HOMEWORK ANNOUNCEMENT!

Effective immediately, we will be changing our homework requirements.  Third graders will no longer have weekly literacy or math homework packets.  Instead, students will have nightly spelling homework (homework requirements vary by teacher) and students will still have to study for all tests and quizzes as needed. 

Since, formal math and reading homework is going to cease, it is our hope that this will allow time for students to read for enjoyment daily at home.  We realize that nothing makes a better reader than more time actively reading. 

If you are looking for ways for students to practice what they are learning at school, IXL and sumdog are great websites for students to use at home to practice math, and RAZkids is a great resource for reading practice.

Newsletter - Issue 3 Sept. 6

In case you missed it -- This week's newsletter Issue 3

What we're working on this week -- 9/6 to 9/9

September 6 

Reading - This past week we continued our study of story components, comprehension, silent reading and different types of questions.

This week we will begin reading, Anansi and the Talking Watermelon, as a class. While reading the story we will focus continue to focus on comprehension skills as they follow along with the class. Your child should be coming home with a copy of the story and vocabulary flashcards for this story (gorge, salivate, ponder, oddity, absurd, unison). The story should be kept in their folder and returned to school each day. A test on Anansi and the Talking Watermelon will be on Friday.

Grammar - We have been working on contractions and compound words for the past couple of weeks. Students have done a great job! Now we will be moving on to identifying homophones. There will be a Grammar Test on Friday covering contractions, compound words, and homophones.

Spelling - THERE WILL BE NO SPELLING THIS WEEK!

Math - We are working on rounding to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand as well as comparing numbers.

Homework - Math and Literacy Packet due Friday!

Tests & Quizzes - Reading and Grammar Tests on Friday. Rounding Quiz on Thursday.

Reminder!

Don't forget to study for your tests this week! 

Vocabulary for our Map Test can be found under the "Science and Social Studies" page located on the right. You can also find out what we're reading this week under "Reading," and find out this week's spelling words under the "Spelling."

	REMINDERS
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday	Thursday Folders
Friday *Early Dismissal	*Trial of Cardigan Jones Reading Test & Spelling Test *Map Test

Reading This Week

This week we will begin reading, The Trial of Cardigan Jones, as a class. While reading the story we will continue to focus on comprehension skills. A few new vocabulary words that we will study are: trial, jury, convinced, guilty, pointed, honest, murmur, stand. You may read and study the story online by using the link below. Our test is on Friday! Don't forget to study.

https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/journeys/na/gr3/ese_9780547360270_/volume1/launch.html#

Convinced	Made someone believe or agree to something
Guilty	Having done something wrong
Pointed	Used a finger to show where something was
Honest	Truthful
Trial	A meeting in court to decide if someone has broken the law
Murmur	The sound of people speaking very slowly
Jury	The group of people who make the decision in a trial
Stand	The place where a witness in a trial sits while being questioned

This Week's Newsletter: Aug 29 - Sept 2

Here you'll find a link to our weekly newsletter. Newsletter Issue 2

Reminder: Quizzes

There will be a Contractions Quiz on Friday as well as a Map Quiz on Friday, August 26th. For the Map Quiz should be able to label the 7 continents and 5 oceans on a map.

The site below is a great site to review contractions
Contractions Practice