Fortis 3rd Grade (M/W): Third Grade Aug 20-24

3rd	8/20/2018	8/21/2018	8/22/2018	8/23/2018	8/24/2018	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Cooperation					Open House, 8/28 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!”
Bible	Building Together Nehemiah 3:1-16	Building Together Nehemiah 3:17-32	Submitting to Authority Romans 13:1-7	Standing Strong Together Nehemiah 4:7-21	Standing Strong Together: Discuss and find ways that you are stronger together.
Math	Addition Fact Sheet HIG pg 14-15. TB pg 24-26 # 1-5. Wb Ex 8 pg 25-27	Addition Fact Sheet. HIG pg 15 TB pg 26; TB # 8a pg b1(last pg in HIG). MM 3	Addition Fact Sheet. HIG pg 16. TB Pg 27. WB Ex 9 pg 28-29. MM 4	HIG pg 17 Enrichment 1. MM 5 & 6	Addition Fact Sheet. HIG pg18-20. TB pg 29-30 #1-5. WB Ex 10 pg 30-31.	Materials needed: number discs, place value chart, playing cards
Spelling	Review Step 2. Dictate sentences 4-6.	Review Step 2. Dictate sentences 7 - 9	Review step 2. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 3 Consonant Team DGE - Teach lesson and students write 10 words.	Dictate sentences 1-3 and student record on spelling paper	Place sentences in spelling section. We will add more sentences Monday.
Grammar	Ch2 L1: Jingle Time; Grammar Time, Activity/Assignment Time.	Review Ch2 L1: Jingle Time; Grammar Time	Ch2 L2; Jingle Time; Work on Sentence labels; Skill Time.	Ch2 L2;Review Jingle Time; Grammar Time; Skill Time; PB pg 1 Ch2 L2.
Writing	Vocab - chorus, lurch, venture					The IEW checklist for "Belling the Cat" can be found in the communication pocket in the campus binder. There is an IEW example page under the writing tab in the campus binder.
Writing	IEW Lesson 3 Writing from outline Belling The Cat pg 19, 22. Introduce using quotation marks. pg 21 Review banned words pg 19. Introduce vocab words.	IEW pg 20 assignment 2. Use pg 24 to replace banned words. Review banned words pg 19. Review vocab words. HW pg16-18.	IEW pg 20 assignment 4 & 5. Introduce proofreading marks. Review banned words pg 19. Review vocab words.	Finish writing Belling the Cat if not completed in class yesterday (assignment 4 & 5 on pg. 20) Oral Retell. HW pg 19-21.
Reading	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Mr. Popper's Penguins Ch 14-15	Mr. Popper's Penguins	Mr. Popper's Penguins Ch 16-18	Mr. Popper's Penguins Ch 19-20
History	#87 - Slave Trade in Africa & #89 Songhai In Africa					History Dates to know for this quarter: Columbus 1492, Martin Luther's 95 Theses 1517, Spanish Conquistadors 1519
History	History Card Report: Matthew. Prince Henry worksheet. Memory Song	Read History Cards	History Card / Memory Song	History Card Journal entry - Choose one of the cards and write a summary of what you learned.	Journal Report #87 due Mon Aug 27: Max
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/5
Science	Do the Scientific Demonstration: An Empty Sack. Define Air. Review Atom and Molecules Poem.	Read Air - sections on air and gases in the air pg 62 in USE. Write two sentence on what you learned. Review Atom and Molecules Poem.	Read Separating Gases and Oxygen pg 62 in USE. Complete the air project. Review Atom and Molecules Poem.	Read Carbon Dioxide and air quality pg 63 in USE. Write two sentence about what you learned. Review Atoms and Molecules Poem.	Review using Atoms and Molecules week 3 quiz. Review Atoms and Molecules Poem. Answers are on pg 30.	USE - The Usborne Science Encyclopdia. CPT - The Complete Periodic Table
Memory Work	Quarter 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:

9/20 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am
Christian world view book club 7:00pm
9/27 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am
Open house - 6:00pm
Christian world view book club 7:00pm
9/29 - Spirit and Pizza Day- On the last Wednesday of every month we will have pizza delivered to school...a day off from packing lunch! You may have already paid for pizza when you registered. If you didn't (and would like your child to have pizza each month) you can send in a check for $35 or you can send an email to bbrannan@fortisacademy.net and he can add it to your FACTS account. If you are still in need of spirit shirts let me know.

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:

Some of the definitions in Chapter 2 lesson 2; Practice Time; may seem a little abstract for now. 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 complete their first rough draft of the year. They may use up to 3 vocabulary words from lesson 3. Each vocabulary word from lesson 3 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.

Reading:

We are continuing to read "Mr. Popper's Penguins" this week. Next week we will be starting "The Hundred Dresses".

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.