3rd Grade Newsletter

Week of Jan.4-12, 2018

SKILLS WE ARE LEARNING: Math facts:
Reading: on the back 1.4÷1=4 11.36÷3=12
English/Writing: Writing an opinion 2.12÷2=6 12.30÷3=10
essay 3.22÷2=11 13.18÷3=6
Math: area 4.18÷2=9 14.9÷3=3
Social Studies: economics 5.6÷3=2 15.24÷4=6
6.24÷3=8 16.36÷4=9
Science: weather, clouds, and climate 7.15÷3=5 17.32÷4=8
8.27÷3=9 18.28÷4=7
S.S. Vocabulary: 9.12÷3=4 19.20÷4=5
(This will not be tested on a quiz, but students need to
know these terms) 10.21÷3=7 20.16÷4=4
New:

1. Trade – the buying and selling of goods and Important Messages:

serives  taraoaksthird.weebly.com is our
2. Import – to buy goods or services from sellers in grade level website. Check out the
Quizlet tab to help your child study
another country
math facts and vocabulary words.
3. Export – to sell goods or services to people in
another country
4. Agriculture – another word for farming
* 1/15 – Martin Luther King Day – No
School
Review:
* 1/30 – PTA Pastries with Parents (last
5. Supply – the amount of an item producers will name A - J) 7:45 – 8:20AM
make for a certain price
6. Demand – the amount of something consumers are * 1/31 – PTA Pastries with Parents (last
name K - P) 7:45 – 8:20AM
willing to buy for a certain price
7. Scarcity – not having enough resources to provide
all the things people want
8. Goods – things people buy or sell
9. Services-the work that one person does for another
10. Consumer – someone who buys the goods or
services sold by a producer
11. Producer – someone who makes and sells goods
12. Barter – to exchange one good or service for
another good or service