Mrs. Williams' Third Grade Class

November 9-20
Dear Parents,



A good book can touch our lives like a good friend. Within its pages are words and characters that can inspire us to achieve our highest gosls. We can turn to it for companionship, recreation, comfort, and guidance. It is gives us a cherished story to hold in our hearts forever.



Our class is reading "How to Eat Fried Worms" this month. Check out our weekly blog (Mrs. Williams' Class Blog)  on the school library website or through the class blogmeister link located on this page. The author, Thomas Rockwell, won several awards for this book. He lives in Poughkeepsie, New York.

 November 9-20

Reading: (Forces of Nature)
                               Theme 7: On Moving Ground

Vocabulary Words: anticipates, realize, favorite, surface, volcano, demolish, repair, alert, earthquake, landslide

(Test every 2 weeks-Test  Friday, Nov. 20) Check out the flashcard on this page for review.
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Skills: Text Coding-in students' reading tablet

         Read labels in non-fiction texts

figuarative Language-idioms, personification, similes, metaphor

Language:

Conjunctions

Diagramming Sentences

Writing a Story


Math: Time is Money

Calculate the value of a combination of bills and coins and make change up to five dollars.

Describe situations where proportional trades are required

dentify categories and sort objects based on a certain characterisitics. Read, describe, and organize a two-circle Venn diagram. Explain the word average in term of leveling. Match a set of data to a graph, table, or chart.

Social Studies:

Describe and compare the physical characteristics of various regions of Louisiana

Identify and describe the human characteristics of places in Louisiana

Comments: Workbook fees are due---$15.00/ Art fee are due---$10.00 (Fees must be paid or installments must be made before students can attend class field trips. Installments can be made throughout the school year.

Parents as a reminder, early check outs and tardies do count against your child’s attendance. Please make sure if your child is absence or checks out early for a doctor or dentist’s appointment that an excuse is brought to class the next day. Read every night to your child. Please sign agenda books and check for homework assignment. Fluency Passage, Daily Language and  Daily Math sheets should be reviewed at home and returned to every day in order for the students to complete the following day's work. A quiz will be given on Friday based on the activities that were done during the week. Problem Solving Sheet is to be done nightly and returned to school each day.

Have a Great Week!