What Were Learning:

MES 3
rd
Grade Newsletter
October 27
th
October 31
st


Greetings Parents/Guardians,

News from Ms. Long, Assistant Principal
Students and Parents,
The Georgia Milestones will replace the CRCT. Students now have the great opportunity to practice the
online version of the test. Visit the website: http://angellong.weebly.com/georgia-milestones-practice-
test.html Note that no login is required. All you need to do to access a test is to click on the login button
to begin your experience. Happy Learning!

We will also be sending home letters including benchmark scores. Please use this data and the above
website to prepare your child for the next benchmark as well as the GA Milestones test in April.

3
rd
Grade Team,


This Weeks Birthdays
:
Haley Gilstrap 10/28
Ann-ticia Donald 10/29
Gabriel Ansley 11/2
CaVaughn Durham 11/2


Spelling Words:
while, along, might, close, something,
seem, laughed, enough, graph, match,
watch, batch, direction, travel,
demonstrate
Reading:
How can I identify and use organizational
patterns or text structure to help me
comprehend informational texts?
How can I distinguish shades of meaning
among related words? e.g.(believed,
suspected, wondered).
Language & Writing:
What is included in opinion writing?
What are good qualities in opinion
writing?
Vocabulary: opinion writing, fact, opinion
Math:
How can I use data from graphs to solve
word problems?

Vocab: compare, combine, greatest, least,
line plot, pictograph, key, scale, data
Science:
How do rocks differ?
What is the rock cycle?
Vocabulary: rock, igneous, metamorphic,
sediment, sedimentary
Social Studies:
What famous people influenced civil rights?
Vocabulary: civil rights, character trait
Justice, Supreme Court, judicial branch