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            Third Grade!                

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  • Third Grade Schedule

    2010-2011  

    7:50 9:00 Daily Math, Math lesson

    9:00-9:45 Specials

    9:45-10:00 Math independent work, small group

    10:00-10:45 Science

    10:45-11:30 SS/LA

    11:30-12:30 Lunch and Recess

    12:30-1:15 Read aloud, DEAR

    1:15-2:40 Language Arts

    2:40-2:50 write in planner and get ready for dismissal

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    • What are we learning this week?

      September 6th-September 10th


      Language Arts/ Social Studies
        

      This week's story is Pop's Bridge.  This realistic fiction story is about two boys whose fathers help build the Golden Gate Bridge.  We will the location of this story start learning about mapping skills.

       

      Pop's Bridge Vocabulary Words:

      excitement - a feeling of great happiness

      stretch  - to extend or spread out

      disappears - that somthing passes from sight

      foggy - that there is a thick mist or low clouds

      balancing - keeping steady

      cling - something is to stick to it or hang on tightly

      tide - the rise and fall of the sea

      crew - a group of people doing work

      **Comprehension and vocabulary test on Friday**


      Spelling Words

       Due to the holiday Please complete 2 activities from your

      Tic Tac Toe (TTT - glued in planners) *Due Thursday*

      Unit 2 More Short Vowels

      pond, lot, crop, rub, drum, shut, spot, dodge, drop, sock, luck, does, hunt, front, much, crumb

      Unit 2 Challenge List More Short Vowels

      crunchy, cropped, bothered, dissolve, lumber, pumpkin, dodge, column, instruction, model


      Every Monday we will take a spelling pretest over the regular list of words.  If you child earns a 100%, they will be assigned the Challenge List.  Both lists will be tested on Friday.

      **Spelling and Dictation Test Friday**


      Math

      This week we will continue place value.  Students will be able to read and write numbers in standard form, word form and expanded form.  This week we will go all the way to the hundred thousands!

      Example:

      Standard Form: 125, 431

      Expanded Form: 100,000 + 20,000 + 5,000 + 400 + 30 + 1 = 125,431

      Word Form: one hundred twenty-five thousand four hundred thirty-one

              **Place Value Quiz on Friday**

       
      Science


      Students will begin applying the scientific method.  We will practice each step this week during simple investigations.
       


      Writing

      Students will learn how to identify and write the subject and predicate to make a complete sentence.  We will continue writing personal narratives and practice editing skills with capitalization and punctuation.

       

      *Subject and Predicate Quiz on Friday**

       


      Extras

       

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