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Go Fish

Dear Parents,

“Go Fish” is almost here!  It's been such a fun experience working toward our performance. As we get close, here’s some important information about our show:

Date and Time:

Thursday, October 12 @ 7:00 PM.  Students should be dressed and in their HOMEROOM by 6:30 PM.  Cast members whose costumes are provided should come earlier (6:15) to the music room to get your costume and get dressed. Parents, please be aware that doors to the gym will not open before 6:30 PM.

We also have two shows on Thursday (Oct. 12) morning at 9 and 10:15 AM for the school and anyone not able to make it to the evening performance.

Costumes:

Cast

Sharks: gray shirt/jeans or black pants (hats will be provided)

Tiger Shark: black pants (shirt will be provided)

Zebra Fish: black pants (shirt will be provided)

Octopus: shorts and t-shirt (costume will be provided)

Tuna Fish: white shirt, black pants (shirt & jacket will be provided)

Needle Fish: gray shirt and gray pants if possible.  If not, black pants. (hat will be provided)

Star Fish: shorts and t-shirt (costume will be provided)

Blow Fish: black pants or jeans (shirt will be provided)

Clown Fish: red, blue, or yellow shirt, any color pants (hats will be provided)

Sea Horses, Square Dance Callers: white shirts, jeans (bandanas and hats will be provided)

Sword Fish: gray shirts, jeans (swords will be provided)

Crabs: red shirts, jeans (hats will be provided)

Electric Eel: black shirts, black pants (hat will be provided)

ALL DANCERS/RISER CHORUS: solid bright colored shirts and jeans or dark pants

*** All shirts should be solid colors.  Try to avoid logos if possible.  Inexpensive solid color tees can be found at Walmart. ***

Thank you!!

Josh Luke, RBES music

Book Character Parade

Georgia Milestones Resource Guide

Georgia Milestones 3rd grade resource guide

Teacake Recipe

Teacake Recipe

2 sticks butter, softened

2 cups sugar

3 eggs, room temperature

2 tbsp. buttermilk

5 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. Vanilla

¼ tsp nutmeg

Additional sugar for sprinkling

Cream the butter. Gradually add the sugar, beating well. Next, add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Now add the buttermilk and beat well again. Combine the flour and soda. Turn the mixer down to slow (or stir) speed and gradually add the flour mixture into the creamed mixture. Stir in the vanilla.

Shape the dough into a round, cover with plastic wrap and chill several hours or overnight.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

If you chill your dough overnight, remove it from the fridge about 15 minutes before rolling. Working with 1/4 to 1/3 of the dough at a time, roll dough to 1/4” thickness on a lightly floured surface. Cut into rounds using a large biscuit cutter. Place the rounds 1 inch apart on lightly greased cookie sheets. It’s important that the dough is at least 1/4″ thick to give the teacakes a “cake-y” interior texture. Sprinkle lightly with additional sugar.

Bake for 7-9 minutes or until the edges are very lightly browned. Remove the cookie sheet from the oven and allow teacakes to cool for several minutes before transferring to wire racks to cool completely. Makes about 2 ½ dozen.

Secret Santa

Secret Santa Information for Families:  

If your family is in need of assistance during the holiday time, please contact Mrs. Porter, our school counselor for information regarding the Secret Santa program.  All Secret Santa applications will be due on Friday, October 27, 2017.

Mrs. Porter's Phone:  706-769-3235 Ext 1307 or Email: bporter@oconeeschools.org

October 2 - 6, 2017

Language Arts: Saturdays and Teacakes  by Lester Laminack. This mentor text will provide the students the opportunity to notice proper nouns, infer evidence, visualize, and discuss the elements of a memoir.

Mentor Sentence: In Mammaw’s big kitchen, sunlight poured through the windows like a waterfall and spilled over the countertops, pooling up on the checkerboard floor.

Vocabulary: Week 5 vocabulary Quiz Wednesday, October 4th - focus on suffix -able

Week 6 Vocabulary Quiz Friday, October 13th - focus on root “struct”

Week 5 Tier 2 Words

claim - to say that something is true when someone may say it is not true (states the purpose of the argument);  to say that something belongs to you

position - a point of view that is taken on a question; the place where someone or something is

defend - to speak or write in support of someone or something that is being challenged; to fight in order to keep someone or something safe

redundant, gesture, acknowledge, clutch, persevere, agreeable, reasonable, capable

* be able to create additional words using the suffix -able

Week 6 Tier 2 Words

exclude- to leave out; to prevent someone from doing something or being a part of a group

include - to make a part of something

oppose, snide, heap, diverse, origin, instructor, construction, structure

*be able to create additional words with the root “struct”

Social Studies:

• Locate and describe equator, prime meridian, and lines of latitude and longitude on a globe.
• Map and globe skills: use a letter/number grid system to determine location, compare and contrast the categories of natural, cultural, and political features found on maps
• Information Processing Skills: Identify social studies reference resources to use for a specific purpose.

Math: Weekly focus: NBT.2 - Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place  value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction. Estimate sums and differences

Homework:

* Read 20 minutes nightly

* Study vocabulary  - quiz October 4th on week 5 words

* Map Skills quiz - Prime Meridian, Equator, lines of latitude, lines of longitude
* IXL, Mobymax, xtramath

* Some students - orange fluency folder (read nightly and answer questions)

Important Dates:

Vocabulary Week 5 - Wednesday, October 4

Map Skills - Wednesday, October 4

Conference Day - Friday, October 6

Fall Break - Monday, October 9

Stone Mountain Field Trip - November 2nd

DA$H - October 20

Technology:

Students have log-ins for the following programs and can practice at home: IXL, xtramath, MobyMax. If you need this information, and have lost the letters that went home, please email and I will be happy to share with you.