Third grade is running low on Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer. So, if you would like to donate some to the class, that would be awesome.
Our Spring map tests are next week. We will take our language usage test on May 4. Our reading test will be on May 6 and, the math test will be on May 7. The memory work for the week comes from 1 Peter 2:10. It is due May 4. → (Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; Once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.) Reading: We are spending some time this week reviewing cause & effect as we read about the Wright Brothers. Our grammar unit is a hefty one, as we are learning about complex sentences and how they involve independent and dependent clauses. I have simplified the terms for them to things that they already know, which will make things easier. Our spelling words gave most of my friends a hard time, as they are homophones. So, we will spend extra time this week going over homophones. Math: We are wrapping up topic 12, but we are not leaving the world of fractions. We will take a practice test on Friday. Next week we will play a jeopardy game to review before taking the test on Tuesday, May 4. Science: We are starting chapter 5, which focuses on life cycles. We will focus on the life cycle of plants and animals. We will continue to practice using Venn diagrams as we will compare and contrast the different life cycles. We will also learn about traits and how those traits are inherited from parents. We will also conduct small experiments on seeds and plants. Important Dates:
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Third grade is running low on Clorox wipes and hand sanitizer. So, if you would like to donate some to the class, that would be awesome.
Our Spring map test will happen during the week of May 3. I will give a reminder next week with the dates. The memory work for the week comes from 1 Peter 2:9. It is due April 27 → (But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful life.) Reading: We are back in our reading curriculum focusing on some new things. We spent some time learning about Venn Diagrams and talking about when and how they’re used. We completed one for fun on Among Us and Roblox. We also spent some time learning about Greek and Latin root words and how we can use the meaning of those roots to help us define an unknown word. Social Studies: We are moving through chapter 4, learning about our government and how it works. As we begin to move away from the federal government and start talking about the local government, we will start our in-class project. They have already picked a government worker or community leader that they plan to learn more about. They will then put together a presentation for the class. They are so excited to start this and, some of them already have some ideas of what they would like to do. Important Dates:
The warm days are coming, so please continue to send water bottles. Water bottles should be the kind that can be refilled at the water fountain here at school. Due to the warmer weather, we will also begin going outside for lunch. Please start having them pack their towels to leave in their lockers. We will have lunch outside Thursday and Friday of this week.
Math: We started topic 12 on Friday, and we’re cruising along. This week we are learning about unit fractions and identifying fractions representing a shaded area of a shape. Some of them confuse the two, so we will continue to review those and practice identifying them. We will rotate between doing book work, worksheets, hands-on activities, and using Dreambox and IXL. So far, they are enjoying learning about fractions and find it easy. Reading: We are taking a break from our reading curriculum to celebrate National Poetry Month. This week we are learning about the history behind National History Month and how it began. We are also learning about figurative and how it’s important in poetry. Throughout the week, we will read and create different kinds of poems. On Friday, we will create dream poems inspired by Langston Hughes’s dream poems. We will also spend the bulk of the week working on our personal narratives that are due Friday. Science: We are moving into the review stages for science. We started the practice test inside the book, and we will continue to go over those answers. On Friday, they will take a practice test that we will go over. They will be able to use that practice test to study for the test. The science test will be on Tuesday, April 20. Important Dates:
The warm days are coming, so please continue to send water bottles. Water bottles should be the kind that can be refilled at the water fountain here at school. Due to the warmer weather, we will also begin going outside for lunch. Please start having them pack their towels to leave in their lockers.
The memory work for the week comes from Genesis 8:22. It is due April 13 → “As long as the Earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.“ Math: We will take our topic 10 math test this Thursday. Our next focus point is fractions. We will spend about a month on them as we complete topics 12 and 13. We will begin learning about the basics, such as numerators and denominators. We will also learn about whole numbers and how to represent them in their fraction form. Reading: We will continue our work from last week on the narrator’s point of view. We will spend some time reviewing how to identify who the narrator is and how they are feeling. We will continue to practice explaining the narrator’s point of view and providing evidence from the text to support it. We are introducing a new genre this week, realistic fiction. We will spend some time learning to look for text features and clues to help us identify realistic fiction in the stories that we read. Science: We started chapter 4 before spring break, so we spent last week reviewing lessons 1 and 2. We spent a lot of time talking about climate change, greenhouse gases, and the greenhouse effect. I was proud to see them taking the things that we learned and apply them to their lives. They asked great questions and had awesome ideas for how we can slow down/prevent climate change. This week we will work on lesson 3 before we move into reviewing for the chapter test. The test is shaping out to be April 16 or April 20. Important Dates:
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