Windhams Wild Things Week of August 17 Decemebr January 27-31

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Mrs. Windham
Mapping Our Week & Beyond

Explore: A Closer Look

Reading: Unit 3 Test This week in reading we will be preparing

to take the Unit 3 Benchmark Test. Each day we will review different Thursday, Jan. 30th:Chick-Fil-A Spirit Nighttest taking strategies and skills. We will take the test on Tuesday and Third Grade Teachers serve!!! Wednesday. There are 6 sections /stories we will be tested on. How Monday, February 10 PTA Fun & Family Fitness can you help? Encourage your child to read carefully, look in the text Night 6:15-8:15 for the answers and to take his/her time. Also, remember, read every night and encourage your child to stay focused on reading books for Thursday, March 27: Third Grade Field Trip Accelerated Reader! Read each night and fill in the Reading Log, to Columbia remember it must be signed by a parent/guardian. Your child should be reading at least (minimum) 20 minutes each day. More than that is good too!

Writing: Research Reports

This week, we are continuing our Famous Americans Research. We will be finishing our note taking and begin drafting. In addition, we are practicing editing paragraphs. There will be a quiz on Thursday.

Math: Geometry
This week we will begin our unit on Geometry. Our focus this week will be on identifying and describing lines, angles, and polygons. Please continue to practice multiplication facts nightly.

Social Studies: Colonial S. C. and the Revolutionary War We are ready to start our study of South Carolina leading up to and including the Revolutionary War. We will start with learning the names of the 13 original colonies, what life in the South Carolina colony was like, and begin to learn about the reasons the colonists were dissatisfied with British rule. There will be a quiz on the 13 original colonies on Friday.

Sailing the Web

Teacher Websites
http://teachers.greenville.k12.sc.us/lwin dham www.multiplication.com- great practice for multiplication!

Fun and Family Fitness Night Please join us at Fun and Family Fitness Night on Monday, February 10th from 6:15 until 8:15. The whole family is invited to participate in a number of fun events. We will be having a speed walking course, Zumba, aerobics, bootcamp, Furman football players and cheerleaders, a fencing demonstration, jump rope competitions and much, much more. The CATCH super heroes will be here and a sampling of the school lunch program, Culinary Creations, will be available. Come on out and enjoy the evening with us!! Weekly Words

Spelling Words: January February June July August September Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday WWW: Spelling words will be used for dictations sentences this week.

March April May October November December Thursday Friday Saturday Bonus Words: parallel perpendicular