Announcement

Dear students, parents and friends,
    As you may know, my 38-year teaching career has come to an end. After much thought and prayer, I officially retired on May 31, 2012. The decision was not easy, nor one I took lightly, as I have enjoyed teaching and have many fond memories of you. However, I felt it was time to close this chapter and begin the next chapter of my life. I am looking forward to spending more time with my own children and grandchildren. I will miss seeing my former students and getting my hugs. I wish each of you all the best.
    With love and best wishes for a bright future,
     Ms. Murphy

Summer break: Thursday last student day

Have a safe and fun summer!!

Newsletter

I'm looking forward to seeing you at Awards' Day on Thursday from 12-2!

May 14-18, 2012

Third Grade Teachers

http://bbces.tcboe.org/

B. B. Comer Elementary

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Homework:

Monday:   Write Lesson 29 Spelling Words 3 times each Read for 15 minutes

Tuesday:   Write Lesson 29 Spelling Words in ABC order Read for 15 minutes

Wednesday: Read for 15 minutes

Thursday: Awards Day Today at 12:00 Study for all of your Lesson 29 tests

Friday: Lesson 29 Spelling Test Lesson 29 Vocabulary Test The Planets Story Test Punctuation/Capitalization Quiz Math Test on Division with Remainders

Calendar of Events:

• May 17^th: Awards Day Grades 3, 4, 5 at 12:00
• May 24^th: Last Student Day
• There will not be an official Reading Log for the month of May.  However, students do need to continue the practice of reading for 15 minutes each night.
• There will not be a May Math Calendar. 
• The first day of school for 2012-2013 is scheduled for Thursday, August 9^th.

Spelling Words

Lesson 29: Prefixes bi-, non-, over-: overnight, bicycle, nonstop,

overdue, overlook, biweekly, overflow, nonsense, oversee, overhead,

nonfiction, overcoat, nonfat, overdone, biplane, overtaken,

overheat, nonstick, nontoxic, overboard

The Planets

Lesson 29 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.  rotate-Something that rotates spins like a top.

2.  steady-A light that is steady always looks the same and does not change or go out.

3.  reflect-When something reflects light, the light bounces off the surface instead of passing through it.

4.  surface-The surface of something is the top part of it.

5.  evidence-Evidence is proof that something has happened.

6.  appear-How something appears is the way it looks or seems to be.

7.  distinct-When there are several similar but separate objects, the objects are said to be distinct.

8.  slightly-When something happens slightly, you can barely tell it happened.

9.  infinite-When there is so much of something that it cannot be measured, it is infinite.

10.expansive-Something that is expansive covers a very large area.

From the Teacher:

In math class this week, we will continue to discuss Chapter 30 which is about division with remainders.  In Grammar this week, we will be discussing punctuation and capitalization.  We will begin Lesson 29 in Language Arts this week.  All Language Arts testing will be this Friday as it normally is.  In Science class this week, we will read and discuss Chapter 15 in our Science books which is about the planets, constellations, and moon phases.  For the month of April, we started reading the book, Poetry for Young People by Langston Hughes and have been completing activities and poetry related to this book.  We will continue this book this week.  If you have access to the Internet at home, you can research the author to learn more about him and his books.