Newsletter

I hope everyone will enjoy their three-day weekend! Between relaxing and having fun, remember to read so you can get more AR points when you get to class Tuesday! Here's a look ahead at next week's newsletter:

(Note: You can access the PDF file of the newsletter for viewing, download or printing by clicking here.)

September 5-9, 2011

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Homework:

Monday: No School Today! (Labor Day Holiday)

Tuesday: Write this week’s spelling words 3 times each in your best handwriting.

Wednesday: Spelling Pretest today Study your spelling and vocabulary words

Thursday: Math book page 19 (1-16) Study your spelling and vocabulary words

Friday: Lesson 3 Spelling Test today Schools Around the World Quiz today Lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz today Subjects and Predicates Quiz today

Ocean of Events:

· Sept. 6^th-DIBELS testing

· Sept. 9^th-Career Pictures/Grandparents Day

· Progress Reports go home September 13^th.

· Sept. 30 -- Field trip - Anniston Museum (Details forthcoming.)

· Crane Book Fair is September 7-15 in library.

· Please remember to send $5.00 for Scholastic News as soon as possible.

· Nov. 4 -- Field trip - DeSoto Caverns (Details forthcoming.)

Spelling Words

Lesson 3 Long Vowel Digraphs: deep, play, lean, glow, team, away, slow, trail,

dream, stain, toast, speed, raise, sweet, layer

Challenge Words: wheelbarrow, freedom, speedboat, cocoa, daydream

Lesson 3 Vocabulary

Schools Around the World

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. proper-Something that is proper is done the way it is supposed to be, or correct

2. boarding-When you are boarding someone you are giving that person a place to live for a while.

3. literacy-Literacy is the ability to read and write.

4. diverse-If a group of things is diverse, then the individual things in the group are different from each other.

5. chore-Chores are small jobs that you need to do, but do not enjoy.

6. certain-A certain thing is one particular thing.

7. resource-Resources are materials, money and other things that can be used.

8. culture-A culture is made up of a group’s customs and traditions.

It’s A Whale of a Website!

StoryTown Resources

http://www.pcboe.net/les/elderweb/Third%20Grade.htm

(This website has a lot of practice games and activities for each week’s spelling and vocabulary words. You will only need to worry about clicking on spelling or vocabulary at the top of the page.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will begin Chapter 2 in the book. We will discuss even and odd numbers and place value of 3- and 4-Digit Numbers. This includes knowing standard form, expanded form, and word form which is discussed on page 22 in the book. In Grammar this week we will be studying Subjects and Predicates of sentences and having a test on these on Friday. In third grade we combine Social Studies and Science into a block and alternate subjects each week. Last week we began our Science unit on the Human Body: Skeletal System. This week we will begin our Social Studies unit on Communities. We will be discussing Chapter 1 in the Communities book which covers United States and World Communities and showing respect for others in the community.