Greetings Families,
It has been another wonderful week in 3A! I am truly blessed to have the
opportunity to teach your children this year. I am amazed by them everyday. It is great seeing their minds opened and their excitement
for the things we are learning. I cannot wait to see the paths we take on our
journey together this year.
Here is an update for what is coming up in week 3 for third
grade:
Assessments at a Glance
Monday: Math
(Please use the review in your student’s workbook to study. You might also want to review exercises
1-6 in their workbook).
Tuesday: Science (The
quiz will be on the scientific method. Please see the study guide that should
be in their binder tonight, Friday, August 21st.)
Wednesday: None
Thursday: None
Friday: None
Quarter 1, Week 3 Lessons
Language Arts
Spalding:
We are going to continue to fill in our Spalding rule pages. There is no assigned homework for
Spalding next week, but your child needs to practice handwriting and phonograms
every night. All work in all
subjects are now to be done in cursive.
Grammar/Writing: We will begin working on summaries
using Writing with Ease. We will also be reviewing proof reading
and punctuation rules.
Literature:
We will continue to read Little House on the Prairie. Ask you scholar some questions at home.
What happened in the chapters this week?
What part was your favorite? What part was your least favorite? Why?
Which character is your favorite? Why?
What do you think is going to happen next?
Which virtues have you seen the characters showing?
Poetry:
Please continue to have your scholar practice the poem “Stopping by
Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost, page 49 in The Harp and Laurel Wreath.
Recitations will be on Friday September 4th.
Math
After our quiz on Monday we will moving into the next unit
which covers adding within 100. We
will begin learning bar models!
Science
On Monday we will do another fun experiment to demonstrate
the scientific method. Tuesday is
our assessment quiz. Please be sure to sign the study guide stating that your
child has studied and is prepared for the quiz by Monday night. Then we will be
jumping into our next unit: animal classification!
History
We will be continuing our unit on geography. We will be discussing directions, maps,
borders, and capitals.
Have a great weekend!
Best,
Michael Naaktgeboren