Windsor Third Grade 8/8-8/14

 

3rd	Tue, Aug 8	Wed, Aug 9	Thu, Aug 10	Fri, Aug 11	Mon, Aug 14	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	An Angel Visits the Temple pg 355. Prayer time.	The Angel Visits Mary pg 356. Pray for your classmate.	A Baby Names John pg 357. Prayer time.	A Wonderful Birth pg 358. Pray for your classmate.	Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
Math	Ch 1 Lesson 1 TG - pg 6-9, TB pg 2, WB pg 1-3	Ch 1Lesson 2 TG - pg 10-11, TB pg 8-11, WB pg 4-6.	Ch 1 Lesson 3 TG - pg 12-14, TB pg 212-15, WB pg 7-9	Ch 1 Lesson 4 TG - pg 15-17, TB pg 16-19, WB pg 10-12	Ch 1 Lesson 5 TG - pg 18-20, TB pg 20-23, WB pg 13-17	All WB exercises, Practices and Reviews need to be CCC - Complete independently, parent check, student correct.
Writing	No vocab words this week
	IEW lesson 1 Floating Rocks and more. Key Word Outline Floating Rocks pg 3,4,5	IEW The Stinking Giant pg 6 & 7.	IEW Life Preservers pg 8 & 9. Introduce Oral Retell	Introduce pg 10 Helpful Symbols and Abbreviations. Do an Oral Retell from one of the week's outlines.
Grammar	Get to know you activity.	Read Ch 1 Lesson 1.	Ch 1 L 4.	Ch 1 L 5 Test Time. Complete only exercise 2 as a practice.
Spelling	Spelling will start next week.
Reading	Intro into The Hundred Dresses.	Read aloud "The Hundred Dresses" Ch 1-2, complete reading question in black reading journal.	Reading discussion.	Read aloud "The Hundred Dresses" Ch 3-4, complete reading question in black reading journal.
Read aloud	Magician's Nephew
History	Ch1 - A World of Empires					SOTW has cd and mp3 that can be purchased to listen to the reading. The journal entry needs to be three or more complete sentences. They need to be written in cursive.
	Intro into History and Geography	Read The Holy Roman Empire and narrate.		Read The Riches of Spain and narrate.	Journal entry: Why do you think it was good or bad for Charles to rule over so much of the know world?
Science		Read Aquatic Animals, Aqua Mobility pg 1-4. Narrate what you read today.	Intro into Science. Picture Narration in science journal.	Read Filter Feeders, Animal Assortment, Current Events, Surface Currents pg 5-8. Narrate what you read today.	Pick one of these topics the Aqua Mobility, Filter Feeders, or Surface currents write a narration about topic in your science journal.	The journal entry needs to be three or more complete sentences. They need to be written in cursive.
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/7
Key Dates	Key Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/28
Poetry	Poetry - Review Poems from 2nd Grade

If you need anything or have questions, please email me at jwindsor@fortisacademy.net

Books needed on Tuesday:
Singapore 3A textbook & workbook
IEW Book

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:
WORKBOOK AND TEXTBOOK EXERCISES:
Please grade all work by first indicating which answers are incorrect and then giving your student an opportunity to correct his/her mistakes before offering assistance. Initial the top when all problems have been completed correctly. 

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:
We will be learning what is a key word outline (KWO) and how to create one from a paragraph.

Spelling:

Review spelling and syllable division rules.

Review phonograms.

This week, we'll review phonograms and syllable division rules from previous levels.

Reading:
We are starting the year with "The Hundred Dresses".  Reading journal questions are due Aug 22.

Science:
Please bring the science textbook and journal to school on Thursday only.  

Geography:
Continents & Oceans song and map can be found here on the main blog curricula/geography page. Students will be responsible for pointing to the continents and oceans on a map.