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!