Third Grade Fridge Facts

Week of: 9/17/12-9/21/12

This Week’s Spelling Words:

Compound Words

1. pickup

2. cannot

3. outside

4. bedroom

5. upstairs

6. raindrop

7. baseball

8. hallway

9. airplane

10. mailbox

11. sunshine

12. homework

13. classroom

14. something

15. playground

16. sidewalk

17. teaspoon

18. thumbtack

19. sandpaper

20. notebook

*There will be a spelling test on Friday.

Lost Lake Elementary, through the cooperation of staff, parents, and community provides children with a safe environment where they can acquire the foundation needed to be productive citizens.
This Week in Reading:
Story: The Day Eddie Met the Author
Focus Skill: Characters and Setting
Vocabulary:
conquer-you win against a problem or a fear and overcome it
resistance- when you do not want something to happen
ponder-you think about an idea
anticipation-you feel excited because something is about to happen
assembly-a group of people who have gathered together
plenty- to have more than enough of something
dismiss- given permission to leave
squirmed- wiggling around as if you are uncomfortable
patchwork –cloth made by sewing together small pieces of different fabrics
autographed- you sign your name to something
This Week in Language Arts:
Base words, verbs
This Week in Math:
Lesson 2.6 – end of chapter
This Week in Science & Social Studies:
Science: What is Science? Chapter 1 Lesson 5
Social Studies: Chapter 2 Our Environment
Steps to Respect Character Education
Notes & Reminders: Please send in a snack for the month of September if you have not done so. The snack should be enough for the whole class. We now have 17 students.
Our beginning of the year baseline testing is now done! I will be sending out conference requests this week to review your child’s data.
Tests/Quizzes this week (all on Friday):
Reading: Mini Benchmark-Problem/Resolution, cold read, Comprehension and Vocabulary Test on The Day Eddie met the Author
Math: Chapter 2 Test, Mini Benchmark - MA.3.S.7.1
Language Arts: Spelling Test, Grammar Test on verbs
Science: Chapter 1 Lesson 5 check (on Wednesday) Chapter 1 Test