John P.

Freeman
Optional School
Memphis, TN
November 16 - 20, 2015

Third Grade Newsletter

News for the college bound third graders at John P. Freeman
Spelling List
words with au, aw, al, and o
1. talk
2. cross
3. awful
4. law
5. cloth
6. cost
7. crawl
8. chalk
9. also
10.
raw
11.
salt
12.
wall
13.
lawn
14.
always
15.
soft
16.
small
17.
often
18.
strawberry
19.
experiment
20. invention

**Test Schedule**

Friday, November 20 State Test over the

midwestern states Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
Wisconsin. Students must also locate major
cities on a blank map: Charleston, Chicago,
Knoxville, Los Angeles, Memphis, Mexico
City,
Nashville, New York, Seattle, and
Washington D.C. and know the states that
comprise the various regions of the United States
- Northeast, West, Mid-West, South, West
Thursday, November 20 Multiplication Test
Friday, November 20- Spelling Test
Friday, November 20 Reading Test

This Weeks Academics

Language Arts: Young Thomas Edison and Moving
Pictures
Grammar: pronouns and antecedents
Phonics: words with au, aw, al, and o
Writing: opinion writing: draft a response to Literature
Focus trait: sentence fluency
Fluency: accuracy
Comprehension Skills: main idea and details,
sequence of events
Target Strategy: summarize
Math: Topic 5 and 6 Multiplication
Science I can explore the relationship between an
organisms characteristics and its ability to survive in a
particular environment. I can classify organisms as
thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
Social Studies: I identify 3 Grand Divisions and I can
identify supply and demand and import and export.

Please study the following nightly

with your child:
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Multiplication tables- Each child knows what

they are testing on this week
State test over the midwestern states - Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota, Wisconsin

Important dates

November 19 Date with Dads

November 25-27 - Thanksgiving Break