Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

December 1, 2014
December
December
December
December

Lanier Elementary School

Dates to Remember!
5 Chick-fil-a biscuits $3
5th Santa Night 5:00-8:00
10th McDonalds Night
11th Chorus Performs @ 4:30 @
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Lanier Village Estate

December 17th - Chick fil-a Night 5pm 8pm
December 18th Class Party 10:30 am (Breakfast)

December 22nd January 5th NO SCHOOL

January 6th Report Cards go home
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This Week in School
Math- Finding Area; Two step word problems with
multiplication and division
Reading- Nonfiction reading begins! All about text
features, comparing and contrasting fiction and NF
Writing- Informational Writing Facts vs Opinions
Science Georgia Habitats Mountains, Piedmont,
Swamp/Marsh, Coastal, Atlantic Ocean
Social Studies Economics- Productive resources
Natural, human, capitol, entrepreneurship

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Homework-DUE FRIDAY
Social Studies Income Interview Sheet
Math-Weekly Sheet, Math facts practice
Spelling bear, tear, haircut, stairs, wear,
airplane, compare, repair, pear, prepare, stare,
glare, sharing, fairy, aware
Reading-Read 20 minutes every night and
complete Book-It Sheet for free pizza
Read with fluency and expression. After
reading retell using lots of details. Please
return agenda to school EVERY DAY signed
by parent.

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IXL Skills to Practice
Math

R.10 Areas of figures made out of unit squares

R.11 Area of rectangles
R.12 Area of squares and rectangles
R.13 Area of complex figures
R. 14 Area between two rectangles
Language Arts
NN.1 Identify base words, prefixes, and suffixes
NN.2 Determine the meaning of a word with pre-, re, or
misNN.3 Use the prefixes pre-, re-, and mis-

NN.4 - Determine the meaning of a word with ful

and -less

@lanierwildcats

December Birthdays

Kali Hartis- 6th - Goss

Miranda Peyton- 16th Goss
Jake Hitchcock 21st - Schmus
Crystal Hollis 28th - Schmus
Miriam Risley - 29th - Beard
Abi Hastings 31st - Beard
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Word of the Month: Appreciation

To show an
attitude
of gratitude and thankfulness in all
situations!
Mrs. Beard Wayne Tuggle
Mrs. Goss Aby Montoya
Mrs. Schmus Addison Helton
Mrs. Wingo Mary Jayne Whaley
Congratulations to each of these students
for showing their appreciation and an
attitude of gratitude!!!

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Helpful websites and links

www.ixl.com Practice math and Language Arts
skills we are working on in class.
www.destiny.hallco.org Check out and read ebooks. These books can be read for 20 minutes of
RAH homework or find fun and helpful
educational links.
Pebble Go at:
https://www.pebblego.com/login.php?sqs=bb8b209f3
cefd09e196103ca413af02234e9ff8015290a20b9aa3393d
81173e5. This is a great website for science and
social studies topics. Students are very familiar
with this site. Check it out!!!
https://safari.hallco.org/SAFARI/montage/login/logi
n.php? use student id for username and password
http://magazines.scholastic.com/ - News for kids
http://discoverykids.com/ Science for kids