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 Homework will be sent home on every Monday and should be returned on or before Thursday morning of the same week. Students will receive a reading book, math worksheet and two spelling assignments every Monday. Their classwork will be sent home in Tuesday take home folders. On each Friday, I will staple their Weekly Progress Report in their planner. This report has their behavior, homework, and grades they received for the week. Please sign the report and send it back to school on Mondays. Spelling for the week of Feb. 8th: car, smart, arm park, yard, part, barn, hard, party, farm, are, warm, department, carpet, * large, * world (* H.F. words)  Language Arts We are beginning a new theme: Amazing Animals. In this unit we will read Officer Buckle and Gloria, Ant, and The Great Ball Game.The strategies we will study in this unit includes summarizing,questioning, and to monitor/clarify. While reading thesefiction/non-fiction stories we will also work on drawing conclusions,text organization, and cause/effect. Yourstudent should be reading nightly and should also have opportunities toread out loud to build fluency. It is just as important that yourstudent is read to on a regular basis which allows them to hear fluentreading.
Writing Inwriting we continue to work on writing the small moment. The smallmoment should include a beginning, middle, and end. The students arelearning to revise their stories not only to find errors but adding anddeleting text. Math Wewill continue to work on double digit addition and subtraction with andwithout regrouping. The students will also use calculators to checktheir work. We will begin a new unit in Geometry working with shapes,symmetry and congruent figures. And finally we will study time. Yourstudent should be studying addition and subtraction math facts to 9five minutes nightly. There are many students who have not yetmemorized their math facts. This slows them down during daily work. Science Wecontinue to study matter and the changes in the properties of matter.We will conduct experiments to show reversible and irreversible changesin matter. Once we conclude the matter unit we will begin our study on sound.
Social studies Weare completing unit 3 on analyzing how individuals, families, andcommunities are alike and different. In this unit we have studiedcustoms, traditions, and the different roles we play in society. Once we complete unit 3, we will begin learning about economic concepts and resources.
Calendar Notes Valentine’s Day Party Friday, February 12thfrom 1:00-2:15. If you can donate your time or a snack, please contactyour teacher by a note or phone call and we’ll let you know what weneed. As always, thank you for all your support.  Special Events in February: 2/2 Report Cards Home 2/15 No School-President’s Day 2/20 Dance-more info to come. 2/26 Dr. Seuss Day Below, I have included web sites to visit that will help your child prepare for third grade.
Melanie Blount |
- 12 Powerful Words Quiz
- Mr. Ankers Test math tests
- Soft Schools all subjects, games
- World Book Online resources
- Pearson Success Net Math tools
- Internet For Classrooms Reading and Math Skills
- National Geographic for Kids animal facts
- Dole 5 a Day Dole Food-Fun Games
- Yellowstone National Park for Kids
- National Geographic games and puzzles
- BBC great games for all subjects
- US Mint information/games about money
- Rowan Salisbury School System Great Resources for Students and Parents
- Us Department of Agriculture My Pyramid nutrition information