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12/1/08-12/5/08
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We are excited to announce the annual 3rd grade Christmas Songfest to be held
on December 5th. Please make plans to join us Friday morning for this special
performance. Performance will begin at 8:30a.m. in the LHES cafeteria.
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We are scheduled to take a tour of Bay Medical Center on December 15th. This
is an extremely interesting and informative tour. The cost of the trip is
$3.00. Permission slips and money are due by December 4th. The hospital will
provide us with lunch from subway. Students should wear their class t-shirts
the day of the trip
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Our class will visit the book fair on Tuesday, December 2nd from 10:30-11:00.
The book fair will be open all week.
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Please join us for the 3rd Parent/Teacher Chili Cook-Off Thursday, December
4th. It will be held from 6 -8 PM in the LHE Cafeteria. Drinks(cans) and
dessert donations are needed. Please pre-register to enter the cook off by
December 2nd. For more information email: mcguice@bay.k12.fl.us
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Our class is now registered on the Harcourt Reading Series Website students
can now log onto the site and access the entire reading textbook, practice
workbook, and grammar workbook online. The site is thinkcentral.com. Your
child's login is their last name and first inital. (Example: my login would
be harveya) The password is your child's lunch number. Please let me know if
you have trouble accessing the site.
Reading
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Story of the week: "A Tree is Growing" Pg 370-395
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Focus Skill: Author's Purpose and Using Graphic Aids (Bar Graph)
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Robust Vocabulary: (Word list and definitions can be found under "Robust
Vocabulary" on the homepage.)
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Phonics and Spelling: Words with soft c and soft g. (Pg 366-367)
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Grammar: Subject and Object Pronouns
Each Friday your child will be assessed on the story of the week. This
assessment will include a section on comprehension which includes a written
response question, phonics/spelling, the focus skill, vocabulary, and fluency.
Writing
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Rough Draft
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Final Draft
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DOL Week 8 (Assessment on Friday)
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Cursive: Capital D, P, R, B
Math
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Telling and showing time to the minute
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Rounding a number to the nearest hundred. Estimating sums and differences of
three digit numbers.
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Comparing fractions with denominators of 2, 3, and 6
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Writing a fraction to show a part of a whole. Adding and subtracting fractions.
Science
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Chapter 7 "Rocks and Soil" Pg 193-215
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We will have an open book partner quiz on chapter 7 on Friday
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