HIGH POINTE
ELEMENTARY
SPELLING
LIST
• into
The Brubaker Buzz
I S S U E 2 A U G U S T
• off
• people A Look Back
• said
Wow, what a busy
• they week! We got into 3rd grade
full swing this week. While is
• happen does take a few days to get
accustomed to 3rd grade ex-
• million pectations, our class seems to
be adjusting well. We are
• hurry continuing to work on begin-
ning work immediately and
• ladder following and listening to
directions the first time. Re-
• hammer inforcing the importance of
following directions at school
• little is always appreciated. We
have begun our assignment
• puddle books. You will continue to
see those come home each
• lesson night; please be sure to sign
them. Homework in math
• balloon will also continue to come
home each Tuesday and
• drill Thursday. Help your student
remember to bring back math
books every day. In math,
DATES TO
REMEMBER
Book Orders due
A Peek to Next Week
9/18/09 Next week will prove to be
No School 9/7/09 just as busy! You will notice
that each week will be as busy
as or busier than the previous
Spelling Pre-test
one. We will continue to
8/31/09 Study!
work on addition and subtrac-
Spelling test 9/3 tion regrouping, strategies,
and word problems with a
this week, we reinforced 2nd
grade skills of addition and
subtraction with regrouping.
We also added in subtracting
with zeros in the top number.
So far the students are doing
really well. We read chapters
1-4 of Horrible Harry Moves
to Third Grade in reading.
We
worked on character traits,
summarizing, and finding the
setting. In science, we
check up (test) on Friday to
end up the week. During
reading, we will bring Horri-
ble Harry to a close with
chapters 5 – 7, some thick and
thin questions, and a final
project to compile everything
we learned. In writing, we
2 8 , 2 0 0 9
worked on understanding the
scientific process (method)
and conducted a plant experi-
ment. During writing, we
worked on understanding how
to use a graphic organizer and
turning it in to a rough draft.
We also completed a final
writing called How I Spent
My Summer Vacation. Stop
by and check out our writing
in the hallway. If you get a
chance, go to the class web-
site and fill out the short sur-
vey if you haven’t already. If
you don’t have access to
internet, drop me a note and I
can help. The website is
www.brubakerbuzz.blogspot.
com . Thank you!
will begin working on “All
About Me” papers. I antici-
pated starting this week, how-
ever we ran a little behind
schedule. Again, these al-
ways end up being fascinating
papers! I can’t wait for you to
be able to read them. We will
begin working on a unit in
science learning about plants,
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Next Week Cont.

plant parts, and their jobs. study the spelling words for
Another milestone for next the pre-test on Monday.
week will be the bringing
home of portfolios. Your
child will begin bringing
that home on Thursday of
each week. There will be a
paper in the front with notes
from me and a place for you
to sign. Please make sure
those come back Friday
morning as we use them
every day. Don’t forget to

Ask Me, I Know!

Ask your child these ques-
tions to reinforce what we
'It is today we learned this week. The an-
must create the swers are here also so you
can help them if they get
world of the
stuck. This is a great way
future.' Eleanor for them to teach you what
Roosevelt they learned in class this
week! The more they teach
something to someone, the
better they know it.
Put the steps of The Scien-
tific Process in order.
_____ Identify and Control
Variables(3)
_____ Form a testable ques-
tion and hypothesis (1)
_____ Collect Data(4)
_____Experiment and In-
vestigate(2)
_____ Interpret Data(5)
_____ Communicate(6)
What are the steps of the
writing process?
What is the setting of the
story?
What are character traits?
Name three of Harry’s char-
acter traits.
Show how to subtract 100 –
56 =_______

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