Mr. Wasil’s 3rd Grade Class

Reading/Language Arts

The second story of our theme will be: Coyote Places the Stars on pages 38-51. In this Native American Legend, Coyote arranges the stars into constellations by shooting his arrows. Then, he summons the other animals to view his handiwork.

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary, comparing and contrasting, summarizing, words with –igh and -eigh, figurative language, sequencing and onomatopoeia.

The grammar skill for the week is adjectives for What Kind. Students will also be able to pick a writing prompt and write about it.

Our end of selection test and vocabulary test will be on Thursday and our spelling test will be on Friday. Students will bring their books home on Tuesday night to reread the story. You can access the spelling words by going to the left side of this page and click on the category spelling lists. Remember, students can also listen to the story at home by clicking on the category- reading stories read aloud on the left side of our web page.

Math

Chapter 8 has two primary objectives: To review the uses of fractions and fraction notation and to help children develop a solid understanding of equivalent fractions. The approach to equivalent fractions in third grade is informal and includes many hands-on activities.

This week students will use fractions to name a of b equal parts. The class will be guided as they make predictions based on outcomes and construct situations that meet given conditions using a blocks-in-a-bag experiment. Students will be provided opportunities to explore fractional relationships, spatial relationships, and combinations. We will also use number lines as a model for fractions.

Science

Students will be able to demonstrate the concept of pulling a vehicle with unbalanced forces. The class will also be able to add blocks to their vehicle to investigate the effect of a load motion. After that, they will measure the time it takes for a loaded vehicle to move a given distance, add force to move the vehicle, and investigate friction with a load. Last students will compare hot wheel/matchbox cars: strength, direction, mass, weight, movement, force, and friction.

Miscellaneous:

Descriptive writing paragraphs and parent drawings are due by Tuesday for Open House Display.

Also, a baby picture is need for the Guess that baby board.

Open House will be this Thursday, February 26^th from 6:30-7:30.

Homework For the Week of February 23^rd-27th

Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday.

Monday, February 23^rd - Spelling- pages 64-66 due by Thursday. Math- homelink 8.1 and study 0-9’s all week for timed test on Friday.

Tuesday, February 24^th - Reading- take home book and read Coyote Places The Stars on pages a story on pages 38-51-  Math- Homelink 8.2

Wednesday, February 25^th -  Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Math-8.3 homelink

Thursday, February 26^th – OPEN HOUSE TONIGHT 6:30-7:30 PM Spelling- study for test tomorrow.

Friday, February 27^th – Book reports due by next Friday, March 6^th.

Specials

Shedul

Reading/Language Arts

There are no spelling words or story this week due to the holiday and Read-A-Thon Day on Friday. We will be reading the story titled -Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days. This story is a very funny story by Stephen Manes. Milo, the main character of the book, winds up doing some pretty strange things to become perfect while following the directions in a “how-to” book on how to be perfect in just three days. Following the instructions, he finds himself doing some pretty odd things, like wearing broccoli around his neck. The end of the story is appropriately funny and sweet. We will also see the video on this and do a compare/contrast diagram based on this.

In addition to reading this book, students will write a paragraph using adjectives to replace the word good.

Math

In math we will take our OLSAT (Otis Lennon School Ability Test) on Tuesday. We will review for our test on chapter 7 on Wednesday and take a test on chapter 7 Thursday.

Science

On Tuesday, students will investigate the motion of an object sliding down a ramp. They will also define and describe force and weight. Wednesday they will identify the types of forces and what they do. Soon, we will begin creating our own motion cards out of Kinex.

REMINDER: Open house for 3^rd grade is next Thursday, February 26^th from 6:30-7:30 PM. I look forward to seeing all the kids and parents here for this special night. The students have worked really hard to make this an unforgettable night. Please mark your calendars.

Miscellaneous:

Monday-No school for President’s Day.

Tuesday-Otis Lennon School Ability Test- approx. 1 hour long

Friday-Read-A-Thon Day- bring in books!!! Pajamas, sleeping bags and snacks are permitted.

Homework For the Week of February 16^th-20^th

Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday.

Monday, February 16^th - No school- President’s Day

Tuesday, February 17^th - Math- math boxes 7.9

Wednesday, February 18^th - Math- look over review guide completed in class today for test tomorrow. Science- worksheet – RS 51-52

Thursday, February 19^th – Math boxes 7.10 and read-a-thon materials.

Friday, February 20^th – Read-A-Thon Day today. Sleeping Bags, pajamas and snacks are permitted.

Click here to see the introductory video I show for Motion and Force in Science.  WOW!!!

Click here to see the car part motion video.

Reading/Language Arts

In reading this week, we will begin working on Theme 4: Tell Me A Story. In this theme, students learn that storytelling takes many forms and serves many purposes. As they read stories and meet storytellers from around the

world, they discover new ways to tell their own stories.

The first story of our new theme will be: Papa Tells Chita A

Story on pages 16-29. In this historical fiction piece, Chita loves to hear Papa’s story of his adventures during the Spanish-American War. How much of the story is true?

Our skills this week will include: learning new vocabulary,

summarization, word structure, figurative language,  prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, and antonyms. In grammar our focus will be adjectives. Our spelling words this week are words with the /or/ sound.

 

Our end of selection test and vocabulary test will be on Thursday and our spelling test will be on Friday. Students will bring their books home on Tuesday night to reread the story. You can access the spelling words by going to the left side of this page and click on the category spelling lists. Remember, students can also listen to the story at home by clicking on the category- reading stories read aloud on the left side of our web page.   

 

Math

            Students will be able to create problems using products and number models that contain parenthesis. We will also multiply by multiples of 10, 100, and 1,000; and divide such multiples by 1 digit numbers. The class will also determine when an estimate is appropriate to use. Third grade will begin our practice for our math OAT on Fridays.

 

Science

            Our new unit on motion begins this week! Students will be able to investigate different kinds of motion, identify and describe types of motion, and define speed.  They will also investigate the motion of an object sliding down a ramp and define and describe force and weight.

 

Homework For the Week of February 9^th-13^th   

Will always be updated daily with a weekly overview on Monday.

Monday, February 9^th  - Spelling- pages 61-63 due by Thursday. Math- skills link page 77 and study 0-9’s all week for timed test on Friday.

Tuesday, February 10^th  - Reading- Adjectives sheet and take home book and read Papa Tells Chita a story on pages 16-31-  Math- skills link page 78

Wednesday, February 11^th  - Vocabulary- study for quiz tomorrow, Reading- Crazy hair day tomorrow if participating and bring back book for end of selection test tomorrow.  Math- skills link page 80.

Thursday, February 12^th  – Valentine Party tomorrow. Math- Skills Link page 81. Spelling- study for test tomorrow.  

Friday, February 13^th  – Review all multiplication facts up to 9 this weekend and work on Book report due by Friday, March 6^th.

 

 

Miscellaneous

 

** Wednesday the 11^th  -PSO meeting at 9:30 AM

**Thursday the 12^th- Crazy Hair Day

** Friday -Valentine’s Day party from 2:30-3:15

**Friday- Scholastic Book Orders due if ordering

**No school Monday, February 16^th for President’s Day