3rd Grade News
April 12-16
This Week’s Highlights
Monday: Library, Musical Rehearsal
Tuesday: Musical Rehearsal, Help Session/Jump Start
Field Trip!
Wednesday: Musical Rehearsal
Biography Portfolio Due!
Memory: Where is this written?
Thursday: Musical Dress Rehearsal (1:00), No Help Session!
AR Tests
Memory: Where is this written? (part 2)
Story Vocabulary Quiz
x 9 Facts Test
Friday: Author Visit (2:00)
Memory: #469, v. 2
Religion Test--Lessons 39-44
Spelling Test
No Morning Work Quiz this week!
Classroom Happenings
Religion--The Teachings of Jesus
Review Lessons 39-44, Test on Friday
Reading--"The Go-Around Dollar"
Skills: Asking ?'s, Summarizing, Adding -ed, Connections
Vocab: portrait, inspect, seal, formula, debts, remains, emblem, counterfeit
Language
Using an outline to write a summary; Comparative and superlative adjectives; Dictionary Skills
Math—Multiplying Larger #'s
Using Arrays with Place-Value Blocks; Partial Products; Standard Algorithm
*Facts Focus: x 9
Social Studies--Our History (Ch. 6)
Our Country Grows and Changes; History Maps
Spelling Words—Lesson 29 (Vowels with r)
America very pair hair
near year deer stereo
fair stairs fear clear
cheer steer
Homework: Write ALL words 3x each (in cursive!); page 134 (Practice) and 135; WS
Enrichment: Pages 176 and 177; Write words 3x each in cursive; Write definitions and use in sentences:
culture customs beliefs language
religion festivals heritage traditions
Notes:
--The kids did a wonderful job on NWEA testing last week. Look for a report to come home sometime in the upcoming weeks. Make-up NWEA testing continues this week. We will get into the lab to take AR tests as soon as possible.
--Continue working on your biography projects! The portfolio is due Wednesday. Please note that this does not need to be put into a binder/folder. Just turn in your timeline, concept map, poem, and summary!
--The musical is Thursday at 7:00 at the high school auditorium. We will be walking over there to practice every day this week.
--Remember a sack lunch and comfortable walking shoes for our field trip tomorrow. We will be outside most of the time, so dress appropriately and use sunscreen!
Miss Kaisler
812-968-9138 (before 9:00 p.m.)