Third Grade Information
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Welcome to 3rd Grade! This Thursday, Feb. 9th, the PTA has invited the 3rd graders to perform at the meeting. We would like our students to perform our "States of Matter" song to show what we are learning. We hope that students and parents will come out to help us support our PTA that night! Save the Date! JanFebruary 9th - 3rd Grade performance at PTA meeting February 16 - Progress Reports February 17- Staff Development Day - No students February 20th - President's Day - no school *Please keep Zach in your thoughts as he heals from his snake bite. He is making great progress and he has proven he is one tough guy! Grading Scale
A = 100 - 93 Excellent! D = 76 - 70 Needs Improvement F = Below 70 Failing/Unsatisfactory Our Schedule 7:30 - 8:00 Morning Work 8:00 - 9:00 1st Switch 9:00 - 10:00 2nd Switch 10:15 - 11:00 Special Area 11:00 - 11:45 Bathroom and Lunch 11:55 - 12:20 Recess 12:30 - 1:30 3rd Switch 1:30 - 2:15 Writing & Grammar * 1:45 - 2:15 Exploratories on students' days WHAT WE ARE UP TO...
READING: taylorhe@berkeley.k12.sc.us htaylor180@gmail.com (emergencies only please) Our TREAT jar is very low! If you would like to send in wrapped candy, it would be greatly appreciated! Thank you Davidson, Loverde, and Butch Family for donating! We are also in need of Kleenex and Pencil Top Erasers We will be using Playdough in class! So much fun!! If you would like to donate to our class, we would appreciate it! We will begin using the NURSE strategy in class. Please work with your child at home using the learning strategies to prepare for tests. (Great for Science and Social Studies too!!) N- Number the paragraphs U- Underline the title R- Read the questions first S- Summarize the story E- Evidence of the answer
Focus Skills for the week: PLEASE review NURSE strategy! We will practice our reading fluency and comprehension through Cloze passages on Monday and Tuesday. Please ask your child to share with you! Treats are given for the highest score. They have one minute to complete! Main Focus Skill: Cause: Why does it happen? Effect: What happens? Remember C comes before E!!! The cause happens first in a sequence! Students will continue to discuss, define, and explore unfamiliar words, make predictions and pay close attention to details in the text, respond to questions and discussions with relevant and focused comments, and sumarize information from the text. Each child will be responsible for a role in order to complete the above tasks. Santee- The Green Book by Jill Paton Walsh- Savannah- The Secret Message by Idella Bodie- Packet Due FRIDAY Edisto- Ramona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary Each group will complete a packet that will focus on vocabulary and a variety of ELA skills. This will be completeted in and out of class and will count as a TEST grade. Please look for the packet to come home by the end of the week :) Excellent Websites and they are FREE! www.timeforkids.com www.kidshealth.org www.weeklyreader.com www.dogonews.com Standards: Parents: Reading Assessments will have questions from previous standards tested. We continue to integrate reading standards in the classroom on a daily basis. We will have an assessment every Friday on focus skills. Wish List: Tissues- This is the season for lots of runny noses and we are already out of tissue!! If you would like to donate a box, it would be greatly appreciated! Mrs. Irimescu - Math Teacher irimescub@berkeley.k12.sc.us Math: We are going to continue with geometry throughout the month of February. The South Carolina state standards that we will be covering are as follows: PARENTS: Your student will be bringing home a geometry portfolio on Wednesday that they have made in class. Please make sure that they study the porfolio. There are a lot of difficult vocabulary words in geometry, so it is essential that your child studies for his or her tests and quizzes. As always thank you for your continued support. 3-2.7 Recall basic multiplication facts and corresponding division facts through 12x12 (Ongoing) 3-4.1 Identify the specific attributes of circles: center, radius, circumference, and diameter 3-4.5 Classify triangles by the length of their sides as either scalene, isosceles, or equlateral and by the size of their angles as either acute, obtuse, or right Art infusion with Mrs. Bennett this week! ~Homework: Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday Quiz on circles and triangles on Thursday, February 9,2012 ***The next BANK-IN-SCHOOL IS THURSDAY, March 1, 2012 Mega Math Games: Ice Station Exploration--Polar Planes levels A - G Math Grade Weights: -
Classwork~ 10% -
Homework~ 20% -
Quizzes~ 30% -
Tests and Projects~ 40% Mrs. Lott - Science and Social Studies Teacher IMPORTANT!!! Starting the 2nd semester of 3rd grade, students will begin having review questions on each test to help students prepare for PASS testing. The review questions will start out as 1/4th the point value of the other questions and will eventually count the same amount as we move toward May. The questions will come from previous assessments. To help students prepare, review previous tests and allow them time to play previous units on Study Island. 
HELP NEEDED! ~ In an effort to help organize student binders, I will be making students dividers with specific units labeled and what should be included in that section. To do this in mass numbers, I need about 600 sheets of white cardstock. The sooner, the better! ~ For a future Science project, we will need 25- 1 3/4 inch wooden toy wheels- found in the wood section of AC Moore. In the Sunday paper there is always a coupon for 40% off one item! SCIENCE: This week we will review all that we have learned on the states of matter to prepare for our test. When we have completed the unit test on matter, we will be learning all about force and motion! TEST DATE: Tuesday, February 8th. *Remember, there will be review questions from previous tests on the test! We will review previous material briefly in class, but review time at home will help them the most. Standards in focus: 3-4.1 Classify different forms of matter (including solids, liquids, and gases) according to their observable and measurable properties. 3-4.2 Explain how water and other substances change from one state to another (including melting, freezing, condensing, boiling, and evaporating). 3-4.3 Explain how heat moves easily from one object to another through direct contact in some materials (called conductors) and not so easily through other materials (called insulators). 3-4.4 Identify sources of heat and exemplify ways that heat can be produced (including rubbing, burning, and using electricity). materials (called conductors) and not so easily through other materials (called insulators). 
SOCIAL STUDIES: Wow! The students did well on the tough subject of government :) We are now continuing this time period by focusing on the daily life of the people and what they did during this antebellum time period. This would be a great time to have them watch "Gone With the Wind"! THANK YOU TO MRS. LINDA (Jalyn Ford's grandmother) FOR MAKING THE BEAUTIFUL ANTEBELLUM DRESS FOR 3RD GRADE! *This week students will be given the guidelines for a project on the antebellum period. The project guidelines will be available on the resources tab after *Wednesday when the students are given the assignment. (* may change) Standards in Focus this Week: 3-4.2 Summarize the development of slavery in antebellum South Carolina, including the invention of the cotton gin and the subsequent expansion of and economic dependence on slavery. 3-4.1 Compare the economic conditions for various classes of people in South Carolina, including the elite, the middle class, the lower class, the independent farmers, and the enslaved and free African Americans.  Writing and Grammar skill focus this week:
This week we will be focusing on the writing process step by step. Students will be expected to use the process in the following weeks when we are preparing for our "Mock PASS Writing Test" that will take place in March. Though our 3rd graders will not be taking the actual PASS test for writing, we want to prepare them for the process. The "mock" test will be counted as a major grade for Language Arts.  WISH LIST: - WHITE CARDSTOCK & WOODEN WHEELS- See note in Sci and Soc St section. - Copy paper - Pencils! - Pencil top erasers - Colored copy paper
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