Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

March 14, 2016

Lanier Elementary School

Dates to Remember!
March 14th McDonalds Spirit Night
March 17th Teacher Skate Night Wear Green
March 18th Spring Pictures
March 21st Chick-fil-a Spirit Night
March 25th NO SCHOOL -GOOD FRIDAY
March 30th Strong for Life Assembly
March 31st Field trip Warbington Farms
April 4th 8th SPRING BREAK NO SCHOOL

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This Week in School
Math Volume and Mass: grams and kilograms,
liters, milliters Friday - math assessment over
elapsed time, area/perimeter, and grams/kilograms,
liters/milliters
Reading- Identifying the main idea of a paragraph
Writing- Nonfiction research on science topic of
choice Produce 5 paragraph paper over topic
Science Pollution and Conservation
Social Studies Latitude & Longitude, Equator and
Prime Meridian, Rivers and Mountains
Grammar Simple, Compound, and Complex
Sentences
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Field Trip to Warbington Farms

Please send in money and signed permission
slip. It is $9 for each child and $5 for
each adult. Field trip is scheduled for
March 31st. We would love for you to join
us!
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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.html
(practice math facts here!)
www.kidtopia.info
www.safesearch.com
Science/Social Studies
www.pebblego.com
www.brainpopjr.com
www.brainpop.com
http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams
/

@lanierwildcats

Milestone Testing
Testing will begin April 19th and end on April
29th. Please mark your calendars for these
important dates! It is extremely important for
your child to be at school every day and ON
TIME! We have already started reviewing and
will continue to review all the material covered
this year.
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Teacher Skate Night
Come join us this Thursday, March 17th at
Skate Country from 6-8 for Teacher Night.
DONT FORGET TO WEAR YOUR GREEN!
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IXL Skills to practice:

Math: Mass/Weight U.13, U.14

Grammar: A.1, A.2, W.1, W.2
Science: N/A
Social Studies: 3rd Grade A.3, 4th Grade A.2
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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 - Students should use
bubble sheet to answer the Milestone Practice
Questions on the back of math homework
sheet (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 or write a sentence for each word
Weekly Spelling Words: winter, army, cellar,
garden, market, basket, welcome, until, always,
cowboy, logical, lasso, change, estimate, whose
(ALL HOMEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY
FRIDAY)
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