Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

February 8, 2016

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
February
Due
February
February
Night
February
February
February

Dates to Remember!
9th Dominos Fundraiser Money
12th Sugar Wars Dental Visit
15th NO SCHOOL- Chick-fil-a
18th Skate Night
22nd Mrs. Beards Birthday
26th NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

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This Week in School

Math- Measurement
Reading- Identifying and understanding biographies
and the importance of the individual traits
Writing- Opinion and persuasive writing Write a
speech based on students opinion
Science Habitats and adaptations
Social Studies Economics Producers and
Consumers
Grammar Synonyms Words that mean the same
thing
Antonyms Words that have the opposite meaning
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February Birthdays

Beard: Ashley 1st, Lexie 13th, Mrs. Beard

22nd, Nally 27th
Goss: Mason 20th, Annsley 22nd
Schmus: Judayis 28th
Wingo: Mason 11th
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Free Apps:

Monster Math
Times Tables Quiz
Times Tables Games
Math Monster Bingo
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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!)

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www.kidtopia.info
www.safesearch.com

Fifth Valentine Store

Each day this week 5th grade will be in the
lobby selling Valentines Day gifts and treats.
The items range from $1.00 to $5.00. All
proceeds go to benefit 5th grade end of the
year pool party!

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IXL Skills to practice:

Math: Measurement - U.1 U.4

Grammar: Synonyms JJ.1 JJ.3 Antonyms
KK.1 KK.3
Science: Ecosystems N.1 Traits K.1 K.2
Social Studies: Economics H.1 H.4
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Wildcat Character Education - Kindness

Kindness is the quality of being friendly, generous and

considerate. Your teachers will be looking for students
to recognize who are being kind. Respect other
students comment, opinions and ideas. Surprise others
by performing random acts of kindness.

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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

Spelling Words: sugar, being, leave, noun, its, flower,

flour, bored, board, hair, hare, clear, orbit, position,
sphere
(ALL HOMEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY
FRIDAY)
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