Week 24

“The secret of getting ahead, is getting started.” – Mark Twain

It’s Read Across America Week, and we are reading in third grade!  We visited the Book Fair on Tuesday, and children who forgot to bring their money are welcomed to bring it in on Wednesday.  A huge thank you to our parent association for sponsoring this event.

Mrs. Kerwin asked me to let you know that the students will be creating book character masks. They will need a picture of a book character to bring to class on Tuesday 3/6.  They can bring a copy or the actual book to make their Book Character Mask.

I will be out of school on Wednesday at a professional development conference.

Math

We have started fractions.

ELA

We are having only spelling and grammar ELA  tests on Friday.

Anchor Text: Judy Moody Saves the World

Comprehension Skills and Strategies

  • Target Skills
    • Story Structure 
    • Theme
  • Target Strategy
    • Monitor and Clarify

Target Vocabulary

  • recycle
  • project
  • dripping
  • carton
  • complicated
  • pollution
  • rubbish
  • hardly
  • shade
  • global

Vocabulary Strategy

  • context clues

Grammar

  • adjectives and articles (an, a, and the)

Spelling: air, wear, chair, stairs, bear, bare, hair, care, pear, pair, share, near, ear, beard, buy, year, earring, and compare

The students are also working on independent reading and routinely reflecting on their reading in their Reading Notebook. Reading Notebooks are due every week or at the end of their chapter book..

Science

We are growing butternut squash and grass in the classroom. We are learning about flowering plants and plants with cones.

Social Studies

We are finishing up Canada this week. We are not having a test on this.

Religion

I have included the link here for Third Grade Memory Work and due dates. We do not have a Wednesday test this week.

TEST and QUIZZES

Friday 3/2  grammar, and spelling

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23