Reading: Our focus book is “Under the Lemon Moon”. We will learn the following vocabulary words (3.3B): perched, eased, stump, scarecrow, lugged, quiver, wobbled, rumor, content, lush, stalls, hunched. We will also practice the following high frequency words: night, under, deep, grow, father, children, circle, baby, sick and clothes. Our vocabulary and high frequency words will be graded on Friday. We are also working on the following Reading Skills: 3.1C,D and E (speaking coherently about a topic); 3.8B (characters and interactions); 3.7C,D (retelling a story and sequencing).
Language Arts: We are working with short vowel sounds (3.2Aii, iii), as well as adding beginning and ending blends (digraphs and trigraphs) to make words. These will NOT BE TESTED this week. Our spelling tests will start next week. Be looking for a letter about our spelling for this year in 3rd grade!
Social Studies: We are starting one of my favorite skills: LANDFORMS! We will research, learn and create a landform project. Landform vocabulary is: mountain, hill, cliff, mesa, cave, delta, canyon, island, lake, river, ocean, plain and valley. I can’t wait to see what these kiddos come up with!
IMPORTANT DATES COMING UP!
Sept. 6: PEP RALLY and Friday Fun clubs.
Sept. 19: Picture Day! more info to come home later.
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