Mrs. Anthony’s Newsletter
April 13- 17, 2015
Reading
Math
Language Arts
Poetry Anthology (continued)
Topic 11 – Two-Dimensional
Shapes & Their Attributes
 figurative language
 poetry
11-6 Combining & Separating
Shapes
11-7 Making New Shapes
11-8 & 9 Problem Solving
Wordly Wise – Lesson 15
1.
2.
3.
4.
acrostic
cinquain 5. limerick
diamante 6. clerihew
haiku
7. free verse
My Earth Day Birthday
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2.
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6.
7.
pollution
8. recycling
Test next week on Topic 11
wildlife
9. reusable
resource
10. renewable
fair
11. marine
environment 12. brochures
brainstorming
climate change
Science/Social Studies
Energy and Forces
Scholastic News
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AR
Every child’s goal is to get
10 points with at least 80%
Student Name:______________
Number of AR Points:_____
(for the month of March & April)
Average Score: __________%
Math Vocabulary
point
line
line segment
intersecting lines
parallel lines
ray
angle
vertex
right angle
perpendicular
acute angle
obtuse angle
polygon
side
vertex
diagonal
triangle
quadrilateral
pentagon
hexagon
octagon
decagon
equilateral
triangle
isosceles triangle
scalene triangle
right triangle
acute triangle
obtuse triangle
trapezoid
parallelogram
rectangle
rhombus
square
Important Information
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April 15th: 3rd Grade Reading GATE – Students were able to
practice on 24 sample items for this very important test this past
week. I have graded their work and am sending it home in their red
folders today. Please go over these with your child before
Wednesday, April 15th.
Please remember to sell cookbooks for the HES 2015 Spring
Fundraiser. Cookbooks are $20.00 each.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
division
6. rate
mental
7. regret
outcome
8. talent
pastime
9. theory
promote 10. tournament
( continued – test on Monday or
Tuesday)
For more practice and games, go to
www.Wordly Wise3000.com, a free
website.
Spelling
1. house
2. flower
3. town
4. sound
5. ground
6. tower
7. found
8. brown
9. about
10. hour
11. power
12. down
13. around
14. count
15. our
16. owl
17. doubtful
18. devour
19. bough
20. wildflower
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