Third Grade 4/1-4/5

3rd	4/1/2019	4/2/2019	4/3/2019	4/4/2019	4/5/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Staff Development - Student Holiday	Righteousness				CTP Testing 4/9 & 4/11
Bible		Unit Verse: Psalm 11:7 “For the Lord is righteous, He loves justice; upright men will see His face.”
		Balaam and his bad reputation. Read Numbers 22:21-39.	Balaam and his bad reputation. Discuss Numbers 22:21-39.
Math		HIG pg 83-84. TB pg 78-81. WB Ex 36 pg 109-110. MM 14.	Math Test	HIG pg 83-84. TB pg 78-81. WB Ex 37 pg 111-112. MM 14.	HIG pg 85-88. TB pg 82-83. WB Ex 38-39 pg 113-116.
Spelling		Review current step. Dictate sentences 7 - 9	Review step. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 26. The Sound of / o / Spelled OE. Students copy 10 words and dictate sentences 1-3
Grammar		Use correct grammar while writing your final draft for IEW.	Review Grammar
Writing		Review Vocab				Please see note below.
		IEW lesson 20 Men Who Changed the World pg 137. Assignment 1-3, Start #4 writing the FD by Writing a introductory sentence and Benjamin Franklin paper final drafts. pg 139. Review all vocab	Continue to write FD adding Louis Braille. Vocab Quiz.	Finish FD by adding Thomas Edison and final clincher. Oral retell.	Oral retell.
Reading		Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 11-13	Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears	Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 14-15	Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 16-17
History		#121 U.S. Westward Expansion
		History Card #122	History Card / Memory Song	History Card #122 Journal entry: What do you think life on the Oregon Trail was like?	Journal Report for #122 on 04/08/19:
Geography		British Isles - Due 4/25
Science		Read Detergents pg 94 in USE. Use Organic Chemistry week 1 quiz to review this week's material. Review Organics poem.	Do Scientific Demonstration: Oily Clean-up. Define organic compounds and detergent. Review Organics Poem.	Read Alcohols pg 94-95 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned. Review Organics poem.	Use Organic Chemistry week 2 quiz to review this week's material. Review Organics poem.	The answers to the quiz can be found in the teacher's guide pg 172 & 176 .
Memory Work		Quarter 4 Poem Due 5/1.

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

Important Dates:

4/1 - Teacher In service, student holiday

4/4 - Christian Worldview Book Club 7:00pm

4/6 - Nerf Tournament 6:00pm

4/8 - CPT Test

        Moms in Prayer 9:00am

4/10 - CPT  Test

          Spirit Day

4/15 - Moms in Prayer 9:00am

4/17 - New Parent Informational 10:00am

4/22 - Moms in Prayer 9:00am

4/24 - Spirit Day, Pizza Day

4/29 - Moms in Prayer 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 review all math facts. Addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  This can be accomplished with flash cards, math apps, or math games.

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

Composition:

This week we are combing the last three papers about great men who changed the world.  On Tuesday your child will write and introductory sentenced followed by copying their paper of Benjamin Franklin.  If they had any mistakes please have them correct those for this paper.  On Wednesday they will start a new paragraph copying their paper of Louis Braille.  If they had any mistakes please have them correct those for this paper.  On Thursday they will start a new paragraph copying their paper of Thomas Edison.  Then they will finish the paper with a clincher with words reflected from their introductory sentence.  If they had any mistakes please have them correct those for this paper.
 
Review vocab words daily.

Science:
This week we are working on acids and bases. The answer to the quiz can be found on page 158.

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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 1756.

American Revolution and George Washington 1775

French Revolution 1789

Napoleon Crowned Emperor of France 1804   

Immigrants Flock to America 1820

Communist Manifesto 1848

Darwin and the Theory of Evolution 1959

Test Date 5/1

Reading: 

We will continue with "Little Pilgrim's Progress" this week. We will be reading this until the end of the school year.

  

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 4 poem, geography map & song, history timeline song, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.