Education is not preparation for life;
Education is life itself.
John Dewey
Mrs. Crane’s Newsletter
October 19th – 23rd
Reading
Language
“Animal Talk” and “On the Trail”
Reading Objectives:
 Expository Non-Fiction
 Questioning techniques
 homophones
 Main ideas and supporting details
Vocabulary Words:
communicate
information
signals
chemical
touch
paws
tracks
pairs
insects
Reading and vocabulary test will be on
Wednesday.
Social Studies
Students will be learning about: Where
living things are found: the different
ecosystems. (Unit B Chapter 1)
Language Objectives Verbs ( Past, present,
future)
 Subject-verb agreement
 Adjectives
 Adverbs
 Interjections
 Prepositions
 Writing – Persuasive and
Friendly Letters
Wordly Wise Lesson 3 test will be
on Thursday, October 23rd
ecosystem
community
forest
deciduous forest
tropical rain forest
coastal forest
coniferous forest
Students will be tested on Unit B Chapter
1 vocabulary and concepts on October
26th.
please, have a jacket
for your child to use in
their backpack.
TITAN TRIVIA
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Math Objectives:
 Number Sense: Multiplication
as repeated addition, Arrays
and Multiplication,
Commutative Property of
Multiplication, Writing
Multiplication Stories, and
Writing to Explain.
 Continuing addition and
subtraction of larger numbers
with renaming.
Monday we will start a
competition to learn our basic
multiplication facts. They will
take one speed drill every day.
They must make a 100 to go to
the next fact family.
With the weather
changing so quickly,
Vocabulary words:
environment
population
habitat
desert
prairie
tall grass
salt water
fresh water
Math
November 5th Veteran’s Day program- permission slips
and lunch notes have been sent out and are due on
October 19th.
November 13th - 3rd Grade field trip to Mississippi
Agriculture and Forestry Museum. Permission slip/Lunch
form is due on Friday, October 30th along with $7.00.
Spelling
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lovely
Just
Something
hundred
done
some
sum
must
shove
won
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butter
cover
supper
none
number
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one
income
slump
smudge
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Spelling test on Friday.