3rd Grade Newsletter
Week of September 26 - 30, 2016
Reading
Genre: Fiction – fables & poems
Vocabulary:
  1. moral
  2. central message
  3. fable
  4. poem
  5. stanzas
  6. lines
  7. rhyme
Standards:
RL.3.2: Find the central message/moral of a fable or poemand explain how it is conveyed through key details in a text. / Language
  • fact
  • opinion
Writing
What is Opinion Writing?
W.3.1a:
Introduce a topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons. / Math
Standards:
3.OA.2: Partition a group of objects into equal groups
3.OA.3: Solve word problems using multiplication and division
  • Relating multiplication & division
  • Division as repeated subtraction
  • Division using partitioning
**Flashcards are a great resource for your child! Third grade students should be able to recall addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts.
Social Studies
Reading current event articles from Scholastic News / Science
Theme: Animals / Spelling Words
More Words with Long e
1. only
2. story
3. key
4. family
5. sleepy
6. carry
7. sunny
8. these
9. funny
10. very
11. every
12. city
13. penny
14. even
15. happy
16. busy
17. misery
18. soggy
19. scheme
20. cemetery
Important Information
  • September 23rd: Spirit Cart - Please look on Highland’s website, PTO news to see prices for Spirit Cart items.
  • September 23rd : Spirit Friday - Hat Day
  • Sept. 26th-30th: Homecoming Spirit Week
Monday, 9/26 - Crazy Hair Day
Tuesday, 9/27 – Around the World Day
Wednesday, 9/28 – Tacky Tourist Day
Thursday, 9/29 - Disney Day (favorite character/princess)
Friday, 9/30 - Titan Blue/Homecoming T-Shirt
  • September 27th29th :Child Lures School Program – Information is being sent home today in your child’s folder about this program. Please read the information, sign the permission slip, and send it back tomorrow or before Sept. 26th.
  • October 10th: Fall Holiday – No School
  • October 13th: 1st Term Progress Reports
  • October 27th: MS Natural Science Museum Field Trip – More information will be sent home next week.