September 25, 2017

Lessons covered Week of September 18, 2017

Language Arts

“The Spider and the Watermelon” Memoirs of a Hamster, “Pasta Comes to America” “City of Parade”, “Save the Manatees”

Genre: Fantasy, Non-Fiction

Comprehension skills: Visualization, Character study, Story Mapping,

Author’s purpose, cite from text to support answers

Convention: Sentence-Interrogative, Exclamatory, Declarative,

Imperative, Context Clues

Writing–supporting ideas/details, Writing to explain in Math

Math

Topic 3 Using Place Value to Add and Subtract

3-6 Subtracting with an Expanded Algorithm

3-7 Models for Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

3-8 Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

3-9 Subtracting Across Zeros

Social Studies/Science

Regions in CA: Desert, Mountain, Coastal, Valley, Quiz

Force- Push & Pull

Reminders:

-Collaboration Days,Wed, Sept 27.School dismisses at 2 p.m.

-The Scholastic Book Club Order will be arriving in a couple of weeks. Thank you for your orders.

-Fun Run is set for Friday, Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. Thank you for your contributions. All children will be running in the FUNRun Friday, Sept. 29 with or without pledges. Please make sure they come to school with a good pair of running shoes. I am sure PFC can also use your help as a volunteer that day.

~www.bookadventure.com is a great reading comprehension website. It models after the AR tests. This will be a good check to see if your child is ready to take the AR test on the book they are reading. After you register, click kids zone, click quizomatic, type in book title, take the test, print and turn in the test to me.(These tests will not replace the AR tests)

~www.coolsciencelab.math_magician.com is a great website for addition, subtraction, and multiplication timed test. By the end of third grade, students must master their multiplication 1 to 12. Start practicing J

September 25, 2017

Lessons covered Week of September 18, 2017

Language Arts

“The Spider and the Watermelon” Memoirs of a Hamster, “Pasta Comes to America” “City of Parade”, “Save the Manatees”

Genre: Fantasy, Non-Fiction

Comprehension skills: Visualization, Character study, Story Mapping,

Author’s purpose, cite from text to support answers

Convention: Sentence-Interrogative, Exclamatory, Declarative,

Imperative, Context Clues

Writing–supporting ideas/details, Writing to explain in Math

Math

Topic 3 Using Place Value to Add and Subtract

3-6 Subtracting with an Expanded Algorithm

3-7 Models for Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

3-8 Subtracting 3 Digit Numbers

3-9 Subtracting Across Zeros

Social Studies/Science

Regions in CA: Desert, Mountain, Coastal, Valley, Quiz

Force- Push & Pull

Reminders:

-Collaboration Days,Wed, Sept 27.School dismisses at 2 p.m.

-The Scholastic Book Club Order will be arriving in a couple of weeks. Thank you for your orders.

-Fun Run is set for Friday, Sept. 29 at 9 a.m. Thank you for your contributions. All children will be running in the FUNRun Friday, Sept. 29 with or without pledges. Please make sure they come to school with a good pair of running shoes. I am sure PFC can also use your help as a volunteer that day.

~www.bookadventure.com is a great reading comprehension website. It models after the AR tests. This will be a good check to see if your child is ready to take the AR test on the book they are reading. After you register, click kids zone, click quizomatic, type in book title, take the test, print and turn in the test to me.(These tests will not replace the AR tests)

~www.coolsciencelab.math_magician.com is a great website for addition, subtraction, and multiplication timed test. By the end of third grade, students must master their multiplication 1 to 12. Start practicing J