Windsor Third Grade 8/15-8/21

3rd week 2	Tue, Aug 15	Wed, Aug 16	Thu, Aug 17	Fri, Aug 18	Mon, Aug 21	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Dependability- "Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” – Hebrews 10:23
Bible	The Wise Men Follow a Star pg 362. Prayer time.	When Jesus Was a Boy pg 364. Pray for your classmate.	John Preaches in the Wilderness pg 368. Prayer time.	John Baptizes Jesus pg 371. Pray for your classmate.	Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
Math	Fact Practice Ch 1 Lesson 6 TG - pg 21-22, WB pg 18-21	Fact Practice Ch 1 Lesson 7 TG - pg 23-25, TB pg 27-30, WB pg 22-24.	Fact Practice Ch 1 Lesson 8 TG - pg 26-27, TB pg 31-32, WB pg 25-26	Fact Practice Ch 1 Lesson 9 TG - pg 28-29, TB pg 33-34, WB pg 27-29	Fact Practice, turn in on Monday. Ch 1 Lesson 10 TG - pg 30, TB pg 35-37, WB pg 30-32	Extra Practice Ch 1 Lesson 6 TG - pg 21-22, TB pg 24-26
Writing	Vocab - plummet, remedy, diligently
	IEW Lesson 2, A Giant Leap and KWO. Oral re-tell with a partner in class. Intro vocab words.	KWO Limeys pg 14-15. Oral Retell at least 2 times. Review vocab.	IEW A Strange Creature pg 16 & 17. Oral retell with a partner in class. Review vocab words.	Make 3x5 cards of the vocab words. See notes for details. Oral Retell of one of the weeks key word outlines.
Grammar	Ch 2 L 1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Activity/ Assignment Time.	Ch 2 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, (Activity/ Assignment Time if you would like to)	Ch 2 L 2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Activity/ Assignment Time.	Ch 2 L 2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, (Activity/ Assignment Time if you would like to)
Spelling	Review Phonograms	Review information found through pg. 11 of the All About Spelling book. Setup at-home spelling board to match information found on pg. 15. Review Phonogram Cards, Blue Key Cards	Review Phonograms	Step 1 pg 15-20 warming up. Begin on page 16 with "Discuss Spelling Strategy #1" There are no words this week.	Dictate sentences 1-5 on step 1 paper in campus binder	Proper dictation instructions found on pg. 20. I will only be saying the sentences once. The students will repeat and then write the sentence. Please practice this method at home.
Reading	Reading Discussion	Read aloud "The Hundred Dresses" Ch 5-6, complete reading question in black reading journal.	Reading Discussion	Read aloud "The Hundred Dresses" Ch 7, complete reading question in black reading journal.	Turn in journal on Monday for grading.
Read aloud	Magician's Nephew
History	Ch2 - Protestant Rebellions					Journal entries need to be competed in the red journal. The entry needs to be three or more complete sentences. They need to be written in cursive. I will collect the journals every two weeks to grade the journal entries.
	Key Date 1607. Mapping activity SP 8. Read "You Wouldn't Want to be an American Colonist"	Read The Dutch Revolt and narrate.		Read The Queen Without a Country and narrate.	Journal entry: Do you think that it is OK to hurt or kill people who do not believe the same way as you do? Why or why not?
Science		Read Deep Ocean Currents, Tides, Plant Water, Fresh Water Facts pg 8-11. Narrate what you read today.	In science journal draw surface tide from pg 7 and write a narration about tide.	Read Salt Solutions, Creation Confirmation, Continental Shelf pg 11-13. Narrate what you read today.	Pick one of these topics the Tides, Salt Solutions, or Continental Shelf write a narration about topic in your science journal.	Journal entries need to be competed in the green journal. They need to be at least 3 sentences and written in cursive. I will collect the journals at the end of each chapter to grade the journal entries.
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/7
Key Dates	Key Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/28
Poetry	Poetry - Review Poems from 2nd Grade

Important Dates:

8/9 - First Day of School

         Back 2 School Brunch

8/22 - Picture Day

8/31 - Dogs Day/ Spirit Day/Pizza Day

9/5 - Labor Day - No school

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

Math:
Fact Practices: Fact practice (FP) will be completed daily.  The previous week's completed sheets will be collected every Monday for a homework grade.  You will need to set a timer for 5 min.  If not finished, draw a line where they have completed to and have them finish the math fact practice page for that day. 

IEW:
Vocab cards: On Thursday students will create 3x5 cards with the vocabulary words for the week.  On one side they will write the word, and on the back, write the definition and draw a picture.  The vocabulary words are in the campus binder under the IEW tab. We will have cumulative tests throughout the year.

Spelling:

We will start step 1 this week on Friday.  This week we are only writing sentences.  Please follow the instructions on pg 20 for dictating spelling sentence.  I will only say the sentences once in class and then the students will repeat the sentence and then write it on the paper.