Mrs.Barlow’s Newsletter
December 7-11, 2015
Reading
Language
Foods Around the World
Vocabulary:
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borscht
cacao
cannoli
delicacy
escargot
flying fox
7. fragrant
8. game
9. region
10. rich
11. specialty
12. sushi
Skills: text structures - cause and
effect, compare/contrast, text features,
context clues and multiple meanings
Informative Writing
Wordly Wise – Lesson 4 (test
Tuesday)
Wordly Wise – Lesson 5
1. amaze
2. arctic
3. court
4. elect
5. interval
For more practice and games, go
to www.WordlyWise3000.com.,
Social Studies
“Holidays Around the World”
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dreidel
generation
kinara
merriment
menorah
ornaments
resolutions
shamash
traditions
6. league
7. limit
8. milestone
9. recreation
10. tackle
Science
Read articles in the
Scholastic News.
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Expository Non-Fiction
Text features
Main ideas and
supporting details
Summarizing
Citing evidence
Skills: Main Idea/Details, Text Structures,
Diagrams, Compare/Contrast
Important Information
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December 4: Spirit Cart
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Reading fair projects are due December 11.
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December 15: Third Grade Music Program
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December 18: 60% day
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January 5 : Students return
Math
Topic 6 Multiplication Facts:
Use Known Facts
(test on Tuesday)
Topic 7: Meanings of Division
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Division as Sharing
Division as Repeated
Subtraction
Metric Measurements
Please study all of the
multiplication facts every night!!
Spelling #17
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slow
whole
hope
blow
joke
wrote
show
yellow
goes
10. toe
11. alone
12. hole
13. snow
14. close
15. November
16. know
17. console
18. dome
19. adobe
20. rodent
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