Week of March 9-12, 2020
Congratulations to our amazing third grade students and teachers for making it to the Elite 8 in the Read to the Final Four competition. We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished in the past few months. Remember, you will continue to have access to over 6,000 stories on MyON until June.
The Read to the Final Four competition has kept everyone busy, but now it’s time to get back on track with our current standards. We will also be reviewing for Georgia Milestones.
Reading: This week we will wrap up our figurative language lessons. Students will have an assessment this week. We will continue learning about figurative language as we move into our Poetry Unit.
The accelerated students will complete their study of primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. They will have an assessment this week. They will be learning additional forms of figurative language to include adages and proverbs.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series, commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences. They will have a summative assessment on these standards. They will then begin learning studying prefixes and suffixes.
The accelerated students will complete their study of quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text and the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. They will continue learning how to form and use prepositional phrases and begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 28, More Syllable Junctures in VCV and VCCV patterns.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 28 which covers prefixes dis-, mis-, and pre-.
For their spelling homework, students can practice their spelling/phonics patterns Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw They should also practice writing their words several times and look for the words in the stories they are reading.
Writing: This week we will work on opinion writing to include an introduction, main body, and conclusion connected with transition words. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Georgia Milestones: We have started reviewing our third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones. Review homework will come home every week from now until the time of the exams in April. Although homework is an expectation and not a requirement, it is important that students practice the homework sent home for Georgia Milestones review to refresh their memories on standards we worked on earlier this year.
While we do review the standards, we don’t make a big deal about Georgia Milestones. As long as students have been participating in class lessons, reviewing resources in their notebooks, completing all classwork and homework, then they should do well on Milestones. Please see the homework section below for information on Coach Digital.
I also recommend that students work on their assigned lessons in Learning.com through Classlink to practice their typing skills.
Homework
Students are expected to read a minimum of 20 minutes each evening. This can be a book of their choice, reading on MyON, and completing at least two lessons on I-Ready reading. MyON and I-Ready are accessed through Class Link/Launchpad Fulton and logging in with their student ID and 8-digit birthdate.
The Coach Digital electronic platform is available for our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for Georgia Milestones. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their lunch number and the password is 123456.
For parents not sure how to use the tool, click on "Bookshelf" and select third grade and subject. There are about 12 books that show up. The ones that I would recommend are toward the bottom. These books alone provide TONS of study and practice materials.
Dates to Remember
3/10 – PTA Board Nominations due
Parent Coffee on Milestones Testing – Media Center 8:00 am
Chick-Fil-A Night at Alpharetta Commons – Be sure to mention that you are from Dolvin and the name of your child’s teacher. The class with the most attendees will win a chicken biscuit party. Dolvin teachers will begin reading stories at 5:00.
3/11 – Quarter 3 ends
School Store
3/12 – Quarter 4 begins
3/13 – Teacher Work Day. Holiday for students.
Happy Birthday to:
3/1 – Mr. Stein
3/2 – Mrs. Endicott
3/31 - Ava
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Congratulations to our amazing third grade students and teachers for making it to the Elite 8 in the Read to the Final Four competition. We are so proud of you and all that you have accomplished in the past few months. Remember, you will continue to have access to over 6,000 stories on MyON until June.
The Read to the Final Four competition has kept everyone busy, but now it’s time to get back on track with our current standards. We will also be reviewing for Georgia Milestones.
Reading: This week we will wrap up our figurative language lessons. Students will have an assessment this week. We will continue learning about figurative language as we move into our Poetry Unit.
The accelerated students will complete their study of primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. They will have an assessment this week. They will be learning additional forms of figurative language to include adages and proverbs.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series, commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences. They will have a summative assessment on these standards. They will then begin learning studying prefixes and suffixes.
The accelerated students will complete their study of quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text and the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. They will continue learning how to form and use prepositional phrases and begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 28, More Syllable Junctures in VCV and VCCV patterns.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 28 which covers prefixes dis-, mis-, and pre-.
For their spelling homework, students can practice their spelling/phonics patterns Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw They should also practice writing their words several times and look for the words in the stories they are reading.
Writing: This week we will work on opinion writing to include an introduction, main body, and conclusion connected with transition words. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Georgia Milestones: We have started reviewing our third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones. Review homework will come home every week from now until the time of the exams in April. Although homework is an expectation and not a requirement, it is important that students practice the homework sent home for Georgia Milestones review to refresh their memories on standards we worked on earlier this year.
While we do review the standards, we don’t make a big deal about Georgia Milestones. As long as students have been participating in class lessons, reviewing resources in their notebooks, completing all classwork and homework, then they should do well on Milestones. Please see the homework section below for information on Coach Digital.
I also recommend that students work on their assigned lessons in Learning.com through Classlink to practice their typing skills.
Homework
Students are expected to read a minimum of 20 minutes each evening. This can be a book of their choice, reading on MyON, and completing at least two lessons on I-Ready reading. MyON and I-Ready are accessed through Class Link/Launchpad Fulton and logging in with their student ID and 8-digit birthdate.
The Coach Digital electronic platform is available for our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for Georgia Milestones. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their lunch number and the password is 123456.
For parents not sure how to use the tool, click on "Bookshelf" and select third grade and subject. There are about 12 books that show up. The ones that I would recommend are toward the bottom. These books alone provide TONS of study and practice materials.
Dates to Remember
3/10 – PTA Board Nominations due
Parent Coffee on Milestones Testing – Media Center 8:00 am
Chick-Fil-A Night at Alpharetta Commons – Be sure to mention that you are from Dolvin and the name of your child’s teacher. The class with the most attendees will win a chicken biscuit party. Dolvin teachers will begin reading stories at 5:00.
3/11 – Quarter 3 ends
School Store
3/12 – Quarter 4 begins
3/13 – Teacher Work Day. Holiday for students.
Happy Birthday to:
3/1 – Mr. Stein
3/2 – Mrs. Endicott
3/31 - Ava
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Week of March 2-6, 2020
I am amazed at how much reading our students did over the weekend to move us into the Elite 8 of the Read to the Final Four competition. There are now two teams remaining in each of the four regions.
Teamwork makes the dream work! We’re going to need all students reading this week to move on to win the final round for our region on Monday March 9. Tara Elementary in Clayton County is going to give us some tough competition. We would love to bring this win home for Dolvin and Fulton County because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Our students have already done such an amazing job competing against 90 schools in our region in the Tip Off and still hanging in there as one of the final two teams. WOW!
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: This week we will complete our initial study of figurative language with a summative assessment. We will continue learning about figurative language as we move into our Poetry Unit.
The accelerated students will complete their study of primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. They will be learning additional forms of figurative language to include adages and proverbs.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series, commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences. They will have a summative assessment on these standards. They will then begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
The accelerated students will complete their study of quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text and the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. They will continue learning how to form and use prepositional phrases and begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 27. The words are Syllable Juncture in VCV (vowel consonant vowel) & VCCV (vowel consonant consonant vowel) patterns.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 27 which is prefixes re- and un-.
For their spelling homework, students can practice their spelling/phonics patterns Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw They should also practice writing their words several times and look for the words in the stories they are reading.
Writing: This week we will continue working on writing the body of an opinion piece of writing and adding it to the introduction. We will also start learning how to write the conclusion to an opinion piece of writing. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Georgia Milestones: Effective this week, we will begin reviewing our third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones as well as continuing our regular studies. Review homework will come home periodically from now until the time of the exams in April. While we do review the standards, we don’t make a big deal about Georgia Milestones. As long as students have been participating in class lessons, reviewing resources in their notebooks, completing all classwork and homework, then they should do well on Milestones. Please see the homework section below for information on Coach Digital.
Students will have a practice session on Milestones this Thursday so that they can experience the format of the exams. I would also recommend that students work on their assigned lessons in Learning.com through Classlink to practice their typing skills.
Homework
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. They should read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night and take the quiz at the conclusion of every book they read.
Now that we are in the 2nd semester of school, many of you have asked about how you can help your child prepare for the upcoming Georgia Milestones Assessment. Our AMAZING Dolvin Foundation purchased the rights to the Coach Digital electronic platform for all our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for the assessment. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their 10-digit(or 9 digit) lunch number (which they know) and the password is 123456.
For parents not sure how to use the tool, click on "Bookshelf" and select third grade and subject. There are about 12 books that show up. The ones that I would recommend are toward the bottom. These books alone provide TONS of study and practice materials.
Dates to Remember
Exceptional Child Week
3/2 – Dr. Seuss Name Day – Wear a name tag with the name of a character from a Dr. Seuss story.
3/3 – Eat/play with a new friend
3/4- Perform a random act of kindness
3/5 – Wear your Superhero or Dolvin shirt
Sign & Return go home.
3/6 – Wear your March Madness Basketball Apparel
3/8 – Read to the Final Four Elite 8 ends
3/11 – Quarter 3 ends
3/12 – Quarter 4 begins
Happy Birthday to:
3/1 – Mr. Stein
3/2 – Mrs. Endicott
3/31 - Ava
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I am amazed at how much reading our students did over the weekend to move us into the Elite 8 of the Read to the Final Four competition. There are now two teams remaining in each of the four regions.
Teamwork makes the dream work! We’re going to need all students reading this week to move on to win the final round for our region on Monday March 9. Tara Elementary in Clayton County is going to give us some tough competition. We would love to bring this win home for Dolvin and Fulton County because this is a once in a lifetime opportunity. Our students have already done such an amazing job competing against 90 schools in our region in the Tip Off and still hanging in there as one of the final two teams. WOW!
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: This week we will complete our initial study of figurative language with a summative assessment. We will continue learning about figurative language as we move into our Poetry Unit.
The accelerated students will complete their study of primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. They will be learning additional forms of figurative language to include adages and proverbs.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series, commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences. They will have a summative assessment on these standards. They will then begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
The accelerated students will complete their study of quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text and the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns. They will continue learning how to form and use prepositional phrases and begin learning about prefixes and suffixes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 27. The words are Syllable Juncture in VCV (vowel consonant vowel) & VCCV (vowel consonant consonant vowel) patterns.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 27 which is prefixes re- and un-.
For their spelling homework, students can practice their spelling/phonics patterns Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw They should also practice writing their words several times and look for the words in the stories they are reading.
Writing: This week we will continue working on writing the body of an opinion piece of writing and adding it to the introduction. We will also start learning how to write the conclusion to an opinion piece of writing. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Georgia Milestones: Effective this week, we will begin reviewing our third-grade standards in preparation for Georgia Milestones as well as continuing our regular studies. Review homework will come home periodically from now until the time of the exams in April. While we do review the standards, we don’t make a big deal about Georgia Milestones. As long as students have been participating in class lessons, reviewing resources in their notebooks, completing all classwork and homework, then they should do well on Milestones. Please see the homework section below for information on Coach Digital.
Students will have a practice session on Milestones this Thursday so that they can experience the format of the exams. I would also recommend that students work on their assigned lessons in Learning.com through Classlink to practice their typing skills.
Homework
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. They should read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night and take the quiz at the conclusion of every book they read.
Now that we are in the 2nd semester of school, many of you have asked about how you can help your child prepare for the upcoming Georgia Milestones Assessment. Our AMAZING Dolvin Foundation purchased the rights to the Coach Digital electronic platform for all our students to access from home and school in order to prepare for the assessment. To access the platform, please go to www.coachdigital.com
Once there, select Georgia for the first drop down, Fulton County for the second drop down, and Dolvin Elementary for the third drop down. Your child's username is their 10-digit(or 9 digit) lunch number (which they know) and the password is 123456.
For parents not sure how to use the tool, click on "Bookshelf" and select third grade and subject. There are about 12 books that show up. The ones that I would recommend are toward the bottom. These books alone provide TONS of study and practice materials.
Dates to Remember
Exceptional Child Week
3/2 – Dr. Seuss Name Day – Wear a name tag with the name of a character from a Dr. Seuss story.
3/3 – Eat/play with a new friend
3/4- Perform a random act of kindness
3/5 – Wear your Superhero or Dolvin shirt
Sign & Return go home.
3/6 – Wear your March Madness Basketball Apparel
3/8 – Read to the Final Four Elite 8 ends
3/11 – Quarter 3 ends
3/12 – Quarter 4 begins
Happy Birthday to:
3/1 – Mr. Stein
3/2 – Mrs. Endicott
3/31 - Ava
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Week of February 24-28, 2020
Congratulations! Our Dovin third grade students continue to amaze us with their improved reading skills, thanks to the Read to the Final Four reading program. They have moved on to the Sweet Sixteen (4 schools in each of the four regions) in the Read to the Final Four competition. This round will end on Sunday February 29. Remember, it is a Fulton County expectation that ALL students read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night. Students have to read for 14+ minutes at a time to earn points on MyON. They earn extra points for completing the quiz after each book they read.
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: The third-grade students are reading and identifying figurative language including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.
The accelerated students are learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. We are reading different resources and determining whether they are primary or secondary resources.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series and commas in addresses. They will be learning how to use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
The accelerated students are learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 26. The words are more compound words. For homework, students are to write the words in alphabetical order. This is for their practice and does not need to be turned in.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 26 which is words with ph and gh. For their spelling homework, they are to write the words in alphabetical order for their own practice. Students can also practice their spelling/phonics patterns on Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Writing: This week we will work on writing the body of an opinion piece of writing and adding it to the introduction. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Homework
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. They should read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night and take the quiz at the conclusion of every book they read.
The accelerated students have a worksheet on Identifying Primary and Secondary Resources.
The third-grade level students have a worksheet on adding commas to addresses.
Dates to Remember
February 26 – Class pictures and individual pictures – Remember, you must pay for class pictures in advance if you want one.
February 27 – Progress Skills Checklists go home. Students enrolled at Dolvin for less than 20 days will not receive one.
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Congratulations! Our Dovin third grade students continue to amaze us with their improved reading skills, thanks to the Read to the Final Four reading program. They have moved on to the Sweet Sixteen (4 schools in each of the four regions) in the Read to the Final Four competition. This round will end on Sunday February 29. Remember, it is a Fulton County expectation that ALL students read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night. Students have to read for 14+ minutes at a time to earn points on MyON. They earn extra points for completing the quiz after each book they read.
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: The third-grade students are reading and identifying figurative language including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.
The accelerated students are learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. We are reading different resources and determining whether they are primary or secondary resources.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be reviewing commas in a series and commas in addresses. They will be learning how to use commas and quotation marks in dialogue.
The accelerated students are learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 26. The words are more compound words. For homework, students are to write the words in alphabetical order. This is for their practice and does not need to be turned in.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 26 which is words with ph and gh. For their spelling homework, they are to write the words in alphabetical order for their own practice. Students can also practice their spelling/phonics patterns on Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Writing: This week we will work on writing the body of an opinion piece of writing and adding it to the introduction. The students will respond to two articles about the same topic written from different points of view. They will include their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Homework
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. They should read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night and take the quiz at the conclusion of every book they read.
The accelerated students have a worksheet on Identifying Primary and Secondary Resources.
The third-grade level students have a worksheet on adding commas to addresses.
Dates to Remember
February 26 – Class pictures and individual pictures – Remember, you must pay for class pictures in advance if you want one.
February 27 – Progress Skills Checklists go home. Students enrolled at Dolvin for less than 20 days will not receive one.
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Week of February 18-21, 2020
Congratulations! The Dolvin third grade students have moved on to the Round of 32 (8 schools in each of the four regions) in the Read to the Final Four competition. This round will end on Sunday February 23. Remember, it is a Fulton County expectation that ALL students read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night. Students have to read for 14+ minutes at a time to earn points on MyON.
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: The third-grade students are reading and identifying figurative language including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.
The accelerated students are learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. We are reading different resources and determining whether they are primary or secondary resources.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses and commas and quotations marks in dialogue.
The accelerated students are learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 25. The words are compound words. For homework, students are to write each word with green and red markers, crayons, or colored pencils using green for the first word and red for the second word.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 25 which is words with silent consonants. For their spelling homework, they are to write each word using red for all the silent consonants and green for the remaining letters. Students can also practice their spelling/phonics patterns on Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Writing: This week we will continue learning how to write an opinion essay. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author. We have been working on writing introductions to opinion writing.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
The accelerated students are asked to bring in an example of a primary or secondary resource to share during their small group reading lesson. All students have a worksheet on Commas in a Series to complete.
Dates to Remember:
Please remember to return all sign & return papers on Tuesday.
Feb. 19 – International Day, Student Council Meeting
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Congratulations! The Dolvin third grade students have moved on to the Round of 32 (8 schools in each of the four regions) in the Read to the Final Four competition. This round will end on Sunday February 23. Remember, it is a Fulton County expectation that ALL students read for a minimum of 20 minutes each night. Students have to read for 14+ minutes at a time to earn points on MyON.
Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
Reading: The third-grade students are reading and identifying figurative language including similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, alliteration, personification, and hyperbole.
The accelerated students are learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading. We are reading different resources and determining whether they are primary or secondary resources.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses and commas and quotations marks in dialogue.
The accelerated students are learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 25. The words are compound words. For homework, students are to write each word with green and red markers, crayons, or colored pencils using green for the first word and red for the second word.
The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 25 which is words with silent consonants. For their spelling homework, they are to write each word using red for all the silent consonants and green for the remaining letters. Students can also practice their spelling/phonics patterns on Spelling City at https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Writing: This week we will continue learning how to write an opinion essay. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author. We have been working on writing introductions to opinion writing.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
The accelerated students are asked to bring in an example of a primary or secondary resource to share during their small group reading lesson. All students have a worksheet on Commas in a Series to complete.
Dates to Remember:
Please remember to return all sign & return papers on Tuesday.
Feb. 19 – International Day, Student Council Meeting
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Week of February 10-13, 2020
Today (Monday February 10), the next bracket of the Read to the Final Four begins. Dolvin’s third grade students will continue in the Round of 64 with the top 16 schools in each of the four regions competing. This bracket will end on Sunday February 16, 2020. It is vital that our students read on MyON during the upcoming long weekend in order to stay in the competition. Eight schools will be eliminated from each region going into the Round of 32 on Monday February 17, 2020. Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
We are thrilled to have received 9 new I-Pads in each of the third-grade classrooms. These were funded by SPLOST. Each third-grade classroom also received a new student laptop to be used with the Activeboard, as well as a cart of 16 laptops to be checked out and used in the third-grade classrooms. We are extremely grateful to the Dolvin Foundation for providing a great deal of the technology at Dolvin beyond what is provided by FCS. We are very fortunate to have so many of you, our parents, donate to the Foundation each year, and we appreciate all of your donations.
Reading: Today and tomorrow students will be assessed on the five text structures of description, sequence/chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution in non-fiction text. Students will need to identify clue words and be able to identify graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure such as a Venn Diagram with compare/contrast.
The third-grade students will then be moving into figurative language with the focus on similes and metaphors this week. The accelerated students will be learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, and commas in a series. They will have an assessment on this, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences in the near future.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases. Students will be assessed on these standards in the near future.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 24. The pattern is adding inflected endings: -s, -ed, -ing with final -y. The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 24 which is /qw/ and /k/ spelled qu
Writing: This week we will continue learning how to write an opinion essay. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author. We have been working on writing introductions to opinion writing.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Homework this week includes a Similes worksheet for the Dragon Cats and my second block. Jaguars and Dolphins are to find an example of a primary resource and a secondary resource and bring them to school by Thursday. All homework is due by Thursday this week.
Dates to Remember:
Feb. 10-13 – Teacher Appreciation Week
Feb. 13 – Sign & Return papers sent home. Be sure to review the papers with your
child, sign, and return to school on Tuesday February 18.
Feb. 13 – Valentine’s card exchange – Please bring a bag or box for your cards.
Feb. 14 – Professional Development Day for teachers. No school for students.
Feb. 17 – Presidents’ Day Holiday – No school for all
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
Today (Monday February 10), the next bracket of the Read to the Final Four begins. Dolvin’s third grade students will continue in the Round of 64 with the top 16 schools in each of the four regions competing. This bracket will end on Sunday February 16, 2020. It is vital that our students read on MyON during the upcoming long weekend in order to stay in the competition. Eight schools will be eliminated from each region going into the Round of 32 on Monday February 17, 2020. Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
We are thrilled to have received 9 new I-Pads in each of the third-grade classrooms. These were funded by SPLOST. Each third-grade classroom also received a new student laptop to be used with the Activeboard, as well as a cart of 16 laptops to be checked out and used in the third-grade classrooms. We are extremely grateful to the Dolvin Foundation for providing a great deal of the technology at Dolvin beyond what is provided by FCS. We are very fortunate to have so many of you, our parents, donate to the Foundation each year, and we appreciate all of your donations.
Reading: Today and tomorrow students will be assessed on the five text structures of description, sequence/chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution in non-fiction text. Students will need to identify clue words and be able to identify graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure such as a Venn Diagram with compare/contrast.
The third-grade students will then be moving into figurative language with the focus on similes and metaphors this week. The accelerated students will be learning how to identify and differentiate primary and secondary resources in non-fiction reading.
Grammar: This week the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, and commas in a series. They will have an assessment on this, coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, and simple, compound, and complex sentences in the near future.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, the order of adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and how to form and use prepositional phrases. Students will be assessed on these standards in the near future.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 24. The pattern is adding inflected endings: -s, -ed, -ing with final -y. The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 24 which is /qw/ and /k/ spelled qu
Writing: This week we will continue learning how to write an opinion essay. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author. We have been working on writing introductions to opinion writing.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Homework this week includes a Similes worksheet for the Dragon Cats and my second block. Jaguars and Dolphins are to find an example of a primary resource and a secondary resource and bring them to school by Thursday. All homework is due by Thursday this week.
Dates to Remember:
Feb. 10-13 – Teacher Appreciation Week
Feb. 13 – Sign & Return papers sent home. Be sure to review the papers with your
child, sign, and return to school on Tuesday February 18.
Feb. 13 – Valentine’s card exchange – Please bring a bag or box for your cards.
Feb. 14 – Professional Development Day for teachers. No school for students.
Feb. 17 – Presidents’ Day Holiday – No school for all
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
Week of February 3-7, 2020
Dolvin’s third grade students are continuing to make significant strides in their reading for the Final Four Reading competition. We are currently in third place out of 17 teams in our region. This bracket will end on Monday February 9, 2020. Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
We are currently in the Round of 68. The next round will be the Round of 64 when we go to the top 16 teams in each of the four regions. The next round will last for six days only.
We will soon be receiving new I-Pads at school. At the end of next week, we will be giving up our current I-Pads. There may be a few days gap wherein students will not have access to I-Pads at school before the new ones are dispensed to classrooms. We do not want students to lose their standings in the current bracket, so it is vital that EVERY THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT DOLVIN READ AND PARTICIPATE IN myON READING. This is a nightly homework expectation. We need students to increase their reading at home and especially on the weekends. The minutes read on myON can also be used to record time on the reading log for Six Flags Read to Succeed.
Reading: This week we will be finishing up the five text structures of description, sequence/chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution in non-fiction text. Students will be assessed on this standard on Wednesday. Students will need to identify clue words and be able to identify graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure such as a Venn Diagram with compare/contrast.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. This week we will finish learning about subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases. This week they will work on ordering adjectives within sentences.
All students will be working on commas and quotations in dialogue and direct quotes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 23. The pattern is plural endings final -y. The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 23 which is words with the /k/ sound spelled ck, -ic, -x.
Writing: This week we will be writing opinion essays. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
Feb. 3-8 – School counselor appreciation week. Our wonderful school counselor is
Janelle Layton.
Feb. 3-7 – No lunch visitors due to first grade play
Feb. 8 – Dolvin Spirit Day, Math Night at Dolvin
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Dolvin’s third grade students are continuing to make significant strides in their reading for the Final Four Reading competition. We are currently in third place out of 17 teams in our region. This bracket will end on Monday February 9, 2020. Go to this link to see more information: https://readtothefinalfour.renaissance.com
We are currently in the Round of 68. The next round will be the Round of 64 when we go to the top 16 teams in each of the four regions. The next round will last for six days only.
We will soon be receiving new I-Pads at school. At the end of next week, we will be giving up our current I-Pads. There may be a few days gap wherein students will not have access to I-Pads at school before the new ones are dispensed to classrooms. We do not want students to lose their standings in the current bracket, so it is vital that EVERY THIRD GRADE STUDENT AT DOLVIN READ AND PARTICIPATE IN myON READING. This is a nightly homework expectation. We need students to increase their reading at home and especially on the weekends. The minutes read on myON can also be used to record time on the reading log for Six Flags Read to Succeed.
Reading: This week we will be finishing up the five text structures of description, sequence/chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution in non-fiction text. Students will be assessed on this standard on Wednesday. Students will need to identify clue words and be able to identify graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure such as a Venn Diagram with compare/contrast.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences. This week we will finish learning about subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases. This week they will work on ordering adjectives within sentences.
All students will be working on commas and quotations in dialogue and direct quotes.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 23. The pattern is plural endings final -y. The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 23 which is words with the /k/ sound spelled ck, -ic, -x.
Writing: This week we will be writing opinion essays. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Homework
Students are expected to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
Feb. 3-8 – School counselor appreciation week. Our wonderful school counselor is
Janelle Layton.
Feb. 3-7 – No lunch visitors due to first grade play
Feb. 8 – Dolvin Spirit Day, Math Night at Dolvin
Happy Birthday to:
2/2 – Jeremy
2/11 – Ms. Collins
2/17 – Ms. Campbell
2/20 - Zaylen
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Week of January 27-31, 2020
Third grade Dolvin students are getting ready for the challenge of a lifetime! As you are aware, in coordination with the NCAA Final Four basketball tournament being played in Atlanta this spring, third grade students in the greater Metro Atlanta area were invited to participate in the Read to the Final Four challenge. Dolvin students have been extremely successful in developing their reading skills and earning minutes towards their goal.
On Monday, we will be moving into the next bracket. The top 17 teams in each of the four regions around Atlanta (We just learned this week that there were three other regions!) will move into the “Round of 68” bracket. As of Monday, all schools will have their points set back to zero, so the competition will be on!!! Each individual student’s points will NOT be reset. The “Round of 68” will continue until February 9, so the time frames for each bracket are getting shorter. After that, each additional bracket will last about one week.
We want to HIGHLY ENCOURAGE our students to continue reading and logging minutes every day on MyON. Not only are we wanting to win this competition, but the program has been a huge win for the students as we see their reading skills improving.
Reading: This week our focus will be on the text structures compare/contrast and problem/solution in non-fiction texts. Students will need to identify clue words and the structure for each of the text structures including description, chronological/sequential order, problem/solution, cause/effect, and compare/contrast. Students should also be able to identify graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure such as a Venn Diagram with compare/contrast.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
We have worked on writing compound sentences with a coordinating conjunction and two independent clauses. This week we will learn subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases. This week they will work on ordering adjectives within sentences.
Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 22. The pattern is word endings -y, -ey, -ie. The fourth grade Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 22 more words with g.
Writing: This week we will begin writing opinion essays. In this type of writing, students will read different articles. They will respond to the articles by including a main idea and details from the passages and their own point of view of the passages compared to that of the author.
Homework
Most students have completed their I-Ready diagnostic and may resume their newly assigned lessons on I Ready. Students are required to read 45 minutes per week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. They will have written homework assignments on Monday for the week. These are due by Friday.
Homeroom - ACC: Chronological/Sequence Building the Washington, ON: Growing Up Panda!, All: Cause and Effect It’s Quiz Time!
Second Block – Growing Up Panda, Cause and Effect Practice 2
Dates to Remember:
1/27 – 100th day of school. Students may dress up as a 100-year old person!
Final Four Pep Rally – to announce the names of the schools moving to the
“Round of 68” bracket of the MyON reading competition. If you care to watch, you can see the announcements at this link at 10:00 on 1/27.
https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.clayton.k12.ga.us%2Fdepartments%2Fcommunications%2Fc_c_p_s_live_stream&data=02%7C01%7Cclarkkw%40fultonschools.org%7C27953205aa2142f11ffb08d7a0eda03a%7C0cdcb19881694b70ba9fda7e3ba700c2%7C1%7C0%7C637154814767660462&sdata=YHeWET5yjvUBydCLR1ndli%2F6vrHyWvvdjAhmvCmcQ0E%3D&reserved=0
1/29 – Lunch Bunch for 3rd. grade
School Store
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
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Week of January 21-24, 2020
I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend despite the weather! Please keep your child’s report card but return the signed report card envelope.
As you are aware, we are in flu season. There are several health precautions that most be followed by all of us so that our students and staff can stay healthy.
• If your child has a fever one day, he/she should not be at school the next day and should not return until fever-free for 24 hours.
• If your child has vomiting or diarrhea today, he/she should not be at school tomorrow.
• Please encourage lots of hand washing.
We are very proud of our third-grade students who have devoted so many hours to reading for the Final Four reading competition. Dolvin is well in the lead with only two weeks remaining in the initial bracket.
Reading: This quarter we are continuing working on non-fiction reading. Students are learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
All the text structures have been introduced. Students should be able to identify signal words that authors use with the different text structures. They should also know which graphic organizers are associated with each text structure.
Last week our focus was on description, sequence, and chronological order. This week we will focus on cause and effect and compare and contrast while continuing to review all text structures. Next week we will focus on problem and solution.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Last week we learned coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and how to write compound sentences with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction. This week we will learn subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases. Last week they worked on coordinating conjunctions with commas. After finishing up with coordinating conjunctions this week, they will work on ordering adjectives within sentences.
Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 21 this week which covers unusual plurals. Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 21 final -s and soft c and g.
Writing: We will be working on writing constructive responses this week prior to moving on to opinion writing. Constructive response writing uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.)
Homework
Students are in the process of taking a diagnostic assessment on I-Ready. Once it is completed, they will be able to continue with their required weekly reading of 45+ minutes a week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. They will have written homework assignments given to them tomorrow.
Dates to Remember:
1/23 – Sign & return papers go home
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
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I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend despite the weather! Please keep your child’s report card but return the signed report card envelope.
As you are aware, we are in flu season. There are several health precautions that most be followed by all of us so that our students and staff can stay healthy.
• If your child has a fever one day, he/she should not be at school the next day and should not return until fever-free for 24 hours.
• If your child has vomiting or diarrhea today, he/she should not be at school tomorrow.
• Please encourage lots of hand washing.
We are very proud of our third-grade students who have devoted so many hours to reading for the Final Four reading competition. Dolvin is well in the lead with only two weeks remaining in the initial bracket.
Reading: This quarter we are continuing working on non-fiction reading. Students are learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
All the text structures have been introduced. Students should be able to identify signal words that authors use with the different text structures. They should also know which graphic organizers are associated with each text structure.
Last week our focus was on description, sequence, and chronological order. This week we will focus on cause and effect and compare and contrast while continuing to review all text structures. Next week we will focus on problem and solution.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
Last week we learned coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and how to write compound sentences with two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction. This week we will learn subordinating conjunctions and how to use them to combine an independent clause and a dependent clause.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases. Last week they worked on coordinating conjunctions with commas. After finishing up with coordinating conjunctions this week, they will work on ordering adjectives within sentences.
Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 21 this week which covers unusual plurals. Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 21 final -s and soft c and g.
Writing: We will be working on writing constructive responses this week prior to moving on to opinion writing. Constructive response writing uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.)
Homework
Students are in the process of taking a diagnostic assessment on I-Ready. Once it is completed, they will be able to continue with their required weekly reading of 45+ minutes a week on I-Ready. At home, students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. They will have written homework assignments given to them tomorrow.
Dates to Remember:
1/23 – Sign & return papers go home
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
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Week of January 13-17, 2020
We had a wonderful first week back at school after the holidays. Gusty the Fox and Gutsy the Fox entertained us with a fantastic program on Dolvin’s rules and expectations. We will be reviewing these rules throughout the month. We also enjoyed our in-house field trip “Georgia Rocks.” The students were eager to participate in the hands-on activities about the rocks and minerals found in Georgia.
Dolvin Elementary remains at the top of the Final Four reading competition with a lead of over 20,000 points. We look forward to having our students continue their reading success and moving on to the next round from 90 schools to the top 17 schools at the end of January.
Reading: This semester we will continue working on non-fiction reading. All students will be learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
Last week all the text structures were introduced. We learned how to look for signal words to identify the different structures. We also learned about different graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure.
This week our focus will be on description, sequence, and chronological order. The following week we will focus on cause and effect, problem and solution, and compare and contrast.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
This week we are focusing on coordinating conjunctions known as FANBOYS (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and writing compound sentences. We will then work on subordinating conjunctions and complex sentences.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 20 this week which covers plural ending -es. Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 20 hard and soft c and g.
Writing: We are working on writing constructive responses to two non-fiction articles on similar topics. This type of writing was introduced last quarter and uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.)
Homework
All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
1/ 13/20 – Pie Wars throughout the week, Report cards go home
1/15/20 – School Store
1/20/20 – MLK Holiday – No school
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
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Week of January 6-10, 2020
Happy New Year and welcome back to school! We are proud of the growth our students made during semester one and look forward to seeing the progress they will continue to make towards meeting their assigned standards during second semester.
Dolvin Elementary remains at the top of the Final Four reading competition with a lead of over 20,000 points. We look forward to having our students continue their reading success and moving on to the next round from 90 schools to the top 17 schools at the end of January.
Reading: This semester we will continue working on non-fiction reading. All students will be learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
The accelerated students will also finish up their lessons on how to summarize a non-fiction article and take the assessment that was postponed from last quarter.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 19 this week which covers unusual past tense patterns for verbs. Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 19 Initial Syllables a-, de-, and be-.
Writing: This week students will be working in teams to do a class presentation on the European explorer they chose for their report. We will then begin writing constructive responses to two non-fiction articles on similar topics. This type of writing was introduced last quarter and uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.)
Homework
All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
1/ 6/20 – Second semester of school begins.
PBIS pep rally, “Gutsy the Fox” to review school-wide behavior expectations.
1/9/20 – Third grade In-house field trip “Georgia Rocks”
1/10/20 – Dolvin Spirit Day
1/13/20 – Report cards sent home
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
Happy New Year and welcome back to school! We are proud of the growth our students made during semester one and look forward to seeing the progress they will continue to make towards meeting their assigned standards during second semester.
Dolvin Elementary remains at the top of the Final Four reading competition with a lead of over 20,000 points. We look forward to having our students continue their reading success and moving on to the next round from 90 schools to the top 17 schools at the end of January.
Reading: This semester we will continue working on non-fiction reading. All students will be learning about text structures and why authors choose to use certain text structures when they are writing. These text structures include description, chronological and sequential order, problem and solution, cause and effect, and compare and contrast.
The accelerated students will also finish up their lessons on how to summarize a non-fiction article and take the assessment that was postponed from last quarter.
Grammar: This quarter the third-grade students will be learning how to use commas in addresses, commas and quotation marks in dialogue, commas in a series, how to use coordinating and superlative conjunctions, and how to produce simple, compound, and complex sentences.
The accelerated students will be learning how to use quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text, use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence, order adjectives within sentences according to conventional patterns, and form and use prepositional phrases.
Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 19 this week which covers unusual past tense patterns for verbs. Jaguars and Dolphins will be working on sort 19 Initial Syllables a-, de-, and be-.
Writing: This week students will be working in teams to do a class presentation on the European explorer they chose for their report. We will then begin writing constructive responses to two non-fiction articles on similar topics. This type of writing was introduced last quarter and uses the TEACH method (Topic Sentence, evidence from the texts, additional evidence from the texts, have another look, and conclusion.)
Homework
All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and practicing on Spelling City as well.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into Class Link/Launchpad and logging in with their 10-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
1/ 6/20 – Second semester of school begins.
PBIS pep rally, “Gutsy the Fox” to review school-wide behavior expectations.
1/9/20 – Third grade In-house field trip “Georgia Rocks”
1/10/20 – Dolvin Spirit Day
1/13/20 – Report cards sent home
Happy Birthday to:
1/15 – Serena
1/31 - Aki
Week of December 16-20, 2019
We are so proud of our third-grade students at Dolvin Elementary and the amount of reading they are doing for the Final Four reading competition! Our students together have read about 82,000 minutes and are currently in first place with a 15,000 point lead. We also have five Dolvin students among the top ten readers across Fulton County.
One of the greatest rewards we have seen from this reading program is improved reading skills. Students love reading these stories and are saddened when it is time to move on to other schoolwork. In addition to encouraging a love of reading and improved reading and comprehension skills, myON Read to the Final Four has just released a list of spectacular prizes. See my e-mail to you for the prize list.
WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE READING FOR THE FINAL FOUR DURING THE WINTER HOLIDAYS.
Today students will bring home a field trip permission slip for our in-house field trip titled Georgia Rocks. This learning opportunity will be presented by naturalists from Chattahoochee Nature Center in the classrooms on January 9. Please return the signed permission slip and payment this week. Payment of $7 may be made online.
Friday December 20 is the last day of quarter 2 and semester 1. Please check your child’s grades in Infinite Campus for incomplete and missing assignments. It is your child’s responsibility to make up all incomplete and missed work before the winter party on Friday.
Reading: We are completing our mid-year BAS reading assessments this week. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
On every BAS assessment, students are expected to identify the genre of the story. They should know that realistic fiction stories are made up but could be based on events that could happen in real life. Fiction stories also have characters and settings. They should also know that non-fiction stories include facts and information and use text features to help clarify the text or provide additional information about the topic.
This week all students will have a summative assessment on text features. Students should be reviewing the resources in their interactive notebooks.
The accelerated students are also learning how to summarize a non-fiction passage. A summary should include the main idea sentences and details in the student's own words. This might include the who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Grammar: Students are working on sentence structure and how to identify and correctly use declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation) sentences. They are also learning to use the appropriate punctuation with each type of sentence.
The accelerated students are working on progressive verbs.
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 18 this week. Beginning in January, we will be calling these phonics assessments since we focus on the phonics of each word rather than memorizing the spelling. We expect students to not only be able to identify the phonics pattern in the words presented in the list, but to be able to spontaneously read this pattern in other words.
Writing: This week students will be completing a booklet on one of the six European explorers that they are studying in social studies. Students have read and taken notes for their research. They have been given the checklist on which they will be graded. The booklet will use informational writing and text features and will be graded for reading, writing, and social studies grades.
Homework
All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can also practice on Spelling City.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into ClassLink/LaunchPad and logging in with their 10-digit students ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
This week’s homework: Monday – ON reading students – Types of Sentences due Tuesday, Nonfiction Text Features – due Wednesday
ACC. reading students – Progressive Verbs due Tuesday, Nonfiction Text Features – due Wednesday
Dates to Remember:
12/20 – Third grade winter parties – 11:15-12:00, Crazy Sock Day
1/ 6/20 – Second semester of school begins
1/9/20 – In-house field trip “Georgia Rocks”
1/10/20 – Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
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We are so proud of our third-grade students at Dolvin Elementary and the amount of reading they are doing for the Final Four reading competition! Our students together have read about 82,000 minutes and are currently in first place with a 15,000 point lead. We also have five Dolvin students among the top ten readers across Fulton County.
One of the greatest rewards we have seen from this reading program is improved reading skills. Students love reading these stories and are saddened when it is time to move on to other schoolwork. In addition to encouraging a love of reading and improved reading and comprehension skills, myON Read to the Final Four has just released a list of spectacular prizes. See my e-mail to you for the prize list.
WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE READING FOR THE FINAL FOUR DURING THE WINTER HOLIDAYS.
Today students will bring home a field trip permission slip for our in-house field trip titled Georgia Rocks. This learning opportunity will be presented by naturalists from Chattahoochee Nature Center in the classrooms on January 9. Please return the signed permission slip and payment this week. Payment of $7 may be made online.
Friday December 20 is the last day of quarter 2 and semester 1. Please check your child’s grades in Infinite Campus for incomplete and missing assignments. It is your child’s responsibility to make up all incomplete and missed work before the winter party on Friday.
Reading: We are completing our mid-year BAS reading assessments this week. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
On every BAS assessment, students are expected to identify the genre of the story. They should know that realistic fiction stories are made up but could be based on events that could happen in real life. Fiction stories also have characters and settings. They should also know that non-fiction stories include facts and information and use text features to help clarify the text or provide additional information about the topic.
This week all students will have a summative assessment on text features. Students should be reviewing the resources in their interactive notebooks.
The accelerated students are also learning how to summarize a non-fiction passage. A summary should include the main idea sentences and details in the student's own words. This might include the who, what, where, when, why, and how.
Grammar: Students are working on sentence structure and how to identify and correctly use declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation) sentences. They are also learning to use the appropriate punctuation with each type of sentence.
The accelerated students are working on progressive verbs.
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 18 this week. Beginning in January, we will be calling these phonics assessments since we focus on the phonics of each word rather than memorizing the spelling. We expect students to not only be able to identify the phonics pattern in the words presented in the list, but to be able to spontaneously read this pattern in other words.
Writing: This week students will be completing a booklet on one of the six European explorers that they are studying in social studies. Students have read and taken notes for their research. They have been given the checklist on which they will be graded. The booklet will use informational writing and text features and will be graded for reading, writing, and social studies grades.
Homework
All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can also practice on Spelling City.
All students are expected to read for the Final Four every night by logging into ClassLink/LaunchPad and logging in with their 10-digit students ID and 8-digit birthdate. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
This week’s homework: Monday – ON reading students – Types of Sentences due Tuesday, Nonfiction Text Features – due Wednesday
ACC. reading students – Progressive Verbs due Tuesday, Nonfiction Text Features – due Wednesday
Dates to Remember:
12/20 – Third grade winter parties – 11:15-12:00, Crazy Sock Day
1/ 6/20 – Second semester of school begins
1/9/20 – In-house field trip “Georgia Rocks”
1/10/20 – Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
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Week of December 9-13, 2019
Last week we had the privilege of listening to the fourth/fifth grade chorus. They did an amazing job and put everyone into the holiday spirit!
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students currently hold the #1 position out of 90 schools! Students have been encouraged to read the stories for themselves rather than listening to the audio. Students are also asked to write a review/recommendation after each story and these are shared on the MyON site with their classmates.
Reading: We are working on our mid-year BAS reading assessments through the remainder of this quarter. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
On every BAS assessment, students are expected to identify the genre of the story. They should know that realistic fiction stories are made up but could be based on events that could happen in real life. They should also know that non-fiction stories provide facts and information and use text features to help clarify the text or provide additional information about the topic.
We will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Students will have an assessment on text features prior to the end of the quarter.
The accelerated students are also learning how to summarize a reading passage. Summarizing nonfiction includes the main idea and supporting details of the article written in the student’s own words.
Grammar: Students are working on sentence structure and how to identify and correctly use declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation) sentences. They are also learning to use the appropriate punctuation with each type of sentence.
The accelerated reading students will be reviewing relative pronouns and relative adverbs and will begin learning how to use progressive verbs correctly in sentences.
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 17 this week. Beginning in January, we will be referring to these assessments as phonics assessments since we focus on the phonics of each word rather than memorizing the spelling. We expect students to not only be able to identify the phonics patterns in the words presented in the list, but to be able to spontaneously read this pattern in other words.
Writing: This week students will be creating a booklet on one of the six European explorers that they are studying in social studies. Students have been reading to research the explorer. The booklet will use informational writing and text features and will be graded with a rubric for reading, writing, and social studies grades.
Homework
Although written homework assignments are not given every week, there are certain expectations that should be met every week. All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can do this on Spelling City. All students should also be reading on MYON every night. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
12/20 – Third grade winter parties – 11:15-12:00
1/9/20 - We will be having an in-house field trip called “Georgia Rocks.” This is an excellent experience presented by naturalists from the Chattahoochee Nature Center. It supports our students’ understanding of the science standards on Rocks and Minerals. The cost of the field trip will be approximately $7.00 per student. More information will be coming home soon.
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
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Last week we had the privilege of listening to the fourth/fifth grade chorus. They did an amazing job and put everyone into the holiday spirit!
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students currently hold the #1 position out of 90 schools! Students have been encouraged to read the stories for themselves rather than listening to the audio. Students are also asked to write a review/recommendation after each story and these are shared on the MyON site with their classmates.
Reading: We are working on our mid-year BAS reading assessments through the remainder of this quarter. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
On every BAS assessment, students are expected to identify the genre of the story. They should know that realistic fiction stories are made up but could be based on events that could happen in real life. They should also know that non-fiction stories provide facts and information and use text features to help clarify the text or provide additional information about the topic.
We will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Students will have an assessment on text features prior to the end of the quarter.
The accelerated students are also learning how to summarize a reading passage. Summarizing nonfiction includes the main idea and supporting details of the article written in the student’s own words.
Grammar: Students are working on sentence structure and how to identify and correctly use declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation) sentences. They are also learning to use the appropriate punctuation with each type of sentence.
The accelerated reading students will be reviewing relative pronouns and relative adverbs and will begin learning how to use progressive verbs correctly in sentences.
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 17 this week. Beginning in January, we will be referring to these assessments as phonics assessments since we focus on the phonics of each word rather than memorizing the spelling. We expect students to not only be able to identify the phonics patterns in the words presented in the list, but to be able to spontaneously read this pattern in other words.
Writing: This week students will be creating a booklet on one of the six European explorers that they are studying in social studies. Students have been reading to research the explorer. The booklet will use informational writing and text features and will be graded with a rubric for reading, writing, and social studies grades.
Homework
Although written homework assignments are not given every week, there are certain expectations that should be met every week. All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can do this on Spelling City. All students should also be reading on MYON every night. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
12/20 – Third grade winter parties – 11:15-12:00
1/9/20 - We will be having an in-house field trip called “Georgia Rocks.” This is an excellent experience presented by naturalists from the Chattahoochee Nature Center. It supports our students’ understanding of the science standards on Rocks and Minerals. The cost of the field trip will be approximately $7.00 per student. More information will be coming home soon.
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
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Week of December 2-6, 2019
Welcome back from the Thanksgiving break! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends! I know I did!
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students currently hold the #1 position and there are now 90 schools competing! It’s encouraging to see that many of our students continued reading over the holidays! Students are encouraged to read non-fiction as well as fiction stories. There are several stories available that will help support their social studies unit on European Explorers.
Reading: We will be working on our mid-year BAS reading assessments through the remainder of this quarter. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
We will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
The accelerated students will also be learning how to summarize a reading passage.
Grammar: Students are reviewing the subject and predicate of sentences as previously learned in first and second grades. This week they will be learning to identify and write four types of sentences including declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation).
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 16 this week. They received their lists for sorts 16, 17, and 18 prior to the Thanksgiving break.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the remainder of this quarter. Students are reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. They use their research to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic. In their introductions, students are expected to write a hook sentence in the form of a question, a topic sentence, and three big ideas. The three-paragraph body of their paper includes a topic sentence and details about one of the big ideas for each paragraph. In the conclusion, students answer their hook question and restate their big ideas about the topic.
Students will be creating an informational writing booklet on an explorer of their choice. This assessment will include reading comprehension and the use of text features, informational writing, and social studies standards.
Homework
Although written homework assignments are not given every week, there are certain expectations that should be met every week. All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can do this on Spelling City. All students should also be reading on MYON every night. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
December 5 – Sign & Return papers
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
Welcome back from the Thanksgiving break! I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends! I know I did!
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students currently hold the #1 position and there are now 90 schools competing! It’s encouraging to see that many of our students continued reading over the holidays! Students are encouraged to read non-fiction as well as fiction stories. There are several stories available that will help support their social studies unit on European Explorers.
Reading: We will be working on our mid-year BAS reading assessments through the remainder of this quarter. We hopefully expect to see every student progress at least one reading level from where they were in August.
We will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
The accelerated students will also be learning how to summarize a reading passage.
Grammar: Students are reviewing the subject and predicate of sentences as previously learned in first and second grades. This week they will be learning to identify and write four types of sentences including declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation).
Spelling: Students will be working on spelling sort 16 this week. They received their lists for sorts 16, 17, and 18 prior to the Thanksgiving break.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the remainder of this quarter. Students are reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. They use their research to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic. In their introductions, students are expected to write a hook sentence in the form of a question, a topic sentence, and three big ideas. The three-paragraph body of their paper includes a topic sentence and details about one of the big ideas for each paragraph. In the conclusion, students answer their hook question and restate their big ideas about the topic.
Students will be creating an informational writing booklet on an explorer of their choice. This assessment will include reading comprehension and the use of text features, informational writing, and social studies standards.
Homework
Although written homework assignments are not given every week, there are certain expectations that should be met every week. All students should be reading for a minimum of 30 minutes/two lessons per week on I-Ready reading. Students should be practicing writing and reading their spelling words and can do this on Spelling City. All students should also be reading on MYON every night. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice.
Dates to Remember:
December 5 – Sign & Return papers
Happy Birthday to:
Molly 12/3
Kaitlyn 12/7
Phoenix 12/8
Ivy 12/15
Zoe 12/22
Mya 12/26/10
Week of November 18-22, ,2019
Third grade’s “Dig It” musical was a huge success! Thanks to all of you who contributed by making/buying costumes for your children and for helping them practice their lines. We especially appreciate your attendance at the play on Thursday evening! Please be sure to thank Megan Endicott ([email protected]) and Patrick Denney ([email protected]) for all the extra work they put into getting the students, costumes, and stage ready for the performance.
Our Thanksgiving food drive will end on Monday November 18. Please consider sending in canned/boxed foods to enable less fortunate families to enjoy a fulfilling meal during the holidays.
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students have consistently stayed at #2. This is a phenomenal accomplishment. However, for Dolvin to take over the #1 position, we need every third-grade student reading in the MYON program every day.
We are looking forward to our Thankful for Reading Day on Friday November 22. Students are encouraged to dress-up as their favorite book character and to bring the book to share with their friends. We will be having a costume contest with a winner for third grade selected by their peers.
Reading: This quarter we are focusing on non-fiction text. This week we will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Third grade students are completing their study of verb tenses and using them correctly in sentences. They will be reviewing the subject and predicate of sentences as previously learned in first and second grades. Soon, they will be learning to identify and write four types of sentences including declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation).
The accelerated students are completing their study of relative pronouns and relative adverbs and will be working on progressive verbs.
Spelling: This week’s spelling list is sort 15. Although we do want students to learn to spell these words, we will not be assessing them on Friday due to Thankful for Reading Day.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. Students are reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. They use their research to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic. In their introductions, students are expected to write a hook sentence in the form of a question, a topic sentence, and three big ideas. The three-paragraph body of their paper includes a topic sentence and details about one of the big ideas for each paragraph. In the conclusion, students answer their hook question and restate their big ideas about the topic.
We are also reviewing Constructive Response this week which uses the TEACH method found in students’ writing notebooks.
Students’ informational writing will be assessed through Write Score, a web-based computer program with a writing format comparable to that of Georgia Milestones. This assessment has been delayed by Write Score. At this time, we do not have a date rescheduled for it.
If your child did not turn in their Lunch Bunch book last week, please make sure it is sent in next week so that it will be available for the next group to use.
Dates to Remember:
November 20 – School Store, Student Council at 2:30
November 22 – Thankful for Reading Day. Students will dress as their favorite book character. Third grade students will visit kindergarten classes to share stories.
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
We wish you all a very safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends.
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Third grade’s “Dig It” musical was a huge success! Thanks to all of you who contributed by making/buying costumes for your children and for helping them practice their lines. We especially appreciate your attendance at the play on Thursday evening! Please be sure to thank Megan Endicott ([email protected]) and Patrick Denney ([email protected]) for all the extra work they put into getting the students, costumes, and stage ready for the performance.
Our Thanksgiving food drive will end on Monday November 18. Please consider sending in canned/boxed foods to enable less fortunate families to enjoy a fulfilling meal during the holidays.
The first bracket of the MYON reading competition for the Final Four continues into January. Dolvin third grade students have consistently stayed at #2. This is a phenomenal accomplishment. However, for Dolvin to take over the #1 position, we need every third-grade student reading in the MYON program every day.
We are looking forward to our Thankful for Reading Day on Friday November 22. Students are encouraged to dress-up as their favorite book character and to bring the book to share with their friends. We will be having a costume contest with a winner for third grade selected by their peers.
Reading: This quarter we are focusing on non-fiction text. This week we will continue learning how text features aid in understanding non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Third grade students are completing their study of verb tenses and using them correctly in sentences. They will be reviewing the subject and predicate of sentences as previously learned in first and second grades. Soon, they will be learning to identify and write four types of sentences including declarative (statement), interrogative (question), imperative (command) and exclamatory (exclamation).
The accelerated students are completing their study of relative pronouns and relative adverbs and will be working on progressive verbs.
Spelling: This week’s spelling list is sort 15. Although we do want students to learn to spell these words, we will not be assessing them on Friday due to Thankful for Reading Day.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. Students are reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. They use their research to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic. In their introductions, students are expected to write a hook sentence in the form of a question, a topic sentence, and three big ideas. The three-paragraph body of their paper includes a topic sentence and details about one of the big ideas for each paragraph. In the conclusion, students answer their hook question and restate their big ideas about the topic.
We are also reviewing Constructive Response this week which uses the TEACH method found in students’ writing notebooks.
Students’ informational writing will be assessed through Write Score, a web-based computer program with a writing format comparable to that of Georgia Milestones. This assessment has been delayed by Write Score. At this time, we do not have a date rescheduled for it.
If your child did not turn in their Lunch Bunch book last week, please make sure it is sent in next week so that it will be available for the next group to use.
Dates to Remember:
November 20 – School Store, Student Council at 2:30
November 22 – Thankful for Reading Day. Students will dress as their favorite book character. Third grade students will visit kindergarten classes to share stories.
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
We wish you all a very safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving holiday with your family and friends.
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Week of November 11-15, 209
Don't forget our canned food drive for Fulton County Charities!
The MYON reading competition has captivated the third- grade team at Dolvin! Children are reading every chance they get and enjoying books selected for them based on their reading levels and interests.
Dolvin has consistently stayed in the top ten out of the sixty-nine teams competing. However, for Dolvin to move up in the rankings, we need EVERY THIRD GRADE STUDENT participating in this program.
Please remember, reading on MYON does not substitute for completing the required 45+ minutes of reading on I-Ready that students are expected to do each week.
Reading: This quarter we are focusing on non-fiction text. This week we will be putting more emphasis on understanding text features and how they help readers to understand non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Third grade students are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in their writing. They will also be reviewing parts of a sentence (subject and predicate) taught in previous years.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Unit 4 words on Friday, November 15. New spelling lists and choice boards were sent home on Friday. A copy of the list has also been posted to this website.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. This week the students will be reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Then they will use this information to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic.
Students’ informational writing will be assessed through Write Score, a web-based computer program with a writing format comparable to that of Georgia Milestones. Our assessment is scheduled to take place on November 20.
Dates to Remember:
November 13 – Third grade lunch bunch – Books must be turned in when you meet.
November 14 – Third grade Musical at 6:00 in the cafeteria. Students need to go to their classrooms at 5:30.
November 22 – Thankful for Reading Day. Students will dress as their favorite book character.
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
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Don't forget our canned food drive for Fulton County Charities!
The MYON reading competition has captivated the third- grade team at Dolvin! Children are reading every chance they get and enjoying books selected for them based on their reading levels and interests.
Dolvin has consistently stayed in the top ten out of the sixty-nine teams competing. However, for Dolvin to move up in the rankings, we need EVERY THIRD GRADE STUDENT participating in this program.
Please remember, reading on MYON does not substitute for completing the required 45+ minutes of reading on I-Ready that students are expected to do each week.
Reading: This quarter we are focusing on non-fiction text. This week we will be putting more emphasis on understanding text features and how they help readers to understand non-fiction text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Third grade students are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in their writing. They will also be reviewing parts of a sentence (subject and predicate) taught in previous years.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Unit 4 words on Friday, November 15. New spelling lists and choice boards were sent home on Friday. A copy of the list has also been posted to this website.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. This week the students will be reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Then they will use this information to write their own non-fiction essays on the same topic.
Students’ informational writing will be assessed through Write Score, a web-based computer program with a writing format comparable to that of Georgia Milestones. Our assessment is scheduled to take place on November 20.
Dates to Remember:
November 13 – Third grade lunch bunch – Books must be turned in when you meet.
November 14 – Third grade Musical at 6:00 in the cafeteria. Students need to go to their classrooms at 5:30.
November 22 – Thankful for Reading Day. Students will dress as their favorite book character.
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
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Week of November 4-8, 2019
The Men’s Final Four is coming to Atlanta in April 2020. We are thrilled to announce that third graders at Dolvin will be participating in the Final Four Reading Challenge. We will work as a third-grade team and advance through rounds of competition that mirror the NCAA tournament.
Students will be reading age-appropriate books on Renaissance myON. This digital library can be accessed by students at home, school, or anywhere with Wi-Fi on a web-based device. Minutes will be tracked, so please encourage your children to read using this program. Students will have access to this program through June 30, 2020 so will be able to continue to read once the NCAA tournament is over. Students will be receiving their log-in credentials at school this week.
Play parts will be announced on Monday for those students who auditioned. MANY students tried out for the same parts, so please talk to your children about how proud of them you are for trying out but prepare them for the possibility of disappointment. We will begin play rehearsals on Friday morning.
Reading: This quarter we are working on informational reading. Students have been working on finding the main idea in non-fiction paragraphs, articles, and books. Sometimes the main idea is stated explicitly in the text and sometimes students have to figure it out based on the supporting details.
We are also learning how to use text features in non-fiction books. Non-fiction text is generally more difficult to comprehend than literary text, so the text features help make it easier to understand the text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Grade 3 - We are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in our writing.
Grade 4 - Students in accelerated reading are working on relative pronouns this week. This will be followed by relative adverbs.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Sort 13 on Friday.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. Informational writing involves students reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Students then write their own essay on the topic using evidence from the texts they read.
The following link gives an overview of a third-grade writing program. I am not endorsing or promoting this site but thought the article here would be interesting information for parents.
https://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-standards/third-grade/
Dates to Remember:
November 5 – No school for students. Election day.
November 6 – School store
November 7 - Sign & Return papers
November 8 – Bingo night
Happy Birthday to:
Parker - 11/18
Sam - 11/24
HOMEWORK: I-Ready, a minimum of 1 lesson per week at home, 20 minutes of reading daily (Make this fun! Have your child read to their pet, sibling, take turns reading pages with mom/dad), Monday worksheet.
The Men’s Final Four is coming to Atlanta in April 2020. We are thrilled to announce that third graders at Dolvin will be participating in the Final Four Reading Challenge. We will work as a third-grade team and advance through rounds of competition that mirror the NCAA tournament.
Students will be reading age-appropriate books on Renaissance myON. This digital library can be accessed by students at home, school, or anywhere with Wi-Fi on a web-based device. Minutes will be tracked, so please encourage your children to read using this program. Students will have access to this program through June 30, 2020 so will be able to continue to read once the NCAA tournament is over. Students will be receiving their log-in credentials at school this week.
Play parts will be announced on Monday for those students who auditioned. MANY students tried out for the same parts, so please talk to your children about how proud of them you are for trying out but prepare them for the possibility of disappointment. We will begin play rehearsals on Friday morning.
Reading: This quarter we are working on informational reading. Students have been working on finding the main idea in non-fiction paragraphs, articles, and books. Sometimes the main idea is stated explicitly in the text and sometimes students have to figure it out based on the supporting details.
We are also learning how to use text features in non-fiction books. Non-fiction text is generally more difficult to comprehend than literary text, so the text features help make it easier to understand the text. Some examples of non-fiction text features are maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, glossary, index, table of contents, title page, and diagrams.
Grammar: Grade 3 - We are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in our writing.
Grade 4 - Students in accelerated reading are working on relative pronouns this week. This will be followed by relative adverbs.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Sort 13 on Friday.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We are working on informational writing for the next few weeks. Informational writing involves students reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Students then write their own essay on the topic using evidence from the texts they read.
The following link gives an overview of a third-grade writing program. I am not endorsing or promoting this site but thought the article here would be interesting information for parents.
https://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-standards/third-grade/
Dates to Remember:
November 5 – No school for students. Election day.
November 6 – School store
November 7 - Sign & Return papers
November 8 – Bingo night
Happy Birthday to:
Parker - 11/18
Sam - 11/24
HOMEWORK: I-Ready, a minimum of 1 lesson per week at home, 20 minutes of reading daily (Make this fun! Have your child read to their pet, sibling, take turns reading pages with mom/dad), Monday worksheet.
Week of October 28-November 1, 2019
Thank you so much for your contributions of socks for the homeless and dollars for our Relay for Life team for the American Cancer Society. Your donations are greatly appreciated!
As a parent, I found myself asking my son about his day at school and his response inevitably would be “ok”. When asked what he did at school, he would generally respond, “nothing.” Here are some conversation starters you might try to find out what your child did do at school during the day! 😊
Reading: This quarter we are working on informational reading. We are working to find the main idea and supporting details in informational passages. We will continue to use highlighters and Post-It notes to indicate evidence of the standards in our readings. We will also be learning how to use text features in non-fiction books. These include maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, and all the features that we use to better understand non-fiction text.
Grammar:
ON: We are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in our writing.
ACC: These students will learn to use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why) correctly in their writing. We will then work on forming and using the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb aspects.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Sort 12 on Friday.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We have worked on writing a constructive response paragraph for the past week. We will be working on informational writing for the next few weeks but will come back to constructive response later in the quarter. Informational writing involves students reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Students then write their own essay on the topic using evidence from the texts they read.
The following link gives an overview of a third-grade writing program. I am not endorsing or promoting this site but thought the article here would be interesting information for parents.
https://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-standards/third-grade/
Dates to Remember:
October 28, 29, 30 – Boo Grams for sale. $1 each. Include a card and a small toy. Will be delivered on Halloween.
October 29 – Super Hero cape day – Capes only, no costumes
November 1 – Dolvin Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
Thank you so much for your contributions of socks for the homeless and dollars for our Relay for Life team for the American Cancer Society. Your donations are greatly appreciated!
As a parent, I found myself asking my son about his day at school and his response inevitably would be “ok”. When asked what he did at school, he would generally respond, “nothing.” Here are some conversation starters you might try to find out what your child did do at school during the day! 😊
- Did you participate in class discussions today and if so, what did you share?
- Tell or show me something you learned today.
- What do you think was your greatest success? Where did you struggle? What can I do to help you?
- What standards did you work on today in reading, grammar, writing?
- Tell me about the best part of your day.
- How did you show you were 100% accountable today?
- What did you do to make a connection with someone today?
- What did you do to be a team player?
Reading: This quarter we are working on informational reading. We are working to find the main idea and supporting details in informational passages. We will continue to use highlighters and Post-It notes to indicate evidence of the standards in our readings. We will also be learning how to use text features in non-fiction books. These include maps, graphs, bold print, change in font or font color, headings, sub-headings, photographs, illustrations, captions, and all the features that we use to better understand non-fiction text.
Grammar:
ON: We are learning to use present tense, past tense, and irregular verbs in our writing.
ACC: These students will learn to use relative pronouns (who, whose, whom, which, that) and relative adverbs (where, when, why) correctly in their writing. We will then work on forming and using the progressive (e.g., I was walking; I am walking; I will be walking) verb aspects.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz on Sort 12 on Friday.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We have worked on writing a constructive response paragraph for the past week. We will be working on informational writing for the next few weeks but will come back to constructive response later in the quarter. Informational writing involves students reading non-fiction articles and texts to gather information. Students then write their own essay on the topic using evidence from the texts they read.
The following link gives an overview of a third-grade writing program. I am not endorsing or promoting this site but thought the article here would be interesting information for parents.
https://www.time4writing.com/writing-resources/writing-standards/third-grade/
Dates to Remember:
October 28, 29, 30 – Boo Grams for sale. $1 each. Include a card and a small toy. Will be delivered on Halloween.
October 29 – Super Hero cape day – Capes only, no costumes
November 1 – Dolvin Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Parker 11/18
Sam 11/24
Week of October 21-25, 2019
As you are aware, third grade students are participating in ITBS testing this week. Students began their testing this morning with a reading assessment. There were many issues with the testing platform across the nation, so testing has been suspended indefinitely until these issues are worked out. We will resume our normal lessons tomorrow.
One of the things we notice the most in third grade is that students have difficulty following multi-step directions such as, “Take out your pencil. Write your name, date, and class number at the top of your paper.” This is an area where you can provide extra support at home by giving them multi-step directions and then asking your child to repeat the directions back to you. When we as teachers tell you that your child is having difficulty listening and following directions, we are talking about the same directions being repeated MANY times for them. Some of our directions are routine and are said every day, so by now, students should know such things as writing their name, date, and number on their assignments. Please work with your children on this strategy because failure to follow through on directions can impact a student’s academic work and his/her ability to complete assignments in a timely manner.
Reading: This quarter we are working on informational reading. We are working to find the main idea and supporting details in informational passages. We will continue to use highlighters and Post-It notes to indicate evidence of the standards in our readings.
Grammar: Students will be completing their study of pronouns and beginning the study of verbs during the next week.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students are completing lessons on knowing the differences between fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Spelling: Students will have a spelling quiz every Friday on one sort. They will be given 12 words on each quiz. This week they will have a quiz on sort 11. They will continue to receive the spelling lists with three sorts at a time.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: Our writing connects well with our reading this quarter. We are working on Writing a Constructive Response. This is when students read an informational passage and then write a paragraph to summarize the article. They use the TEACH method as the format for a constructive response. This stands for Topic Sentence, Evidence, Additional Evidence, Conclusion, Have Another Look. Constructive Response writing will appear on the Georgia Milestones assessment in April and is something you can have your children practice for homework.
We are also working on informational writing this quarter.
Students still have an opportunity to try out for individual parts in the third-grade musical. The music department will be doing auditions for the next couple of days.
Dates to Remember:
October 21 - 25 – Bus Driver Appreciation Week
October 21, 22, 24 – ITBS testing.
October 22 – Wear your favorite team shirt.
October 23 – Vision and hearing screening for third grade
October 23, 28, 29, 30 – Boo Grams for sale. $1 each. Will be delivered on Halloween.
October 24 – 50’s day
October 25 – “Pink Out” day – Wear your pink clothing – Breast Cancer awareness.
Happy Birthday to:
Natalia 10/7/10
Hanna 10/14
Emery 10/23/10
Ameer 10/24/10
Week of October 15-18, 2019
Last week we completed the first quarter of school. Your children learned many new things in the past nine weeks. Besides their academic lessons, they have worked on routines and procedures, expectations for their behavior in all areas of the school, and the Seven Mindsets lessons Everything is Possible and We are Connected.
Report cards will be sent home on Thursday October 17. Please review them with your child. There shouldn’t be any surprises. Remember, grades are a reflection of students’ progress to date, not a final grade.
Reading: This quarter we will be working on informational reading. We will begin this week with lessons on finding the main idea and supporting details in informational passages. We will continue to use highlighters and Post-It notes to indicate evidence of the standards in our readings.
Grammar: Students will be focusing on pronouns this week.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students will be working on knowing the differences between fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Spelling: Starting this week, we are going to change the way that we administer the spelling quizzes. Students will have a spelling quiz every Friday on one sort. They will be given 12 words on each quiz. This week they will have a quiz on sort 10. They will continue to receive the spelling lists with three sorts at a time.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: Students will complete their summative writing assessment on narrative writing.
We will then work on constructive responses with informational writing using the TEACH method. This stands for Topic Sentence, Evidence, Additional Evidence, Conclusion, Have Another Look.
Dates to Remember:
October 16 – Fall Picture Make-Ups, Student Council meeting
October 17 – Mustache Day
October 18 – Walk to school and dress like a P.E. teacher
October 21 - 25 – Bus Driver Appreciation Week
October 21, 22, 24 – ITBS testing
Happy Birthday to:
Natalia 10/7/10
Hanna 10/14
Emery 10/23/10
Ameer 10/24/10
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Last week we completed the first quarter of school. Your children learned many new things in the past nine weeks. Besides their academic lessons, they have worked on routines and procedures, expectations for their behavior in all areas of the school, and the Seven Mindsets lessons Everything is Possible and We are Connected.
Report cards will be sent home on Thursday October 17. Please review them with your child. There shouldn’t be any surprises. Remember, grades are a reflection of students’ progress to date, not a final grade.
Reading: This quarter we will be working on informational reading. We will begin this week with lessons on finding the main idea and supporting details in informational passages. We will continue to use highlighters and Post-It notes to indicate evidence of the standards in our readings.
Grammar: Students will be focusing on pronouns this week.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students will be working on knowing the differences between fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Spelling: Starting this week, we are going to change the way that we administer the spelling quizzes. Students will have a spelling quiz every Friday on one sort. They will be given 12 words on each quiz. This week they will have a quiz on sort 10. They will continue to receive the spelling lists with three sorts at a time.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: Students will complete their summative writing assessment on narrative writing.
We will then work on constructive responses with informational writing using the TEACH method. This stands for Topic Sentence, Evidence, Additional Evidence, Conclusion, Have Another Look.
Dates to Remember:
October 16 – Fall Picture Make-Ups, Student Council meeting
October 17 – Mustache Day
October 18 – Walk to school and dress like a P.E. teacher
October 21 - 25 – Bus Driver Appreciation Week
October 21, 22, 24 – ITBS testing
Happy Birthday to:
Natalia 10/7/10
Hanna 10/14
Emery 10/23/10
Ameer 10/24/10
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Week of September 30-October 4, 2019
As we are nearing the end of this first quarter, here are some things to ponder. In third grade, we expect students to be 100% accountable every day. This means coming to class with their supplies, participating in class, studying at home and learning the standards, and being prepared for tests. If you would like further information about our curriculum this year, please review the standards here:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/ELA-Grade-3-Standards.pdf (3rd. grade ELA)
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/ELA-Grade-4-Standards.pdf (4th. Grade ELA)
Reading: This week we continued learning about different perspectives and how a reader may have a similar or different point of view than the narrator or character telling a story. We’ve also been finding evidence in the text to support the point of view. We read Two Bad Ants and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as mentor texts and discussed how these stories were told from the viewpoint of the ants and wolf and how they would change if told by different characters or the reader.
Students will have their end-of-quarter summative reading assessment next week.
Grammar: Our focus was on singular and plural possessive nouns. We introduced abstract and concrete nouns. Students need to review common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, singular and plural possessive nouns, and concrete and abstract nouns. They have resources to study in their notebooks to prepare them for their grammar test.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students are learning homophones and will continue with this standard next week. They will then be working on fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Students worked on spelling sort 9 this week and completed the quiz for sorts 7, 8, and 9. They will be bringing their new spelling list home on Monday. The tentative date for the quiz on sorts 10, 11, and 12 will be November 1. This is a longer time frame than normal due to ITBS.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: Students will have a summative writing assessment on narrative writing. They will have about 45 minutes to write a five-paragraph personal narrative. The narrative must include a one paragraph introduction to include a hook ((onomatopoeia, question, interesting fact, description, or dialogue), the characters, and the setting. Setting includes where and when the story takes place. The three- paragraph body of the essay needs to include the problem along with the events and details leading to solving the problem and the conclusion. The conclusion should resolve the problem, tell how the narrator (student) is feeling and why.
Student of the Week: Nolan was our student of the week this week. We are enjoying learning more about our friends!
Dates to Remember:
October 9 – School Store
Happy Birthday to:
Natalia 10/7/10
Hanna 10/14
Emery 10/23/10
Ameer 10/24/10
As we are nearing the end of this first quarter, here are some things to ponder. In third grade, we expect students to be 100% accountable every day. This means coming to class with their supplies, participating in class, studying at home and learning the standards, and being prepared for tests. If you would like further information about our curriculum this year, please review the standards here:
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/ELA-Grade-3-Standards.pdf (3rd. grade ELA)
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Frameworks/ELA-Grade-4-Standards.pdf (4th. Grade ELA)
Reading: This week we continued learning about different perspectives and how a reader may have a similar or different point of view than the narrator or character telling a story. We’ve also been finding evidence in the text to support the point of view. We read Two Bad Ants and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs as mentor texts and discussed how these stories were told from the viewpoint of the ants and wolf and how they would change if told by different characters or the reader.
Students will have their end-of-quarter summative reading assessment next week.
Grammar: Our focus was on singular and plural possessive nouns. We introduced abstract and concrete nouns. Students need to review common and proper nouns, singular and plural nouns, singular and plural possessive nouns, and concrete and abstract nouns. They have resources to study in their notebooks to prepare them for their grammar test.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students are learning homophones and will continue with this standard next week. They will then be working on fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Students worked on spelling sort 9 this week and completed the quiz for sorts 7, 8, and 9. They will be bringing their new spelling list home on Monday. The tentative date for the quiz on sorts 10, 11, and 12 will be November 1. This is a longer time frame than normal due to ITBS.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: Students will have a summative writing assessment on narrative writing. They will have about 45 minutes to write a five-paragraph personal narrative. The narrative must include a one paragraph introduction to include a hook ((onomatopoeia, question, interesting fact, description, or dialogue), the characters, and the setting. Setting includes where and when the story takes place. The three- paragraph body of the essay needs to include the problem along with the events and details leading to solving the problem and the conclusion. The conclusion should resolve the problem, tell how the narrator (student) is feeling and why.
Student of the Week: Nolan was our student of the week this week. We are enjoying learning more about our friends!
Dates to Remember:
October 9 – School Store
Happy Birthday to:
Natalia 10/7/10
Hanna 10/14
Emery 10/23/10
Ameer 10/24/10
Week of September 23-27, 2019
As you are aware, Sign & Return papers went home this week. Some things to discuss with your child as you review these papers together each time:
Reading: This week we learned about different perspectives and how a reader may have a similar or different point of view than the narrator or character telling a story.
We are continuing to learn about settings and how they impact the types of characters found there and analyzing how the character’s actions, feelings, and dialogue impact the plot and outcome of a story.
We will be reviewing and testing these three standards at the end of the quarter.
Grammar: We have been reviewing singular, plural, and irregular plural nouns. Students are learning singular and plural possessive nouns showing ownership. We are also studying abstract and concrete nouns.
There will be a test on these nouns at the end of the quarter.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students are learning homophones and will continue with this standard next week. They will then be working on fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Students worked on spelling sort 8 this week. Each student has a list with the words for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9. Next week we will study sort 9 words.
The quiz for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9 will be on Friday October 4.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We are practicing narrative writing throughout this quarter. Students have been learning that narrative writing has rising action (background information including characters and setting), a climax (problem), falling action (events and details), and a resolution when the story is concluded with the problem being solved. We are working on descriptive language, adding dialogue, revising, and editing to check for paragraph indentations, correct spellings, correct capitalization and punctuation
Student of the Week: We enjoyed learning more about Elizabeth this week and look forward to learning more about Nolan next week.
Dates to Remember:
October 2 – School Custodian Appreciation Day – Please show thanks to Mr. Catlin and Mr. Chang who work hard keeping Dolvin safe, clean, and maintained.
October 4 – Dolvin Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Andy – September 2
Kenley – September 6
Andrew, Mrs. Holden – September 9
Nolan, Sarah – September 16
Elizabeth – September 21
Mrs. Hogan – September 23
As you are aware, Sign & Return papers went home this week. Some things to discuss with your child as you review these papers together each time:
- What is your proudest moment this week?
- What do you think you did well? What do you think you need to improve?
- Did you have all your materials in class with you?
- Did you read the directions? Did you understand the directions?
- Did you go back and check your work once you were finished?
- Did you take your time and complete your work carefully?
- Did you answer all the questions?
- Did you write in complete sentences with correct capitalization and punctuation?
- Did you notice the point value and provide that much information for each response?
- Did you understand the material?
- Did you ask for help when your teacher was teaching the lessons on these standards?
- Did you ask for help during the test if you didn’t understand a question?
- Were you listening and participating in class?
- Are you completing your reading rotations so that you can practice your reading, grammar, and writing skills?
- Are you using your time wisely every day?
- How can we help you to do better?
Reading: This week we learned about different perspectives and how a reader may have a similar or different point of view than the narrator or character telling a story.
We are continuing to learn about settings and how they impact the types of characters found there and analyzing how the character’s actions, feelings, and dialogue impact the plot and outcome of a story.
We will be reviewing and testing these three standards at the end of the quarter.
Grammar: We have been reviewing singular, plural, and irregular plural nouns. Students are learning singular and plural possessive nouns showing ownership. We are also studying abstract and concrete nouns.
There will be a test on these nouns at the end of the quarter.
Yellow Group (ACC) – These students are learning homophones and will continue with this standard next week. They will then be working on fragments, run-ons, and sentences.
Students worked on spelling sort 8 this week. Each student has a list with the words for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9. Next week we will study sort 9 words.
The quiz for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9 will be on Friday October 4.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We are practicing narrative writing throughout this quarter. Students have been learning that narrative writing has rising action (background information including characters and setting), a climax (problem), falling action (events and details), and a resolution when the story is concluded with the problem being solved. We are working on descriptive language, adding dialogue, revising, and editing to check for paragraph indentations, correct spellings, correct capitalization and punctuation
Student of the Week: We enjoyed learning more about Elizabeth this week and look forward to learning more about Nolan next week.
Dates to Remember:
October 2 – School Custodian Appreciation Day – Please show thanks to Mr. Catlin and Mr. Chang who work hard keeping Dolvin safe, clean, and maintained.
October 4 – Dolvin Spirit Day
Happy Birthday to:
Andy – September 2
Kenley – September 6
Andrew, Mrs. Holden – September 9
Nolan, Sarah – September 16
Elizabeth – September 21
Mrs. Hogan – September 23
Week of September 16-20, 2019
Congratulations to Sofia, Kenley, and Callum (alternate) for being voted by their peers to be our Student Council representatives for the 2019-2020 school year!
We were so fortunate this week to be able to have an author visit from Carmen Deedy. She is a phenomenal story-teller and had the student’s rapt attention as she told them a story while sound effects, facial expressions, and body language, along with very expressive language.
It is important for our students to hear oral stories and read-alouds to model fluency and expression for them. We read aloud in class every day and I hope that you are doing it at home as well.
Our Seven Mindsets lesson for September is Everything is Possible. We have our Mindsets lessons on Friday mornings before starting our other lessons.
Reading: This week we learned about different perspectives and how a reader may have a similar or different point of view than the narrator or character telling a story. Ask them to explain the optical illusion of the duck and rabbit and ask your child which animal he noticed when first shown the optical illusion.
We are continuing to learn about settings and how they impact the types of characters found there and analyzing how the character’s actions, feelings, and dialogue impact the plot and outcome of a story.
Grammar: We have been reviewing singular, plural, and irregular plural nouns. Students are learning singular and plural possessive nouns showing ownership.
Students began their new spelling sorts this week with sort 7. Each student has a list with the words for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9. Next week we will study sort 8 words. The quiz for spelling sorts 7, 8, and 9 will be on Friday October 4.
Students may practice their spelling words at the following site:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We will be practicing narrative writing throughout this quarter. Students have been working with graphic organizers to organize their ideas in a sequential order and have written rough drafts. Next week, we will work on revising their writing. This will include adding more descriptive writing, adding dialogue, looking at the flow of the story and making sure there is a beginning, middle, and end in sequential order, making sure transition words have been used, and making sure the story makes sense.
Student of the Week: We will begin our first Student of the Week recognition next week with Elizabeth. Please see the Student of the Week schedule on my website to see when your child will be recognized.
Dates to Remember:
School Store – September 25
Sign & Return Papers – September 26
Happy Birthday to:
Andy – September 2
Kenley – September 6
Andrew, Mrs. Holden – September 9
Nolan, Sarah – September 16
Elizabeth – September 21
Mrs. Hogan – September 23
Week of September 3-6, 2019
Many thanks to all of you who attended Curriculum Night with us!
This week our students had an opportunity to preview the books at the Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center. Your children should have brought home a list of their selections, so that you can help them make final decisions on the books to purchase next week. We will shop at the Book Fair on Monday September 9.
This week we also began our Seven Mindsets lessons which we will have school-wide every Friday morning throughout the school year. This week’s lesson was Everything is Possible.
Reading: We are nearing the end of our oral reading of the book Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DeCamillo. Opal and her father the Preacher, move to Naomi, Florida during the summer of Opal’s 10th year. The story tells how Opal overcomes loneliness to form lasting friendships with Miss Franny Block, Otis, Sweetie Pie Thomas, Amanda Wilkinson, Stevie and Dunlap Dewberry, and Gloria Dump, all “Because of Winn Dixie,” a stray dog that Opal finds at the local Winn Dixie grocery store.
We have been using this read-aloud to teach our students about character traits and settings and to assess their listening comprehension. Students have learned that this story is told from a first-person point of view through the main character Opal. The story can be found on MackInVia on the Dolvin Media Center web site. http://dolvinmedia.weebly.com/. Students input their ten-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate for access. There will be a test on the story once we have completed it.
Grammar: We are working on singular and plural nouns. Students are learning the rules for turning singular nouns into plural nouns and writing them correctly in sentences.
The first spelling quiz, which counts as a Formative Assessment, will be given on Friday September 13. It will be made up of twenty words total from the three-word sorts 4, 5, and 6. Students are expected to study and practice writing these spelling words at home. They should study them by the patterns and not through rote memorization.
Students may also practice their spelling words at the following link:
https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw
Once on the website, they need to look on the left side for My Home Page and click there to find the lists for 3rd. and 4th grade spelling.
The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words.
Writing: We are continuing to work on writing personal narratives. Students are learning to identify and include the different parts of a narrative essay and have been practicing writing introductions with opening hooks. We will be working on how to write the body of the essay with a problem/solution.
Dates to Remember:
Book Fair – September 9-13
PTA Sky Zone Spirit Night – September 20
Sign & Return Papers – September 26
Happy Birthday to:
Andy – September 2
Kenley – September 6
Andrew, Mrs. Holden – September 9
Nolan, Sarah – September 16
Elizabeth – September 21
Mrs. Hogan – September 23
Third Grade News Week of August 26-30, 2019
Wow! This first month of school has flown by! Our third-grade students are doing a great job getting into their routines and working on meeting school-wide expectations to be 100% accountable every day. What does 100% accountable look like? It looks like students getting to school on time and being at school every day that they are not sick, following directions the first time they are given, interacting respectfully with teachers and peers, turning assignments in on time, following all school-wide rules, and respecting one’s self enough to take responsibility for one’s own actions. One of our major goals in third grade is to help students to become more independent and responsible for themselves. Reading: We are reading aloud the fictional story of Because of Winn-Dixie. The main characters are Opal and her dog Winn-Dixie. The story is about loneliness, kindness to others, and developing long lasting friendships. We are using this read-aloud to teach our students about character traits and settings and to assess their listening comprehension. Students have also learned that this story is told from a first-person point of view through the main character Opal. The story can be found on MackInVia on the Dolvin Media Center web site. http://dolvinmedia.weebly.com/. Students input their ten-digit student ID and 8-digit birthdate for access. Grammar: We have reviewed common and proper nouns. Next week we will begin working on regular and irregular plural nouns. Students worked with vowel patterns in sort 4 of Words Their Way. Next week they will be working on words from sort 5. Students have their spelling lists in the front of their CJ’s. The first spelling quiz, which counts as a Formative Assessment, will be given on Friday September 13. It will be made up of twenty words total from the three-word sorts. Students are expected to study and practice writing these spelling words at home. They should study them by the patterns and not through rote memorization. Students may also practice their spelling words at the following link: https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw The spelling lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words. Writing: We are continuing to work on writing personal narratives. Students are learning to identify and include the different parts of a narrative essay and have been practicing writing introductions with opening hooks. We will be working on how to write the body of the essay with a problem/solution. Dates to Remember: Labor Day Holiday: Monday September 2 – No school! Enjoy time with family! Curriculum Night: Wednesday September 4 6:30 in homerooms Week of September 2 – Book Fair Preview in the Media Center. Happy Birthday to: Chloe – August 10 Sofia – August 25 Third Grade News Week of August 19-23, 2019 This has been a busy week in third grade. We have continued working on routines and procedures. We will continue to work on these throughout the year, but all students are very aware of the expectations set forth for them to be 100% accountable in the classrooms, hallways, bathrooms, cafeteria, and on the playground. Children will make mistakes and we will work through these mistakes together, but in all respects, each student is 100% accountable for the choices he/she makes each day. We are very excited to have a new counselor at Dolvin this year. Her name is Janelle Layton and she will be doing guidance lessons with each grade level this year. She will be presenting third grade’s first lesson now and into September. In reading, we are continuing working on our literary standards with a focus on learning about characters in a fiction story and how their actions and feelings identify their character traits and affect the outcome of the story. We are also reviewing settings and the type of characters found in each setting. In grammar, we are reviewing common and proper nouns. Next week we will begin our first spelling units from Words Their Way. Students will be bringing home the list of words for Sorts 4, 5, and 6. We will study one sort per week in class. The first spelling quiz, which counts as a Formative Assessment, will be given on Friday September 13. It will be made up of twenty words total from the three-word sorts. Students are expected to study and practice writing these spelling words at home. They should study them by the patterns and not through rote memorization. Students may also practice their spelling words at the following link: https://www.spellingcity.com/users/clarkkw The lists are not in groups, so they will have to scroll through the list to find the current week’s words. In writing we are working on personal narratives. Students have created a Heart Map of people, places, and things that are important to them. They will be using these as ideas for their stories. Next week, we will learn how to write an effective hook and introduction to a personal narrative. Dates to Remember: Fall Picture Day: Thursday August 29 – Picture is for the yearbook! Curriculum Night: Wednesday September 4 6:30 in homerooms Happy Birthday to: Chloe – August 10 Sofia – August 25 |
Third Grade News – Week of August 12-16, 2019
Welcome to Third Grade! I am delighted to be working with your children this year!
This year third grade will be departmentalized. Students will have a literacy teacher who will teach reading, grammar, writing, cursive writing and health. The math teacher will teach math, science, and social studies.
The third-grade literary teachers are:
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Hogan
Mrs. McGiboney
The third-grade math teachers are:
Ms. Collins
Ms. Garcia
Mrs. Holden
Ms. Campbell had an opportunity to loop up with her students and is in a self-contained classroom, so is teaching all subjects.
Students and teachers are subject to change after the ten-day count.
Dolvin has adopted a new grading policy this year. Grades will be made of 50% summative assessments which may include quizzes, short tests, unit tests, and projects. The remaining 50% of the grade will be comprised of classwork and projects.
Homework will not be graded. While it is not graded, students will be expected to practice skills as assigned by their teachers.
The first week of school was spent getting acquainted and practicing routines and procedures. We practiced our school-wide drills and learned what is expected of all students in the classroom, bathroom, hallway, and cafeteria. We will continue to work on these expectations throughout the year and will need your help to continuously reinforce these good habits.
In reading, we will begin our literary standards by reading stories and learning about characters and their traits and settings in stories.
In grammar, we will be reviewing common and proper nouns and in writing we will begin working on narrative writing.
Dates to Remember:
Curriculum Night: Tuesday August 27 at 6:30.
Fall Picture Day: Thursday August 29
Happy Birthday to:
Chloe – August 10
Sofia – August 25
Welcome to Third Grade! I am delighted to be working with your children this year!
This year third grade will be departmentalized. Students will have a literacy teacher who will teach reading, grammar, writing, cursive writing and health. The math teacher will teach math, science, and social studies.
The third-grade literary teachers are:
Mrs. Clark
Mrs. Hogan
Mrs. McGiboney
The third-grade math teachers are:
Ms. Collins
Ms. Garcia
Mrs. Holden
Ms. Campbell had an opportunity to loop up with her students and is in a self-contained classroom, so is teaching all subjects.
Students and teachers are subject to change after the ten-day count.
Dolvin has adopted a new grading policy this year. Grades will be made of 50% summative assessments which may include quizzes, short tests, unit tests, and projects. The remaining 50% of the grade will be comprised of classwork and projects.
Homework will not be graded. While it is not graded, students will be expected to practice skills as assigned by their teachers.
The first week of school was spent getting acquainted and practicing routines and procedures. We practiced our school-wide drills and learned what is expected of all students in the classroom, bathroom, hallway, and cafeteria. We will continue to work on these expectations throughout the year and will need your help to continuously reinforce these good habits.
In reading, we will begin our literary standards by reading stories and learning about characters and their traits and settings in stories.
In grammar, we will be reviewing common and proper nouns and in writing we will begin working on narrative writing.
Dates to Remember:
Curriculum Night: Tuesday August 27 at 6:30.
Fall Picture Day: Thursday August 29
Happy Birthday to:
Chloe – August 10
Sofia – August 25