WEEKLY SCAN FOR THE WEEK OF OCT. 10TH-----OCT.
14TH
*****Please dont forget that Monday, October 17th is reserved for parent/teacher
conferences. Your scheduled conference time is _________________________. Ill see you
then!
SPELLING
Our unit 2; week 2 words focus on the long e vowel sound. You will
find the list of words below. Our test will be on Friday as usual.
LANGUAGE
Our study of nouns continues. Lessons will focus on special plural
nouns (men, women, children, etc.) and singular possessive nouns. Specific pages
that will be covered are pages 78-81.
READING
Our unit 2; week 2 essential question is Why do people immigrate
to new places? Our skills for this week are making predictions, identifying the
theme (authors message), and understanding the meanings of similes. This weeks
stories will fall under the historical fiction genre. You will find this weeks reading
vocabulary words (and their definitions) below. Our week 2 quiz will be on Friday
as usual.
MATH
Our lessons will focus on modeling multiplication problems with
arrays, the Commutative Property of Multiplication, and multiplying with 1 and 0.
Specific pages that will be covered are pages 115-130. We will spend Thursday and
Friday reviewing chapter 3 skills in preparation for a test next Tuesday (the 18th).
Please look for a review and a practice test to come home with your child on Friday.
On Wednesday, students will have a 100 problem/9 minute quiz on basic subtraction
facts.
SOCIAL STUDIES
We will leave science for this nine weeks and focus on social
studies. I usually cover map skills and types of communities first and then study
government. However, with the presidential election in full swing right now and
students participating in the Libertys Legacy program, I thought it would be perfect
timing to study government. Our lessons will first focus on why we have laws and
how local government works (the roles of the mayor and city council). Mrs. Dunn
has even arranged for Judge Speakman to come and speak to third grade this week
about local government!
REMINDERS
1. Picture Retake Day is this Friday. 2. You should find a
copy of our October book order in your childs Monday folder. Orders are due this
Friday. Please remember that I can only accept checks (made payable to Scholastic
Reading Club). 3. Dont forget that next Monday (the 17th) is Parent/Teacher
Conference Day. Students do not come to school on this day. If you signed up for a
conference, your time is noted above.
Unit 2; Week 2 Spelling Words
1. heel
2. week
3. creek
11. speaks
12. team
13. clean
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free
green
street
freeze
seal
weak
bean
14. cream
15. field
16. chief
17. weakest
18. repeat
19. weekly
20. sixteen
Unit 2; Week 2 Reading Vocabulary Words
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arrived----- came to a place
immigrate----- to come to live in a country where one was not born
inspected----- looked at closely and carefully
moment----- a short period of time
opportunity----- a good chance to do something
photographs----- pictures that are made by a camera
valuable----- worth a lot of money
whisper----- to speak softly