TEAM NOTES

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3rd Grade Academy

• TEAM NOTES
• EARLY RELEASE (Wednesday Schedule) NEXT WEEK
• ON TUESDAY (1/13), WEDNESDAY (1/14), THURSDAY
  (1/15)
• (This is due to the end-of-semester testing
  schedule at the high schools.)
• www.pendalearning.com www.brainpopjr.com
• Math practice All subjects username
  sawgrassbay password sawgrass
• www.mobymax.com www.istation.com
• Math practice Reading/Language Arts
  download program or app www.spellingcity,com
  http//www.lake.k12.fl.us/site/Default.aspx?Pag
  eID692
• Spelling/Vocabulary SBES school website
  and class websites
• Search - Sawgrass Bay Elementary, Third
  Grade,
• scroll to bottom, locate upcoming testing dates
  

• ELA Mrs. Fulton
• Reading
• Text Features -- titles/subtitles,
  pictures/photos, captions, charts, time lines,
  maps, bold words, etc.
• Text Structure cause/effect, time order,
  compare/ contrast, etc.
• Authors Point of View key words that alert you
  to the authors feeling about their topic how
  knowing the point of view helps you understand
  the text better
• Here are some questions to ask when you are
  reading with your child
• What can you learn from the pictures in the text?
• How do text features help you understand the
  better?
• How is the text organized? Why do you think it is
  organized this way?
• What is the authors point of view (opinion) of
  the topic they are writing about? How do you
  know?
• What is your point of view of the topic of the
  text?
• Language Arts
• Review of capitalization rules and writing
  complete sentences in preparation for the Unit 4
  Published Product.

STEM Mrs. Miller Learning Goal Math Draw bar
graphs and pictographs, and answer questions
about the data, as well as solve two-step
problems using the four operations, with letters
to represent unknown quantities. At the end of
the year, your child will take a timed test on
multiplication facts. They need to start
practicing their tables at home. Learning Goal
Science The Universe Check out
www.studyjams.scholastic.com There are great
Science and Math videos that can help your child
review for the upcoming tests. Also, you may find
helpful math videos on www.learnzillion.com. On
my webpage, you will find the codes for the
current skills being taught in Math.
UPCOMING TESTS
IMPORTANT DATES

• Reading/Language Arts
• Mon. Tues., 1/12 1/13 Unit 4 Published
  Product
• Wed., 1/14 Cold Read Vocabulary Test (1st
  word speck)
• Wed., 1/21 -- Spelling Test (1st word word)
• Wed., 1/28 Vocabulary Test (1st word floppy)
• Math Performance task postponed from last
  week.
• Science There will be quizzes as we finish
  lessons throughout chapter 2 The Solar System.

January 13 Early Release January 15 Early
Release January 16th No school teacher
workday. January 19th No
School Martin Luther
King Jr. Day January 26th Report Cards Issued

HOMEWORK
READING/LA HOMEWORK All Smart 7 Strategies have
to be used to get credit for homework! Mon., 1/12
Big and Bold, p. 127 (fact opinion) Tues.,
1/13 Up, Up, and Away!, p. 163 (fact opinion)
Wed., 1/14 Filming Animals, p. 164 (fact
opinion) Thurs., 1/15 No Homework
STEM HOMEWORK
1/12 patterns and 2-step word problems 1/13
patterns and 2-step word problems 1/14 patterns
and 2-step word problems 1/15 No homework .