Third Grade 8/27-8/31

3rd8/27/20188/28/20188/29/20188/30/20188/31/2018Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipCooperationOpen House, 8/27 6-7:00 p.m.

Bible
Unit Verse: Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 “Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up!”
Learning to submit to God Judges 2:6-23Working together for truth 1 John 1:1-11Working together for truth 1 John 1:1-11, Discuss ways that we can work together to find truthA task required teamwork and determination Mark 2:1-12Find a task that takes determination and teamwork to complete.
MathAddition Fact Sheet. HIG read pg 18-19. HIG pg 21. TB pg 30-31 # 6-9. WB Ex 11 pg 32-33.Addition Fact Sheet. HIG pg 22. TB 32-33 # 10-14. WB Ex 12 pg 34-35.Addition Fact Sheet. HIG pg 23. TB Practice 2C pg 34. MM 7Addition Fact Sheet. TB Practice 2D pg 35. Complete and turn in on Mon for homework grade. MM 8HIG pg 23 TB pg 36-37, TB Practice 2E. Complete and turn in on Mon for homework grade. WB Exercise 13 pg 36-38 if needed.Materials needed: Playing cards or 4 sets of number cards. MM can be found in the back of the HIG.
SpellingReview step 3 - More Words and Homophone Pairs. Dictate sentences 4-6.Review Step 3 - Writing Station. Dictate sentences 7 - 9Review Step 3. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.Step 4 New Teaching- Ways to Spell / j /. Students write and sort 10 words on pg. 33.Dictate sentences 1-3. *Students will be assessed on the 10 words on pg. 33. There are no new word cards for this lessonPlace sentences in spelling folder pocket. We will add more sentences Monday.
GrammarCh2 L3; Jingle Time; Grammar Time. Ch2 L3; Review Jingle Time; Skill Time.Ch2 L4 Jingle Time; Introduce Adverbs and adj in sentence flow.Ch2 L4 Jingle Time; Grammar Time. PB pg 1 CH2 L4.Ch2 L5 Jingle Time; Grammar Time. PB pg 1 Ch2 L5.  Practice Time WB pg 66 Ch2 L5 Practice 1-2.

Writing
Vocab - saunter, ravishing, woefully
IEW lesson 4 Writing from outline The Crow and the Peacocks. pg 27-31. Introduce -ly words. Review banned verbs pg 29. Introduce vocab words.IEW pg 29 assignment 2-4. Review banned verbs pg 29. Review vocab words. HW 22-23.IEW pg 29 Look over rough draft.  Start proofreading. Review vocab words.  Oral retellOral retell of the "The Crow and the Peacocks" HW 24-25.
ReadingThe Hundred Dresses Ch 1The Hundred Dresses Ch 2-3The Hundred DressesThe Hundred Dresses Ch 4-5The Hundred Dresses Ch 6-7

History
#88 - Gutenberg's Printing Press & #90 - Czar Ivan the Great of Russia
History Dates to know for this quarter: Columbus 1492, Martin Luther's 95 Theses 1517, Spanish Conquistadors 1519
History Card Report: Max  / Memory SongRead History CardHistory Card / Memory SongHistory Card Journal entry - In your opinion how did the printing press help society? Journal Report #88 on 9/05/18: Justin
GeographyContinents and Oceans - Due 9/5
ScienceDo the Scientific Demonstration: Disappearing Salt. Define hard water. Read water pg 72 in USE. Review for quiz.Read about water pg 73. Write two sentence about what you learned. Review Poem, quizzes, and glossary words for quiz.Science Quiz over Atoms and Molecules. Evaluate Atoms and Molecules Poem.Introduce Periodic Table Poem.
USE - The Usborne Science Encyclopedia. CPT - The Complete Periodic Table
Memory WorkQuarter 1 Poem Due 9/27. Science Poem Atoms and Molecules due 8/30.




Please check Alma every week to see your child's grades.

Important Dates:
8/27 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am
          Open house - 6:00pm
          Christian world view book club 7:00pm
8/29 - Spirit and Pizza Day
9/3 - Labor Day - No school
9/10 - School Pictures  
          Moms in Prayer - 9:00am
9/12 - Spirit Day 
          Nest Meeting - 9:00am 

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG – Singapore math Home
Instructor Guide
TB – Singapore math textbook
WB – Singapore math workbook
HW – Handwriting copybook
IEW – Institute for Excellence in Writing
USE – The Usborne Science Encyclopedia
CPT – The Complete Periodic Table

Math:
Please continue to practice bar modeling at home. Here are the links to the bar modeling https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/math/   
Mental math (MM) can be found toward the back of the Home Instructor Guide. You should spend no longer than 10 minutes on MM; students do not need to complete the entire exercise.
Grammar:
Reminding your student of the Shurley jingle that matches the definition may help. You will not be doing any Shurley vocabulary at home for the remainder of the year as we will be focusing on IEW vocabulary.
Composition:
Students will now be completing a rough draft every week. They may use up to 3 vocabulary words from lesson 4. Each vocabulary word from lesson 4 is worth 1 extra credit point.
Continue to practice proper formation of cursive letters at home. Writing on notebook paper, rather than handwriting paper is new for some students this year. Please help your student with this transition. 
Science:
Our first unit test will be on Wednesday.  The answers to the quizzed can be found in the teacher's guide pg 34.  The Atoms and Molecules poem will also be assessed.
Reading:
 We are starting "The Hundred Dresses" this week.  Please bring the book to class on Monday.
Memory:
Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 1 poem, geography map & song, history timeline song, and Atoms & Molecules poem. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.