News from the Zelmer Zoo

Third Grade News
October 29, 2008

Important Info:

• Information on the Governor’s Reading Honor Roll will be coming home with your child. To earn this award, your child must read 20 books and record the titles on the log sheet that was sent home with the information packet. Accelerated Reader books can count towards earning this award. Return the log to school when your child has completed their reading. Your child will be recognized at the end of the year on Awards Day for their hard work.
• Just a reminder that Mr. McLeod is asking that NO costumes be worn on Halloween.
• We will have make-up pictures on October 30. If your child was absent, or you want their picture remade they may do so on this date.
• The School District of Oconee County continuously monitors the implementation of our ESOL program and welcomes input from parents, school staff, and community members regarding its current and future plans for working with ESOL students. If you would like to express any concerns about the ESOL program or have suggestions for improving our program, please contact Mike McLeod, Principal, at Westminster Elementary School at 864-886-4520 or you may contact Dr. Wanda Warner at the school district office at 864-886-4400, extension 1134. Thank you for your valued support of our ESOL students!
• Our PTO will be sponsoring the pumpkin decorating contest this year. Next Thursday will be the judging. Prizes will be awarded at each grade level.

Upcoming Dates:
October 29: Report cards for first nine week period
October 30: Make up pictures taken
November 4: Election Day Holiday

Units of Study:
Language Arts: Finishing up Charlotte’s Web, Writing Spooky Stories
Math: Money, Making Change from a Dollar
Science: Plant Life Cycles

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Important Info:
Next week we have a lot of events during the same week. October 19-25 is National Character Counts Week and Oct. 20 – 24 is Red Ribbon Week and Make a Difference Week. To tie in with these events, beginning Monday, Oct. 20 we will focus on the Clemson University Athletic’s Be a T.I.G.E.R. Character Program. Each letter in the TIGER represents a character trait for each day of the week. Monday (T – Teamwork), Tuesday (I- Integrity), Wednesday (G- Gratitude), Thursday ( E- Education), and Friday (R- Respect). Newspapers with information about the character traits will be distributed to students on Monday, Oct. 20.

Red Ribbon Week: October 20-24
Monday- “Get Red Hot Against Drugs” (Wear Red Day)
Tuesday- “I Can, I Can, We Can Say No” (Bring one Can of Food)
Wednesday- “Drugs Don’t Make ‘Cents” (Bring Change For the Needy)
Thursday- “Join the Fight Against Drugs” (Wear Camouflage)
Friday- “Team Up Against Drugs” (Wear Favorite Team Colors)

Spirit Night at Chick-fil-A
This year we will only have two Spirit Nights at Chick-fil-A to raise much needed money for our school. The first will be held on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 5-8 pm. Make sure to stop in and support our school! We look forward to seeing you there!

Upcoming Dates:
October 27-28: No School
October 29: Report cards for first nine week period
October 30: Make up pictures taken
November 4: Election Day Holiday

Units of Study:
Language Arts: Charlotte’s Web Unit continued.
Math: number stories, rocket math subtraction
*Please keep in mind that the deadline for finishing Subtraction Rocket Math is coming up! Our goal is to start working on multiplication by the end of November. That means that Multiplication Rocket Math will be starting after the students get back from Christmas Break.
Science: Living things and their needs

Scenes from Literacy Day!

Dr. Lucas, our District's Superintendent, read with us on Literacy Day. He shared his favorite book Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! by Dr. Seuss. He even left his copy of the book as a gift to our class! We also had some athletes from West-Oak High School come and read with us. For Family Literacy Night, the third grade hallway was transformed into the County Fair. It was just like a scene from one of our favorite books, Charlotte's Web.

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Important Info:
1. National walk to school day is October 8th. Car rider drop off will be at the ballfield parking lot. Please refer to school newsletter for details.

2. Join us at the 3rd Grade County Fair!! Tuesday, October 14th from 5pm-7pm
Come join third grade as we celebrate Charlotte’s Web! Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Games, and special activities will all be part of the fun. Stop by and visit the Bookfair!! Hotdog dinners can be purchased from PTO!!

3. Friday’s lunch will not be hot ham and cheese, it will be Philly Steak instead.

4. Our class is collecting loose change for a charity for the bookfair. Each penny raised will be matched by Scholastic. If our class raises the most money, then we can earn gree books from the bookfair.

Upcoming Dates:
October 8: National Walk to school day
October 9: Fire Safety Assembly
October 13: Book Fair Begins
October 14: Book Fair 4:30 – 6:30
Open House 5:00 – 7:00 (3rd Grade County Fair)
October 27-28: No School
October 29: Report cards for first nine week period
October 30: Make up pictures taken

Units of Study:
Language Arts: Charlotte’s Web Unit – Please bring in your chapter book from home if you have one! You can use it in class as we read together.

Math: Subtraction with regrouping, Fact Families, Fact Extensions, Number Stories

Social Studies: Outer Coastal Plain Region and Coastal Zone Region

Solving Mysteries

Reading Detective Clubs were formed in our classroom this week. Each group of Reading Detectives worked to solve a different mystery. Each Reading Detective was given a badge and a case file to solve. Students met in groups to discuss the mystery they were reading. They shared clues they uncovered and possible suspects who were involved in the mystery. After reading their book and solving the mystery, detectives completed a detective case report as their final assignment. On Friday, we had a visitor from the Sheriff Department's CSI team. He talked to us about fingerprints. He even lifted some of our fingerprints off some items in our classroom. Here are a few pictures from our week.



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