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I would like to thank everyone for making today's Grandparents' Day such a success at our school, and specifically in my classroom! Here is a look ahead at next week's newsletter. Remember to read throughout the weekend and next week so you can increase your AR points!

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September 12-16, 2011

Third Grade Teachers

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B. B. Comer Elementary

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Homework

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

Tuesday: Math page 34 Sets A, B, and C

Wednesday: Spelling Pretest today Study your spelling and vocabulary words and multiplication facts for Friday

Thursday: Chapter 2 Math Test today Write a sentence for each of your 10 vocabulary words

Friday: Lesson 4 Spelling Test today Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut Quiz today Lesson 4 Vocabulary Quiz today Compound Subjects and Predicates Quiz

Calendar of Events:

· Progress Reports go home September 13^th.

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

· We are still waiting for Board Approval for our first field trip.

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

· Please make sure all textbooks are covered as soon as possible.

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

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

· April - Field trip - McWane Center (Details forthcoming, pending Board approval.)

Lesson 4 Vocabulary

Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut

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. persevere – You persevere when you keep trying to do something without giving up.

2. confidence – If you are sure that everything will work out, you have confidence.

3. ambitious – An ambitious person is eager to reach a goal.

4. attain – When you reach a goal, you attain it.

5. talented – A talented person has the special ability to do something very well.

6. apply – When you apply for a job, you are asking for work.

7. research – Research involves getting information about a question or topic.

8. invention – An invention is something completely new that someone has made.

9. hinder – When you hinder someone, you make it difficult or impossible for them to do something.

10. disappointed - You are disappointed if you are unhappy about the way something turns out.

Weekly Spelling Words

Lesson 4 Plurals –s, -es: ants, toys, flies, things, boxes, games, lines, rocks,

wishes, ladies, dishes, babies, bushes, glasses, puppies

Challenge Words: families, libraries, brothers, packages, melodies

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Multiplication Practice

www.multiplication.com

(This website has a lot of practice games and activities for the multiplication facts. Remember we are now doing discussing multiplication facts in class and giving students timed tests.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will continue Chapter 2 in the book. We will review 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. This week we will also discuss numeric and geometric patterns. We will have a test on Chapter 2 on Thursday of this week. In third grade we combine Social Studies and Science into a block and alternate subjects each week. This week we will continue our Science unit on the Human Body: Skeletal System. We will be putting together a Mr. Bones puzzle and dissecting owl pellets in class! We will have a test on Friday on all of the information we have learned in class about bones: a skeleton provides support, movement, and protection; the human skeleton has 206 bones; bones of many mammals are similar in number and size, but differ in shape, and the shape of a bone is often a clue to its function. Vocabulary: bones, cartilage, joint, skeleton, skull, torso