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I hope everyone enjoyed their three day weekend. This week students need to continue studying their multiplication facts each night, along with doing their math calendar, homework and studying their vocabulary words and definitions.

January 16-20, 2012

Third Grade Teachers

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Homework:

Monday: · No School—Holiday

Tuesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 71-74. Show all work! · Reading Log (20 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 · Reading Log (20 Minutes)

Thursday: · FLIP-IT Binder Math: Do pages 75-78. Show all work! · Reading Log (20 Minutes)

Friday: · Lesson 17 Spelling Test · Lesson 17 Vocabulary Test · Two Bear Cubs Story Test · Adjectives that Compare Quiz

Calendar of Events:

· No School on Monday, January 16^th.

· Scholastic Book Orders will be due on Friday, January 27^th.

· We will continue multiplication quizzes again this week. Please see the note that was sent home for further details on our new reward.

· We still have not received January Math Calendars from our AMSTI Specialist, so we will not expect students to complete one for this month.

· January Reading Logs began the week of Jan. 2-6! These will be due on Friday, January 27^th. We will be expecting a total of 240 minutes on this reading log. It only counts if each entry has parent initials. These are a Reading grade each month. Please be sure you help your child complete the required 60 minutes per week.

· Please be sure to send new supplies with your child when they need them. Many students no longer have pencils to write with in class. Students are allowed to have one handheld pencil sharpener in their crayon boxes as long as they do not cause a distraction in class.

Spelling Words

Lesson 17: r-Controlled Vowel /ûr/: word, girl, burn, work, hurt, burst,

purse, clerk, earth, perfect, first, pearl, answer, person, thirsty,

creature, uncurled, curtain, mixture, return

Two Bear Cubs

Lesson 17 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. awe – If something fills you with awe, you are amazed by it.

2. concentration – Concentration is focusing your attention on a single thing.

3. dilemma – A dilemma is a problem or a difficult situation

4. commendable – If something is commendable, it is worthy of attention and praise.

5. glancing – When you are glancing at something, you are taking a quick look at it.

6. scolding – If you are scolding someone, you are angrily pointing out that person’s mistakes.

7. console – When you comfort or cheer someone you console him or her.

8. heroic – Someone who is heroic is brave and acts like a hero.

9. drowsy – When you are drowsy, you feel so sleepy that you can’t stay awake.

10. burden – A burden is a heavy load that is difficult to carry.

Check Out This Website!

IXL

www.IXL.com/signin/bbcomer

(This is a math practice website. We sent home notes about this site with the report cards last week. Enter your child’s username and password and click Sign in. Choose 3^rd grade. This is an excellent practice for the math skills we teach in class each day. Username: (type your child’s first initial and last name@bbcomer Example: jdoe@bbcomer Password: your child’s lunch number)

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will discuss some more geometry skills found in Chapter 19, such as congruent and similar figures; flips, slides, and turns, and lines of symmetry. In the upcoming weeks, we will be introducing a lot of math skills in an effort to prepare the students for the next math benchmark assessment at the end of February and for the ARMT+ test in April. In Grammar this week, we will discuss Adjectives that Compare. This week we will be discussing different types of natural disasters in Social Studies, and we will begin our Plant Growth and Development AMSTI kit in Science. For the month of January, we will be reading the book, My Mama Had a Dancing Heart by Libba Moore Gray and comparing and contrasting the characters in this story and the seasons of the year. If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author to learn more about her and her books.