For the week of May 5-9
Bible- We will be learning about the king's image and the Hebrew boys' decision to be faithful to God. Our new Scripture passage is John 14:1-7. The quiz for verses 3-4 will be Friday, as well as the lesson quiz.
Reading- The vocab/skill knowledge tests will be on Wednesday. The performance test is on Thursday.
English- We are working on linking and helping verbs.
Spelling- Lesson 25 Wednesday.
Handwriting- All assignments are to be completed in cursive. For at home practice, encourage them to make "top 10" lists for various things (activities, friends, animals, restaurants, toys, stores, states I want to visit, countries I want to visit, jobs I want when I grow up, desserts I love, etc.)
Math- Practice multiplication facts for X4 family. The fact quiz for X4 will be on Tuesday.
Science- We will finish our reptile riddles on Monday. We will be moving into mammals and birds this week. There will be a very important bird related reading fluency activity assigned for your child to work on this week. Please help them practice reading it aloud throughout the week so that they are prepared for Friday's special secret activity.
Summary of this week's Tests:
Monday- none
Tuesday- X4 facts quiz
Wednesday- Spelling test, skill knowledge test, vocab test
Thursday- Performance test-reading
Friday- Bible verse and lesson quizzes
Weekly notes and reminders:
- Friendly reminder- Students need to always tuck in their shirts, and wear a belts if they are wearing pants with belt loops. Please help enforce this at home. Also, there are more and more assignments and books being left at home. It's easy to slack off and attempt to "coast" to the finish line of third grade, but let's finish with excellence! Besides, coasting doesn't work when there's still work to be done. Remember- everything our hands find to do is a gift to offer God. What kind of gift are you giving Him?
- Summer workbook orders are due by Monday, May 5.
Reading Cluster: Plot
Objective:
-Student can identify the goal or problem, rising action events, climax, and resolution of a story.
-Student can identify significant events that lead to the climax, as well as events that connect the resolution to the climax.
-Student can explain how one event from the rising action helped to bring about the story's climax.
-Student can explain why the event chosen as the climax is the climax rather than any of the other events from the story.
Pattern: When trying to solve a problem or reach a goal, anticipation grows until something happens that influences the outcome.
Visual Tool: plot line
Processing Questions:
1. What is the main character's goal or problem?
2. What are the events that relate to the goal or problem? (rising action)
3. How is the goal reached or the problem solved? (resolution)
4. What is the turning point that leads to the story's resolution? (climax)
5. Are the problem or goal, climax, and resolution related?
6. What happens after the resolution? (denouement)
7. What one event in the story helped to bring about the story's climax?
8. What significant event occurs after the climax that connects the climax to the resolution?
9. Why is the climax "the climax" as opposed to other events in the story?
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES:
Lunch 12:00-12:25
Recess 12:25-12:45
Resources Daily 1:45-2:30
Monday: Music Tuesday: Latin (Chapel at 8:30 a.m.) Wednesday: Library
Thursday: P.E. Friday: Art (Art has been shifted from 1:55-2:40)
