Ms. Passer’s News from Room 106 Important Upcoming Dates: Week of: October 24th, 2016 Happy MEA – I hope it’s a wonderful break for all! Enjoy spending some extra time together and get outside to enjoy the beautiful fall weather! There will also be plenty of time to get some extra reading in and math fact practice! I know these Topic Math Tests can be difficult for the students but with this math series, it really prepares them for other tests such as the STAR test and MCAs. It really gets the students to think about how they get to the answer not just knowing the answer. We will begin Topic 4 after break which uses multiplication to divide. We finished the Unit 1 test – way to go third graders! This took time, patience, and extra highlighting to comprehend each passage. I’m so proud of you all! We will begin Unit 2, Lesson 6 after break. Comprehension Strategies: Sequence of Events and Questioning Main Story Selection: Max’s Words Grammar Focus: What is a Verb? Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes –er –or Vocabulary Words: collect, scrambled, orders, sorted, ragged, rapidly, continued, darted We will dig deeper into the community of Timbuktu, Mali. In science, students will get to really focus on all the planets in the Solar System. Spelling Words (short & long vowels): math, toast, easy, socks, Friday, stuff, paid, cheese, June, elbow, program, shiny, piles, sticky, each, both *challenge: comb, holiday Important Upcoming Dates: October 26th: Pie orders due October 28th: Picture Retake Day October 31st: Halloween parade 1:45; skate permission slips/fees due November 10th: End of Quarter 1 November 10th: No School