Hammett Bowen Bear’s News 3 rd Grade

1. MATH • » Patterns and Functions • Math Book & Workbook : • » You have access to the textbook and practice book online. See Go Math on your child’s Portal. If your child forgets to rip out homework, then it can be printed. • Math Fluency • Student are learning their multiplication facts this year.  Remember to practice facts every night. Fast Math is on the Portal now. Review Week: Vocabulary/fluency. www.mhschool.com/math - Fact Dash. This is important. 12-16-13 UPCOMING EVENTS • ~ Dec. 17thField trip to LMS Winter concert • ~ Dec. 16th-19th Social Studies Project Due! • ~ Dec. 20thEarly Release ½ Day • ~ Dec. 23rd-Jan 5 Winter Break • ~ Jan 6thFirst Day Back • ~ Jan 16,th, 17th, 20thNo School for students Hammett Bowen Bear’s News 3rd Grade E-Textbooks • SCIENCE • Observing and Measuring Matter: Measure and compare the mass and volume of solids and liquids. • SOCIAL STUDIES • Map Skills- • Map Skills- US Regions and States- • Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States. LANGUAGE/WRITING Focus Skills:/r- Controlled Vowels; /ar/, /ir/Grammar: Future-Tense Verbs Spelling Words: misprint, misread, mistrust, misspell, mistreat, precut, preview, prepaid, preplan, preheat, distrust, discount, dishonest, discover, disable, stairs, rear, where, prejudge, disconnect Students can now access their reading, books. Students must go directly to the following website: www. connected.mcgraw-hill.com. This site will then bring students to the login page. Students must enter their user name : mc(Student Number) mc__ __ __ __ __ __ Password: mcps2013. Please let me know if you are able to log in.  READING Our story is: Bats Did it First, Big Ideas from Nature, Predrix Invents the Saw Fluency Target Rate: 83 words per minute Genre: Expository Text FCAT Focus:Make Predictions/ Theme, Summarize »Comprehension Strategy: Main Idea and details, »Vocabulary Strategy: Suffixes, Prefixes, Root/Base words Vocabulary Words: effective, example, identical, imitate, material, model, observe, similar *Please encourage your student to have 20 AR points by January 15th Enrichment Schedule: Mon: PE. Tue: Computer Wed: Health Thurs: P.E. Fri: Early Release