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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Newsletter small medium large MRS. STOKES' THIRD GRADE NEWSLETTER December 15, 2009 ANNOUNCEMENTS ANGEL GIFTS CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION We will be having a Christmas celebration on Thurs., Dec. 17. We sent letters home Friday about the party. If you received a letter, please send a reply as soon as possible. Signed paper folders will be sent home on Tuesday. MATH Now that we know the multiplication facts, we have moved on to division. Since division is the opposite of multiplication, students need to understand the relationship between multiplication and division to know how to divide. We will be working in the math book in Chapters 11 - 13. There will be a Division Unit Test on Dec. 16th. We MUST continue to work on speed and accuracy with multiplication as we learn the division facts, so timed tests for multiplication facts will continue throughout December. I stress the importance of this because almost everything we do in math from now on will build on knowledge of multiplication facts. Students will need to be able to apply that knowledge to problem-solving, division, and fractions. Without this knowledge, math will become increasingly difficult. I realize that this is a busy time of year, but please find time to quiz your child and have him or her continue to practice multiplication facts. They can spend time on multiplication.com (15-20 min each night) and/or they can write the facts and practice with flash cards. I know many of you have been doing this for weeks now, and it has really made a difference. Thank you so much! They should also practice at home telling elapsed time and counting money. They know where to go on my website for links to interactive time and money games. SCIENCE Our “rock” unit continues, with a vocabulary test on Thurs., Dec. 17th. Be sure your child rereads the lessons and completes the workbook pages that accompany them. Students will be writing these assignments in their assignment books daily. READING Our story this week is be "Uncle Jed's Barber Shop. It is historical fiction. The setting is real, but some of the characters and events are fiction.Our skill focus is on vocabulary, subjects and predicates, reviewing comparative and superlative adjectives, and cause and effect. Vocabulary words: 1. segregation - the practice of setting one group apart from another 2. bundled - wrapped together 3. county - a part of a state 4. equipment - tools and supplies used for a given purpose 5. unconscious - not awake 6. failing - losing money 7. stations - places where services are performed SOCIAL STUDIES We are reading biographies of Great American Heroes. We have read about Mary Mcleod Bethune, Frederick Douglass, and Susan B. Anthony. Students will complete class and homework activities to accompany these biographies, and there will be a short quiz on these three heroes on Wed., Dec. 16th. Students will receive a study guide on Tues. Here are some vocabulary terms that students will be learning. 1. justice - equal treatment under the law 2. segregation - system of keeping people of different races separate 3. diligence - hard work over a long time 4. slavery - a cruel system in which someone legally owns or controls another person 5. volunteer- a person who willingly helps people or groups without pay 6. abolitionist - person who wants to end slavery 7. civil rights - rights protected by law 8. liberty - freedom 9. enslaved - forced to work without pay SPELLING, ENGLISH, AND WRITING We will be studying comparative and superlative adjectives in English. We are writing with “persuasive” topics. Spelling words for – Uncle Jed's Barbershop Words with o spelled - o, o_e, _ow, and oa_, words with ow spelled ou_, and ow; words with oo spelled oo, _ew, u_e, and u; and words with u spelled u, u_e, _ew, and _ue 1. glow 10. due 2. bonus 11. flew 3. road 12. use 4. town 13. rule 5. owl 14. mule 6. pound 15. unit 7. about Challenge words: 8. July 16. county 9. scoop 17. tissue 18. raccoon 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. * 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 Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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