The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-27-12 through 3-2-12

Our Week:

Iowa testing – Monday through Friday – Please make sure your child is well rested, well fed and packs a healthy snack.  Most of our morning school hours will be spent on Iowa testing. 

No spelling or Simple Solutions this week due to Iowa testing

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will continue our Lenten journey.  Students will also discuss and debate the concepts of justice and mercy.

In Math this week students will work on elapsed time using timelines, clocks and calendars.

In Science we will begin our Earth Science unit with an introduction to rocks and minerals.

In Reading students will be introduced to tall tales.  We will be reading and exploring Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan.  We will be focusing on story elements.

Have a Blessed Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-21-12 through 2-24-12

Our Week:

Ash Wednesday Mass – Wednesday 9:00

Simple Solutions no new lessons this week – finish #68 by Monday – correct and review on Tuesday and Wednesday – quizzes on Thursday.

Religion Quiz – Chapter 8 on Wednesday

Science Test – Chapter 5 on Friday

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will begin our Lenten journey.  We will celebrate Fat Tuesday, then move into Ash Wednesday Mass and work as a class with almsgiving, fasting and prayer.

In Math this week we will be working on elapsed time.  We will also be telling time on analog and digital clocks to the minute.

In Science we will fill out a study guide for chapter 5, and review for the test on Friday.

In Reading students will be finishing up a National Geographic article called “Animal Architects”.  We will work on a Smart Board lesson to review the vocabulary and comprehension strategy of connecting what we read to real life.

In Language Arts we will be practicing our test taking strategies, as we get ready for next week’s Iowa testing.

The spelling test for Unit #21 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

In Social studies we continue to learn about budgets and opportunity costs.  This will be our fifth and final week of Junior Achievement, as last week’s lesson was canceled.  Students will also be doing review work with maps and graphs.

Have a Wonderful Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-13-12 through 2-17-12

Our Week:

Valentines Celebration – Tuesday – Please remember boxes and cards.  Students must be in uniform pants and shoes, but may replace uniform shirt with a red shirt of their choice.  Students who are getting spring pictures need to bring a uniform to change into after they have their pictures taken.

America’s Biggest Bedtime Story with Tim Tebow

Simple Solutions lessons this week are #65 through #68.

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we continue to will study how God revealed his holiness to Moses and through Jesus.  Students will also be reading the play of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal.

In Math this week we will continue to compare and counting money.  Students will be watching a video on how money is made and distributed. 

In Science students will be introduced to the food web and work on creating a food web of their own. To integrate our language arts unit students will also have a lesson of introduction to the water cycle.

In Language Arts we are finishing up our Cloudy A Chance of Meatballs unit.  Students will publish a paragraph and illustration of what their favorite Chewandswallow day would consist of.

In Reading we will be finishing our February National Geographic, reading Valentine books and working with fact vs. fiction.

The spelling test for Unit #20 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

In Social studies we be learning about budgets and opportunity costs.  This will be our fifth and final week of Junior Achievement.

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-6-12 through 2-10-12

Our Week:

Simple Solutions lessons this week are #61 through #64.

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will be studying how God revealed his holiness to Moses and through Jesus.

In Math this week we will be comparing, and counting money.  We will also begin to learn how to count back change and make organized lists to problem solve money questions. 

In Science we be creating food chain mobiles and energy pyramids.

In Language Arts we will be finishing our stories with the prompt of “If I had a hundred dollars…”  Students will also be introduced to commas this week.

In Reading we will be working on our unit for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.   Students should be reading nightly at home for their reading journals, working on their AR goal of two appropriate chapter books for the month of February.

The spelling test for Unit #19 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

Please remember to send snacks on hot lunch days, I have been providing them for many of the students.

In Social studies we will be continuing with Junior Achievement with Mr. McMahon and also starting a money unit in our textbook.

At this point in the year many students have used all of their school supplies.  Please check in with your child, as many students seem to be in need of scissors, crayons and colored pencils.  Thanks

Have a wonderful week!