Barker & Langhans' Newsletter

*Please send headphones that will stay at school

*Please return Take Home Folder and Agenda to school each day. Please check and sign the agenda each night.

*Students will need a healthy snack and clear water bottle every day.

* Husky Folders are sent home every Friday. Please review the papers and sign each set of papers as well as the AR tracker and return on Monday.

• October 20th - Freaky Forces in school field trip
• October 23rd - Fall Festival & Book Character Dress Up Day (see flyers below)
• October 31st - Candy Swap
• November 1st - Turkey Trot
• November 3rd - Field Trip to Samford University
• November 11th - No School/ Veterans Day
• November 24th - 28th - No School/ Thanksgiving Break
• December 18th - End of 2nd Quarter A.R. Points

If you are able to send in candy for the Fall Festival, it would be greatly appreciated!

Reading: Read 20 minutes at least 4 days each week. Reading Log will be in the Take Home Folder

Math: Starting this week, your child will be receiving flashcards to practice their multiplication and division of the facts we are learning that week. Monday they will receive their 2's and 10's flashcards. Please have your child cut out the flashcards and practice them each night. Start with the 2's on Monday and Tuesday and 10's on Wednesday and Thursday. Your child needs to make two different stacks, "I know" and " I need to practice." Then on Thursday night have your child do the two facts practice and bring that in on Friday.

Math: We will continue Unit 2: Multiplication and Division. This is the biggest math unit of 3rd grade and will take us several months to complete. We’ll start by representing multiplication through models, then continue building a deep understanding of these important concepts. It’s a big unit, but I know our students are going to rock it! As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions—I’m here to help.

We are beginning to learn our core facts first which are: 2's, 10's, 5's, 1's and 0's. These facts help with learning the other facts we will learn in 3rd grade: 3's, 4's, 6's, 7's, 8's and 9's.

This week we are working on strategies for x2/divided by 2 and x10/divided by 10. Please see the link below to see the exact strategies. As we begin learning the strategies which not only help students with learning the facts fluently and accurately, but also help with larger multiplication and division problems in the future grades. Please make sure your child is practicing these facts at home. The students will take fluency pass-offs each week. These are not for a grade but for them to see what facts they still need to practice. The students need to know their facts in 3 seconds or less to be fluent.

Science: In science, we are starting Lesson 2: Magnetism and Designing Solutions. We with continue the question, " How do magnets affect and object's motion?" The students will explore what items are attracted to magnets and why. They will observe how objects can be pushed or pulled without being touched.

Monday we will be participating in the Freaky Forces in-house field trip. The students will be learning about Sir Isaac Newton and the 3 Laws of Motion. They will be moving through 4 different stations to practice these laws.

Unit 2 Lesson 5

Story Comprehension Test on Friday

Reading: Hot Enough to Fry an Egg

This selection features facts about various U.S. and world deserts, including the Mojave, Sonoran, Sahara, and Gobi. Maps and diagrams show desert locations and illustrate why these areas have such dry climates.

Vocabulary: test on Friday

Students do not need to memorize these definitions, just be able to talk about these words and use them in sentences. This test will be multiple choice.

Antarctic -relating to the South Pole or surrounding regions

continent-one of the seven large land areas on Earth

elevation-height above sea level

evaporate-change from a liquid or solid into a gas

extinct-no longer active or burning

mirage-an illusion in which a distant object is not really there

plateaus-areas of flat land higher than the surrounding country

polar- having to do with the North or South Pole

sandwiched-it or squeezed in tightly

severe-harsh, or causing hardship or discomfort

tundra-flat, treeless land of permanently frozen soil

vapor-small particles of mist, steam, or smoke that can be seen in the air

Writing: We will be continuing informational writing. Throughout this unit, we will be preparing to write an informational piece that includes a strong topic, three facts with explanations, and a strong ending.

Grammar: There will be a test on Friday

Your child will be learning about pronouns (he, she, they, them, him, her, it).

Spelling: Test on Friday

Unit 2 Lesson 5

/oo/ spelled oo, u, _ue, u_e, and _ewl;

Homographs; and Multiple-Meaning Words

1. clue

2. tuna

3. fine

4. mind

5. root

6. yard

7. noodle

8. cool

9. rude

10. file

11. chew

12. choose

13. permit

14. waves

15. letter