Announcements

Because of the short school week, we will not have a newsletter for next week. Here are the announcements you need to be mindful of:

• Our Christmas Cartoon Movie Marathon reward is Monday, Dec. 19. We had to change it because of the PTO Movie Day today.
• Please remember to send your item for our Christmas party. We must have these on Tuesday, Dec. 20.
• Please remember to send your money for our 3rd Grade Charitable Project. We would appreciate $3 to $5 donations, but we will accept any amount you can send. We have jars where students can just drop in loose change, as well.
• We are in school until Wednesday, Dec. 21. We have early dismissal at 1:00 that day.
• Students return to school on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012.

Newsletter

Here is a look at our newsletter for next week. Please remember that on Friday, Dec. 16, your child's completed December math calendars and reading logs are due. Also, we will have our Christmas Cartoon Movie Marathon Multiplication Reward on Dec. 16. Students need to continue studying their multiplication facts and reviewing them nightly so they can do well on their multiplication quizzes and participate in this event Friday!

December 12-16, 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 16. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Tuesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 54-57. Show all work! · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 17. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Thursday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 58-61. Show all work! · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Friday: · Lesson 14 Spelling Test · Lesson 14 Vocabulary Test · One Small Place in a Tree Story Test · Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Quiz · December Math Calendars and Reading Logs Due Today!

Calendar of Events:

· Completed December Math Calendars and Reading Logs are due this Friday, December 16^th.

· Our Christmas Cartoon Movie Marathon Multiplication Reward will be this Friday, December 16^th. Be studying those facts!

· Please remember to send the item that was marked on your letter for the Christmas Party on December 20^th.

· Also, remember to send any donation money (this includes loose change) for our charitable donation project. Thank you!

Spelling Words

Lesson 14: V/CV and VC/V Syllable Patterns: robin, petal, seven, solid, final,

given, color, hotel, wagon, music, total, cabin, taken, pupil, broken,

recital, vanish, regret, colony, visiting

One Small Place in a Tree

Lesson 14 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 or definition.

1. sprout – When something sprouts, it begins to grow.

2. damp – If something is damp, it is a little bit wet.

3. transformation – If someone or something has gone through a transformation, it has been changed.

4. harmony – If two things are living in harmony, they are in agreement, living peacefully.

5. suppose – When you suppose something, you think it is true.

6. roost – Birds roost, or perch, when they sleep in trees at night.

7. spears – If something spears something, he or she sticks something sharp through it.

8. strikes – If something strikes something else, it hits it.

9. glimpse- When you get a glimpse of something, you get only a quick peek at it.

10. maze – A maze is a winding set of paths that is like a puzzle.

Check Out This Website!

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

(This is a fun website with practice games and activities for all of the subject areas.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will review all of the multiplication and division strategies we have been discussing in class. We will have a test on these strategies on Wednesday of this week. In Grammar this week, we will discuss Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement. This week we will continue our Christmas Around the World unit. We will be learning about a few holiday traditions from the United States, Sweden, Mexico, France, Germany, and Italy. Students received new reading logs for the month of December; these are due this Friday, December 16^th. There will only be two full weeks on these reading logs, so we will be expecting a total of 120 minutes of reading for December. The completed December Math Calendars are also due this Friday, December 16^th. For the month of December, we will be reading the book, Dear Willie Rudd by Libba Moore Gray and discussing the author’s purpose for writing the story. If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author to learn more about her and her books.

Newsletter

Here is a look ahead at next week's newsletter. Please remember to continue studying and reviewing multiplication facts every day, as well as the vocabulary words and definitions through the week.

December 5-9, 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 14. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Tuesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 46-49. Show all work! · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 15. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Thursday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 50-53. Show all work! · Work on December Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Friday: · Lesson 13 Spelling Test · Lesson 13 Vocabulary Test · A Tree Is Growing Story Test · Subject and Object Pronouns Quiz

Calendar of Events:

· Completed December Math Calendars and Reading Logs are due on Friday, December 16^th.

· Our Christmas Cartoon Movie Marathon Multiplication Reward will be on Friday, December 16^th. Be studying those facts!

· Please remember to send the item that was marked on your letter for the Christmas Party on December 20^th.

· Also, remember to send any donation money (this includes loose change) for our charitable donation project. Thank you!

Spelling Words

Lesson 13: Consonants /s/ c; /j/ g, dge: ice, age, rice, edge, stage, giant,

range, judge, ledge, police, recent, bridge, office, strange, central,

celery, ceiling, difference, margin, imagine

A Tree Is Growing

Lesson 13 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 or definition.

1. columns – A column is a tall, circle structure that holds up part of a building.

2. absorb – Something absorbs a liquid if it soaks up the liquid.

3. protects – When you protect something, you keep it safe.

4. rustling – When objects are rustling, they are moving and making soft sounds.

5. dissolve - When something dissolves, it mixes completely with a liquid.

6. particles- Tiny pieces of something are called particles.

7. tugged – If you tugged something, you pulled it hard.

8. paused – If you paused, you stopped what you were doing for just a moment.

9. scavenger- An animal is a scavenger if it collects leftover and unwanted objects.

10. self-sufficient – If something is self-sufficient, it makes everything it needs.

Check Out This Website!

Fun Brain

http://www.funbrain.com/

(This is a fun website with practice games and activities for all of the subject areas.)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will discuss Chapter 12: Division Strategies. We will be learning how to divide using circles and dots, repeated subtraction, arrays, and fact families. In Grammar this week, we will discuss Subject and Object Pronouns. This week we will begin our Christmas Around the World unit. We will be learning about a few holiday traditions from the United States, Sweden, Mexico, France, Germany, and Italy. Students received new reading logs for the month of December; these are due Friday, December 16^th. There will only be two full weeks on these reading logs, so we will be expecting a total of 120 minutes of reading for December. The completed December Math Calendars are also due on Friday, December 16^th. For the month of December, we will be reading the book, Dear Willie Rudd by Libba Moore Gray and discussing the author’s purpose for writing the story. If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author to learn more about her and her books.