“House” Keeping Weekly

“House” Keeping Weekly Thi rd Grade Cedar Grove E lementary Week of 1 -12-15

Spelling/Vocabulary

Students will have a

spelling test on

Thursday on 9

words that begin

with prefixes. Stu-

dents have a list of

the prefixes, prefix

meaning, and spell-

ing words inside

their Language

Journal. They will

be responsible for

knowing the mean-

ing of each prefix.

misbehave

imperfect

incorrect

preheat

bicycle

reload

nonfiction

unpack

dislike

Social Studies

We will wrap up our study

of the events leading up to

the Revolutionary

War. We will have a quiz

on TUESDAY, JANUARY

13th. Your child has a

study guide glued into his/

her social studies note-

book.

Math

We will begin a new

unit on fractions. We

will look at fractions as

part of a set or

whole. We will have a

quiz on Thursday.

Student of the Week

Each third grade class has cho-

sen a student of the week! The

following have been great citi-

zens.

Owens—Crayton Boggs

Davis— Christian Beitel

Cothran – Ethan Evatt

Parks— Shayna Cox

Mizzell— Jairo Nino

Science

Students will finish up with

the sound unit next week.

There will be a test on

Wednesday, January 14th. A

Science Rewind will go

home to use as a study guide.

Students are also encouraged

to review the notes on pages

26 and 27 of the science

binder.

Teachers’ Notes:

Jan. 14—End AR

(2nd 9 weeks)

Jan. 16/19—No school

Jan. 22—Report Cards

Charleston Trip Final balance payments are due on February 4th.

cothranr@anderson1.k12.sc.us parksa@anderson1.k12.sc.us

owensb@anderson1.k12.sc.us

mizzellj@anderson1.k12.sc.us davislo@anderson1.k12.sc.us

Reading

We have had a great time this week learning about idioms! We will continue to review idi-oms next week. We will wrap up our unit on Figurative Language with a test on Thurs-day. A study guide/notesheet will be sent home on Monday to help students prepare for this.

Language

We will study prefixes.

We will learn how to use a

base words and a prefix to

determine the meaning of

an unknown word.

Writing

Students are creating

trading cards on their

iPads that describe the ac-

complishments and signifi-

cance of Henry “Box”

Brown, a man who escaped

slavery and found free-

dom.