Moskauski Minutes

Cog-At Testing: Monday through Wednesday of this week the children will be taking the Cog-At testing.  This is the first round of testing to determine eligibility for the Academically Gifted (AG) program.  There is no way for the children to study or prepare for these tests.  Please make sure your child gets a good night's rest, eats a healthy breakfast and arrives to school on time each day.  These are timed tests.  All other tests we have taken so far this year have not been timed, so this will be the children's first exposure to a timed test.  The children are encouraged to pace themselves and to not get stuck on a problem that they do not know but to skip it and move on to the next problem.  If there is still time left, they can go back to the problems they skipped over. 

Curriculum Notes: Because of Cog-At testing this week, the third grade teachers decided to continue with our literacy objectives from last week into this week.  Our literacy block will be cut short due to testing.  We will spend time this week continuing to look at character traits and feelings.  We will look at character's point of view and making inferences (drawing conclusions) about our reading.  If time allows, we will be publishing our narratives.  Friday we will be meeting with Ms. Caldwell's class for our first book buddies session.  In math this week we will be studying another unit of geometry. We will be learning about angles, triangles and polygons.  The children will begin Social Studies with Mr. Otto this week.  

Scholastic Book Orders: I am sending home October book order catalogs in this week's Monday folders.  The orders will be due by Wednesday, October 16th to ensure arrival before Halloween (in case anyone wanted to give gifts for Halloween).  Be sure to check out the Scholastic website for more titles.  You can also search the site for books for younger and older children, too!  Remember to use our class activation code when placing any online orders.

Field Trip: In this week's Monday folder you will find information and a permission slip about our upcoming field trip on November 1st to The Wake Forest High School Matinee Program.  At the field trip, the children will be seeing a live performance of the play "The True Life Adventures of Gooney Bird Greene".  The third grade will be reading the novel  and then getting to see it acted out live on stage!  Payment is due by Wednesday, October 30th.  If you are interested in chaperoning, please let me know by Friday, October 25th. 

Class Celebration:  We earned 50 class Dragon Dollars and the children decided on their first class celebration.  This Wednesday to celebrate, the children chose extra recess time, getting to wear pajamas to school and to bring a small stuffed animal for their desk.  Please make sure pajamas are appropriate for school and follow our school dress code policy.  We are almost to the end of the quarter school-wide goal of 75 Dragon Dollars.  Way to go students!!

Upcoming Dates:

• Monday, October 7th- Wednesday, October 9th:  Cog-AT Tests
• Wednesday, October 9th: Class Dragon Dollar celebration
• Friday, October 18th:  Early Release at 1:15
•  Thursday, October 24th:  Community Helpers Presentation, 2:15- 3:45
• Friday, October 25th: Last day of quarter, community service for first quarter due, if interested in chaperoning trip let me know by this day
• Monday, October 28th:  Teacher Workday, No School
• Wednesday, October 30th: Field Trip money due
• Friday, November 1th: "The True Life Adventures of Gooney Bird Greene" play at Wake Forest High School
• Friday, November 8th:  Early Release at 1:15