Weekly newsletter

While enjoying the weekend, remember it is also important for your child or children to continue reading, studying their multiplication facts and reviewing other educational items so they will be prepared for another school week. Looking ahead to next week, below is the information from the upcoming newsletter.

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October 10-14, 2011

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Homework:

Monday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 1. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Tuesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 1-4. Show all work! · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 2. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes) · Spelling Pretest today

Thursday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 5-8. Show all work! · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Friday: · Lesson 7 Spelling Test · Aero and Officer Mike Story Test · Lesson 7 Vocabulary Quiz · Common and Proper Nouns Quiz · Chapters 4 and 5 Math Test

Calendar of Events:

· Students should have 20 AR Points with 80% accuracy on tests by this Friday, Oct. 14^th to reach their 1^st Nine Weeks AR goals.

· School Picture Money is due by Friday, Oct. 14^th.

· Scholastic Book Orders will be due on Friday, October 14^th. Students received their order forms in class.

· Report cards will go home Oct. 20^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.

· 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 7: Digraphs ch, tch, wh, sh: chin, itch, push, chef, when, wash, much,

sharp, pitch, where, peach, child, wheat, chance, machine, cashier,

friendship, hatched, finished, children

Aero and Officer Mike

Lesson 7 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. babble – If you babble, you say words that cannot be understood.

2. suspicious – If you think someone cannot be trusted, you are suspicious of him or her.

3. accompany – When you accompany someone, you go someplace with him or her.

4. competent – If you are competent, you are good at what you are doing.

5. scent – A scent is what something smells like.

6. wanders – A person who wanders travels without planning where he or she is going.

7. whined – If someone or something whined, it gave a long, high cry.

8. obey – When you obey, you do what you are told to do.

9. demonstrate – When you demonstrate something you show how it works or how it is done.

10. patrol – People patrol an area when they go through it with the purpose of guarding it.

Check out this website!

Multiplication Practice

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 7.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will finish Chapters 4 and 5 in the book. We will be reviewing 3 and 4 Digit Addition and Subtraction with and without regrouping. We will have a test on these chapters on Friday. In third grade we combine Social Studies and Science into a block and alternate subjects each week. This week we will complete an investigation about muscles for science. We will also 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. Flip-It binders and Reading Logs have started this week and will continue until the end of the year. Students will do Reading on Mondays and Wednesdays and Math on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Students should read for 15 minutes each night Monday through Thursday and you should document this on their Reading Logs. Reading Logs will be graded monthly and Flip-It binders weekly.