Welcome to the second semester of third grade! I have decided to blog quickly once a week, posting spelling words and a quick agenda of what we will be learning in class for the upcoming week. I have not had a large parent following this year, please send me a quick email if you enjoy reading what your child is learning on this blog, or what information you would like to find here to better meet your needs as a parent. I am open to all comments and suggestions!
Over View for Week of January 4th -8th
- Math - We will be reviewing fractions and money. Towards the end of the week we will practice solving word problems using elapsed time. For example, if the movie started at 3:15 and ended at 5:25, how long was the movie?
- Reading - We will read an expository non fiction piece titled A Tree Is Growing to practice locating factual information within a text.
- Writing - The students will be introduced to writing an "explain why" piece which requires higher level thinking. It is related to the cause and effect approach, the writer must make the connection between why something must be done and what consequences it has on a given situation. For example we will write a practice explain why it is important to wear a helmet when skate boarding or riding a bike...what could happen if one did not wear a helmet?
- Social Studies - for the month of January we will focus on the Presidents. This week we will learn about the White House and the first three presidents of the United States.
- Friday - Show & Tell
Spelling Words: Lesson 13
Consonants /s/c/j/g/dge/
- ice
- age
- rice
- edge
- stage
- giant
- range
- judge
- ledge
- police
- recent
- bridge
- office
- strange
- central
Challenge Words:
- celery
- ceiling
- difference
- margin
- imagine