Updated- no comprehnsion test 

Week 18

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” – Lao Tzu

Please makee sure you mark your calendars. We will be singing in chapel on Sunday, January 27th at the 9:00 service. A note from Mr. DeVries was sent home two weeks ago. Please make sure that you contact him with any questions. I am looking forward to seeing you all on that day.

Math

We are continuing our work with division. We are also working with xtramath and fluency sheets to make sure that our facts are math facts are memorized. Taking the time to memorize multiplication facts in 3rd grade is so important to your child’s success in Math in future grades. Please review them nightly.

ELA

We are having our ELA comprehension and spelling tests on Friday. There is no grammar test this week.

Anchor Text: Tops and Bottoms. The genre is Trickster Tale.

Comprehension Skills and Strategies

  • Target Skills
    • Theme
    • Point of View
  • Target Strategy
    • Visualize

Target Vocabulary

  • risky
  • grunted
  • profit
  • crops
  • plucked
  • scowled
  • tugged
  • hollered

Vocabulary Strategy

  • Idioms
    • slip up
    • hang around
    • shake a leg
    • hit it off
    • beating around the bush

Grammar

writing quotations

Spelling: hole, whole, its, it’s, hear, here, won, one, our, hour, their, there, fur, fir, rode, road, piece, and peace.

We have also started our unit on informational reports. We will be working on these over the course of the next few days.

Social Studies

We are having our Lesson 1 Canada test on Thursday. We are reviewing in class everyday this week, and students should be reviewing at home, as well.

Religion

We are studying why Jesus needs to be the true God.   I have also included the link here for Third Grade Memory Work and due dates. Our Wednesday test is on Proverbs 23:22.

Proverbs 23:22 …Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

TEST and QUIZZES

Wednesday 1/16  Religion Memory Test

Thursday 1/17 Social Studies Test

Friday 1/18  Reading Comprehension and Spelling

If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8