What: Chick-fil-A Spirit Night
Where: Chick-fil-A at Alpharetta Commons Date: Tuesday, March 10th Time: All day!! Students/parents may visit all day. Families must say they are from Dolvin for the school to get credit. Why: To support Dolvin and “Eat more Chikin!” The class with the most participation wins a chicken biscuit party, so don’t forget to tell them who your teacher is! 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 at the beginning of next week. We will continue learning about figurative language as we move into our Poetry Unit. 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. 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. 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 an opinion piece. 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 3/11 – Seth 3/28- Ella
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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. Last week we focused on similes and metaphors. This week we will focus on alliteration, onomatopoeia, and hyperboles. 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. There will be test on conjunctions, commas, and quotes next Tuesday. 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. 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. **I will be sending home a commas worksheet and a figurative language worksheet. This will be in your child’s purple CJ folders by tomorrow. 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: 2/22 – Dylan 2/23- Devin 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
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 Monday, Feb. 10. 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 begin to focus on commas and quotes. Spelling: The third-grade students will be working on lesson 23. The pattern is plural endings final -y. 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. Suggested: A comma worksheet and problem/solution text structure worksheet will come home on Tuesday in their purple CJ folder. 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: 2/22 Dylan 2/23 Devin 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.
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. This week our focus is on description, sequence, and chronological order. Next week we will focus on cause and effect and compare and contrast while continuing to review all text structures. The following 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. Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 21 this week which covers unusual plurals. There will not be a quiz on these words due to a short week. Writing: This week the students will be introduced to opinion writing. They will review what an opinion writing is and how to hook our readers. Homework 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 have a written homework assignment that was given to them today. We read the article together in class on Mars Rover. The students are to complete the description (text structure) graphic organizer on the back. Dates to Remember: 1/23 – Sign & return papers go home Happy Birthday to: 1/26 – Lachlan 1/28 - Allen 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. This week all the text structures will be introduced. We will learn how to look for signal words to identify the different structures. We will also learn about different graphic organizers that can be used with each text structure. We will then focus on description, sequence, and chronological order. The following week we will focus on cause and effect and 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. 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. Spelling: Students will be working on lesson 20 this week which covers plural ending -es. We discussed today how these words are review as we have already learned plural nouns and the rules with -es. 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. This can count as their daily reading. In addition, students have many “can do’s” on their reading rotation sheets that be completed at home for extra practice. Dates to Remember: 1/15/20 – School Store 1/ 17/20 – Pie Wars throughout the week, Report cards go home 1/20/20 – MLK Holiday – No school Happy Birthday to: 1/26- Lachlan 1/28 - Allen 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. Grammar: Some students will be reviewing the four types of sentences including declarative (statement), interrogative (question), exclamatory (exclamation), and imperative (command). This will lead into their study of coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS which stands for for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) and will lead to writing compound sentences. Spelling: Students will be working on sort 19 this week which covers unusual past tense patterns for verbs. There WILL be a quiz on this Friday. 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. This CAN count as their daily reading. I will be sending home a practice sheet tomorrow in students CJ folders for conjunctions. Dates to Remember: 1/ 6/20 – Second semester of school begins. PBIS pep rally 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: Lachlan Jan. 26 Allen Jan. 28 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 amongst 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. Look for it at the end of this newsletter. We 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 using the following link. https://osp.osmsinc.com/FultonGA/BVModules/ProductTemplates/Bvc2013/Product.aspx?productid=EN512-268 REMINDER- parents that they need to choose their homeroom teacher from the drop box. 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 Wednesday all students will have a summative assessment on text features. Students should be reviewing the resources in their interactive notebooks. Grammar: Students are continuing to work 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. There will be a test this Thursday covering verbs (3 verb tense), subject/predicate, and the types of sentences. Notes are in their grammar journal as well as the website. 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 can use the reading for the Final Four every night for their 30 minutes 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. 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: Evan Dec. 17 |
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