Homework

Students will have homework Monday through Thursday. Spelling packets will be given Monday and students must complete them by Thursday. Spelling tests will be on Friday.

Math homework will include daily worksheets to reinforce the activity that we learned that day. This worksheet will never include new material. It will be practice for the concepts that have already been taught in class.

Reading homework will include a minimum of 15 minutes of reading per night. This may be through a textbook, Scholastic reading sheet, library book, or any other book from home. Your child needs to be reading for at least 15 minutes daily to continue to strengthen his or her decoding and comprehension skills.

We will also have cursive homework or a grammar worksheet every night.

There will be no homework on the weekends. Enjoy this time as we will be working hard during the weekdays to prepare for MSA testing and 4th grade!

Math

UNIT ONE OBJECTIVES

Students will be able to:

• Read, write, and represent numbers


• Write numbers in expanded form, and identify the value of a digit


• Compare and order numbers


• Identify, describe, extend, or create numeric patterns by skip counting


• Identify and describe numbers as even or odd


• Count and represent money amounts

http://www.bcps.org/offices/prek-12_math/elem_math/parents_corner.html

The website above is a link to BCPS math resources. Student resources such as games, flashcards, and worksheets are available for you to use with your child.

Important Dates

• August 30- First day of school
• September 6- Labor Day- No school
• September 9- Rosh Hashanah- No school
• September 14- Election Day- No school
• September 21- Back to School Night 6:30-8:30

Weekly Update

"The Ballad of Mulan"


This week we started reading a folktale called "The Ballad of Mulan". When Mulan disguises herself to take her father’s place in the Emperor’s army, she becomes a great general. The Emperor offers her anything her heart desires. Mulan chooses only one thing- a swift camel to return her to the family she has heroically fought to protect.

Fun Fact: Did you know that the ballad of Mulan was composed as a popular song in China over 1,500 years ago? Since then the story has been retold in Chinese poems, essays, operas, paintings, animated films, and even comic books. Mulan means “magnolia.”

http://www.eduplace.com/kids/tnc/gr3/gr3_th1_sel2.html
Visit the Houghton Mifflin website for more information about the story, information about the author, and games that your children can play.