Third Grade News Week of January 7-11th 2012 Goodnight's Gators m.goodnight@micanopyareaschool.

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Important Dates to Remember 1/10-1/11 Mid-year County On Track Math Testing 1/12 Chess Club 1/16 MLK Day; No school 1/20 Teacher Workday 1/24 Planetarium Field Trip on compound words, prefixes and suffixes, and sequencing.

FCAT Explorer: http://www.fcatexplorer.com

MATH Fraction fun has begun! Reinforce your child's

learning at home by encouraging him/her to use measuring tools to cook or build things. Make it a family
Thurs. Read 30 minutes p.135-136; Chapter 8 TestTuesday Practice Test; 3 x's each Thurs.Kylie FridayYasmine

Homework & Snack

Subject Mon Tues. Wed.

project! The Chapter 8 Test is next Tuesday. Chapter 9 will explore fractions in further depth.

Reading Read 30 Read 30 FCAT min. min. L. 19 Math p.130131 p.132133 p.134

Remember to keep studying the multiplication facts 0-10!!!

Spelling Words boots choose grouped shook school brook zoomed balloon cartoon afternoon looked loose hood soot

Spelling Practice SentenTest ces

ABC Order

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SNACK DAYS

Chance Barbara's Will Birthday Snack!

Writing- Third Graders will learn the meanings of some popular sayings as we further explore figurative language.

Science -Ask your child to explain what makes day and night on earth. Does the sun Reading really rise and set? What causes our seasons This week students will resume reading from on earth?
their basal, Changing Patterns. The selection they will read is Centerfield Ballhawk. It is a realistic fiction piece. Students will work