Monday, September 29, 2025

Bevans 3rd Grade T/Th 9/30-10/6

KEY DATES 1-3 TEST 9/30

SCIENCE JOURNAL DUE 9/30

GRAMMAR TEST 10/2

CH. 4 MATH TEST 10/7

GODFEY GORDON GUSTAVUS GORE DUE 10/9

SCIENCE PRESENTATION 10/9

 Important Dates:

10/9 - Spirit Day
10/14 - Parent/teacher conferences - no school
10/30 - Historical dress up day, Masquerade ball, spirit day, pizza day, DOGS day


   BLOG KEY

General

Math

Writing

Ch-chapter

TG-Teacher Guide

IEW-Institute with Excellence in Writing

Ex-Exercises

TB-Textbook

KWO-Key Word Outline

L-Lesson

WB-Workbook

RD-Rough draft

Pg-Page

FP-Math Fact Practice

FD-Final draft










IEW:
Our new structure is a title.  To create a title, repeat on to three key words from the final sentence. (pg48) Every paper from now on will need to have a title that is one to three words from the last sentence of the paper.  If you have any questions, please let me know.

Vocab words - The only vocab words that can be used for bonus points are the two that we are studying that week.  The vocab words cannot count as a dress-up and a bonus point.  If you use the word twice in the paper then one can be the dress-up and the other one a bonus point.

The KWO does not have to attached and turned in.  The only things that will need to be turned in is the checklist, FD, and the RD.

Science presentation: 
Next Thursday 10/9 the students will present a science presentation to the class.  They can pick any topic in chapters 1-3 that they have enjoyed learning about. They can present what they learned about the topic, what about that topic intrigued them, how does this impact our life, or why they think God chose to design our world that way.  The presentation needs to be at least 3 sentences.  They need to write them down in their science journal on the page labeled science presentation.  They will turn in their science journal after the presentation to be graded.  They can read their information however they will need to look at their notes and then look up to speak.  The same process as for an oral retell in IEW.  They can also bring an item in that goes with their presentation.   I have listed two examples below.  This will be a test grade. 

Tides: I have been to the beach and love playing in the ocean that comes on the beach. I learned that the reason the ocean that comes up on the beach is called a tide. The tide is caused by the moon. As the moon goes through the different phases the tides change the amount that they flow onto the beach. I think that it is amazing how God made the moon effect the oceans on Earth.

Killer Whales: Killer whales are my favorite animal. They are really called orcas. Orcas live in family groups their whole lives. They are amazing hunter. They are also very smart. I loved learning more about orcas or killer whales. 


Historical Dress Up Day/Masquerade Ball: 
Historical dress up day will be October 30 this year.  We are going to have a masquerade ball to end the day on the 30th.  We will be studying Louis XIV in history.  On Tuesday October 21st we will be making paper a mask for history.  I will keep them for the next week when we have the masquerade ball.  They can use the mask that they make in class or if you want you are welcome to buy one.  I will tell them they can decorate their mask to match the costume they are going to wear if they want.  Costumes must be in the theme of our historic studies this year, which will cover The Holy Roman Empire (1550) through the World of the Forty-Nine(1850).  Costume Guidelines: No weapons, no gore, nothing scary, students need to be able to move and sit properly and use the restroom on their own. Have fun thinking of ideas.  

3rd week 8Tue, Sep 30Wed, Oct 1Thu, Oct 2Fri, Oct 3Mon, Oct 6Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipFortitude- "Then David said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do the work. Don’t be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He won’t leave you or abandon you until all the work for the service of the LORD’s house is finished." -1 Chron. 28:20
BibleJohn the Baptist in Prison pg 403. Prayer time.A Woman Anoints Jesus' Feet pg 403. Pray for your classmate.The Story of the Sower pg 405. Prayer time.Stories About the Kingdom of Heaven pg 406. Pray for your classmate.Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
MathMath Review.
Ch 4 Lesson 6 TG pg 144-145, TB pg 116-119, WB pg 111-113.
Fact Practice (Add Q)
Ch 4 Lesson 7 TG pg 146-148, TB pg 120-123, WB pg 114-115.
Fact Practice (Sub G)
Ch 4 Lesson 8 TG pg 149-151, TB pg 124-127, WB pg 116-118
Fact Practice (Mult B)
Ch 4 Lesson 9 TG pg 152-154, TB pg 128-131, WB pg 119-122
Fact Practice (Add S), turn in on Monday.
Ch 4 Lesson 10 TG pg 155-156, TB pg 132-134
Writing
Vocab - guide, terrified
Read and discuss "Hannibal's War" pg 54. Circle key words in each sentence. Write your KWO pg 55 and test it. Read New Style and complete Style Practice pg 56-57. Introduce vocab words.Print vocab cards for lesson 7. Review your KWO from yesterday. Write your RD using your KWO. Look at the checklist pg 59. Parents proofread the RD and help make corrections.Complete vocab practice pg 58. Review New Style. Check to make sure -ly adverb and who/which clause in your RD. Start writing your FD.Finish FD. Make sure that your style elements and vocab words are labels and underlined. Paperclip or staple checklist, FD, and RD together.
GrammarGrammar ReviewCh 4 L4 Test Time. WB pg 99 for practice only, exercise 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9Chapter 4 TestCh 5 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. PB pg 4 Ch 5L1
SpellingReview lesson 8. Dictate sentence 4-6 pg 102.Review lesson 8. Dictate sentence 7-9 pg 102.Review lesson 8. Dictate sentence 10-12 pg 102. Spelling test over lesson 8.Teach EW and the Sound of /oo/ pg 105-109.Review lesson 9. Dictate sentences 1-3 pg 111.
ReadingReading DiscussionRead aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 5-6, Work on journal pages.Reading DiscussionRead aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 7-8, Work on journal pages.
Read aloudMagician's Nephew
History
Ch9 - The Western War
Key Date Test. Key Date 1618-1648.
Share history journal entry. Mapping Activity Pg 64, SP 26. Read "Rumpelstiltskin" from "Tales of Wonder V1" pg 87 and narrate.
Read The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (the first half) and narrate.Read The Thirty Years' War, 1618-1648 (the last half) and narrate.Journal entry: In your opinion was the Thirty Year War successful? Why or why not?
ScienceTurn science journal in for grading.Read Sperm Whales, Walloping Whalers, Social Circles, Big and Long, Moby Dick, Balleen Whales, Big Blues, Pygmy Right Whalepg 88-91 narrate what you read.Activity 4.8 Create a whale guess who game pg 97.Read Humpback Whales, Gray Whales, Right Whales, Snow Cone, and Help Save the Right Whales pg 93-96 narrate what you read.Ocean Box pg 97. Science Presentation to share with the class on Wednesday. Please see note below.Next Wednesday the kids will give a science presentation. They will pick any animal that was studied in chapters 1-4. Due next Wednesday. Please see note below for more details.
GeographyBritish Isles - Due 10/16
Key DatesKey Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/30
PoetryGodfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore stanza 1-7

Monday, September 22, 2025

Bevans 3rd Grade T/Th 9/23-9/29

CH.3 MATH TEST 9/23

READING JOURNAL DUE 9/23

TORNADOES IEW DUE 9/23

SCIENCE JOURNAL DUE 9/30

CH. 4 GRAMMAR TEST 10/2

Important Dates:

9/29 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day
10/9 - Spirit Day
10/14 - Parent/teacher conferences - no school
10/30 - Historical dress up day, Masquerade ball, spirit day, pizza day, DOGS day


   BLOG KEY

General

Math

Writing

Ch-chapter

TG-Teacher Guide

IEW-Institute with Excellence in Writing

Ex-Exercises

TB-Textbook

KWO-Key Word Outline

L-Lesson

WB-Workbook

RD-Rough draft

Pg-Page

FP-Math Fact Practice

FD-Final draft










PLEASE CHECK GRADES- We are coming to the end of the first quarter, please check your child's grades to make sure that there are no surprises when grades come out.

Reading Journal:
The reading journals will be a different format for the next few books. For our reading we will be working on setting, characters, background, conflict, and resolution. The journal will not have specific pages for each chapter. You will look for what you can fill out that pertains to the chapters that were read.

3rd week 7Tue, Sep 23Wed, Sep 24Thu, Sep 25Fri, Sep 26Mon, Sep 29Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipFear of the Lord- "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” -Proverbs 9:10
BibleJesus Heals a Leper pg 396. Prayer time.A Roman Captain Shows Great Faith pg 397. Pray for your classmate.Four Men Tear Up a Roof pg 398. Prayer time.A Widow's Son Is Raised to Life pg 401. Pray for your classmate.Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
MathMath Review
Ch 3 Test A.
Fact Practice (Sub D), turn in on Monday.
Ch 4 Lesson 2 TG pg 133-135, TB pg 102-104, WB pg 98-100.
Fact Practice (Add O)
Ch 4 Lesson 3 TG pg 136-138, TB pg 105-108, WB pg 101-103. Make Test correction to turn in on Wednesday.
Fact Practice (Sub E)
Ch 4 Lesson 4 TG pg 139-140, TB pg 109-112, WB pg 104-106.
Fact Practice (Add P), turn in on Monday.
Ch 4 Lesson 5 TG pg 141-143, TB pg 113-115, WB pg 107-110.
Extra Practice
TB pg 95-96 optional if need more practice, Test 3B sent home on Wednesday.
Writing
Vocab - cautiously, cleverly
Read and discuss "Benjamin Franklin's Lightning Rod" pg 46. Circle key words in each sentence. Write your KWO pg 47 and test it. Read New Structure and complete Style Practice pg 48-49. Introduce vocab words.Print vocab cards for lesson 6. Review your KWO from yesterday. Write your RD using your KWO. Look at the checklist pg 51. Parents proofread the RD and help make corrections.Complete vocab practice pg 50. Review New Style. Follow the title rule to create a title pg 48. Start writing your FD.Finish FD. Make sure that your style elements and vocab words are labels and underlined. Paperclip or staple checklist, FD, and RD together.
GrammarCh 4 L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill TimeCh 4 L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. PB pg 3 Ch4L2. WB pg 65 Ch4L2P1-2.Ch 4 L3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time.Ch 4 L3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 3 Ch4L3
SpellingReview lesson 7. Dictate sentences 4-6 pg 94.Review lesson 7. Dictate sentences 7-9 pg 94.Review lesson 7. Dictate sentences 10-12 pg 94. Spelling test over lesson 7.Teach Months of the Year pg 97-101.Review lesson 8. Dictate sentence 1-3 pg 102.
ReadingTurn on reading journal. Reading disccussionRead aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 1-2.Reading DiscussionRead aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 3-4, Work on journal pages.Please see note below.
Read aloudMagician's Nephew
History
Ch8 - The Middle of the East
Key Date 1620. Discuss the differences between the Jamestown Colony and the Plymouth Colony. Turn in history journal to be graded.Read The Persian Puzzle and narrate.Read The Ottoman Turks and narrate.If you were Sultan like Osman, who conquered Asia and parts of Europe, how would you rule that many people?
ScienceRead Diving Deeper, Cetaceans Matter, Whale Woes, Partners in Crime, Conservation Station, Deep Dive Whales, and Dazzling Dolphins pg 76-80 narrate what you read.Activity 4.4 Experiment with a fusiform shape. Activity 4.5 What's a fin for? Pg 87Read Helpers of the Sea, Group Fishing, Portly porpoises, Bugling Belugas, Unicorns of the Sea, and Killers of the Sea pg 80-86 narrate what you read.Pick one of these topics, Whale Woes, Partners in Crime, or Helpers of the Sea, write a narration about the topic in your journal.Turn science journal in for grading on Tuesday 9/30.

Monday, September 15, 2025

Bevans 3rd Grade T/Th 9/16-9/22

MATH TEST THIS TUESDAY 9/16

SCIENCE JOUNAL DUE 9/18

GRAMMAR TEST 9/18

KEY DATES QUIZ 9/30

  Important Dates:

9/25 - DOGS, pizza, spirit day
10/9- Spirt Day (No Pizza)
10/14- Parent Teacher Conferences (No School)


   BLOG KEY

General

Math

Writing

Ch-chapter

TG-Teacher Guide

IEW-Institute with Excellence in Writing

Ex-Exercises

TB-Textbook

KWO-Key Word Outline

L-Lesson

WB-Workbook

RD-Rough draft

Pg-Page

FP-Math Fact Practice

FD-Final draft











Math - Starting Monday, we will do a quick review of what we have learned so far this year instead of the math facts. We will continue to do math fact Tuesday thru Friday.

IEW - Now that we are starting to write our IEW papers, I wanted to go over somethings to hopefully help at home.  They are to make the paper their own.  The main points need to be followed but they need to put it in their own words.

Rough Draft/Proofread – All papers must be double spaced.  The rough draft is a rough draft.  Please do not have the kids erase and correct their errors.  Once they finished writing the paper, please proofread the paper.  Correct the misspelling, punctuation, and capitalization by writing the correction in red or a different color.  The reason the papers are double spaced is to allow room for the correction to be written in without erasing.  Do not have them rewrite this paper yet.  This will be rewritten the next day in class.

Checklist – The checklist is found at the end of each weeks lesson in the IEW book.  This is not for you to grade your child's paper but as a help so you know when you are proofreading if your child has included everything that should be in the paper.  In the past I have some wonderful papers turned in but the grade is failing because they did not follow the checklist.  All items on the checklist, elements of style, dress ups, vocabulary words, need to be underlined and labeled in the left or right margin.  It will say on the checklist which side to label.  They only need to underline and label one of each item listed.

Final Draft – We start the final draft on next week.  Please send the proofread rough draft to school so they can start to copy and make the corrections into a final paper.  This final draft is the one that will be turned on for a grade.


3rd week 6Tue, Sep 16Wed, Sep 17Thu, Sep 18Fri, Sep 19Mon, Sep 22Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipFear of the Lord- "The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,
and the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.” -Proverbs 9:10
BibleThe Cripple at the Pool of Bethesda pg 390. Prayer time.Jesus Heals a Withered Hand pg 392. Pray for your classmate.The Twelve pg 393. Prayer time.The Sermon on the Mount pg 394. Pray for your classmate.Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
MathMath Review
Ch 2 Test A
Fact Practice (Add M)
Ch 3 Lessons 3 TG pg 106-108, TB pg 83-87, WB pg 79-82
Fact Practice (Sub B)
Ch 3 Lessons 6 TG pg 113-114, TB pg 92-94, WB pg 87-90
Fact Practice (Add N)
Ch 3 Lessons 7 TG pg 115-116, WB pg 91-95
Fact Practice (Sub C), turn in on Monday.
Ch 4 Lesson 1 TG pg 130-132, TB pg 98-101, WB pg 95-97.
Writing
Vocab - abruptly, forcefully
Review your KWO. Write your RD using your checklist, remember to include and underline one -ly adverb.Parents proofread and help make corrections.Review New Style. Start writing your FD.Finish FD. Make sure that your style elements and vocab words are labeled and underlined. Paperclip or staple checklist, FD, and RD together.
GrammarGrammar ReviewCh 3 L 4 Test Time WB pg 98 Exercise 1,3,4,5,6,7 use to review for test tomorrow.Chapter 3 TestCh 4 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. PB pg 3 Ch4 L1. WB pg 64-65 Ch4L1P1-5. Activity/ Assignment Time
SpellingReview lesson 6. Dictate sentence 4-6 pg 87.Review lesson 6. Dictate sentence 7-9 pg 87.Review lesson 6. Dictate sentence 10-12 pg 87. Spelling test over lesson 6.Teach OR in Work pg 89-92.Review lesson 7. Dictate sentences 1-3 pg 94.
ReadingReading DiscussionRead aloud "The Cabin Faced West" Ch 7. Answer questions in reading journal.Reading DiscussionRead aloud "The Cabin Faced West" Ch 8. Answer questions in reading journal.Turn jounral in on Monday.
Read aloudMagician's Nephew
History
Ch7 - The Spread of Slavery
Key Date 1620. The Mayflower Compact Pg 41, SP 18. Read "You Wouldn't Want to Sail on the Mayflower!" Share journal entry.Read Tobacco and Unwilling Colonists and narrate..Read Queen Nzinga of Angola and narrate.Journal Entry: Would you have rather been on Portuguese's side or on Queen Nzinga's side and why?
Science
Read Mostly Skin and Blubber, Righty or Lefty, Ready Rostrum, Magnificent mouths, Flubbery Blubber, Whale Habits Putting on the Moves, Miles of Migration, and Don't Have a calf pg 65-69 narrate what you read.Activity 3.4 How long can you hold your breath? pg 59. Activity 3.6 See the sound waves pg 63. Look at Whale Moves.
Turn in Journal for grading.
Read Smarties of the Sea, Time for Bed, Beach Bummer, Two Kinds of Whales, Abundant Baleen, Terrific Teeth, and Sight by Sound pg 70-74 narrate what you read.Ocean box pg 74. Answer what do you remember questions in your journal.
GeographyBritish Isles - Due 10/16
Key DatesKey Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/30
PoetryGodfrey Gordon Gustavus Gore stanza 1-5.