Thursday, 10/6 HW/announcements

• No LA (again!) so the kids can study for multiplication :)
• Math:
• Pink-group: New:  3's and review 2's, 5's, and squares
• Green group:  New:  5's and review 2's and squares

We have some awesome afternoon's coming up:

-this Friday we have our parent reader at 1:30, then Awards Pep Rally at 1:50.  Next Monday, we have our cupcake party for winning Fun Run for third grade.  Tuesday we are making the Georgia Habitats cake....

We will be testing science next Thursday!  The kids have not gotten their study guides yet, but if you would like to get started, here it is:

Science Unit 1 Study Guide    Georgia Habitats

A.  Vocabulary:

1.     adaptation- a characteristic that helps a living thing survive; ex. hibernation, camouflage, sharp spines, thorns, waxy leaves

2.    habitat- the home of a living thing (plant or animal); ex. nest, house, cliffs, trees, cave

3.    environment- everything that surrounds a living thing

4.    balanced environment- an environment where there are not too many and not too few of any kind of living thing

5.    region- a part or section of land; Georgia has 5 land regions—Blue Ridge Mountains, Piedmont Plateau, Coastal Plains, Swamps/Marshes, and Ocean.

B.  Be able to label a map of Georgia with the 5 land regions.  The names of the regions should be spelled correctly with capital letters.  (See the attached map.)

C.  Be able to describe the region and name 3 plants and animals in each region.  Make sure to study the highlighted parts of each book of the regions of Georgia.

D.     Be able to explain how drought, fire, and floods can change an environment.  Be able to draw an environment before and after one of the above changes.

ex.  Draw a forest before/after a fire.    

They will need to study using their mini-books at home each night.  They will receive all of the books back tomorrow to do so!