Spelling: Our spelling pattern this week focuses on words with silent g, k, or w.
Reading: This week we are focusing on the skill of identifying the author's purpose. (PIE: persuade, inform, entertain) Our vocabulary strategy focuses on using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Writing: We are beginning to work on our final personal narratives pieces. The students will be selecting an entry from their WEX journals that they would like to take through the writing process. We will be revising and editing these pieces this week. The new writing words for November were sent home last week. There will be a cumulative test at the end of the month, right before Thanksgiving break.
Grammar: Our focus is combining sentences that contain the same subjects or predicates.
Math: We are continuing to work on multiplication and division skills, which include story problems, fact families, and measuring distances on a map.
Social Studies: We are beginning our new social studies unit on the Midwest. Students will be learning about the geography of our region along with early history and transportation.
Reading: This week we are focusing on the skill of identifying the author's purpose. (PIE: persuade, inform, entertain) Our vocabulary strategy focuses on using context clues to determine the meaning of unknown words.
Writing: We are beginning to work on our final personal narratives pieces. The students will be selecting an entry from their WEX journals that they would like to take through the writing process. We will be revising and editing these pieces this week. The new writing words for November were sent home last week. There will be a cumulative test at the end of the month, right before Thanksgiving break.
Grammar: Our focus is combining sentences that contain the same subjects or predicates.
Math: We are continuing to work on multiplication and division skills, which include story problems, fact families, and measuring distances on a map.
Social Studies: We are beginning our new social studies unit on the Midwest. Students will be learning about the geography of our region along with early history and transportation.
Weekly Reminders
* Book Orders are due in class by this Friday or online by Saturday. There will be one more book order before the winter holidays (early December) if you are interested in purchasing books for gifts.
Study Tip
Third graders are responsible for learning all of the states and their capitals. They will also need to label the states on a blank map. This will be done by region, beginning with the Midwest. The first test will be combined with the social studies unit test. Please look for additional information and study tools that will be coming home. Online games are also available on our class blog. Click on the "Race Across the States" tab and scroll to the bottom of the page.
No comments:
Post a Comment