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WindhamsWild Things! Week of August 17 -2013 Octiber 21 25,

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Explore: A Closer Look

Reading What Do Illustrators Do? is the story we will be
reading this week. We will be discussing the importance of text features and the questioning strategy. Please study the vocabulary words every night for the comprehension test on Friday. The homework packet includes reading comprehension passages and practice questions. .
Be sure and return your childs signed reading log DAILY! We are asking all 3rd graders to read every night. There will be a quiz on Friday on the story and skills covered.

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Whats Going on?

National School Bus Safety Week CATCH KICKOFF WEEK Boo Gram Sales Begin (through 10/29) Friday, October 25: End of 1st 9 Weeks October 28th Red Ribbon Week

Writing: Poetry
This week, we will continue poetry. Students will create their own Concrete, Couplet, and I Am Poems. We will study figurative language and how to effectively implement it into our poetry.

WISH LIST: Recess equipment: basketballs, kickballs Treats

Math: Subtraction with Regrouping

We will begin this week by learning to subtract with regrouping across zeros. There will be a quiz on Wednesday. We will also subtract money amounts, solve subtraction word problems, and sove and create subtraction problems Social Studies: Native Americans of South Carolina We are continuing our study of the Native Americans that settled in the South Carolina area long ago. We are continuing our study of the Cherokee and beginning to learn about the Catawba and the Yemassee. Our test will be next week, on Tuesday, October 29.

Sailing the Web

Teacher Websites
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Notes from the Teacher

Are you getting emails from me weekly? If not, please send me a note with your current email address and I will
add you to my class email distribution list.

Please send in individually wrapped treats for our treat jar! Parents: do you want to help in our classroom? I love having you here and I always need lots of help with bulletin
boards, reading with students, running copies! Please let me know if you are available!

Remember to sign and return the Test folder that comes home on Tuesday. Take the tests out and keep them. Have you signed up for a conference? Please return the conference sign-up sheet if you have not already.

Weekly Words three scrap street spring thrill scream strange throw string scrape spray threw strong scratch
Bonus Words: Native Americans, Survival Dictation Sentences: 1. The first thing to do is sing. 2. Was it terrible that I ran in the classroom? 3. Are we going right or left?