Box Tops for Education

  Don't forget PCES collects Box Tops for Education.  It's a great way to help support our school.  All you need to do is cut out the box top from your groceries and send the box tops to school.  We'll take care of the rest!

Visit the Box Tops for Education Website to learn more and see what products support Box Tops for Education.

Parent Conferences

Today was third grade's day for parent conferences to discuss progress reports and the current classroom performance of your student.  Thanks to all of you who were able to come and meet.  The partnership between school and home plays an  important part n the success of your child!

If you weren't able to meet, or need to reschedule, please contact me ASAP about a time that is convenient for us both.

Thanks again!

Just a Few Reminders

Just a few reminders

*Map labeling test (continents and oceans) test is tomorrow.

*Lesson 4 (Ellen Ochoa) tests are on Friday.

*3s multiplication test is on Friday!

Keep up the great work, and remember, a little bit of studying every night will do wonders as compared to a long marathon session!  :)

Parent Conferences are coming up next week.  Be on the look-out for your appointment.

Also, picture day is tomorrow.  Dress your best and don't forget that smile!

Science and Social Studies

Students compared and contrasted urban and rural communities and then wrote about them.

Can you believe we are almost a month into the school year?  Wow!

We've finished our first chapters in Science and Social Studies.  We've learned about communities in Social Studies and plants in Science.  Students did a great job on their tests, and they will be going home in graded papers this Tuesday.

We will be beginning a big unit on map skills and animals this week.  There is so much to learn and so many fun activities to go along with this.  These are both units that students typically enjoy and get a lot out of.

Keep an eye on the classroom newsletter for test dates!

Red Devil Pride

Happy Friday everyone,

enjoy your weekend!  If you are looking for a great family event tonight, head up to the stadium and watch Coach Nelson (one of our great PE coaches) and the Central High School Red Devils take on Carver of Montgomery at 8:00 p.m.

Study Island

One thing that we work on in class is Study Island.  Study Island is a fantastic learning tool that reinforces skills we are working on in class.  Students have assignments to complete (which are graded), but they can also go ahead and work on other skills.  When students master a skill, they are awarded a blue ribbon.  Not only does this help remediate skills that students maybe struggling with, but it also challenges those students who may be advanced on a topic.  Once students reach 75% mastery, the games that go along with that skill are unlocked - which the students love to play!

The great thing is, it can be accessed from anywhere with an Internet connection!

Visit - www.studyisland.com  your student should know their log in i.d. and password.  If not, please email me and I will get that information to you.

Star Student of the Month

Congratulations to the August Star Student of the Month,

Montein

This award was bestowed upon Montein by her classmates.  The students voted on who they felt exemplified star status.  They were told to vote for someone with great character, who is fair and loyal to their friends, and is kind to their classmates as well as the teacher.

Here's a few more things about our Star Student of the Month:
Favorite food - Cheese pizza
Favorite color - purple and sometimes pink
Favorite artists - Taylor Swift and Hannah Montana
 Favorite T.V. show - Hannah Montana and iCarley
Favorite book - any drawing book
Favorite thing to do - color and read
Favorite subject - Math
What she wants to be when she grows up - A veterinarian or a teacher
Favorite 3rd grade memory so far - Becoming Star Student

We are blessed with a classroom full of outstanding students.  This is just the first of many recognitions!

the Garden

I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I can't believe we've already completed two weeks of school.  Before you know it, it will be Christmas!

But let's not get ahead of ourselves.  In conjunction with our Science unit on plants, we now have a plot in the PCES Garden!  We teamed up with Ms. Robinson's class, and decided to have a little friendly competition, boys vs. girls.  We are going to see who's garden produces the better crop.

On Friday afternoon we went out to the garden and pulled weeds.  They were out of control from not receiving any attention over the summer.  Although there were some weeds taller than some of our kids (yikes, I know!), our students took care of those in no time!

Afterwards, we watered and tilled the soil a bit, and then planted early Alaskan snow peas.

Hopefully before too long we will be enjoying the fruit (or vegetable) of our labor!

We'll be in the garden a few times a week, checking on our peas, and making sure that this heat doesn't damage the seeds.  Check back in the coming weeks for more progress!