Third Grade 10/8-10/12

3rd	10/8/2018	10/9/2018	10/10/2018	10/11/2018	10/12/2018	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Staff Development - Student Holiday	Obedience
Bible		Unit Verse: Proverbs 3:1-2 “My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity.”
		Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego obey when it is hard. Daniel 3	Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego obey when it is hard. Daniel 3	Moses obeys but only half way. Numbers 20:2-13.	Noah obeys a strange request. Genesis 6:9-7:11
Math		Review HIG pgs. 54-56, TB pg. 67 Review A	Math Test	HIG pgs. 57-58, TB pgs. 68-69, WB EX 28	Practice math facts. Review concepts that still may need some practice.
Spelling		Review Step 9 and all phonograms and key cards. Dictate sentences 6 - 9	Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 10 New Teaching, Short E Spelled EA. Dictate 10 words.	Dictate sentences 1-3
Grammar		Use Ch4 L4 Test Time pg 100 to review for grammar test tomorrow. Skip exercises 4, 8.	Grammar Test	Ch5 L1: Jingle Time; Grammar Time. PB pg 4 Ch4 L1 Sentences.
Writing		Review vocab				Please see note below.
		Write section one of Damocles and The King. Label all dress ups in section one.	Add section two of Damocles and The King to section one. Remember to start a new paragraph for section two. Label all dress ups for section two.	Add section three of Damocles and The King to section one and two. Remember to start a new paragraph for section three. Label all dress-up in section three.	Oral retell.
Reading		The Cricket in Times Square Ch 7	The Cricket in Times Square	The Cricket in Times Square Ch 8	The Cricket in Times Square Ch 9
History		#98 - Baroque Period of the Arts				Please see note below for new key dates and test date.
		Read History Card	History Card Report Alyssa/ Memory Song	History Card Journal entry	Journal Report #98 on 10/15/18: Hudson
Geography		Australia - Due 10/10; Oceania - Due 12/5
Science		Read nitrogen elements pg 98 in the CPT. Write two sentence about what you have learned. Review "Periodic Table" poem.	Do Scientific Demonstration: Shiny Pennies. Define essential elements in student glossary. Review Periodic Table poem.	Read phosphorus elements pg 100 in the CPT. Write two sentence about what you have learned. Review "Periodic Table" poem.	Use Periodic Table week 7 quiz to review this week's material. Review Period Table Poem.	The answers to the quiz can be found in the teacher's guide pg 68.
Memory Work		Quarter 2 Poem Due 11/28. Period Table Poem Due 11/5

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

Important Dates:

10/8 - Teacher In service, no school

10/10 - Nest meeting 9:00am

10/11 - Christian Worldview Book club 7:00pm

10/15 - Moms in prayer 9:00am

10/17 - Spirit Day

10/18 - Christian Worldview Book club 7:00pm

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 review all math facts. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Please continue to practice bar modeling at home. Here are the links to the bar modeling https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/math/   

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:

This week we will be combining all three parts of Damocles and The King into one three paragraph paper.  A section will be added each day.  On Tuesday part A will be written, Wednesday in class they will add part B.  Thursday they will add part C.  This will be turned in on Monday for a grade.

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.  Starting Oct 15 all final draft will have to be in cursive.

Science:
The answers to the quiz can be found in the teacher's guide pg 68.  Continue to practice the "Periodic Table" poem.

History:
History Dates to know for this quarter: 
Columbus 1492
Martin Luther's 95 Theses 1517
Spanish Conquistadors 1519
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Mozart/Beethoven 1750
Seven Year War. 
Test Date 12/5

Reading:

 We will be reading "A Cricket in Time Square" this week.

  

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 2 poem, geography map & song, history timeline song, key dates, and Periodic Table poem. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.