Ms. Bridgmon's 3rd and 4th Grade

4-7-2012

Oh My! Time is really flying as we are heading full speed into the final stretch of the school year. We have many more amazing things to learn, and quite a few wonderful field trip experiences to have. Please make sure you are checking your child's folder each day to keep updated with important dates and announcements. This week has us beginning our last Unit for the year. We will study the Human body. There are many fun and hands-on activities planned for this unit, so I think it will be  great way to end the year. We will also be finishing up our novel groups, and start the final novel of the year in the next week or so. The class is working oh so hard to complete both our personal Student Treasures book, nad one we are doing as a class. I am so pleased to see the amazing ideas these kids come up with. If you haven't had a chance to order a re-print of the book, please send in the form by Friday. We will have an Author's Tea to share these books when they arrive in May. I will send home a final date after the books are delivered to us. As the weather gets warmer, sometimes students become a little less "engaged" with the idea of school. However, we have many things left to do before the end of the year, so please help us keep students focused and on track. I hope everyone has a great Easter!

Love,

Ms. B.

2-4-12

Let it snow, Let it snow, Let it snow! Goodness, we have lots and lots of the white stuff everywhere. I hope everyone enjoyed the unexpected Friday holiday. This week we will be working hard to complete many projects and use all the reading stratagies we've learned to prepare for the upcoming TCAP assessments. We are also looking towards Valentine's Day. It is on a Tuesday, so this doesn't leave us very long for a party. I will be sending home a class list and a sign up sheet for the party. Please remember if your child chooses to do Valentines, they must send one for each person in the class. Also, as you can imagine, with over 1,200 students in our school, it is impossible for our office staff to deliver flowers, balloons or any other items sent to class. Please save those wonderful treats until students get home. Hopefully most of you have chosen a time for parent/teacher conferences. The early times are filled up, so please choose one that starts at 4:40 PM or later. Please see the newsletter for more details. Enjoy the snow and some warm hot chocolate to go with it.

Ms. B.

1-30-12

It is Spirit Week again! This is another great chance to show off how proud you are to be a Bulldog. A flyer with the theme for each day went home with students on Thursday. Tomorrow is class color day and we chose...orange. Dig out those Halloween digs and support our class. In addition to themed days, we will have an all-school assembly on Friday in the morning. It is hard to beleive that our year is almost 2/3 of the way over, and parent/teacher conferences are just around the corner. A sign up sheet will go home today, so please check your schedule and let me know a 1st, 2nd and 3rd choice time for us to meet. Third graders will be taking the state mandated TCAP assessment for Reading on Feb. 28th and 29th. We are reviewing all the skills we've learned so students feel prepared and confident to "show what they know". I feel very proud of what they have learned and the hard work they put in each and every day, and I am sure it will reflect this on our tests. Miss Carter has been working hard teaching our 3rd grade Math and our unit on electricity. Look for her to continue to add more teaching duties throughout Feb. and March. Please know you can reach either one of us by phone or e-mail. I hope you have a great, spirit filled week!

Ms. B.

1-4-12

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a great break and got to spend some time doing things with family and friends. Ms. Carter has joined us and is jumping right into the routine. We have already been hard at work this week with learning some techniques to make accurate inferences, how to write more fluent and expanded sentences, how to identify solid figures using Geometric vocabulary, and some ways to read non-fiction books. We are trying to finish up our unit on Space in the next two weeks, and then head into electricity. As we get back into the school routine, please make sure your child gets plenty of rest, eats a good breakfast, and packs a healthy snack for the morning. Homework packets are due on Friday for Spelling and Math. If they are late, they lose 10%, and I am seeing LOTS of no name papers. I hate to see all that hard work wasted, so please remind your child to put his/her name on every assignment. I will be gone on Friday to attend a conference to help other teachers, so I hope you have a great weekend, and I will see you on Monday!

Ms. Bridgmon

Important Information 12-11-11

• Mrs. Strausheim will be coming on Thursday to help our class make Christmas Crackers. This is an English tradition, which requires the use of old toilet paper and/or paper towel tubes. If you could please send at least one with your child by Wednesday, I would appreciate it.

·         We are working on stars and constellations in our Space unit. I need each student to bring a shoe box that we can paint to look like the night sky. We will be doing this on Thursday and Friday, so I need these by Wednesday as well.

·         In the spirit of giving, Secret Santa’s has been going very well. Thank you so much for helping your child participate in the spirit of giving. This week they should bring two items, (less than $1.00, on Mon, Tues or Wed), and then one final gift (for a total of 3) on Thursday (no more than $5.00) for the final unveiling of our gift givers. The class is really enjoying this, so if you are having a problem getting the gifts, have your child talk to me and we will make arrangements to have things for them to give.

·         We return to school on Tuesday, Jan. 3^rd. At this time, we will be joined by Ms. Lori Carter. She is in her last semester of the teacher preparation program at UNC. She will be doing her 16 week final student teaching experience in our classroom. As the year progresses, you will see Ms. Carter take more responsibility for teaching, planning and communicating with you, under my supervision. She will be writing a letter to introduce herself and her plans for the class when we return. Please help me in welcoming her to our class.

·         Our Christmas party will be on Friday, Dec. 16^th in the afternoon. We will have snacks and watch a movie. Students may bring a pillow, blanket, etc for the movie and snack to share if they so choose. We will be done with the movie and begin cleaning the room about 2:45. We need to have the room in tip-top shape before break so students will be bringing home water bottles, extra items from their desks, papers, etc.

·         Spelling and Math packet homework is due on Thursday this week. I want to make sure all assignments are turned in. Students who have missing work will be using our party time to catch up. I was gone Friday, so a list of missing assignments will be coming home today. It is the responsibility of the student to see me if he/she needs an additional copy of the work.