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 In Reading this week, we will finish Unit 3 -- character traits, point of view, and their effect on the events and ending of a story. At the end of each of our reading units, students are asked to create a “published product”, where they show what they have learned by applying the skill and explaining their thinking in writing. The published product for Unit 3 will ask them to compare the character traits and events in two passages and explain how they effected the events in the story. Students will have two days to work on this assignment, and will receive a read and a grammar grade. Here are some questions to ask when you are reading with your child: 1.How does the character feel about …? (something that happened in the story) Point of View 2.What in the story shows that this is how they feel? How do you know? What did the character do to show this? 3.What character traits did the main character have? What did the character say or do to show you they were this type of person? 4.How did the character’s traits/actions effect the events and the ending of the story? In Language Arts, we will be finishing up with adjectives and adverbs with a quiz on Tuesday. Your child should understand that an adjective describes a noun and an adverb describes a verb. They should also understand that there are comparative (happier) and superlative (happiest) forms of both adjectives and adverbs. Fri., 11/21 – Progress Reports Thanksgiving Break Nov Reading/Language Arts – Tues., 11/18 – Grammar Quiz – Adjectives & Adverbs Wed., 11/19 -- Vocabulary Test Thurs. & Fri., 11/20 & 21 – Unit 3 Published Product (graded for reading/grammar ) Math – Friday, 11/21 – Quiz on 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., 11/17 – A Face People Know, p. 170 (Making Inferences) Tues., 11/18 – It’s Good to be Slimy, p. 133 (Making Inferences) Wed., 11/19 – The Blue House, p. 134 (Making Inferences) Thurs., 11/20 – Just What You Need for School, p. 151 (Text Features) 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. 11/17 – area 11/18 – area and perimeter 11/19 – area and perimeter 11/20 – area and perimeter