Week 22
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank
On Friday, I sent home an Extra Effort Opportunity. This opportunity is Social Studies based. Students will create their own books about their favorite country, and then present them to the class on Tuesday, February 26th. I do need slips returned on Thursday February 6th indicating whether or not your child is participating in this project. I strongly encourage everyone to participate.
Math
We are continuing our work on Division. This week we are having a quiz on Monday, and then we will finish the chapter early next week. We will be having our Chapter 7 test next Wednesday. We are also still focused on Multiplication facts. There are still a few students that do not have them memorized yet. I sent home XtraMath reports last week. I would love to see most of the children finish the multiplication portion of Xtramath by the time we start winter break. Please remember children can practice XtraMath at home, and I encourage your child to do so.
ELA
We are having spelling, comprehension, vocabulary 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
This week we are finishing up writing opinion pieces for the best book, and then we will begin working on informational writing. We will be working on biographies. I believe that all the students have already chosen who they are going to be working on for their biographies.
Social Studies
We are beginning our unit on South Africa. We will start with the geography of the region.
Religion
The religion test will be on the Wednesday this week. I have included the link here for Third Grade Memory Work and due dates. Our Thursday test is on The 6th Commandment.
TEST and QUIZZES
Wednesday 2/5 Religion Memory
Friday 2/7 Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary and Spelling
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