Windsor Tu/Th 10/10-10/16

 

3rd week 10	Tue, Oct 10	Wed, Oct 11	Thu, Oct 12	Fri, Oct 13	Mon, Oct 16	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Loyalty- "A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need.” Proverbs 17:17 (NLT)
Bible	No School	Jesus Walks on the Water pg 415.	A Gentile Mother Comes to Jesus pg 418. Prayer time.	Jesus Heals and Feeds the Crowd pg 419. Pray for your classmate.	Write your encouraging word for your classmate.
Math		Fact Practice WB Ex 11 pg 127-132.	Fact Practice Math Facts Ch 4 Test A	Fact Practice Math Facts TB Review 1 pg 135-138	Math Facts, turn in on Tuesday. Continual Assessment Test B sent home on Thursday.	Continual Assessment Test B sent home on Thursday.
Writing		Review vocab
		Please see note below. IEW Narrative stories. KWO for Climax and Resolution Pg 50&51. Complete pg 51 Brainstorming. Review vocab.	Review setting, character, background, conflict, climax and resolution. Write rough draft (RD) for section III. Review vocab.	IEW lesson 6. Review parts of a story. Finish RD section III. Parents proofread. Review vocab.
Grammar		Ch 5 L 4 Test Time for practice pg 100 exercise 1,2,3,5,6	Chapter 5 Test	Ch6 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Practice Time. PB pg 5 Ch 6 L1. WB pg 67 Ch 6 L1 P1.
Spelling		Review Step 8, Homophone Pairs pg. 54, and Writing Station pg. 55. Dictate sentences 5-8.	Review step 8. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 9 the sound of /oo/ spelled EW pg 57-61. The Sound of /oo/. Students copy 10 words.	Dictate sentence 1-3.
Reading		Read aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 13-14. Answer questions in reading journal. .	Reading Discussion	Read aloud "Soft Rain" Ch 15-16. Answer questions in reading journal. Turn in journal for grading on Tuesday.		Turn in Reading Journal on Tuesday
Read Aloud		The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
History		Ch12 - Battle, Fire, and Plague in England
		Read SOTW pg 115-120 and narrate.	Key Date 1618-1648. Share history journal entry. Read "Little Red Riding Hood" from "Tales of Wonder V1" pg 36 and narrate.	Read SOTW pg 120-126 and narrate.	Journal Entry: What could King Charles have done to try to unite the country instead of tearing it apart?
Science		Read  Eight Turtles of the Sea, Sea Snakes, Positively Poisonous pg 63-66. Narrate what you read today.	Draw one of the turtles from pg 61-63. Write a narration about your turtle.	Read Spotting Sea Snakes, Reptiles versus Amphibians pg 66-68. Narrate what you read today.	Pick one of these topics Sea Snakes, Spotted Sea Snakes, or Reptiles versus Amphibians, write a narration about topic in your science journal.	The science journal will be collected next week on Thursday to be graded.
Geography		British Isles - Due 10/12
Key Dates		Key Dates - 1-6 - Due 12/5
Poetry		The Swing - stanza 1-2.

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Important Dates:
10/10 - No school
10/12 - Spirit Day
10/26 - Spirit Day/ Dogs Day/ Pizza Day
10/27 - Fall Festival
10/31 - Historical Dress-up Day (Third Grade Masquerade Ball)

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

IEW:
We will be adding a third paragraph to the “Damocles and the King” rough draft this week. Make sure to start a new paragraph and then write about the climax and resolution. All 3 dress-ups (v, adj,-ly) and a #3 sentence opener should be included in each paragraph.

Week 1: Setting, Characters, and Background (rough draft only, checklist A )
Week 2: Introduce Plot and Conflict (rough draft only, checklist B)
Week 3: Climax, Resolution and Theme (rough draft only, checklist C)
Week 4: We will combine all the rough drafts into a three paragraph story for a final draft. Each week will have a checklist that needs to be followed for the corresponding section.