Author: Emily Susan Maxwell

Wellborn Elementary School

Week of March 4th — March 8th

3rd Grade News

Objectives for the week

Reading— “Chestnut Cove (Fantasy)
Focus skill : cause and effect—Answer questions
Phonics– homophones , Prefixes pre-, mis-, in-
Grammar—Present tense verbs
Math — measurement & coordinate grids
Social Science— / Animals—BeelteQuest
Character Education- / Compassion

Dates to remember:
March 10th– time change; Spring Forward
March 11th- LAST day to turn in money & permission form for the field trip to the aquarium
March 21st report cards go home
March 22nd– Field Trip to Tennessee Aquarium

Spelling Words
preheat
indoors
misplace
preschool
misread
mismatch
misspell
input
preset
misuse
inside
preview
incorrect
pretest
mislead

Test Dates
Wednesday Feb.27th
Measurement test
Friday March 1st
Lesson 23- reading
Parent signature
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Field Trip!!
We are going on a field trip to the Tennessee Aquarium Friday March 22nd. Permission forms were sent home last week. The deadline to pay is Monday March 11th. That is the last day we can take money. We will be leaving the school at 7:10 that morning and returning at 4:00 PM
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Vocabulary Words
eagerly – If you waiting eagerly for something, you are excited or anxious for it to happen.
transferred – If you transferred something, you moved it from one place to another.
contented – If you are contented, you are happy with the way things are.
collaborate – If you are going to work with others on a project, you are planning to collaborate with them.
fondness – If you like something very much, you have a fondness for it.
emotion – An emotion is a feeling, such as happiness.
ridiculous – Something that is very silly is ridiculous.
disgraceful – If something is disgraceful, it is shocking and not acceptable.
decent – Someone who is decent is good and fair.
inherit – When you inherit something, you have been given something by someone who used to own it