1. F.E. Burleson Elementary School
Third Grade Newsletter
F.E. Burleson Elementary School
“100 Years of Excellence”
October 3-7, 2016
CLASSROOM STUDIES
READING: Mr. Popper’s Penguins
-Comprehension Skills: Drawing Conclusions/Questioning
-Vocabulary Words: reprove, expedition, prowled, debris, spectacle, encouragement, obedient , broadcast, ventilate, stern
-Phonics: Compound Words
MATH: Chapter 3- Understand Multiplication
LANGUAGE: Irregular Plural Nouns
WRITING: When I Grow Up…
SCIENCE: Heredity and Diversity
SOCIAL STUDIES: Earth’s Population
HOMEWORK/TEST
MONDAY– 1’s Fluency Side 1&2
-Fluency Passage
TUESDAY– 1’s Fluency Side 3
WEDNESDAY –Vocabulary Test
-1’s Fluency Side 4
THURSDAY-1’s Fluency Quiz
-Complete Fluency Passage Questions
FRIDAY- Language and Reading Tests
Oct 5th-Picture purchase deadline
Oct. 7th-Class Pictures & Picture Remake
Oct. 10 and 11-Fall Break
Oct. 14th-End of 1st 9 Weeks
Oct. 20th-Report Cards
Oct. 21st-approved book project
Oct. 26-Early Release (11:45)
Oct. 31-Book Character Day
Nov. 11th- Veteran’s Day (no school)
Nov Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 28th-Book Project Due
Important Reading Information
We will be reading the novel Mr. Popper’s Penguins for the next two and one half weeks. We will not be using our reading book. Students will be tested as usual on the phonics and comprehension. However, we will be using vocabulary from Mr. Popper’s Penguins. **Vocabulary will be tested separately**
Next book project must be approved by Oct. 21 and is due Nov. 28. It must be a different genre and project than the first book project.
Remember to read every day!!