Congrats Readers!

Congratulations!

Congratulations to this week's Chapter Book Club members! You guys are quite the book worms! You took 292 AR quizzes and earned 179 points!

 

Mrs. Hodge's Homeroom: Dakota Britt, Kendra Dunlow, Cassie Gilliland, Seth McClure, and Kamill White.

  

Mrs. Richardson's Homeroom: Ethan Adams, Paige Barrett, Ravyn Blansit, Eli Guffey, Delaney Hampton, Kelly Hudson, Mark Jude, Tanner McCormick, Eveline Murray, Hannah Selman, Kaycee Wallin, and Bailey Weaver.

Mrs. Scott's Homeroom: Brandan Baggett, Abigail Banks, Maddie Brown, Kyleigh Eaton, Emilio Garcia, Cole Griffith, Brody Lonas, Kenna Massey, Destiny Miller, Lilyan Mina, and Xavier Murphy.

Shout Outs! 

• Travis Millsaps was on fire this past week! He read and took 11 quizzes and maintained an average above 85%! Way to go, Travis!
• Brandon Frashier was also a reading machine and has the highest average this week with 97.1%. Well done, sir!
• Kendra Dunlow aced her first chapter book test this week! You go, girl!
• New comers, Hailey and Mark Jude, have made a strong start since their arrival at Gilbert. Hailey read 7 books this week and Mark knocked out one of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books! 
• Seth McClure read not one, but two chapter books this week! Read on, Seth!

Until next time,
Mrs. R. :)

Wk 22 Chapter Book Club

Congratulations to this week's Chapter Book Club members! To be a member of the CBC, you must read a chapter book worth at least one point and score 80% or higher on the quiz! This week's members were treated to a soft drink and snack to enjoy during the last class of the day on Friday.

Hodge

Makenzie Dearing

Cassie Gilliland

Kamill White

Richardson

Paige Barrett

Allie Cameron

Katie Chamlee

Kelly Hudson

Hannah Selman

Kaycee Wallin

Marissa Warren

Maggie Webster

Scott

Selah Hill

Kenna Massey

Destiny Miller

Emily Peterson

Garrett Rollins

Kennedy Smith

Will you be a CBC member next week?

Congratulations to this week's READERS!

Congratulations to this week's members of the Chapter Book Club!

To become a member of the Chapter Book Club, students must read at least one chapter book on his or her reading level and earn a passing score on the AR test. This week's winners were rewarded with a treat bag to enjoy while reading in class on Friday! Last week's winners received new pencils and pencil grips. Will you join the CBC next week?

Mrs. Hodge's Homeroom

Crystal Collins

MaKenzie Dearing

Cassie Gilliland

Clayton Ingram

Seth McClure

Alli Peterson

Kamil White

Mrs. Richardson's Homeroom

Paige Barrett

Allie Cameron

Katie Chamlee

Kelly Hudson

Tanner McCormick

Eveline Murray

Loagn Reed

Hannah Selman

Natalie Stoker

Kaycee Wallin

Marissa Warren

Bailey Weaver

Mrs. Scott's Homeroom

Brandon Baggett

Kyleigh Eaton

Emilio Garcia

Selah Hill

Brody Lonas

Kenna Massey

Destiny Miller

Lilyan Mina

Emily Peterson

Calling all 3rd Grade Parents

Dear Third Grade Parents,

Gilbert Elementary School and third grade teachers would like to invite you to join us for lunch on Wednesday, February 13th. Our school is hosting parents of a different grade level each month. We hope that you will make plans to join us. For lunch, third graders are back with homeroom teachers. Lunch times are posted below. We hope to see you there!

Mrs. Hodge              11:25
Mrs. Richardson      11:30
Mrs. Scott                11:35

After School Movie

After School Movie

Friday, January 25th 2:30-4:30 p.m.

Parents, are you looking for a couple of extra hours to get things done? Well, we’ve got an opportunity for you! On Friday, January 25th, we will host an After School Movie. Students will have fun watching a movie with friends and enjoying an after school snack. The cost is $5, which goes to help our school. Pick up time is promptly at 4:30.

If you’d like your child to participate, please complete the form (in folders today or tomorrow). Return your form and $5 before January 25th.

2013 CRCT Study Guides Posted

Walker County Schools will administer the Criterion-Referenced Competency Test during the week of April 15-19, 2013 to third through fifth graders. Make up exams will be given April 22-24, 2013.

To help your child prepare for the CRCT, the Georgia Department of Educations has study guides available for each grade level. To access the study guide, click on your grade level.

CRCT Parent Brochure 2012

CRCT Grade 3 Study Guide

Young Authors' Fair Announces 1st Round Winners

The Young Authors' Fair Competition is held each year at Gilbert Elementary School. It takes place in two rounds. Students are encouraged to write about any topic or genre in class. The writing samples are read by the classroom teacher. Each teacher is allowed to submit three writing pieces for each round. The samples are then read and judged by the YAF Committee, made up of teachers within our school. The committee announces the winners for each round, awarding them a certificate and a small prize.

On Thursday, January 10, the first round winners were announced on the morning news. The third grade winners were as follows:

First Place

Allie Cameron

Second Place 

Brandan Baggett

Third Place

Clayton Ingram

 

Congratulations to these winners and good luck to everyone for the second round!

A Visit from LHS Band Students

On the last Friday before Christmas break, several students from the LHS Band and chorus program stopped by to spread some holiday cheer.  Third grade quickly joined in the fun singing along with them. Here's a peek...

LHS Band Students playing for Mrs. Richardson's class.

Reindeer Day 2012

 

Third grade teachers planned a day of fun activities to go along with one of our favorite holiday read alouds. In the story, Olive the Other Reindeer, Olive is merrily preparing for Christmas when suddenly she realizes "Olive... the other Reindeer... I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!" So she quickly hops aboard the polar express and heads to the North Pole. While Santa and the other reindeer are a bit surprised that a dog wants to join the their team, in the end Olive and her unusual reindeer skills are just what Santa and his veteran reindeer team need. 

Students made 2 reindeer ornaments, read the book, watched the video, made a reindeer snack, and completed a persuasive writing activity. For the writing activity, students had to choose an animal they would like to be and write a letter to Santa to convince him to hire them for his reindeer team. Students did a great job and were very creative. We had cheetahs because as you know, they are very fast. There were also zebras, lions, tigers, and many other creatures to apply for the job!

Here's a peek at the reindeer snack!

Holiday Happenings!

Third Grade Holiday Happenings!

It’s difficult to believe Christmas is only 16 days away. Our classroom is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming holiday season. I wanted to let everyone know about the fun things we’ll be doing over the remaining school days. 

Due to the current economy and other considerations, we will not be exchanging Christmas presents. I am instead asking for a $3 donation to cover the cost of supplies for holiday crafts and activities. We’ll be making a special Christmas present for ourselves to help keep us warm and cozy this winter and ornaments to decorate your Christmas tree at home.

We won’t be left out! Students will receive a treat bag and a couple of presents from me. Rather than purchase presents for me, you may purchase much-needed items for the classroom. We are out of Clorox wipes. Several students need new binders and pencil pouches. So those would be great. We could always use more tissues! ‘Tis the season for the sniffles, too!

We will have our classroom Christmas party on Friday, December 21 at 12:30 p.m. I will need a couple of parents to help set up the room while we are at lunch. If you can help, please let me know. You will find below a list of things students wish to have for our party. You may send in items at any time. I’d like to have everything here by Tuesday, December 18th. This way, I’ll still have time to pick up anything we need.

•  Cupcakes or Cookie Cake
• Chips/ Dip
• Sprite or Coke (Cans would be awesome!)
• Plates
• Napkins
• Individually Wrapped Candies
• Small toys or treats for goody bags (if you wish)

Monday, December 17

Ornament Rotation

Tuesday, December 18

Making Christmas

Wednesday, December 19

Reindeer Snack & Hot Chocolate

Thursday, December 20

Polar Express Day

Friday, December 21

Christmas Party at 12:30