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Third Grade News

Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Rand, Mrs. Spence

November 17th, 2008

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What We’re Learning This Week…

 

Reading/ ELA

 

*    Cause and Effect

*    Point of View

*    Author’s Craft

*    Using Suffixes

*    Summarizing Informational Texts

*    Reading Comprehension

*    Writing a Paragraph with a Clear Main Idea and Details

 

Math

 

Measurement Unit

 

*    Recall equivalencies associated with length and time

· 1 foot = 12 inches

· 1 yard = 3 feet

· 1 hour = 60 minutes

· 1 day = 24 hours

 

*    Use appropriate tools and units to measure length, liquid volume, and weight

· meter, inch, half-inch

· fluid ounce, pint, liter

· grams

 

*    Recognize relationships between units

· meters/ yards

· kilometers/ miles

· liters/ quarts

· kilograms/ pounds

 

*  Find the perimeter of figures

 

Science

 

“Structures of Life” Science Kit

 

Spelling Words

 

animals

explain

your

listen

close

weight

prettier

soil

laughed

bought

energy

cycle

clothes

you’re

different

 

There will be a test on these words on Friday!

 

Vocabulary Words

 

1.  life cycle – a repeated pattern of

    growth and development

 

2. fruit – the part of a flowering plant

    where the seeds are

 

3. seed – the part of the fruit that holds

    the young plant

 

4. dormant- when something is resting or

    inactive

 

5. mold – a slimy or cotton-like growth

    that grows on moist material

 

6. embryo – the part inside the seed

    that contains the tiny leaves and

    roots

 

7. seed coat – the layer covering the

    seed

 

There will be a test on these words on Friday!

 

Dates to Remember…

 

November 21st

Interim Reports Issued

 

November 26th – 28th

Thanksgiving Holidays

No School

 

December 17th

Early Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.

 

 

Home Information

 

*    Students are responsible for writing down their own homework each day

*    Students should bring book-bags, completed homework, signed calendars/ agendas, notebooks, and Reading Renaissance books to school every day

 

Students should do the following every afternoon:

 

*    Read RR books for 20 minutes

*    Bring home and study Spelling and Vocabulary words (in notebook) to prepare for assessments on Friday

*    Bring home and study Science and Structures of Life and Math notes (in notebooks) to prepare for assessments on Friday

Bring home and study ELA notes (in notebook) to prepare for assessments on Friday