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Be sure your child has everything together and ready for the Field Trip on Friday. Also, please remember the April Reading Logs are due this Friday.

April 23-27, 2012

Third Grade Teachers

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B. B. Comer Elementary

256-315-5430

Homework:

Monday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 27. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

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

Wednesday: · FLIP-IT Binder Reading: Choose at least one of the Fluency Builders for Lesson 27. Read the front and back and record on reading log · Reading Log (15 Minutes)

Thursday: · Lesson 27 Spelling Test · Lesson 27 Vocabulary Test · Spiders and Their Webs Story Test · Adverbs Quiz

Friday: · McWane Center Field Trip Today!

Calendar of Events:

· 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 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 27: V/V Syllable Pattern: lion, dial, idea, neon, science,

area, radio, quiet, piano, fluid, video, loyal, stereo, pliers, create,

cereal, triumph, poetry, reality, scientific

Spiders and Their Webs

Lesson 27 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. justice – If you treat others fairly, you are showing justice.

2. task – A task is a job that needs to be done.

3. elaborate – Something that is elaborate is decorated with many details.

4. inventive –A person who creates or solves something in a new way is inventive.

5. prey – An animal that is hunted for food is prey.

6. shallow – Something shallow is not very deep.

7. strands – Long, thin pieces of something are strands.

8. social – A social animal is one that lives in a group with other animals of the same kind.

9. spiral – A spiral shape curls around and around in a circle.

10. reels – A person reels something in by winding up a line attached to it.

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 Chapter 26 which is about adding and subtracting fractions. In Grammar this week, we will be discussing adverbs and having a quiz on these on Thursday. In Science class this week, we will continue 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.