Torres Third Grade 1/9-1/13

3rd week 181/9/20231/10/20231/11/20231/12/20231/13/2023Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipResilience- “For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.” -Romans 8:18
BibleRead and Discuss Act 15:1-2.Read and Discuss Acts 15:1-11, pray for your classmate.Read and Discuss Acts 15:6-21.Read and Discuss Acts 15:13-35, pray for your classmate.Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
MathCh 8 Lesson 1 TG pg 6-9, TB pg 2-6, WB pg 1-3.Ch 8 Lesson 2 TG pg 10-13, TB pg7-11 , WB pg 4-6.Ch 8 Lesson 3 TG pg 14-15, TB pg 12-13, WB pg 7-9Ch 8 Lesson 4 TG pg 16-17, TB pg 14-16, WB pg 10-12Ch 8 Lesson 5 WB pg 13-16.Extra Practice
Ch 8 Lesson 5 TG pg 18
Writing
Vocab - Review
IEW Lesson 9. Borrowing a conflict pg 71 - 74. Review vocab words.IEW pg 72 assignment 2 write your RD. Proofread RD.IEW Start FD. FD must be in cursive. Review vocabFinish FD. FD must be in cursive. Underline all dress-ups, sentence openers, decorations, and vocabulary words and labeled in the margin.Please see note below about writing final draft in cursive. If your child is going to use a template, they will need to bring it with them on Wednesday to school. 
GrammarCh9L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time.Ch9L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 8 Ch9L1. Review any concepts that you may need help with.Ch9L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time.Ch9L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 8 Ch9L2.
SpellingReview SpellingReview SpellingStep 14. More ER Words. Students copy 10 words.Dictate sentences 1-3
ReadingThe Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe Ch 3Reading ExplorationReading DiscussionThe Cricket in Times Square Ch 1The Cricket in Times Square Ch 2. Answer questions in black reading journal.
History
Ch22 - Revolution!
Read Paul Revere's Ride and "You Wouldn't Want to be at the Boston Tea Party!"Read SOTW Discontent in the British Colonies and narrate.Read SOTW The American Revolution and narrate.Journal entry: What do you think that the British could have done to keep the colonies as part of Britain?
GeographyFormer USSR - Due 3/2
ScienceRead Avoiding Shark Bites, Jawless Fish pg 116-118. Narrate what you read today.Try This page 111, write measurements in your journal. What kind of sharks do you think the other teeth came from? Turn in Science Journals.Ocean Box pg 119
Memory WorkQuarter 3 Poem Due 3/2
Key Date 1-9 Due 3/2

 Welcome Back!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas Break.

Important Dates

1/9 - Back to school
1/11 - Spirit Day
1/25 - Dogs Day/Pizza Day/Spirit Day


BLOG KEY
General:
Ch – Chapter
Ex – Exercise
L – Lesson
pg – Page(s)

Math:
TG – Teacher’s Guide
TB – Textbook
WB – Workbook
FP – Facts Practice 

Writing:
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
KWO - Key word outline
RD - Rough Draft
FD - Final Draft

New Books:
The new books for second semester are:
3B Singapore Math Workbook and Textbook
A Cricket in Time Square

Math:
We will start the Math 3B books on Monday.  We are going to continue multiplication and division starting with the 6 family.

Composition:
We are borrowing a conflict this week. The kids will pick a conflict from either a story that we have done this year or from the list on pg 71.
Monday - Complete KWO
Tuesday - Oral retell from your outline, write RD, parents proofread.
Wednesday - Start writing the FD.
Thursday - Finish FD, parents look over FD to make sure everything is labeled and underlined.
All FD are to be written in cursive. If your child is still struggling with cursive. In the link below you can type their RD into the space and it will create their RD in cursive and they can copy in the line below. Select the option from the picture below. If you have any questions, please let me know.



https://www.worksheetworks.com/english/writing/handwriting/cursive-practice.html

Reading
We start reading "A Cricket in Time Square" Thursday.  There will be comprehension questions or short paragraphs to write for the chapters in "A Cricket in Time Square"  

History:
We will be learning 12 key dates during the year.  We will be leaning 3 dates a quarter.  At the end of the quarter there will be a quiz.  The quiz will be accumulative as the year progresses.  The dates are listed in the campus binder under the science and history tab.

Quarter 3 dates
Charles V 1519
William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582
Jamestown Colony Founded 1607
Thirty Year War 1618
Louis XIV the Sun King 1661
Sir Isaac Newton 1666
Seven Years War 1756
American Revolution and George Washington 1775
French Revolution 1789

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on quarter 3 poem, Try Again , geography map & song, Former USSR, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.