3rd Grade / Kimbrell’s and Taylor’s
Crews’ News / Week of:
01/30/16
Reading/Language: / Math:
Unit 5: CREATIVE PEOPLE &
Famous African Americans
Story Focus: The Story of Ruby Bridges
**We will continue to read passages on artists, too.
READING SKILLS:
· Main Idea & Supporting Details
· Theme/Central Message
· Context Clues
· Finding Evidence to support answers
· Figurative Language – review
· Analyzing illustrations and artwork
· Text Structures – Focus on cause & effect and problem/solution
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
· Review all PARTS OF SPEECH
Focus on pronouns and nouns they replace
· Types of Sentences
· Transition words/phrases
GRADES GIVEN THIS WEEK:
**VOCABULARY TEST IS TOMORROW**
**Creative People Unit Test is Thurs. and Friday**
**A writing assessment using the Ruby Bridges book will be completed throughout this week.**
**Fluency 3.1 grade will be given**
CANDY HOME PROJECTS:
DUE FEB. 10th! / Math Skills this week include:
Monday- 10:6- Equivalent Fractions and the Number Line
Tuesday- 10:7- Whole Numbers and Fractions
Wednesday- 10:8- Using Fractions
Thursday- 10:9- Problem Solving: Draw a picture and 10:6-10:9 Lesson Check
Friday- Topic 10 test and Spelling Test 3-2
COMING UP: Math Vocabulary Quiz on Feb. 7th
Creative People Vocab. -Test THIS Tues., Jan. 31st
satisfaction – (n.) feeling fulfilled after accomplishing a task
creativity – (n.) the ability to generate unique ideas and solutions
composer- (n.) a person who writes music
symphony – (n.) an elaborate musical composition for full orchestra
museum –(n.) a building in which objects of historical, scientific, artistic, or cultural interest are stored and exhibited
abstract – (n.) no actual objects represented; expresses himself through form and color
rhythm – (n.) the way music paces itself and moves through time
velvety – (adj.) smooth and soft to sight or hearing or touch or taste
opera – (n.) a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
harmony – (n.) the combination of simultaneously sounded musical notes to produce chords having a pleasing effect
podium – (n.) a small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience
criticism – (n.) an analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work
Note from Your Teachers: / Writing:
Class lists and details about our Valentines Party will come home this week. J
PROGRESS REPORTS GO HOME NEXT WEEK! / We will continue to go through R.A.C.E. and answering writing prompts given for the passage read in class on “Flying Machine.” Please make sure your child keeps up with the R.A.C.E. book.
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 out at kimbrelltaylor_2017.
3. Please remember to initial the NEW home reading log EVERY TUESDAY NIGHT. Your child may read a book on their level from 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. J Your child will get a treat for each Tuesday night they read. J THANKS!
myOn choices for this Tuesday night:
· Rosa Parks (2.9)
· Serena and Venus Williams (3.8)
· Booker T. Washington: Great American Educator (4.4)
· Medgar Evers (5.3)
· Voices of the Civil Rights Movement (5.9)
THE 25 POINT AR CHALLENGE BEGAN TODAY!!! THE AWARD IS TO SEE A MAGICIAN PERFORM! DATES RUN FROM JAN. 30th – MARCH 1st! GET TO READING! J / Spelling List 2 –
Test is THIS Friday 02/03/17!
started
card
park
smart
star
shark
mark
barber
party
pardon
bark
tart
carpet
farther
barn
alarm
bizarre
dark
startle
cardinal
**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 Frindle that 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 ESPECIALLY LOW ON GUM. THANKS! J
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