3rd Grade 

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Language Arts and Social Studies

 

Week of December 14 - December 18

HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY!!

SEE YOU IN 2010! 

 

Monday, December 14

Students will be given a Reader's Theater script to rehearse and then present at 5th Street Ministry on December 17th.  They will be directed by 11th graders Isaac and Erin.

 

LA-Daily Grams 78 and 79

No spelling words this week

Reading will focus on chapter 3 in The Double Life of Pocahontas, independent reading with comprehension questions

Writing will focus on the rough draft of a friendly letter to someone special

 HW: Read 3 more chapters in The War with Grandpa, record disrespect, and be prepared to discuss those chapters with your partner on Wednesday

 

Tuesday, December 15

Please bring a bag lunch and drink for the field trip.

 

 

Wednesday, December 16

LA- Daily Grams 80 and 81 

Reading will focus on chapter 4 inThe Double Life of Pocahontas, vocabulary, note cards

Writing will focus on the final draft of the friendly letter

HW:  none

 

SS- Jamestown and Henrico AFTER the "Starving Time"

HW:  none

 

Thursday, December 17

Wrapping presents for the people at 5th Street Ministry

 

 

 

Friday, December 18

LA- Reading will focus chapter 5 in The Double Life of Pocahontas, vocabulary, note cards

Writing will focus on a reflection from 5th Street

HW:  none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of December 7 - December 11

 

Monday, December 7

Students will be given a Reader's Theater script to rehearse and then present at 5th Street Ministry in December.  They will be directed by 11th graders Isaac and Erin.

 

LA-Daily Grams 73 and 74

Spelling will focus on core words pre-assessment and review pattern for /j/

Reading will focus on partner reading, The War with Grandpa

HW: Review core words, pattern, and content words

 

 

Tuesday, December 8

We will make traditional Holiday decorations with Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Hedrick today.

Decorations will be on display in Stinson Hall.

LA- Daily Gram 75

HW:  Review core words, pattern, and content words

 

Wednesday, December 9

LA- Daily Grams 76 and 77 

Spelling will focus on a word sort for core and pattern words

Reading will focus on chapter 2 inThe Double Life of Pocahontas, vocabulary, note cards

HW:  Review core words, pattern, and content words

 

 

SS- The starving years at Jamestown:  A last letter from a dieing colonist

HW:  none

 

Thursday, December 10

LA-  Daily Grams 78 and 79 

Reading will focus on chapter 2 inThe Double Life of Pocahontas, vocabulary, note cards

HW:  Review core words, pattern, and content words for Word Test on Friday

FIX IT due Friday

 

SS- Jamestown after 10 years and what it took to make it a colony

HW:  none

 

 

Friday, December 11

LA- Spelling will focus on a Word Test and Skill Test

Reading will focus chapter 3 in The Double Life of Pocahontas, vocabulary, note cards

HW:  none

 

SS- "Homeless in America" project, Phase II 

HW:  none

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Week of November 30 - December 4

 

Monday, November 30

Students will be given a Reader's Theater script to rehearse and then present at 5th Street Ministry in December.  They will be directed by 11th graders Isaac and Erin

 

LA-Daily Grams 69 and 70

Spelling will focus on core words pre-assessment and review pattern for long i (using prefixes and suffixes)

HW: Review core words, pattern, and content words

Study DG's 41-70 for quiz on Wednesday

 

SS- The Powhatan Indian Tribe in what is now Jamestown

A "fly over" of the Village of Werowocomoco.

HW:  none

 

Tuesday, December 1

LA- Daily Grammar newsletter

Spelling and writing will focus on writing about kind and unkind characters

HW:  Review core words, pattern, and content words

Study for DG's quiz on Wednesday

 

SS- The year is 1606 in England...

Preparing to come to Jamestown

HW:  none

 

Wednesday, December 2

LA- Review DG quiz

 

HW:  Review core words, pattern, and content words

FIX IT 

 

SS- The year is 1607...

What the English saw when they arrived at Jamestown and what the Powhatan Indians saw

HW:  none

 

Thursday, December 3

LA- Spelling will focus on a Word Test and Skill Test 

We will focus on vocabulary for The Double Life of Pocahontas

We will read chapters 1 and 2 together

 

 

 

 

 

Friday, December 4

LA- Spelling will focus on a Word Test and Skill Test

Reading will focus on The War With Grandpa, project "Digging for Disrespect"

HW:  none

 

SS- We will work on an "Important People" web of Jamestown

HW:  none

 

 

 

 

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SS- Who was Captain John Smith, Chief Powhatan,  and Pocahontas?

 

HW:  none