Next week's newsletter

Parents, please remember that we will be out of school on Friday, October 21, and Monday, October 24, for the fall holiday break. I hope you and your children will enjoy the long weekend, but please also use the time to have your children read and review their multiplication facts.

Here is a look ahead at next week's newsletter. Please be sure to study the spelling words and vocabulary words with your children. With the vocabulary words, they need to have a good understanding of the word and know it's definition. Try reviewing the words then having your child use each word correctly in a sentence for practice. This help help make sure that they understand the word and what it means.

(Note: A PDF file of the weekly newsletter for viewing, downloading and/or printing can be found here.)

October 17-21, 2011 Third Grade Teachers http://bbces.tcboe.org/ B. B. Comer Elementary 256-315-5430 Homework:

Monday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 3. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (20 Minutes)

Tuesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 9-12. Show all work! · Reading Log (20 Minutes)

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 4. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (20 Minutes) · Spelling Pretest today

Thursday: · Lesson 8 Spelling Test · How Animals Talk Story Test · Lesson 8 Vocabulary Quiz · Abbreviations Quiz

Friday: · Fall Holiday—No School!

Calendar of Events:

· Second Nine Weeks begins on October 17^th.

· Report cards will go home Oct. 20^th.

· No Thursday Folders on October 20^th.

· Fall Holidays: October 21-24^th. Students will return to school on Tues., Oct. 25^th.

· Fall Festival will be Tues., Oct. 25^th. We would love volunteers to help work our booths that night. Let us know if you’re interested.

· Red Ribbon Week: Oct. 25-28. Tues. is wear red, Wed. is wear caps or hats, Thurs. is wear black, and Fri. is wear costumes.

· DeSoto Caverns Field Trip is Fri., Nov. 4^th. Please return all permission forms and money by Wed, Nov. 2^nd.

· Yearbooks are on sale for $15.00. This is a special discounted price being offered through Dec. 21^st or while supplies last!

Spelling Words

Lesson 8: Diphthongs ou, ow, oi, oy: foil, loud, gown, coil, house, annoy,

growl, moist, enjoy, round, spoil, mouse, clown, bounce, cowboy,

eyebrows, voyage, boiling, cloudy, avoid

How Animals Talk

Lesson 8 Vocabulary

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

1. charging – If an animal is charging, it is rushing or moving quickly towards something or someone.

2. ferocious – A ferocious animal looks angry and wild.

3. dominant – If someone or something is the strongest, it is dominant.

4. conflict – If two animals are fighting, they are in a conflict.

5. communicate – When two people or animals communicate, they share information.

6. flick – When you flick something, you move it or snap it quickly.

7. alert – If you alert people to something, you get their attention and let them know to be careful.

8. signal – A signal is a sound or an action that sends a message.

9. chatter – When animals chatter, they repeat their sounds quickly.

10. groom – When an animal grooms itself, it makes itself neat and clean.

Check Out This Website!

Harcourt Reading Resources

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

(This website has a lot of practice games and activities for the spelling and vocabulary words. Just click on interactive games, spelling, or vocabulary. This week we are on Lesson 8.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will begin Chapter 6 in the math book. We will be counting bills and coins, comparing money amounts and making change. In Grammar we will be discussing how to correctly read and write abbreviations. In third grade we combine Social Studies and Science into a block and alternate subjects each week. This week we will be reading and discussing Chapter 4 in our Communities books about celebrating different cultures, hemispheres, celebrating a community’s past, and celebrations across our nation. We will still be reading the story, The Graves Family, by Patricia Polacco this month and discussing the importance of developing good, healthy friendships and respect for others. If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author, Patricia Polacco to learn more about her writing and books in order to encourage the students to read more of her books.