Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

September 14, 2015

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
Dates to Remember!
September 17th Parent Night @ 6:00
September 23rd Add./Sub. math facts
party
September 28th PTO 5th Grade
October 1st Running Club Begins
October 9th AR Party Eat lunch in room
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Parent Night Please Attend

Thursday, September 17th @

6:00 in Media Center
We will be discussing: Letter Grades,
Georgia Standards of Excellence, Canvas,
Parent Portal, Curriculum, Bring Your Own
Device, and end of grade level testing
(GA Milestones)
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This Week in School

Math- Review addition and subtraction with
regrouping in the ones, tens, hundreds, and
thousands place
Math Assessment Friday: Rounding to nearest
tens and hundreds with 3-digit and 4-digit numbers;
Addition and subtraction with regrouping across
multiple place values
Reading- Reading Assessment: Retelling with
details, making connections to books and
characters; Text-to-Text, Text-to-Self, Text-to-world
connections
Writing- Publishing: Fictional Narrative Writing
Science Heat, Energy, Friction, conduction,
convection, radiation
Social Studies Review Historical Figures: Paul
Revere, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony,
Mary McLeod Bethune

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Helpful Websites:
Hall County Learning Support
http://bigideas.hallco.org/web/
Math Websites
www.ixl.com
http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
Science/Social Studies
www.pebblego.com
www.brainpopjr.com
www.brainpop.com
Addition and Subtraction Math Facts
Game Day Incentive September 23rd

Students who have passed their addition and

subtraction timed tests will receive game time.
A specific amount of game time will be based
off which tests they have passed. Students
who have completed test #3 will receive 20
minutes, test #4 40 minutes, and test #5 will
receive all 60 minutes. Students will have until
next Wednesday to pass tests, so please
encourage your child and help them practice
their facts in order to reach their goals!

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IXL Skills to practice:

Addition: C.6, C.7, C.9

Subtraction: D.4, D.6, D.7
Rounding: P.1, P.2, P.3, P.4
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Homework
Written Assignments-all due by Friday
Math Math Sheet - one page of the skills
we are working on each week (Due Friday)
Spelling Homework (Due Friday)
Written Spelling Work
-write each word 2 times each
- write all words in ABC order
-write a creative short story using all your
words (it may be kind of goofy)
Spelling Words: upon, thought, strong,
story, burst, strip, stream, street, distance,
least, hundred, east, object, sum, difference
(SPELLING HOMEWORK MUST BE
TURNED IN BY FRIDAY)
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Wildcat Essentials
Character TraitResponsibility
Being responsible means that you
are dependable in carrying out
obligations and duties. Showing
responsibility is being accountable
for your own actions.
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