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If you are interested in helping with the ChristmasParty, or being the coordinator (Room Mom)–PLEASE email me Ms. Black and she will let me know! I am needing some parents to help out!

-Thank you! Mrs. Langley

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VOCABULARY  WORDS

      TEST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30

1.     familiar – known from being seen often

EXAMPLE: I think we’re lost because this street doesn’t look familiar to me.

2.     blurry –  unclear or smeared

My glasses are all foggy, and everything is extremely blurry.

3.     vacant –  empty

We were excited that the hotel had a vacant room for our family.

4.    jerky –  moving in sudden, uneven, or awkward ways

When steering the go cart, it was very jerky but I certainly didn’t mind.

5.    applause –  clapping meant to show appreciation

As the firemen walked away from the smoldering building, they could hear the loud applause from the enormous crowd.

6.    blasted –  made a sudden, loud sound

We nearly jumped a mile high when the loud music suddenly blasted in our ears.

7.     rude –  impolite or having bad manners

I was upset when the rude owner of the store didn’t even thank me for my purchases.

8.    rickety –  shaky or likely to fall apart

My heart pounded out of my chest as I cautiously crossed the rickety bridge.

Unit 10 Spelling Words

TEST will be on Friday, November 30th

live ~ We will live in an apartment when we move.

without ~ Don’t go outside without your coat.

life ~ The book is about the life of Abraham Lincoln.

different ~ I wore different colored shoes to school today.

off ~ The lights were turned off during the program.

Earth ~ Earth is one of the planets that we studied during science last week.

through ~ We drove through the state of Arkansas when we went to the beach.

first ~ The first book I read was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss.

head ~ We will head outside once the bell rings.

there ~ Once we are there, we will visit the zoo.

because ~ The boy punched his brother because he made fun of his drawing.

almost ~ We were almost finished with our project when the school bell rang.

always ~ She will always remember the good times that we shared.

new ~ We went to the store and bought a brand new computer.

too ~ He packed a lunch for you too.

page ~ The page was torn out of the magazine.

got ~ After he got the news, he went to his room and jumped with excitement.

another ~ We will have another school holiday in December.

Test will be on Friday, November 16th.

1.  rhythm –  the beat or cadence of poetry

Example:  But soft! What light through your window breaks?

2. rhyme –   two or more words which match in the same last sound

Example: cat/bat  or  flew/grew

3.  meter – the meter is the basic rhythmic structure of a verse or lines in verse

Example:  “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” from Shakespeare. The stressed syllables are capitalized.

[shall-I]-[com-PARE]-[thee-TO]-[a-SUM]-[mer’s-DAY]

4.  repetition – using a key word several times through a poem

Example:             Because I do not hope to turn again
Because I do not hope
Because I do not hope to turn….

5. couplet –   two-line stanzas that rhyme

EX.    Don’t tell lions not to roar,
Don’t tell Granddad not to snore.

 6. haiku – lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of 5, 7, 5 syllables

Example:
Falling to the ground (5 syllables)
I watch a leaf settle down (7 syllables)
In a bed of brown. (5 syllables)

7. free verse – a flowing poem that does NOT have a particular pattern

Example:

Daybreak
Alarm rings
Mom enters
Sadness comes
I must get up

Joel Walton

This next week your children will be taking six weeks benchmark tests.  We will take the math test on Monday and the reading test on Wednesday. Make ups will be held on Tuesday and Friday.  It is very important that all children be at school for these tests so that we can get the accurate information to help our students be successful.

Due to the six weeks test, we will NOT be having a spelling test.

This week in Math, third grade will be starting multiplication. We will be focusing on equal groups, drawing pictures, and using repeated addition to solve problems.

Important math vocabulary that will be addressed include:

• Factor – the numbers multiplied together 4X5=20

• Product – the answer to a multiplication problem 4X5=20

• Array– an arrangement of pictures/objects in rows and columns

We will also review subtraction with regrouping, money, and estimation.

Unit 9 Spelling Words

Test will be on November 9th

often ~ We often walk in the park on warm days.

use ~ Will we use the paper on the project?

kind ~ Which kind of spider is poisonous?

head ~ The child cried after he hit his head on the pole.

also ~ We will also go to the grocery store.

four ~ There are four kinds of apples on the table.

show ~ The teacher will show us how to work the problem.

been ~ Have you been to the office yet?

around ~ We will work our way around the neighborhood.

began ~ The librarian began to read the story to the children.

above ~ The birds fly above the building.

long ~ We made it to the finish line long before the other runners.

took ~ It took over two hours to drive down to the coast.

air ~ The air is crisp and cool during fall.

there ~ Please set the bags of food over there on the table.

were ~ We were going to the mall when her mother called.

large ~ There were two very large bear cubs near the trees.

might ~ She might take us to the game tonight.

Poetry Vocabulary

Your child received the first page of poetry vocabulary words.  Review these six words and their meanings with your child. They will be tested on these vocabulary words on Friday, November 9th.

TEST ON FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9

1. stanza – one of the divisions of a poem (used like paragraphs in a story), composed of two or more lines, usually characterized by a common pattern of meter, rhyme, and number of lines

Example:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,


And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

2. simile – a comparison between 2 unlike things using “like” or “as”

Example: She was as clever as a fox.

3. metaphor– a directly stated comparison without using “like” or “as”

Example: Our defensive line was a rock wall last night.

4. onomatopoeia – the sound suggest the meaning (the attempt to spell out a sound)

Examples: boom, bang, growl, buzz, meow
**We heard the hiss of the snake.

5. personification – giving human characteristics to inanimate objects

Examples:  The teeth of the comb
**The wind softly whispered in our ears.

6. alliteration – The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

Example:  Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.