Newsletter

Below is the newsletter for this week. Please remember our field trip to the Anniston Museum of Natural History on Friday, Sept. 30, and note that I will not be sending Thursday folders home this week because of the field trip. We are also reviewing the same spelling words since we are ending Theme 1. I cannot stress enough how important it is for you to review the information from this newsletter nightly with your child. In addition to having homework assignments, it includes the spelling words, as well as the vocabulary words and definitions each week. Your child needs to study these every night along with his or her regular homework. We include a great deal of important information in this newsletters each week, with test material included in the newsletter, so please make it a priority to review these with your child each week. With your help and support at home, we can make this a wonderful school year and help your child reach his or her full potential!

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September 26-30, 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.

Tuesday: Math page 54 Sets B, C, D, E

Wednesday: No Spelling Pretest today Study your spelling and vocabulary words and multiplication facts.

Thursday: Theme 1 Review Spelling Test today; Theme 1 Vocab. Quiz today; Ch. 3 Math Test today

Friday: Field Trip to the Anniston Museum today!

Calendar of Events:

· Remember to study multiplication facts. We

are now taking timed tests in class.

· Anniston Museum Field trip is this Friday, September 30^th. Be sure permission forms are signed and returned and all money turned in by Wednesday, Sept. 28^th.

· No Thursday folders will be sent home on Sept. 29^th due to the field trip to the Anniston Museum on Sept. 30^th.

Spelling Words

Theme 1 Review Words (These words review all skills from the past 5 weeks):

this, jump, saved, letting, picked, went, toys, babies, glasses, felt, having,

lean, speed, plays, sweet

No Challenge Words this week

Theme 1 Vocabulary

(We will continue using these same words this week and take another quiz on Thursday on these words.)

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. viewers – Viewers are people who watch something.

2. survive – To survive is to remain alive, even after great difficulties.

3. camouflage – When something has camouflage, it blends into its surroundings.

4. concealed – Something that is concealed is covered up so it can’t be seen.

5. independent – A person who is independent is someone who does things on his or her own.

6. donated – Something that has been donated has been given away for free.

7. media – The many ways that people communicate, including newspapers, magazines, and television, are all part of the media.

8. feature – When reporters do a special report on a topic, the report is called a feature.

9. image – An image is a picture of something or someone.

10. popular – Something that is popular is something that many people like.

Check Out This Website!

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 finish Chapter 3 in the book. We will review Lessons 2-6 about comparing numbers, ordering numbers, and rounding numbers to the nearest 10s, 100s, and 1,000s places. 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. We will discuss the different types of joints found in the human body and conduct various experiments and activities. We will also continue reading the story, The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, and discuss the character traits of the main character, Philippe Petit. If you have access to the Internet at home, Philippe Petit would be an interesting person to do a Google search about. He is a real person who did a wire walk between the Twin Towers back in 1974.