Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

December 7, 2015

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
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Dates to Remember!
11th Multiplication Ice Cream Sundae Party
11th Santa Night 5:00-8:00 pm
14th McDonalds Spirit Night
17th Skate Night
17th Classroom Winter Party
18th January 4th NO SCHOOL
21st Chick-Fil-a Spirit Night

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This Week in School
Math- Geometry: AREA: How to find the area of a
given shape. Polygon, angles, sides, lines
Reading- Reading nonfiction text or articles and
identifying most important details and main ideas
Writing- Comparing and contrasting nonfiction
articles and topics
Science: Soil types loam, sand, clay
Social Studies: Ancient Greece
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ATTENTION PARENTS:

We are in need of volunteers to help with

Santa Night on December 11th. Please
consider working a 30 minute slot that night. Without
parent participation this night is NOT possible.
Please let your teacher know ASAP if you are available
to help.
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Helpful Websites:
Hall County Learning Support
http://bigideas.hallco.org/web/
Launch Point
Math Websites
http://www.yummymath.com/
www.ixl.com
http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.ht
ml
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/study
jams/ (practice math facts here!)
Science/Social Studies
www.pebblego.com
www.brainpopjr.com
www.brainpop.com
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyj
ams/
Stocking Stuffers Needed

Each class is going to be filling stockings for

each student in the room. Please see the
letter about appropriate items and the
amount needed. We will have the Stocking
Stuffer Sharing Party on December 17th
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Publix Key Tags

Help support Lanier Elementary just by

shopping!!! All you have to do is scan the card
anytime that you shop at Publix. For every
$37,000 spent, Lanier will receive $250. Every
little bit counts!

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IXL Skills to practice:
Geometry: V.1, V.2, V.3, V.4, V.5, V.20, V.21, V.22,
V.23

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Character Education December
Showing Appreciation Appreciation is being
grateful or thankful for something. Always say
thank you when given something. When you
receive something, do not insult the gift or the
giver.

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BYOD Please allow your child to begin
bringing their own devices this week. We are
conducting research and will need them in
class. If you have not signed the BYOD form
we must have one on file before bringing a
device.
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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 or sentences using all
your words
Spelling Words: south, without, second, birds, loose,
choose, shook, understood, balloon, looked, predict,
pattern, season, pentagon, hexagon
(SPELLING HOMEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY
FRIDAY)