Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Word work
Study for government test
Math p. 185

Have a great afternoon!

Monday, September 29, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Word work
Study for Government Test (Thursday...study guide is on blog)
Math p. 178

Have a great afternoon!

Friday, September 26, 2014

Dear Parents,

Thank you so much for taking time out of your schedule to meet with me this week.  I enjoyed seeing each of you.  As always, if you have any concerns or questions, please feel free to email me.

Have a great weekend!

Lauren Ehlers, Ed.S.
Third Grade Teacher

School Wide Information

October 3 – Burnette Dance at PRHS (Movie Night)
October 13 – Student Holiday
October 17- Report Cards

Next Week at a Glance

Reading: Reading Comprehension Strategies
Writing: Opinion Writing; Pronouns and Adjectives
Word Study: feet, land, side, without, something, cream, squeal, leash, grease, teeth, street, meet, between, piece, niece, invisible, injustice, incorrect, informal, infinite
Social Studies: Government (Test Thursday)
Science: Pollution
Math: Subtraction (Test Tuesday)


Thursday, September 25, 2014

Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Study democracy vocabulary words (quiz tomorrow)
Math p. 169-170

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Word work
Study democracy vocabulary (quiz Friday)
Math p. 163-164

Have a great afternoon!

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read 20 minutes
Word work
Study democracy vocabulary
Math p. 163-164

Have a wonderful evening!

Monday, September 22, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Word work
Verbs worksheet
Math p. 150
Study democracy vocabulary words

Have a great afternoon!

Friday, September 19, 2014


Third Grade Parents,
We are rapidly coming to the close of the first grading period of the 2014-2015 school year. Please encourage your child to keep up his or her best effort as we finish various units in all subject areas. Your child has worked really hard during this first nine weeks. You should be very proud!

Don’t forget, parent conferences are next week. I look forward to meeting with each of you. If you have not yet scheduled a conference, please contact me at lauren_ehlers@gwinnett.k12.ga.us.

Have a great weekend!

Lauren  Ehlers, Ed. S.
Third  Grade Teacher

Looking ahead…
September 22 – 26: Conferences and Book fair
September 24 – 25: Early release days (Dismissal is at 12:50 PM)


Next Week at a Glance. . .
Reading Skill: Non-Fiction Text Features
Writing: Pronouns; Opinion Writing
Math: Subtracting (Test Friday)
Social Studies: Government (Democracy Vocabulary Quiz)
Word Work: until, from, fact, keep, children, tool, troop, stool, soup, you, group, knew, few, grew, cashew, dislike, distrust, disagree, disappear, disobey

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Hi! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read 20 minutes
Study for roots of democracy quiz
Math p. 127

Also, please join us at Chick-fil-A (Sugarloaf location) for Burnette Spirit Night!
Have a great evening!

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Good afternoon! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Finish social studies review sheet...quiz Friday
Math p. 117 - 118

Also, if you have not signed up for a conference, please do so at this time. Conferences are next week! Click HERE to sign up!

Please let me know if you have any questions. Have a great afternoon!

Monday, September 15, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is to read for 20 minutes. Other than, continue to get a good night's sleep. We have two more days of CogAT testing!

Have a great afternoon!

Friday, September 12, 2014

 Third Grade Parents,
Enclosed you will find your child’s midterm reports. Please review the reports, sign the attached slip, and return the slip Monday. You may keep the reports at home for your records. Please continue to work with your child at home in the subject areas in which he or she needs help. As always, thanks so much for your support in making this the best school year possible for your child!

Lauren  Ehlers, Ed. S
Third Grade Teacher

Looking ahead…
September 15-19: CogAT Testing
Thursday & Friday, September 24-25: Early Release/Parent Conferences
September 22-26: Book Fair

Next week at a glance. . .
Reading Skill: Elements of a story (Plot, Character, Theme, and Setting)
Writing: Narratives; Verbs
Math: Addition (Test Wednesday); Subtraction
Social Studies: Government
Science: Georgia Habitats (Test Monday)
Word Study: No word study due to CogAT testing

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Math p. 103 - 104
Study for GA habitats test (MONDAY)

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Hi! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Study for Georgia habitats test (moved to Monday)
Math p. 97-98 (Addition test moved to Tuesday)
Word work

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Word work
Study for Georgia habitats test
Math addition worksheet

Have a great evening!

Monday, September 8, 2014

Hi! I hope each of you had a great weekend! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
Be prepared for abstract nouns test
One word work activity
Study for GA habitats test (study guide is posted)
Math- estimating/rounding worksheet

Have a wonderful evening!


Friday, September 5, 2014

Dear Parents,

Can you believe we’re half way through the first nine weeks? Time is flying by, and we are having fun! Please be aware that parent-teacher conferences are coming up very soon. We will be sending out more details soon on how to sign up for conferences.   We will once again do our sign up online. 

Have a GREAT weekend!

Lauren Ehlers

Looking Ahead:

Friday, September 12 – Midterms go home
September 15-19 – COGAT Testing
Thursday & Friday, September 24-25 – Early Release/Parent Conferences
September 22-26 – Book Fair

Next Week at a Glance:

Reading – Genres
Language Arts – Narrative Writing; Abstract Nouns Test (Tuesday)
Word Study – world, going, want, school, important, cube, huge, fume, prune, suit, fruit, bruise, juice, true, blue, predict, pretest, preschool, preview, preheat    
Social Studies- Government
Science – Georgia Habitats Test (Thursday)
Math Addition and Estimation Test (Friday)

Thursday, September 4, 2014

Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
One word work activity
Study for science vocabulary test (tomorrow!)
Math p. 89

Have a great evening!

Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Hello! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
One word work activity
Study science vocabulary (Test is on Friday)
Math p. 91-92

Thanks, and please let me know if you have any questions.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

I hope each of you had a great weekend! Tonight's homework is as follows:

Read for 20 minutes
One word work activity
Abstract nouns worksheet
Study Georgia Habitats vocabulary
Math p. 77-78

Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!