MRS. STOKES' THIRD GRADE NEWSLETTER
November 9, 2009
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Progress Reports - Wed., Nov. 11.
Field Trip to the Southern Aggregates Rock Quarry - Wed., Nov. 18.
Parents, once again, Friday folders will be sent home on Monday.
Since it is much easier to get them to you on Mondays, I think it will be
best to just send them home on that day instead of Friday. So from now on,
expect them every Monday.
Morning Drop-off
In order to ensure the safety of all children, please do not drop students
off at school prior to 8:00AM unless they are enrolled in Dolphin Daycare.
Staff members are not required to report until 8:00 AM therefore supervision
is not available for early arriving students. Your assistance and support is
greatly appreciated.
Judith A. Bonadio
Principal
Riverside Elementary
MATH
Most of the students are doing very well learning the multiplication facts
(especially those who practice every night) We have learned the facts for
0 - 10. Now we just need to practice more and work on speed and accuracy. It
is more important than ever to have your child practice each night. They can
spend some time on multiplication.com (15-20 min each night) or they can
write the facts and practice with flash cards. We took a Chapter 8 pretest
today and the students did so well that we are going to move on to
Chapters 9 and 10. We are still working on Multiplication. The Chapter 8
test I had scheduled for Tues. is cancelled. We will test on Chapters 9 and
10 on Thurs., Nov. 19.
WRITING
This week students will continue to write narratives.
ENGLISH
We are studying the 4 types of sentences: Declarative, Interrogative,
Imperative, and Exclamatory. There will be a quiz on Thurs., Nov. 12.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We are working in Unit 3, Our Democratic Heritage. In this unit,
students are learning about how the United States formed a representative
democracy and about the three branches of our local, state, and national
governments. This unit will continue over the next few days. We will be
working in Chapter 8 in the Social Studies book. Students should enjoy
learning many new concepts about our democracy and government. We are now
working on a project in class. Students are making pamphlets about all that
Columbia County has to offer to visitors and residents. We will have a test
on this unit on Tues., Nov. 17.
SPELLING
Spelling Words for the Story: “It’s a Deal”
Words with /oo/ and inflectional ending –ing
1. took 11. good
2. wood 12. hopping
3. landing 13. hoping
4. brook 14. shook
5. playing 15. meaning
6. timing Challenge Words
7. hood 16. woodwork
8. batting 17. staring
9. amazing
10. stood Test Friday
LANGUAGE ARTS
We are starting a new unit on economy and money this week with the
story, "It's A Deal"
Vocabulary Words:
1. deal – n. an agreement (page 258)
2. ancient – adj. very old (page 258
3. traders – n. plural form of trader: a person who buys and sells things as
a business (page 259)
4. valuable – adj. worth much money (page 260)
5. solution – n. the answer to a problem (page 261)
6. kingdom – n. a country that is ruled by a king or a queen (page 261)
7. eventually – adv. finally (page 262)
8. forms – n. plural form of form: kind; type (page 262)
Test Friday
Online Books - Parents, I have taped the passwords
for the students' math, social studies and reading books
in the front of each student's assignment book. Now
if your child forgets a textbook at school, you can
access it at home online at any time. There are also
games and activities that go with some of the chapters
and stories. Go to my links page to get to the websites
for these textbooks. I will also send another copy of the
passwords in this week's Friday folders for you to keep
at home. I am still working on getting the passwords in
for the science books.
* Parents, you can check your child's AR progress online
at home. Just go to the school website, then click on
media center, then Renaissance, then Home Connection,
then put in your child's username and password, and you
will see their AR information. You can also check their
progress on Accelerated Math.
ACCELERATED READER
If you would like to look up an Accelerated Reader Book on the computer,
here are the directions:
After you logon to the RES website, click under Media Center, then on the
left of this page, click on "AR Book Finder." On Advance Search, you can
sort by author, book title, or book level.
http://teacherweb.com/GA/RiversideElementary/LenoirStokes
You can also access my website from the county website. Click on "Our
Schools", then "Riverside", then "link to the school website",
then "classes", then "third grade", and then the star by my name
