Our classroom website can be found at the following link:

Week of Jan.12, 2015

www.mrsmullinsthirdgrade.weebly.com

Report cards went home today inside of a red folder

with some of second quarters work. Please review
the report card with your child to assess where he or
she is excelling, as well as where your child may need
additional support at home. Please sign the report
card envelope and send it back in as soon as possible.
In class we went over your childs report card to
determine what his or her goals should be for this
quarter. Also, two rubrics went home this quarter for
writing. One was for the ecosystem folder and
writing piece that we made mid-second quarter, the
other is the rubric for your childs Little Bird Tale.
Please have your child login to his or her account to
view the tale he or she wrote. These projects were a
large part of your childs writing scores this quarter.
Additionally, you will find a copy of the goals your
child will be working toward this quarter. Additional
practice at home will ensure that your child is headed
for success!

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Wednesday

Thursday

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Book
Report
Due

19
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Book Report
The first book report for this quarter is due January
14th. If anyone needs a new book report packet, please
check out the class website at
www.mrsmullinsthirdgrade.weebly.com. You can find this
document by clicking on About and then clicking on the
Forms section. Under the forms section it gives you a
few documents. Please click on
readingcirclecertificate.docx and you will be able to
download the document. If you do not have access to
the internet, or cannot download it for another reasons
please let me know nad I can get you one as soon as
possible. Also note that book report forms are available
for your child to take at all times. I do try to remind
students to grab the forms the week before they are
due. Agendas are also great places for parents to put
reminders for their children. If for some reason your
child forgets to grab a form he or she can use any other
age appropriate form found online

Mrs. Viehmans and our class have teamed up

to create a basket for the silent auction at
Eaglefest. Our basket will be a Kidss Baking
Basket. We would love some donations of
spatulas, cake mixes, icing, cupcake liners and
anything else baking related that you think a
kid might like! I cant wait to see how great
our basket looks at Eaglefest!

Six Flags reading logs will be due on January

15th. No late logs will be accepted. Please let me
know if you have any questions, or need an
additional log. I know everyone will have so much
fun at Six Flags and how rewarding to know you
EARNED your ticket!

Word Study
Please keep a look out at the beginning of each
week for the new spelling list.
Week 15- Multisyllabic words
Week 16- Multisyllabic words
Week 17 R controlled er, -ear
Week 18 R controlled oar, - air
Week 19 Suffix and comparative
adjective - er
Week 20 Superlative adjective -est
Week 21 Inflectional suffixes er,es,ed
that end in y
Week 22 Inflectional suffixes ly, less,
ful that end in y
Week 23 Schwa syllables
Week 24 Multisyllabic words with vowel
alterations
Check out SpellingCity.Com. FIND A LIST for
Henderson Third Grade.

Math
Topic 8: Division Facts
Develop understanding of multiplication and division
and strategies for multiplication and division within
100.
Topic 9: Understanding Fractions
Developing understanding of fractions, especially unit
fractions (fractions with numerator 1)
Topic 10: Fraction Comparison and Equivalence
Developing understanding of fractions, especially unit
fractions (fractions with numerator 1)
Topic 11: 2 Dimensional Shapes and Their
Attributes
Describing and analyzing two-dimensional shapes

**Lets practice our multiplication facts so

we can get moving up Multiplication
Mountain!

Units of Study

Our entire second quarter curriculum will rotate

around the in depth unit of study outlined below.

Unit 4: We Have a Dream

Unit 3: Making a Difference

In this unit, students will be studying
This unit is designed to help students gain an
figurative language. They will be reading
understanding behind both natural and human
poetry that focuses on a simple topic to see
impacts in our environment. We begin by using text
how a and
poem
constructed.
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an is
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relationships
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interpretation
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texts.
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how
plants
and
and then
write
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how
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adapt
to survive
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changing
environment.
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share
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Students will read several books about peers.
his
To help us gain a deep understanding, we will
life and compare/contrast the key details
also conduct an authors study on environmental
from these texts. Also, students will
rights activist Lynne Cherry. After reading and
research other prominent Americans and
comparing several of her environment based
write
persuasive
to discuss
the
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write ourletter
own narrative
writing
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from their
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this famous author.
Students
will
be guided through the writing process to help show
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reading
unit, the students
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to survive
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threat.will
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and
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leads/conclusions,
we
will
then
publish
our
learn about the importance of illustrations.
writing
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website.
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wait
to mood
see what
support
text and
create
the
of our
the
students come up with!

main characters and/or setting.

In this writing unit, the students will apply
their research skills to increase their
knowledge of body systems. They will
create a home-based project that will be
presented at school in a Human Body
Museum presentation format. The students
will also continue building their persuasive
writing skills by giving reasons and examples
to support their thinking.