John P.

Freeman
Optional School
Memphis, TN
November 2 - 6, 2015

Third Grade Newsletter

News for the college bound third graders at John P. Freeman
Spelling List
silent letters kn, wr
1. itch
2. wreck
3. knee
4. patch
5. wrap
6. knot
7. watch
8. knife
9. stretch
10.
write
11.
knew
12.
knock
13.
match
14.
wrong
15.
know
16.
catch
17.
wrinkle
18.
knuckle
19.
serious
20.
harvest

**Test Schedule**

Friday, November 6 State Test over the

midwestern states Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota,
Wisconsin
Thursday, November 6 Multiplication Test
Friday, November 6- Spelling Test
Friday, November 6 Reading Test

This Weeks Academics

Language Arts: The Harvest Birds and The Treasure
Grammar: using commas
Phonics: silent letters kn, wr
Writing: opinion writing: response paragraph. Focus
Trait: Word Choice
Fluency: stress
Comprehension Skills: Conclusions, literal and
nonliteral meanings
Target Strategy: infer/predict
Math: Topic 5 and 6 Multiplication
Science I can explore the relationship between an
organisms characteristics and its ability to survive in a
particular environment. I can classify organisms as
thriving, threatened, endangered, or extinct.
Social Studies: I identify 3 Grand Divisions and I can
identify supply and demand and import and export.

Please study the following nightly

with your child:
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Multiplication tables- Each child knows what

they are testing on this week
State test over the midwestern states - Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio,
South Dakota, Wisconsin

Important dates

November 11 - Veterens Day (Students

are out!)
November 25-27 - Thanksgiving Break