Newsletter: Aug. 29 - Sept. 2

Below is the information from our newsletter for this week:

August 29 - Sept. 2, 2011

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Homework:

Monday:
* Write this week's spelling words 3 times each.

Tuesday:
* Math page 14 Sets A, B and C. Write problems and answers.

Wednesday:
* Spelling Pretest today / No homework.

Thursday:
* Chapter 1 Math Test today
* Math page 14 Sets D and E. Write problems and answers.

Friday:
* Lesson 2 Spelling Test today
* "The Day Eddie Met the Author" Quiz today
* Lesson 2 Vocabulary Quiz today
* Commands and Exclamations Quiz today

Calendar of Events:
* Sept. 2 - Career Picture Money Due
* Sept. 6 - DIBELS testing
* Sept. 9 - Career Pictures / Grandparents Day
* Please make sure all textbooks are covered as soon as possible.
* Please remember to send $5 for Scholastic News as soon as possible.

Lesson Two Spelling Words

Lesson 2 Endings -ed, -ing: saved, moved, riding, walking, pulled, taking, hopped, baking, picked, having, letting, running, drawing, folded, shopped

Challenge Words: freezing, equipped, dancing, happening, quitting

Lesson 2 Vocabulary

"The Day Eddie Met the Author"

Please study these definitions with your child and practice using each word in a sentence. The students will be given a quiz on Friday that requires them to correctly match each vocabulary word to a sentence.

1. conquer— When you conquer something, such as a problem or a fear, you win against it and overcome it.

2. resistance – When you feel resistance, you do not want something to happen.

3. assembly— An assembly is a group of people who have gathered for a reason.

4. plenty— If you have plenty of something, you have more than enough.

5. dismiss— To dismiss is to give permission to leave.

6. squirmed— If you squirmed in your seat a lot, you kept wiggling around as if you were uncomfortable.

7. patchwork— Patchwork is cloth made by sewing together small pieces of different fabrics.

8. autographed— If you autographed something, you signed your name on it.

9. ponder – When you ponder, you take time to think about an idea.

10.anticipation— When you feel anticipation, you feel excited because something is about to happen.

Check out this Website!

Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/lakewood3/

(This website has all spelling words for the year and games to use for practice. Use it to practice Lesson 2 this week.)

From the Teacher:

Please remember third graders do have to follow dress code. The dress code is described in more detail in the Rights and Responsibilities book and the Student Handbook. In math class this week, we will be studying fact families, missing addends, Addition Properties, 2-Digit Addition and Subtraction With and Without Regrouping. These skills are all found in Chapter 1 in our Math book. We will have a math test on Chapter 1 on Thursday of this week. In Grammar this week we will study Commands and Exclamations; we will test on these on Friday.

Newsletter: Aug. 22-26

As we look ahead to begin our second week of school, I wanted to share the most recent newsletter with you. Below is the textual information taken from next week's newsletter, which covers August 22 - 26.

You can also view or download a PDF copy of next week's newsletter by clicking here.

August 22-26, 2011

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Ocean of Events:

• August 26^th: Lunch forms are due
• Please make sure all textbooks are covered by Friday.
• Please remember to send $5.00 for Scholastic News as soon as possible.
• Please make sure your child returns his/her homework folder each day.

Monday: · Write this week’s spelling words 3 times each in your best handwriting. (Example for how to begin assignment:) 1. this, this, this

Tuesday: · Math page 1 (1-25). Write problems and answers

Wednesday: Spelling Pretest today

Thursday: Math page 7 (2-13). Write problems and answers.

Friday:

• Lesson 1 Spelling Test today
• Ruby the Copycat Quiz today
• Lesson 1 Vocabulary Quiz today
• Statements & Questions Quiz today
  

Lesson 1 Vocabulary

Please study these definitions with your child and practice using each word in a sentence. The students will be given a quiz on Friday that requires them to correctly match each vocabulary word to a sentence.

1. trudged—if you walked slowly as though your feet were stuck in mud, you trudged.

2. gushed –when you were excited about something and talked a lot about it, you gushed.

3. frustrated—when you try and try to do something and cannot, then you might feel frustrated.

4. imitated—if you copied what someone did or said, you imitated him or her.

5. pleasant—something that is pleasant is enjoyable and makes you happy.

6. coincidence—a coincidence is when two things happen that seem to fit together but are not connected.

7. modeled—if you modeled something, you showed it so that other people could see it.

8. loyal—someone who is loyal stands by you in good times and in bad.

9. recited –if you recited something, you memorized it and then spoke it aloud.

10.murmur—when people murmur, they speak so softly that they can hardly be heard.

It’s A Whale of a Website!

Spelling City

http://www.spellingcity.com/lakewood3/

(This website has all spelling words for the year and games to use for practice. Use it to practice Lesson 1 this week.)

From the Teacher:

Please remember third graders do have to follow dress code. The dress code is described in more detail in the Rights and Responsibilities book and the Student Handbook. Belts must be worn and shirts tucked in. No flip flops or other kinds of open toed shoes. Students must wear tennis shoes during PE. The gym will be getting a new rubber type floor in the next few weeks and students will have to wear tennis shoes while playing on it.

Fishin’ For Weekly Words

Lesson 1 Short Vowels: this, went, jump, still, last, dust, tell, drop, shut,

lamp, stop, felt, drink, clock, stand

Challenge Words: sunset, muffin, pumpkin, hidden, basket