3rd Grade August 13-19

3rd	Tue, Aug 13	Wed, Aug 14	Thu, Aug 15	Fri, Aug 16	Mon, Aug 19	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Prudence- "For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, while we wait for the blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” – Titus 2:11-13
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	Fact Practice (Add A) Ch 1 Lesson 1 TG - pg 6-9, TB pg 2, WB pg 1-3	Fact Practice (Sub A) Ch 1Lesson 2 TG - pg 10-11, TB pg 8-11, WB pg 4-6.	Fact Practice (Add B) Ch 1 Lesson 3 TG - pg 12-14, TB pg 12-15, WB pg 7-9	Fact Practice (Sub B) Ch 1 Lesson 4 TG - pg 15-17, TB pg 16-19, WB pg 10-12	Fact Practice (Add C) 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	Vocab - dwell, vast
	Read and discuss "Nile River" pg 14. Reread the source text and circle 2-3 key words in each sentence. Write your KWO pg 15. Test your KWO.	Print off vocab words. Complete Vocab practice pg 18. Try to add a vocab word to your KWO pg 15. Give an oral report using your KWO. Read, think, look up, and speak.	Read and discuss "Endangered Species of the Yangtze River" pg 16. Reread the source text and circle 2-3 key words in each sentence. Write your KWO pg 17. Try to add one vocab word to your KWO. Test your KWO.	Review vocab words and their meanings. Give an oral report using your KWO. Read, think, look up, and speak.
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					Journal entries need to be competed in the red journal. The entry needs to be three or more complete sentences. They may be in cursive or print 1st semester. I will collect the journals every two weeks to grade the journal entries.
	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 Diving Deeper, Welcome, Creation Confirmation, Watery World pg 13-16 and narrate what you read.	Picture Narration. Activity 1.2 Water pressure experiment pg 21.	Read Ocean Anatomy, Continuous Continental Shelf, Down the Continental Slope, Zoned Out, Down the Continental Rise, Absolute Abyss, Crazy Creatures, and Where's the Food? pg 17-21 and narrate what you read.	Pick one of these topics, Welcome, Continuous Continental Shelf, Where's the Food? write a narration about the topic in your journal.	Journal entries need to be competed in the green journal. The entry needs to be three or more complete sentences. They may be in cursive or print 1st semester. I will collect the journals at the end of each chapter to grade the journal entries.
Geography	Continents and Oceans - Due 9/9
Key Dates	Key Dates - 1-3 - Due 9/25
Poetry	Poetry - Review Poems from 2nd Grade

Welcome to third grade.  I am so excited to get to know everyone of your children.  I am looking forward to a wonderful year.  If you need anything or have questions, please email me at sbevans@fortisacademy.net

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

Important Dates:

8/13 - First Day of School

         Back 2 School Brunch

8/15 - Spirit Day

8/27 - Picture Day

8/29 - Dogs Day/ Spirit Day/Pizza Day

9/3 - 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 27.

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