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I hope everyone enjoyed their spring break. This week we are back to work as we prepare for the ARMT test, with April 10-13 being our testing dates. This is an important test that students need to be sure they are prepared for. Please continue reviewing math and reading/language skills with your child that they have learned throughout the year.

April 2-6, 2012

Third Grade Teachers

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B. B. Comer Elementary

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Homework:

Monday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders from Lessons 21-25. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Tuesday: · Math page 34 Sets A, B, C, D · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lessons 21-25. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Thursday: · Math page 78 (11-26) · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Friday: · ARMT Practice Words Spelling Test · ARMT Practice Words Vocabulary Test · Math Test on Number Sense, Addition and Subtraction, and Money

Calendar of Events:

• Field Trip permission forms and $12.00 are due by Friday, April 6^th.
• April 10-13: ARMT Testing
• Friday, April 27^th: McWane Center Field Trip
• May 3-May 7: School Holiday
• May 11^th: Field Day
• May 17^th: Awards Day Grades 3, 4, 5 at 12:00
• May 24^th: Last Student Day
• Please remember to collect Box Tops for Education.
• April Reading Logs will be due Friday, April 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 completes the required 60 minutes per week.

Spelling Words

ARMT Practice Spelling Words: opportunity, organization, participate,

pollute, popular, population, predict, protect, rare, recommend,

region, repair, rescue, salute, species

ARMT Practice Week

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. opportunity-a chance to do something

2. organization a number of people joined together by a purpose

3. participate-to join with others in an activity or an event

4. pollute-to make dirty

5. popular-liked or enjoyed by many people

6. population-the total number of people who live in a place

7. predict-to say what you think will happen

8. protect-to guard something of keep it safe from harm

9. rare-not often seen or found

10. recommend-to suggest as being good or worthy

11. region-an area

12. repair to make something work again, or to put back together something that is broken.

13. rescue-To save someone or something

14. salute-to honor someone or something

15. species-a type of animal, plant or other organism

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will continue a review of all standards taught during the First through Third Nine Weeks. We will focus on number sense, addition and subtraction with 3 and 4 digit numbers, and counting money and making change. We will also continue daily math intervention groups. We are doing this in an effort to prepare the students for the ARMT+ test in April. During Language Arts time, we will be preparing the students for the upcoming ARMT test. We will NOT go on to Lesson 26 this week. We do expect the students to learn the 15 words above for the spelling and vocabulary tests this Friday. This week we will read and discuss Chapter 9 in our Communities book which is about spending and saving money. We will finish reading the book, The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth (based on a story by Leo Tolstoy) and complete activities related to this book. If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author to learn more about him and his books.