Third Grade News– Week of September 4th, 2017 Lesson Focus: Upcoming Dates: 9/11: 3rd grade First Responder’s Lunch 9/27: Picture Day & See You at the Pole 10/11: AR deadline for QI 10/13: ½ Day 10/23: Homecoming Week 10/27: ½ Day 11/3: Harvest Day Bible Verse : Matthew 3:17 “And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” Reading: “The Tree House” (Vocabulary is on the website) Test Thursday Math: Timed multiplication test over 3 on Wed.; weekly Math test Wednesday English: Kinds of sentences; test Tuesday over pages 1-11 Science: Chapter 1 Test Friday (Words are on the website) Spelling: Lesson 3: Long e ; see Spelling City link on our website Writing: Expository Writing-All About Books No School Monday! Happy Labor Day  Reading and Science vocabulary words are on the website. Be sure to have your child study the definitions so they will do well on the test. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 3C Music/Art 3H PE/Sci. Lab No School! You will only need to read 4 days and complete 3 spelling menu items this week! 3C Comp./Library 3H Art/Spanish Language Test Homework Read 20 min. Math pg. due Friday 3 Spelling menu items due Friday 3C PE/Sci. Lab 3H Music/Library Mult. Speed Drill x3 Math Test 3C Art/PE 3H Art/Music Reading Test Chapel 3C Music/Spanish 3H PE/Computer Science Test Bible Test Spelling Test Homework Due

Science Chapter 1-Ecosystems organism-any living thing environment-everything around an organism ecosystem-a group of living and non-living things and their environment producer-an organism that can make its own food consumer-an organism that eats food decomposer-an organism that breaks down dead plant and animal material to return it to the soil food chain -a sequence of how organisms use other organisms for food predator-an animal that hunts another animal for food prey-an animal that is hunted by a predator scavenger-an animal that feeds on dead or decaying animals or things Reading Vocabulary Words: magnificent - great, wonderful marvelous - outstanding beautiful - lovely, pleasing to look at peered - looked height - how tall someone or something is Language Test 1 -Complete Sentences -Declarative Sentences (.) -Interrogative Sentences (?) -Exclamatory Sentences (!)