Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

February 22, 2016

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
Dates to Remember!
February 26th NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
March 7th Habitat Project Due
March 11th School Dance Hollywood
Glamour
March 17th Teacher Skate Night Wear
Green

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This Week in School

Math MATH TEST TUEDAY: Scale Picture Graphs
Reading and Interpreting Graphs
Reading- Identifying the main idea of a paragraph
Writing- Historical Figure Opinion Speech
Assessment
Science Habitats of Georgia Coastal Plain and
Ocean
Social Studies Economics Needs vs. Wants
Grammar Subject verb agreement
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Free Math 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!)

www.kidtopia.info

www.safesearch.com
Science/Social Studies
www.pebblego.com
www.brainpopjr.com
www.brainpop.com

http://studyjams.scholastic.com/studyjams/
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Six Flags Reading Forms

Earn a free ticket to Six Flags by simply reading! Log your
reading each night on the RAH Log and the Six Flags Reading
Form. You can double dip! You must read a total of 360
minutes (6 hours).
Be sure to turn in the form to your teacher

by Thursday, February 26th.

HELP PTO BY:

Saving your bottle caps with codes
underneath. Find them on: Coke,
PowerAde, and Dasani Water Bottles
Box Tops
Link your Kroger Card to Lanier and we
get a percentage of the sales (see store
for details)
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IXL Skills to practice:

Math: T.5, T.7, T.9, T.10

Grammar: Subject Verb Agreement: I.1, I.2,
I.3
Science: Plants: J.1 J.5
Social Studies: Economics H.1 H.4
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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: hugged, correct, funny,
happy, puppy, common, collect, bottles, different,
lesson, error, evidence, conclusion, opinion, certain
(ALL HOMEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY
FRIDAY)
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Georgia Milestone
Testing will be conducted April 19th 27th. We will begin
reviewing all the skills covered thus far, while
continuing to learn new skills. It is very important for
your child to be at school every day and on time. We
begin instruction promptly at 7:50 so please make sure
they are here and ready to learn. We understand some
absences cannot be helped. Please touch base with your
childs teacher about any makeup work.