Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

February 29, 2016

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
Dates to Remember!
March 4th Chicken Biscuits
March 4th Habitat Assessment
March 4th March 11th Book Fair
March 7th Habitat Project Due
March 11th School Dance Hollywood
Glamour
6:00 8:00 in the gym
March 14th McDonalds Spirit Night
March 17th Teacher Skate Night Wear
Green
March 21st Chick-fil-a Spirit Night
March 25th NO SCHOOL -GOOD FRIDAY

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This Week in School

Math Telling time and elapsed time with number
line
Reading- Identifying the main idea of a paragraph
Writing- Nonfiction research of economic topic and
Science Habitats of Georgia Marsh Swamp and
then review all habitats
Social Studies Economics Supply and demand
Grammar Contractions
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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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Marchs Character Education Cooperation

Cooperation - is working together to do more than you
can do alone. During discussions, respect other
students comments, opinions, and ideas.

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IXL Skills to practice:

Math: Time S.6, S.7, S.8

Grammar: Contractions Z.1, Z.2
Science: Adaptations L.1 L.4
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: thick, strangest, bigger,
better, highest, tallest, richest, smarter, louder,
hotter, jumped, describe, data, farmers, unlikely
(ALL HOMEWORK MUST BE TURNED IN BY
FRIDAY)
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March Birthdays

Beard: Patrick 6th, Josh 10th, Jayden 21st

Goss: N/A
Schmus: Lindsey 2nd, Mrs. Schmus 6th
Wingo: Eli 20th, Valiree 31st
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Read Across America Week

Monday Dress like your favorite book character

Tuesday Wear Your Wacky Socks
Wednesday Wear your Pajamas Days
Thursday Crazy Hair Day
Friday Groovy Day Wear your favorite tie dye