Third Grades Weekly Newsletter

September 19, 2016

Lanier Elementary School

@lanierwildcats
Dates to Remember!
September 27th Yankee Candle Fundraiser Due
October 6th Curriculum Night @ 5:45 followed by
Title I Parent Meeting @ 6:30
October 10th NO SCHOOL Columbus Day
October 14th Dahlonega Gold Mine Field Trip
October 14th Bingo and Fall Fun 5:30 8:00

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Ways to Help PTO

Collect box tops - Students name goes in raffle

for $100 gift card to Academy Sports, ends
October 21st
Collect bottle caps with codes from your
favorite drinks

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Bingo Night Fall Activities

Come join us Friday, October 14th for Bingo and

fun, Fall activities. The fun will be from 5:30
8:00. There will be bingo, pumpkin painting, face
painting, and so much more! Contact PTO if you are
available to help that night!

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This Week in School
Math- Multiplication: multiplication war, arrays, and
the properties of multiplication
Reading- Explain how the actions of a character
contributes to the sequence of events
Writing- Use dialogue and descriptions of actions,
thoughts, and feelings to show characters responses in a
narrative story
Grammar: Produce simple, compound, and complex
sentences
Science: What is heat? How is it produced?
Social Studies: Greece: explain the idea from
ancient Athens, Greece that a community should
choose its own leaders. Compare and contrast a
direct democracy with a representative democracy

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Rally Foundation Fundraiser

During the month of September 3rd grade is

collecting your coins or any money for the
Rally Foundation Research Center. The Rally
Foundation is researching ways to help cure
childhood cancer. Any money you can send will
help! Thank you for your support!!!
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Helpful Websites to Use At Home
http://bigideas.hallco.org/web/#
(MATH FACT PRACITICE)
http://www.oswego.org/ocsdweb/games/Mathmagician/cathymath.html
go.hallco.org Launch Point Link Students
can access FASTT Math (HMH) and many
other websites from this link. They must
log in with their 6-digit student id.
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Homework Written AssignmentsAll due by Friday
Math Math Sheet - one page of the skills we
are working on each week (Due Friday)
Spelling Homework Begins this week! Spelling
tests will be given each Friday. The words for
this week are: long, froze, wrote, coach, roast,
oat, show, throw, know, grow, again, going, then,
people, where
RAH Log (Read at Home) - Complete RAH log
each night Monday through Thursday,
recommendation is 15-20 minutes. Record the
books read on RAH Log in T.E.A.M. Binder.
MAH (Math at Home) - Initial agenda, complete
math facts practice each night Monday through
Thursday, recommendation is 5-10 minutes math
facts practice.
Dojo Tracker Please sign each Friday!

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