Greetings Parents,
I hope you are enjoying your weekend. Here are the lessons
for next week.
Math
This week students will be learning or reviewing
multiplication and division. Singapore Math first addresses multiplication and
division during second grade. However, the third grade teachers expect that
many students to have never learned these operations. Please do not be to
alarmed.
Students should also be studying for the Unit 2 accumulative
assessment, which will be Monday. They should have brought home their textbooks
and workbooks to study for this assessment. This assessment will cover things
from both Unit 1 and 2. The pages assigned in the workbook are meant to help
students review and discern where they need to study better.
Science
This week we will be discussing ecology. We will first
discuss what makes an ecosystem. We will then discuss the food chains and food
webs of an ecosystem. We will end the week discussing things that can impact
the balance of an ecosystem.
Students should also be prepared for their test covering classification
of animals, which will be given on Tuesday. This will cover classification and
what we have learned about the five classes of vertebrates.
History
This week we are finishing our study of Canada and
continuing our study of geography. This week, students will be quizzed over
Canada on Wednesday. We will go over what they are expected to know on Monday.
Students should also be working on their family history totem poles. Below is
the grading rubric for the totem pole project.
I.
Totem Pole Project Grading Checklist
_____________/15
a.
Totem Pole complete _______/5 points
b.
Clear effort towards neatness was made ______/3
c.
My totem pole short essay ______/7
i. All
symbols are explained ____/3
ii. Complete
sentences are used ______/2
Language Arts
Idiom: “Don’t
judge a book by its cover”
Spalding
Students will learn 30 spelling words. Spelling and
phonograms will be assessed on Friday.
Literature
We will be reading chapters fourteen through seventeen of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe this
week.
As we finish our current literature selection, please have
your child bring Pinocchio to class to keep in their desk.
It is also important that your child be keeping their
reading logs up to date. This is a major grade in language arts. This week
students should read Monday through Thursday night. Students are not expected
to read for class over the break.
Writing with Ease
Students are continuing to refine their skill of identifying
the central narrative thread and summarizing. They will also explore possessive
adjectives and hyphenated words.
First Language
Lessons
Students are continuing to learn about adverbs. The concept
of diagramming sentences with proper nouns will be introduced. Students will have a quiz on Friday.