HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!!!

House Keeping:
Monday, November 21, 2011: Early Release PLC
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: End of Second 6-weeks
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR Goal due
Tuesday, November 22, 2011: AR/Marvelous Medicine Party
(Note on Marvelous Medicine Party....We are having George's Marvelous Medicine in SOUP form served with rolls. The kids can bring a sandwich bag full of their favorite snack....fishy crackers, marshmallows, raisins, M&M's, pretzels, chocolate chips, etc...and we will mix it up and make some of our own Marvelous Medicine. We will ladle it out into baggies for a snack after the party.)
Wednesday, November 23, 2011: RECORD DAY...NO SCHOOL
Thursday, November 24, 2011: HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Language:
Our story this week is Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney. There will not be a spelling test because of the short week. We will take a clicker test of the Vocabulary from the story on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, we will be painting some flowers from the story to be placed in our Memory Books. The skill we have focused on the last week and also this week is summarizing a story. We summarized an extra story last week called: Flat Stanley and the trip to the Firehouse. Great Job on summarizing. Remember...pick 5 main points and back them up with 3 different details.

Math:
Unit 3 Lesson 7 and 8. These lessons both focus on multi-digit comparison problems. After the students read the word problems, they can use comparison bars or Math Mountains to help them solve. Remember when you compare...look for the larger number, it goes in the largest comparison box. When you do a Math Mountain, the top of the Mountain is the total. The bottom of the Mountain is the 2 partners.

Social Studies:
The third grade students in all three rooms are weaving mats for our Native American Unit. It is lots of fun. We have learned about three different Native people who live in the forest, the grasslands, and the desert. This week we will learn about 1st Mesa and the Sun Kachina.

Questions of the Week:

Prefix, Base Word, Suffix

Below are five words, identify the prefix or suffix and the base word

• unstable


• disagree


• wonderful


• understandable


• unbelievable

Word Comparison Problem:

Jaxsen got a new baby sister at his house this week. Jaxsen's dad changed 38 diapers this week. Jaxsen's mom changed 12 more diapers than Jaxsen's dad. How many diapers did Jaxsen's mom change? Hey Jaxsen????? Help change baby Lucy's diapers!!!!! (You can use comparison bars to help you solve).