3rd Grade / Kimbrell’s and Taylor’s
Crews’ News / Week of:
02/06/17
Reading/Language: / Math:
Unit 6: Our Government: City, State, & Country
Book for the Week: America
**We will continue to read about famous African Americans.
READING SKILLS:
- Main Idea & Supporting Details
- Character Traits & Feelings
- Theme & Central Message
- Context Clues
- Text Structures – REVIEW ALL
- Affixes Review
- Figurative Language - review
- Fact & Opinion
- Review comparative and superlative adjectives (-er and –est)
- Punctuation & Capitalization review
- Using commas and quotation marks in dialogue
- Using apostrophes in possessive nouns
LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, & JUDICIAL
**Common Assessment 3.1 will be given Friday on the iPad. We will finish Monday.
CANDY HOME PROJECTS:DUE THIS FRIDAY, FEB. 10th! FOR A GRADE! / Math Skills this week include:
Monday- Performance Task
Tuesday- 11:1- Lines and Line Segments and Vocabulary Test
Wednesday- 11:2- Angles
Thursday-11:3- Polygons
Friday- 11:4- Triangles and Lesson Check on 11:1-11:4
COMING UP: Math Vocabulary Quiz on Feb. 7th
Clinton Vocabulary – Test Friday, March 3rd!
Natchez Trace -A historical route that was originally used by Indians and pioneer settlers.
Resident- A person who resides in a place
Mount Salus- Clinton’s original name, meaning mountain of health, since it was built near a large, flowing spring
Springs- An important feature of the land in Clinton that provided good drinking water
Mississippi College- the oldest senior college in the state of Mississippi formerly known as Hampstead Academy
DeWitt Clinton- former governor of New York in which the city of Clinton was named after
Choctaw- Native American people originally from the Southeastern United States who resided in Clinton
Community- A place where people live, work, and have fun together
Citizen- Someone who is a member of community or country
Volunteer- someone who works without pay
Note from Your Teachers: / Writing:
PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME THIS WEEK along with graded papers on Wed. Please sign and return by Friday. Thank you! / We are using “The Story of Ruby Bridges” book from last week and completing a writing prompt on the book for a writing grade this week.
PLEASE LOOK ON THE BACK
Reminders: / Spelling:
1. Don’t forget to sign up to receive messages from us through Remind:
For TAYLOR’S homeroom: text @8ka3fe to 81010
For KIMBRELL’S homeroom: text @g6776 to 81010
2. WE HAVE FUN PICTURES AND VIDEOS ON INSTAGRAM:
Check us outat kimbrelltaylor_2017.
3.Please remember to initial the NEW home reading log EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT. Your child may read a book on their levelfrom myOn(suggestions listed below), a book of choice, or their library book. You should be able to go to myOn.com and enter your child’s ID (first name.last name) and password (goarrows) to get in. Make sure you enter “Clinton Northside” in the School Box. Your child will get a treat for each Tuesday night they read. THANKS!
myOn choices for this Tuesday night:
- Mae Jemison (2.8)
- Thurgood Marshall (3.2)
- Levi Strauss and Blue Jeans (3.8)
- Alexander Graham Bell and the Telephone (4.4)
- The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (6.2)
MARK YOUR CALENDAR:
FAMILY FUN NIGHT – FEB. 24th! / Spelling List 3 –
Test is Friday02/17/17!
started
card
park
smart
star
shark
mark
barber
party
pardon
bark
tart
carpet
farther
barn
alarm
bizarre
dark
startle
cadinal
**FIELD TRIPS COMING UP:
(1) We are planning a tour of Clinton field trip for the week before Spring Break. More details to come home soon!
(2) Please turn in pink permission forms for the MS Braves Game Field Trip now. The money is due ($15) by March 27th.
FRINDLE DAY!!
Your child may bring a pen to write with on Wednesday in honor of our book Frindlethat we are reading in class!
Classroom Business or Needs:
PLEASE GRAB ANY BAGS OF GUM OR CANDY YOU MAY SEE ON SALE
WHEN YOU ARE OUT. WE ARE GETTING VERY LOW ON TREATS. THANKS!
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