3rd Grade News
September 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
- Monday, September 4 - Labor Day (NO SCHOOL)
- Tuesday, September 5 - 1st 9 Weeks Progress Reports / AR & Fun Run Kick Off
- Thursday, September 14 - Early Dismissal (3-hr 15-min day)
- Friday, September 15 - Fun Run
- Friday, September 29 - End of 1st 9 Weeks
What will we be learning?
ELA (Reading/Language/Writing)
- Main idea & supporting details
- Verbs (regular/irregular & tenses)
- Subject-verb Agreement
- Informational writing
Math
- Understanding Division
- Multiplication & Division (Fact Families)
- Place Value
- Rounding
- Addition & Subtraction
Science (integrated with ELA)
- Inner/Outer Planets
- Needs of Living Things
- How Living Things Compete
- Adaptations
Social Studies (integrated with ELA)
- Government
- Economics
- Natural Resources
Homework Policy
- iReady Math (30 minutes per week)
- MobyMax Fact Fluency (15 minutes per week)
- Reading Fluency Sheet (follow instructions below)
- Study Spelling Words (listed weekly in the agenda)
- Read on level 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