Altamonte Elementary School 3rd Grade Newsletter NOTES Science Focus Skills: Welcome 2017! Let’s keep this HOMEWORK: Students should be Light and Heat reading a minimum of 30 mins every new year fresh and exciting. observe that light also night. Parents should encourage We are ready to learn! gives off heat discussion with your child about what Progress Reports will be coming radiant energy from the they are reading to check for home January 19th. sun can heat objects understanding. Please also speak with Social Studies Focus: Government your child about reading an even amount of fiction and nonfiction World Communties Focusing on… books. Math facts are also a necessity Spelling Lists Here’s a preview of the skills for fluency. This will range from List 1 we will be working on this adding to subtracting to multiplication shipper dentist month! facts. Students are also encouraged to swimmer organist English/Language Arts (ELA) work on iReady Reading and Math for seller chemist 20 minutes per session. Focus Skills: September editor artist PLANNERS: Please check and sign Focus Skills: tutor tourist planners nightly! This is our most Main Idea and Key investor actress immediate form of communication conductor hostess Details, Point of View, with home! lioness Compare and Contrast List 2 DIVIDENDS: If you are interested in Grammar: Affixes monster pilgrim being a dividend at our school or for (prefixes, suffixes), Parts surprise contrast field trips, please fill out the of Speech, Proper nouns hundred explode application online to be processed. Writing: Growing The process for approval may take complete district anywhere from 1-3 weeks. Even if you control address sentences with adding have applied in the past, every year, sample instant vivid verbs and you are required to reapply. children inspect adjectives. Focus on substance Narrative pieces. Telling Questions? Contact us! a story to answer our List 3 Mrs. Ortiz W-H question words. create medium piano idea Mrs. Fentress radio video Math Focus Skills: Unit 3: studio violin Mrs. Keener Expanding Multiplication and duo patio Division rodeo pioneer Ms. Downer use the properties of trio stadium multiplication and audio Mrs. Strittmatter division Mrs. Adams List 4 understand fractional week weak parts Ms. Batcheler road rode represent fractions on a stair stare number line Mrs. Kindy bear bare solve multi-step word Susan_Kindy@scps.k12.fl.us write right problems new knew to too two
Altamonte Elementary School 3rd Grade Newsletter Welcome 2017! Let’s keep this new year fresh and exciting. We are ready to learn! Progress Reports will be coming home January 19th. Focusing on… Here’s a preview of the skills we will be working on this month! English/Language Arts (ELA) Focus Skills: September Focus Skills: Main Idea and Key Details, Point of View, Compare and Contrast Grammar: Affixes (prefixes, suffixes), Parts of Speech, Proper nouns Writing: Growing sentences with adding vivid verbs and adjectives. Focus on Narrative pieces. Telling a story to answer our W-H question words. Math Focus Skills: Unit 3: Expanding Multiplication and Division use the properties of multiplication and division understand fractional parts represent fractions on a number line solve multi-step word problems Science Focus Skills: Light and Heat observe that light also gives off heat radiant energy from the sun can heat objects Social Studies Focus: Government World Communties Spelling Lists List 1 shipper dentist swimmer organist seller chemist editor artist tutor tourist investor actress conductor hostess lioness List 2 monster pilgrim surprise contrast hundred explode complete district control address sample instant children inspect substance List 3 create medium piano idea radio video studio violin duo patio rodeo pioneer trio stadium audio List 4 week weak road rode stair stare bear bare write right new knew to too two NOTES HOMEWORK: Students should be reading a minimum of 30 mins every night. Parents should encourage discussion with your child about what they are reading to check for understanding. Please also speak with your child about reading an even amount of fiction and nonfiction books. Math facts are also a necessity for fluency. This will range from adding to subtracting to multiplication facts. Students are also encouraged to work on iReady Reading and Math for 20 minutes per session. PLANNERS: Please check and sign planners nightly! This is our most immediate form of communication with home! DIVIDENDS: If you are interested in being a dividend at our school or for field trips, please fill out the application online to be processed. The process for approval may take anywhere from 1-3 weeks. Even if you have applied in the past, every year, you are required to reapply. Questions? Contact us! Mrs. Ortiz Mrs. Fentress Mrs. Keener Ms. Downer Mrs. Strittmatter Mrs. Adams Ms. Batcheler Mrs. Kindy Susan_Kindy@scps.k12.fl.us
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