Social Studies textbook and resources online link!

 Dear Parents,

      I'm excited to let you know that you now can access our class Social Studies textbook and related resouces online!   To access Social Studies digital resources students should visit: 

https://secure.eservices.eduplace.com/eservicesadmin/login.do?targeturl=/eservices/ 

For your child's username and password, please e-mail me!

     Unfortunately our access to the online Science textbook has expired. The state of Georgia is currently going through a revision of science standards with anticipated completion date of summer 2016. We will be going through the adoption of science materials next school year. The STEM department is in the process of finding online supplementary resources for elementary science.

     Thanks for your support!!

      Jenny M-G

Recycling Drive

Good Morning!

 

     We are kicking off a Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge today!  Spalding Drive will be competing against other North Fulton County  schools to collect the most plastic bags (including newspaper wraps, cereal box inserts, etc).  The school that collects the most per student will win a TREX park bench made from recycled plastic bags! 

There will be a collection bin up front (when it gets delivered!!) and we will distribute collection bags for your rooms!  In the meantime, you can send the plastic bags that students bring in to Ms. Fenoglio in the media center.

 

Stay tuned!  More to come!!

Update for 9/7

     Dear Parents,

     Signed papers are going home tomorrow, 9/8.  Please review them with your child and sign and return by the end of the week.  Thanks in advance!

     We are finishing up our Democracy unit although students will continue to learn about Paul Revere and the American Revolution in Ms. Borrelli’s reading class.  Next, we are moving into learning about the Habitats of Georgia (Mountain, Piedmont, Coastal Plain, Wetlands, and Atlantic Ocean).  Your student has already had an introduction to habitats in the STEAM lab where students paired up and took photos of habitats around the school on our iPads, then added text and other information using the app ThingLink.  The kids thought it was so cool and did a great job!

      In Math, we are finishing up Unit 1 in which we have explored place value and rounding, adding and subtracting three-digit numbers, graphs, measurement to the nearest inch, ½ inch, and ¼ inch, and strategies for solving two-step word problems.  Ask your student about being a detective and solving word problems using some of the “clue” words that let us know whether we will add or subtract to solve.  Please have your student work regularly on iReady and IXL in Math to keep reviewing these skills!!  Our Unit 1 Math test is scheduled for Wednesday, 9/16.

      Next in Math, we will be moving into multiplication and division.  We will start by understanding that multiplication is simply repeated addition and how to represent multiplication using arrays (visuals).  We will then explore how multiplication and division are related, inverse operations.  Our ultimate goal beyond these understandings is that your child will be able to fluently multiply and divide within 100.  Your support will help your student learn his/her facts more quickly – you can get some flashcards from the Dollar Tree to help your student practice for 10 minutes nightly.  

      Thanks in advance for your support!  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Jenny Magis-Graves       magisgraves@fultonschools.org

Update for 9/3

 Dear Parents,

     This week we have been focusing on the following in Social Studies and Math:  I can explain why the government is divided into three branches and give examples of some of the responsibilities of each branch of government.  I can interpret and create graphs to show my data and measure to the nearest inch and half inch. 

     Some wonderful resources for your student to review on over the next few weeks are:  Brain Pop videos on Democracy, Three Branches of Government, Latitude and Longitude, Voting, Athens, U.S. Constitution, Supreme Court, Presidential Power, How a Bill Becomes a Law.  Also, Brain Pop has incredible review games such as:  Executive Command, Supreme Decision, Law Craft, Checks and Balances, Branches of Government, Do I Have a Right?, and Argument Wars.  I promise you that your student will learn and deepen their understanding of our amazing government as they play!!

      Another great resource for kid-friendly information on how our government works is:  http://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-legislative

      In Math, students can continue to review on iReady and IXL.  Anything related to addition, subtraction, place value, rounding, measurement to the inch and 1/2 inch, and graphing will reinforce what your child is learning in class.  IXL lesson B.1-B.9, C.1-C.7, D.1-D.5, M.1-M.4, and R.3 are the most relevant.

        Thank you so much for all of your support!!

        Jenny M-G

Queridos padres,

     Esta semana hemos estado centrando en el siguiente en Estudios Sociales y Matemáticas: Puedo explicar por qué el gobierno se divide en tres ramas y dar ejemplos de algunas de las responsabilidades de cada rama del gobierno. Puedo interpretar y crear gráficos para mostrar mis datos y medir a la pulgada más cercana y media pulgadas.

     Algunos recursos maravillosos para su estudiante que examine en los próximos semana son: Brain Pop videos sobre Democracia, tres poderes del Estado, Latitud y Longitud, Votar, Atenas, US Constitución, el Tribunal Supremo, Poder Presidencial, ¿Cómo un proyecto de ley se convierte en ley. También, Pop cerebro tiene juegos de revisión increíbles como: Comando Ejecutivo, Resolución Suprema, Ley artesanía, pesos y contrapesos, Poderes del Estado, ¿Tengo un Derecho ?, y guerras argumento. Les prometo que su hijo va a aprender y profundizar su comprensión de nuestro gobierno sorprendente, ya que jugar !!

      Otra gran fuente de información amigable para los niños sobre cómo funciona nuestro gobierno es: http://bensguide.gpo.gov/a-legislative

      En matemáticas, los estudiantes pueden continuar en opinar sobre iReady y IXL. Todo lo relacionado con la suma, resta, valor posicional, redondeo, medida a la pulgada y 1/2 de pulgada, y la representación gráfica reforzará lo que su hijo está aprendiendo en clase. IXL lección B.1-B.9, C.1-C.7, D.1-D.5, M.1-M.4 y R.3 son los más relevantes.

        Muchas gracias por todo su apoyo !!

        Jenny M-G

Update for 8/31

Dear Parents,

       Please come to Curriculum Night tomorrow (9/1) at 6:00 or 6:45 to find out more about our classroom procedures and the topics we will be studying this year with your student!  When you sign your child's agenda tonight, you will see that we will need posters for our Roots of Democracy project by this Wednesday if you can.  Your student will be working with a partner in class creating this project for the next few days.  Also, we have a Week 3 math handout that is due Thursday.  Below are the instructions for the poster project that we will be working on in class:

                                                    Names____________________

 

SS3G1.c: Poster

Your teacher has asked you and your partner to design an informational poster entitled “Roots of Our Democracy.” Your teacher has requested that the poster board be divided into 3 sections.

 

      The first section should include an illustration of the three branches of government, a description of each branch, as well as titles of jobs held within each branch. The branches should contain titles and a description of the duties of the three branches.

 

     The second section should contain illustrations and labels of buildings in Washington, D.C. that show the Greek influence of architecture in those buildings. You should explain how our government buildings design is connected to ancient Greece.

 

     The third section will have a map of the world (the teacher will give you a blank map). The map should have Greece, the equator, Prime Meridian, lines of latitude, and lines of longitude labeled. The teacher would like for you to design a model of the bulletin board on poster paper. Be prepared to present your bulletin board to the class and include an explanation of why the separation of branches exists. You should make your poster colorful, informative, and eye catching!!

 

 

 

Update for 8/23

 Dear Parents,

     I enjoyed seeing so many of you at the picnic on Friday, although I can't say I enjoyed all the dunking quite as much!  :)  The other 3rd grade teachers and I were pretty sore on Saturday from climbing out of the dunk tank dozens of times, but we're glad the kids got such a kick out of the experience. 

     Hopefully your student has been showing you his/her agenda nightly and getting you in the habit of signing the bottom of each day's assignment section.  We will continue using the agenda all year long to build the skill of staying organized in your students and to keep you informed.  If you ever have questions, feel free to write a note in the agenda or e-mail me at magisgraves@fultonschools.org 

     Our upcoming Democracy quiz on Tuesday will cover the vocabulary in your student's journal (community, citizen, law, democracy), the three branches of each level of government (national/federal, state, and local), how our separation of powers makes our government special, and the ideas we borrowed from ancient Greece (the idea of democracy even though theirs was a direct democracy and ours is representative, the Olympics to celebrate our spirit and competition, and columns on our government buildings to honor Greece).  We will have a Jeopardy-style review in class tomorrow and I will send home the journals for the students to review one more night.  Please help them remember to bring their journals back in on Tuesday!  Thanks in advance for your support!!

      Our Curriculum Night will be on Tuesday, 9/1.  There will be two sessions so that parents with more than one student can see each student's classroom.  We will review our classroom procedures and inform you about the curriculum we will be teaching your students this year.  Feel free to e-mail me beforehand if you have any burning questions.  

     Finally, I wanted to let you know that the county is having issues with our new e-mail Office 365 system.  Some parent e-mails are going to our Junk Folders and others are coming through hours or days later.  We are diligently checking our Junk Folders to make sure we are not losing your e-mails, but I wanted to make you aware of this issue.  Hopefully it will be resolved soon!  

     Jenny M-G

Queridos padres,

     Me gustó ver a muchos de ustedes en el día de campo el viernes, aunque no puedo decir que disfruté toda la mojando bastante como mucho! :) Los otros profesores tercero grado y yo estábamos bastante dolor el sábado de la escalada de las docenas de tanques de volcadas de veces, pero estamos contentos de los niños de una patada como fuera de la experiencia.

     Esperemos que su estudiante ha sido que mostrando su / su programa nocturno y conseguir que en el hábito de la firma de la parte inferior de la sección de asignación de cada día. Vamos a continuar con el orden del día durante todo el año para construir la habilidad de mantenerse organizado en sus estudiantes así como para mantenerle informado. Si alguna vez tiene alguna pregunta, no dude en escribir una nota en la agenda o envíeme un correo electrónico a magisgraves@fultonschools.org

     Nuestro próximo concurso de la Democracia el martes cubrirá el vocabulario en el diario de su hijo (comunidad, los ciudadanos, el derecho, la democracia), las tres ramas de cada nivel de gobierno (federal nacional /, estatal y local), cómo nuestra separación de poderes hace que nuestra especial del gobierno, y las ideas que tomados de la antigua Grecia (la idea de la democracia a pesar de que la suya era una democracia directa y la nuestra es representativo, los Juegos Olímpicos para celebrar nuestro espíritu y la competencia, y las columnas en nuestros edificios del gobierno para honrar a Grecia). Vamos a tener una revisión de estilo Jeopardy en clase mañana y voy a enviar a casa las revistas para que los estudiantes revisen una noche más. Por favor ayude a recordar para traer sus diarios de vuelta en el martes! ¡¡Gracias de antemano por su apoyo!!

      Nuestra Noche de Currículo será el Martes, 09.01. Habrá dos sesiones para que los padres con más de un estudiante puede ver la clase de cada estudiante. Vamos a revisar nuestros procedimientos de la clase y le informará sobre el plan de estudios estaremos enseñando a sus estudiantes este año. No dude en enviarme un correo electrónico con antelación si tiene cualquier preguntas candentes.

     Por último, quería hacerle saber que el condado está teniendo problemas con nuestro nuevo e-mail Oficina sistema 365. Algunos correos electrónicos de padres van a nuestras carpetas basura y otros están llegando a través de horas o días después. Estamos verificando diligentemente nuestras carpetas basura para asegurarse de que no están perdiendo sus e-mails, pero quería hacerle consciente de este problema. Es de esperar que se resuelva pronto!

     Jenny M-G

August 17, 2015

  Dear Parents,

         I hope you have seen that our students now have agendas so that they can keep track of assignments and homework.  Hooray!!  Please help them stay organized by checking and signing their agenda nightly.  Learning how to be organized is a life skill your student will benefit greatly from in 3rd grade and beyond.  So far we are off to a great start, but we did have a couple of students leave their agendas at home.  Please help them make sure they bring it to school each day so you can stay informed.  :)

           In Social Studies, our I CAN statement is:  I can explain how our government is divided into three branches and why this separation of powers is important.  In Math, our I CAN statement for this week is:  I can use place value to round whole numbers to the nearest 10 or 100.

          Also, today our first homework handout went home.  It is Math on one side and L.A. on the other and is not due back until Friday.  Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. 

         Lastly, if your student has not brought in a pair of earphones or earbuds, please try to send those in ASAP.  The students will need them when we are in the computer lab, for iReady, and on the ipads.  Having their own will help us stay sanitary as well as motivate our students to take very good care of them.  Thank you for all of your support!!

           Jenny M-G

Queridos padres,

         Espero que hayan visto que nuestros estudiantes tienen ahora agendas para que puedan realizar un seguimiento de las tareas y deberes. Hooray !! Por favor ayude a mantenerse organizado por el control y la firma de su agenda todas las noches. Aprender a ser organizado es una habilidad de la vida a su hijo se beneficiará enormemente de en 3er grado y más allá. Hasta ahora nos hemos ido a un gran comienzo, pero tuvimos un par de estudiantes abandonan sus agendas en casa. Por favor, les ayudan a asegurarse de que se lo llevan a la escuela todos los días para que pueda mantenerse informado. :)

     En estudios sociales, nuestro yo CAN declaración es: puedo explicar cómo nuestro gobierno se divide en tres ramas y por qué esta separación de poderes es importante. En matemáticas, nuestro yo CAN declaración para esta semana es: puedo usar el valor de posición para redondear números enteros hasta el próximo 10 o 100.

               Además, hoy nuestro primer folleto tarea fue a su casa. Es de Matemáticas en un lado y LA por otro, no se debe volver hasta el viernes. Por favor, hágamelo saber si usted tiene cualquier pregunta o preocupación.

         Por último, si el estudiante no ha traído un par de audífonos o auriculares, por favor trate de enviar las de ASAP. Los estudiantes tendrán que ellos cuando estamos en el laboratorio de computación, por iReady, y sobre los ipads. Tener su propia ayudará a mantenernos sanitaria, así como motivar a nuestros estudiantes a cuidar muy bien de ellos. Gracias por todo vuestro apoyo !!

           Jenny M-G