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Welcome to the Third Grade Classroom

Week of February 20-24, 2012:

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February 20-24, 2012

February 13-17, 2012

Monday: No School.
Tuesday: Read 15 minutes - Spanish due Thursday - Math (Study facts, corrections, Journal Pg. 113) - Practice (Pkt. #119, 120) - Spelling (Pkt/test due 2/27)
Wednesday: Read 10 minutes - Spanish due Thursday - Spelling (Pkt/test due 2/27) - Grammar (Wk 103) - Penmanship (Pg. 108) - Practice (Pkt. 125) - Math (Journal Pg. 116) - Social (Do puzzle of magazine)
Thursday:
Friday:

Monday: Read 15 minutes - Penmanship (Pg. 103, I) - Spelling (Pkt/test on Fri, study words) - Practice (Wk. 112) - Grammar (Pg. 97) - Reminder to bring valentines tomorrow - Math (Journal Pg. 107)
Tuesday: Reading Calendar 10 min - Journal (Write at least a 5 step recipe of some food you know how to make. Include ingredients. Illustrate and color it.) - Spelling (Packet and test both due on Friday 2/17) - Phonics (Wks, 133/13) - Math (Journal Pg. 106 and study facts)
Wednesday: Reading 15 minutes - Penmanship (Pg. 104 & 105 - J & Qs) - Practice (Wk. 118, 116) - Grammar (Wk. 98) - Spelling (Packet & test due on Fri) - Math (Journal Pg. 109) - Social (Wk. 24 & 25 - do 1 term in notebook, Pg. 108 due Thursday)
Thursday: Read 10 minutes - Phonics (Wk. 135/136) - Grammar (Wk. 99, 100) - Spelling (Packet & test due on Fri) - Math (Homlinks #5-5 wk) - Science (Wk 23) - Spanish (no me gustar/me gusta wk - illustrate) - Social (Pg. 110 (8) due Tues)
Friday: Read 15 minutes - Math (Wk. 125) - Penmanship (Pg. 106/107, T & F) - Math (Pkt.) - Spanish wk - Social (Pg. 110)

Math: We are continuing to review multiplication facts using “Multiplication the Fun Way” stories and rhymes. Students should practice facts every night. They will also be reviewing money using decimals and base 10-blocks to relate them to model exchanges between tenths and hundredths. Students will also use decimal notation for metric measures and conversions of cm and meters. Monday: No School. Tuesday: Finish Lesson 5-6 from previous week if not completed, review and practice multiplication facts for test tomorrow. Start Lesson 5-7 if time allows. Wednesday: Lesson 5-7 Use decimals to demonstrate tenths, and hundredths with base 10-blocks. Do journal pg. 114 together as a large group. The assignment is journal pgs. 115 and 116. Thursday: Lesson 5-8, continue with base 10-blocks and decimals, explore place value for 1 and 2 place decimals. Do journal p. 117 together and assign p. 118 and Home Links wks. 144. Friday: Lesson 5-9, use decimal notation for metric measures an conversion between cm and meters. Look at SRB pgs. 218-219, discuss questions/ activity. Do journal p. 119 together do p. 120 and Home Links wks. 148 as an assignment.	Reading: This week’s theme is called “Getting Along.” Students discuss reasons or ways for “getting along” with someone else and why it is so important. Monday: No School. Tuesday: Introduction to theme and vocabulary, read pgs. 48-49 and review drawing conclusions. Do practice pgs. wks. 119/120. Wednesday: Read story “Seven Spools of Thread”, pgs. 50-71, fill in conclusion map wks. 121 as we read. Do phonics wks. 125 ou sounds. Write a paragraph about someone you get along well with and explain why you get along so well. Thursday: Listen to story on cd, Read pgs. 74-75 “Our Classroom Newsletter” Discuss text features and do wks. 123. Friday: Review vocabulary and dictionary skills with multi-meaning words. Do wks. 124. Review directions and how important it is to give good directions as well as to follow them. Practice with a partner. Test on Monday.	Science: This week our topic is “Volcanoes and Movements of the Earth.” Students will discuss volcanoes and earthquakes. Monday: No School. Tuesday: No class. Wednesday: Review and read magazine and do puzzle. Thursday: Discuss and do activities, finish wks. 24. Friday: No class- Station of the Cross.
Grammar: Linking Verbs, verbs that do not show any action, but connect subject to noun or an adjective in the predicate. Common linking verbs are : is, are, and am. Monday: No School. Tuesday: Wks. 103. Wednesday: Wks. 104. Thursday: Wks. 105. Friday: Wks. 106 and test on Monday.	Social: Continue to discuss government branches and leaders as well as citizens rights and responsibilities. Monday: No School. Tuesday: No class. Wednesday: Review pgs. 110 -113, read about the voting process pgs. 114-115. Do terms (2) and wks. 26 and 27. Thursday/ Friday: Read pgs. 116-121 and discuss. Research one of the following people in groups: Thomas Jefferson, Harriet Tubmann, Helen Keller, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and September 11^th heroes. Assignment- terms (5) p. 116.	Spelling: Words with “ou” sounds and packet and test due on Mon, Feb. 27^th. Spelling Words: found, town, owl, couch, bow, scout, round, plow, crowd, proud, clouds, ground, louder, bounce Review words: drawing, lawn, hauls Challenge words: snowplow, outline Students can practice spelling words on the website www.spellingcity.com.
Religion: Our discussion this week will be centered on the Lenten season.	Classroom Web Links: www.studyisland.com www.time4writing.com www.learninggamesforkids.com www.mrmyers.org/Classroom/classroom.htm www.census.gov/schools/facts www.multiplication.com/flashcards.htm www.multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm www.thegreatmartinicompany.com	Classroom Announcements: This month (February)The students should be reading an adventure type of book for their A/R topic. Some examples of books they could read are Magic Tree House and Jake Maddax. Students should have read and done at least six A/R books/test by the end of February. FYI- Please practice multiplication facts as well as the states. Have a great weekend!