Classroom Messenger
Mrs. Mercer
Third Grade
Lovettsville Elementary School
Monday, February 22, 2016
bmercer@lcps.org
Calendar
Friday, February 26th –Title
of book for Cereal Box
Book Report is due
February 29th –March 4th—
Read Across America week
Tuesday, March 1st—
2-hour delayed opening (primary
election day)
Friday, March 4th—Word Study test
Friday, March 18th—School picture
day
Cereal Box
Book Report
Each student will
be presenting a book
report to the class in March. The book
report will be about a fiction chapter
book and will be completed using a
cereal box. Instructions for this
assignment are found on the last page
of this newsletter.
March 21st-25th—Spring Break
Students need to decide which
book they will be using for the book
report by Friday, February 26th.
Tuesday, March 29th—Cereal Box
Book Reports are due
Book reports will be due on
Tuesday, March 29th.
Thursday, April 14th—End of third
grading period
Friday, April 15th—Student
holiday/Teacher work day
Word Study
Here are the word lists for this
unit in Word Study:
Purple Group
Derivational Relations-sort 2—prefixes pre-, fore-, post-, afterpreprepare
predict
preface
prehistoric
precede
prefix
foreforetell
foreman
foreword
forefathers
foresight
postpostpone
postwar
postseason
postdate
afterafternoon
afterthought
aftertaste
Blue Group
sort 27—r-influenced o in accented
syllables
1st
morning
shorter
order
forest
corner
normal
forty
northern
border
forward
2nd
report
record
perform
ashore
before
explore
oddball
sorry
reward
Red Group
sort 12— compound words
book
bookcase
bookworm
cookbook
light
lighthouse
daylight
flashlight
(headlight)
down
downhill
downstairs
downtown
downpour
head
headache
headfirst
headlight
headphones
snow
snowflake
snowstorm
Yellow Group
sort 20—short and long o (CVCe,
CVVC—oa, CVV—ow)
CVC
stock
long
CVCe
froze
globe
Rome
close
CVVC--oa
coal
coach
roast
CVV--ow
show
blow
slow
grow
flow
throw
row
oddball
lose
Math
In math, we are beginning a unit
on geometry. A study guide is attached
to this newsletter.
Social Studies
In social studies, we will soon
begin our unit on the ancient
civilizations of Mali, Greece, and
Rome.
Science
In science, we are continuing our
unit about animals.
ReminderRaz-Kids
Try out this great reading program at home!
(Excerpt from Mrs. Rinehart’s article in the school newsletter)
I wanted to make sure all parents know about a wonderful web based reading program called RAZ-Kids.
Many of your children have accessed this program at school and many of your children have accessed the
program at home. I want to be sure that all parents realize this is a FREE program available to your
child(ren) and they have unlimited access on multiple devices. All children in grades from kindergarten to
third grade have been given access and assigned a personal reading assignment.
To log into the site you can use the hyperlink on our school web page or type www.razkids.com. Once on the
main page your child will need to know their teacher access code and possibly a password. Once into the
program your child will have access to a reading assignment and to a book room. Your child can listen and
read numerous books assigned to them at their independent reading level. Once the books are read your
child will be able to take a quiz. The quiz will allow your child’s classroom teacher to monitor your child’s
comprehension on a variety of skills. At the end of the quiz your child will get a score. This will also allow you
to see how well your child is progressing. The more your child accesses the program and completes reading
assignments, the more points they will earn. The points will give your child the ability to change their
individual avatar and play games. As your child completes books in their assignment, they will move up in
levels of difficulty. The program continuously updates with new engaging texts.
Teacher Username: bmercer1
Students click on their own name.
Student Password: This is the same password a student uses to log on
to computers at school. It is the month and date of the student’s birth,
expressed as numerals. For example, if the child’s birthday is August
5, the password would be 0805.