TEAM NOTES Yearbooks Yearbooks are now on sale! Order before December 20 to receive the Early Bird Discount of $18. To preorder, send in cash or money order to your child’s teacher or order online with a credit card at using the ID Code: Students have username and password in their agendas. (CLASS WITH MOST PENDA POINTS EACH MONTH WINS!) Look for username and password in your child’s agenda. username: sawgrassbaypassword: sawgrass search schools, type “sawgrass bay elementary”, find Third Grade, scroll to bottom, locate upcoming testing dates, play FREE games with your vocabulary and spelling words Sawgrass Bay School Website rd Grade Academy Pin this to your fridge so you know what’s going on! Reading/Lang. Arts – Mrs. Fulton We are starting Unit 4 this week, which will focus on non-fiction text and how to recognize and use the following details to understand the text better: Text Features – titles, subtitles, pictures, captions, charts, graphs, time lines, words in bold and italics, etc. Text Structure – chronological order, cause and effect, compare and contrast, etc., and the key words that signal these structures. Author’s Point of View Here are some questions to ask when you are reading with your child: 1.What can you learn from the pictures in the text? 2.How do the text features help you understand the text better? 3.How is this text organized? Why do you think it is organized this way? 4.What is the author’s point of view (opinion) of the topic they are writing about? How do you know? 5.What is your point of view (opinion) of the topic of the text? In Language Arts, we will be focusing on capitalization and punctuation. Christmas Break December 22- January 2 Reading/Language Arts – Tues., 12/3 – Spelling Test Math – Friday, 12/5 – Unit 5 test - Area and Perimeter Science – Lesson checks for Energy as we finish lessons. READING/LA HOMEWORK All of the Smart 7 Strategies have to be used to get credit for homework! Mon., 12/1 – What a Catch!, p. 149 (non-fiction text features) Tues., 12/2 – Table of Contents, p. 150 (non-fiction text features) Wed., 12/3 – Who Sleeps the Most? p. 187 (visual information) Thurs., 12/4 – Clown Camp, p. 189 (visual information) HOMEWORK STEM HOMEWORK IMPORTANT DATES UPCOMING TESTS STEM – Mrs. Miller Learning Goal Math – Area and Perimeter At the end of the year, your child will take a timed test on multiplication facts. They need to start practicing their tables at home. Learning Goal Science – Energy ** Check my webpage for some helpful Math and science videos. To access my page simply go to the Sawgrass Bay website: Next, click on classrooms, 3rd grade, and Mrs. Miller. 12/01 – area and perimeter 12/02– area and perimeter 12/03 – area and perimeter 12/04 – area and perimeter