Heyburn Elementary School

Heyburn Elementary School 3rd Grade Weekly Newsletter: May 15th-May 19th Unit 6: Storytelling Story: “McBroom and the Big Wind” Please review the following spelling and vocabulary words with your child. Your child will be tested on Friday. Spelling Vocabulary 1. mistreat 2. rewrite 1) deny: to say that something is not true 3. unwrap 4. final 2) common: happening often; familiar 5. finish 6. midnight 3) shingle: to cover with shingles 7. knack 8. dislike to hit over and over again with heavy 9. judge 4) battered: 10. huddled blows

Challenge Words 5) gust: a sudden strong rush of wind or air

11. scenery 6) huddled: to crowd together 12. nonfiction 7) haste: quickness in moving or in acting; speed

8) calculate: to figure out

Math: L7: Reason about composing and decomposing polygons using tetrominoes. L8: Create a tangram puzzle and observe relationships among the shapes. L9: Reason about composing and decomposing polygons using tangrams. L10: Decompose quadrilaterals to understand perimeter as the boundary of a shape.

Please review the 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9 multiplication facts every day with your child!

Grammar/Writing: We will review previously taught language skills. We will work on writing organization and adding details to writing. Cougar News Please send two 2-liter bottles with lids with your child as soon as possible. We will be making water rockets on May 19th. We need them here by the 17 th !!! Spring Fling Week: Monday: Nature Walk and Picnic Tuesday: PJ Day/Treat Sale/Extra Recess Wednesday: Wacky Wednesday Sock Day/AR party Thursday: Field Day Friday: Hat Day for Coats for Kids/Water Rockets/Ice Cream sundaes