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. 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. Today we practiced using commas in an address. There were several students who do not know their address. If your child doesn’t know your address, please practice this with them. Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 24. The pattern is adding inflected endings: -s, -ed, -ing with final -y. 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. This can be used as their 30 minutes of reading. 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: 2/22- Dylan 2/23- Devin
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