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We have completed ARMT testing, and I appreciate your efforts in helping your child prepare and be at school each day last week. With the state-mandated testing complete, this week we will resume our usual schedule.

April 16-20, 2012

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Homework:

Monday: · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Tuesday: · Work on April Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Wednesday: · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Thursday: · Work on April Math Calendar · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Friday: · Lesson 26 Spelling Test · Lesson 26 Vocabulary Test · Charlotte’s Web Story Test · Irregular Verbs Quiz

Calendar of Events:

· Tues., April 17^th: Progress Reports

· 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 be collecting 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 complete the required 60 minutes per week.

· We do have an April Math Calendar for this month. These are due by Tuesday, May 1^st. Please be sure your child completes these before that date. It will count as a Math grade.

Spelling Words

Lesson 26: Suffixes –tion and –sion: section, caution, fiction, nation,

action, vision, vacation, motion, question, mention, station,

attention, portion, collection, session, admission, discussion,

decision, definition, description

Charlotte’s Web

Lesson 26 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. bristly – If something is bristly, it is covered with short, stiff hairs.

2. dreadful – If something is dreadful, it is scary or terrible.

3. adamant – If someone is adamant about something, he or she is very determined and won’t change his or her mind about it.

4. inevitable – If something is inevitable, it cannot be avoided or stopped.

5. summoning – If you are summoning someone, you are calling for the person to come.

6. nuisance – Something or someone that bothers you can be a nuisance.

7. sedentary – If you have a sedentary job or lifestyle, you are sitting down most of the time.

8. oblige – When you oblige someone, you help the person.

9. boasting – Someone who is boasting is telling other people wonder things about himself or herself.

10. sway – When things sway, they swing slowly back and forth.

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

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will discuss Chapter 17 which is about measuring length, capacity, and weight in customary units. In Grammar this week, we will be discussing irregular verbs and having a quiz on these on Friday. In Science class this week, we will begin our AMSTI Chemical unit. For the month of April, we will be reading the book, Poetry for Young People by Langston Hughes and completing activities and poetry 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.