Third grade News December 2005

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Third grade NewsDecember 2005

• Dear Parents,
• Happy Holidays! The month of November flew
  by rather quickly. We had a wonderful turn out
  for American Education Week. You all did a
  fantastic job helping with the government quilt!
  The children love looking at the quilt and making
  comments.
• The students are learning about early
  explorers and Jamestown in social studies and
  resources and energy in science.
• Parent Tips
• Please practice time and money concepts so the
  children become more proficient when solving
  computation problems. Also continue to practice
  basic math facts each night with your child.
• Some of our supplies are getting low. Please
  check with your child to see if they need glue
  sticks, erasers, and scissors(may be lost).

• Units of Study
• Math- Time, Money, Fractions and Decimals
• keep practicing telling time
• count mixed coins and bills to 5.00 and
• practice making change
• identify fractions and decimals
• Science- Energy, Resources and Simple
• Machines
• Social Studies- Explorers, Jamestown and
  Civilization of Ancient Mali
• Reading-Vocabulary, Main Idea and Details,
  Following Directions, Word Analysis skills
• Make sure your child is reading his/her A.R.
  books each night. Discuss the main idea of the
  story with your child.
• Writing- Friendly Letters, Main Idea Details,
  and Editing for mechanics

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Each third grade class
will have a Winter Celebration this month.
Please be on the look-out for notes with more
information regarding dates, times, volunteers
and items needed for your childs class.
Many classes are requesting class gifts instead
of teacher gifts (i.e. glue sticks, arts and
crafts supplies, games such as Simon, Guess Who,
Magna Doodle, puzzles, side walk chalk..) It
would be wonderful to add to our outdoor and
indoor recess. Have a wonderful and safe holiday
season! See you in 2006!
Important Dates December 2 - Citizenship
Breakfast December 15 Bill of Rights Day
Family Bowling Night (5-8 pm) December - Class
party December 21 - Citizenship
Breakfast December 22- Winter Break begins