3rd Grade News
November 2017
Make Sure Your Child is Ready EVERYDAY...
- Check and sign your child's agenda each night.
- Check your child's teacher's website for important information pertaining to specific classes.
- All classrooms have snack times, please be sure to send in a healthy snack with your child each day.
Important Dates
- Wednesday, Oct. 25 - Attendance Assembly
- Thursday, Oct. 26 - Early Dismissal
- Friday, Oct. 27 - Advocacy Meetings
- Saturday, Oct. 28 - Family Reading Day @ 9:00am-12:00pm
- Tuesday, Nov. 7 - Progress Reports
- Saturday, Nov. 18 - Family Reading Day @ 9:00am-12:00pm
- Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 22-24 - Thanksgiving Break
What will we be learning?
ELA (Reading/Language/Writing)
- Compare & Contrast
- Cause & Effect
- Conjunctions
- Simple, Compound & Complex Sentences
- Narrative Writing
Math
- Use Place Value to Multiply
- Multiplication & Division Word Problems
- Understanding Fractions
Science (integrated with ELA)
- How Can Living Things Vary
- What Threatens the Survival of Species
- What can be Learned from Fossils
- How are Extinct and Living Things Alike
Social Studies (integrated with ELA)
- South America
Homework Policy
- iReady Math (30 minutes per week)
- MobyMax Fact Fluency (15 minutes per week)
- Reading Fluency Sheet (follow instructions)
- Study Spelling Words (listed weekly in the agenda)
- Read AR books (30 minutes every night)
Ways to Improve Student Performance
- You (students and parents) can click on the link below (Blackman Sparks Learning Channel) to learn new skills or review old ones as practice!
- Study Spelling Words: oral spelling test, write words in a sentence, rainbow write (write each word multiple times using different colors), sort words based upon spelling patterns, write words in ABC order
- Study Multiplication Facts: flash cards, multiplication.com, Prodigy Math, skip counting songs, Math Magician
Contact Us:
Blackman Elementary
Website: http://www.ble.rcschools.net/
Location: 586 Fortress Boulevard, Murfreesboro, TN, United States
Phone: 615-904-3795