softball coach at school.  We will be traveling to Perry for games against Westfield.  Even though I will not be at Trojan Legion, our classroom will be open for you, and Mrs. Miller will be handing out the progress reports.  If you would like to discuss your child's progress, please send me an email.  I can meet just about any time with ample notice.

      Thank you for allowing me to work with such wonderful children!

TEST ALERT ~ Tuesday, Sept. 13 ~ Chapter 2 over bar graphs, benchmark numbers, and rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand.

Homecoming Is Next Week!

** Students may wear hats (within the daily theme) and flip flops during Homecoming Week.  Students not participating in dress up days must be in uniform.

Monday, September 12- Camo Day 

Tuesday, September 13- College Day

Wednesday, September 14 –Spirit Day (Please wear a TSA t-shirt!)

Thursday, September 15 – Class Color Day-  Third Grade is RED!
        (Crowning of Homecoming King between the JV and Varsity Softball games)

Friday, September 16 – Tattnall Day- (Blue, Gold, or Homecoming t-shirts)
                Homecoming Picnic for Alumni at 6:00p.m.
                Kickoff vs. Mt. Vernon at 7:30 p.m.   (Crowning HC Queen at halftime)

Picture Day!! Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011

We will have picture day in the morning!  Please be in Chapel uniform!  Bring your sMiLe!