“If you are always trying to be normal, you will never know how amazing you can be.” – Maya Angelou

Welcome back from Thanksgiving break. I hope everyone had a wonderful time with family and friends, and maybe even got in some shopping.

Our class is going to Santa Shop on Wednesday.

Math

We are continuing with multiplication in Chapter 4. Our Chapter test will be on Wednesday.Taking the time to memorize multiplication facts in 3rd grade is so important to your child’s success in Math in future grades. Please review them nightly.

ELA

We are having our ELA tests on Friday, December 3rd. They will include Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar, and Spelling.

Anchor Text:  Young Thomas Edison The genre is Biography

Comprehension Skills and Strategies

  • Target Skills
    • Main Idea and Details
    • Sequence of Events
  • Target Strategy
    • Summarize

Target Vocabulary

  • invention
  • experiment
  • laboratory
  • genius
  • gadget
  • electric
  • signal
  • occasional

Vocabulary Strategy

  • Shades of Meaning

Grammar

  • Pronouns

Spelling: talk, cross, awful, law, cloth, cost, crawl, chalk, also, raw, salt, wall, lawn, always, soft, small, often, and strawberry

Science

We are continuing our unit on animals and selection.

Religion

We are focusing on the season of Advent as well as daily devotions.

TEST and QUIZZES

Wednesday   Math Chapter 4 Test 

Friday       Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar and Spelling Tests

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