Ledesma Third Grade 9/30 - 10/4

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Important Dates:

9/30 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am

          Grammar play date 3:00-4:00 Fortis playground

10/4 - End of first quarter

10/7 - Moms in prayer - prayer 9:00am

          Co-teacher training 2:00pm

10/14 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am

10/16 - Spirit Day

             Falcon mom's meet up 9:00am

            New parent informational 10:00

10/21 - Picture retakes

            Moms in prayer 9:00am

10/26 - Fortis Trunk or Treat 4:00-7:00pm

10/28 - Teacher Training - No school

10/30 - Historical dress up day Third grads is 1550-1850 anyone in our history book or a person from this time period.

            Pizza Day/Spirit day

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG – Singapore math Home
Instructor Guide

TB – Singapore math textbook

WB – Singapore math workbook

HW – Handwriting copybook

IEW – Institute for Excellence in Writing

RD – Rough Draft

FD – Final Draft

SOTW – Story of the World

NJ – Science Notebook Journal 

This week we will be testing on the poem, key dates, and Australia.

Math:

Be practicing multiplication facts.

Grammar:

Review the definitions of the parts of speech.  This can be confusing when they are trying to match these on the test.

Composition:

Damocles and the king is broken up into four week. We are on week two just the conflict and plot. Week three is the climax, resolution and theme. Week four we will combine all the final drafts into a three paragraph story. Each week will have a checklist that needs to be completed for that section.

Monday - KWO and help page

Tuesday - Write RD, parents proofread, review vocab

Wednesday - Review new concepts, review vocab, start FD

Thursday - Finish FD, oral retell, review vocab

Reading

We are starting "Squanto, Friend of Pilgrims" this week. We will be completing a mobile for this book.  They will have three weeks to complete the mobile.  It is due Oct 21.  They will need to have the setting, characters,  problem/conflict, the resolution/solution,  and some of your favorite parts.  These can be a combination of writing and drawing.

History:

We will be learning 12 key dates during the year.  We will be leaning 3 dates a quarter.  At the end of the quarter there will be a quiz.  The quiz will be accumulative as the year progresses.  The dates are listed in the campus binder under the science and history tab.

Quarter 1 dates

Charles V 15194

William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582

Jamestown Colony Founded 1607

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 1 poem, geography map & song, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.

3rd week 8	9/30/2019	10/1/2019	10/2/2019	10/3/2019	10/4/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Initiative vs Idleness					End of 1st quarter
Bible	Psalm 27
	Discuss Acts 14	Read Acts 15	Discuss Acts 15	Read Acts 16	Journal Entry: Do you think that singing and praising God at midnight after you were beaten was a good idea? Why or why not?
Math	HIG pg 48-51. TB pg 57-60.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 48-51. TB pg 57-60. WB Ex 25 pg 69-70.	Review 3	Fact practice addition. Review 2 WB pg 71-74	HIG pg 54-55. TB pg 61-63.
Spelling	Review Step 7 and More Words. Dictate sentences 4-6.	Review Step 7 and Writing Station. Dictate sentences 7 - 9	Review Step 7. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 8 New Teaching - Months of the Year. Dictate 10 words.	Dictate sentence 1-3.
Grammar	Grammar Review	Ch 4 L4 Test Time. WB pg 99 for practice only, exercise 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9	Chapter 4 Test	Ch 5 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time, Activity/ Assignment Time. PB pg 4 Ch 5L1
Writing	Review vocab
	IEW Narrative stories. Review setting, character and background. Damocles and the King Pg 48 & 49. Review vocab.	IEW pg 49 use Style checklist to write your own version of part II of the story. Proofread story. Review vocab.	IEW lesson 6B. Review paper and checklist for Part II of Damocles and the King. Start final draft. Review vocab.	Finish final draft. Turn in on Monday. Orall retell
Cursive	Pg 68-69	Pg 70-71	Pg 72-73	Pg 74-77
Reading	Magician's Nephew Ch 7	Reading Exploration	Reading Discussion Create the base for the mobile.	Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Ch 1-2	Squanto, Friend of the Pilgrims Ch 3-4	We are going to create a book report mobil. It will be due Monday Oct 21.
History	Ch9 - The Western War
	SP 27-28	Read SOTW pg 91-93	SP 29-31	Read SOTW pg 94- 96	In your opinion was the Thirty Year War successful? Why or why not?
Geography	Australia - Due 10/2
Science	Try This pg 77, notebook pg 66	Read pg 72 bottom-75, narrate	Compounds Tuck envelopes NJ pg A17	Read pg 76-79, narrate	SB pg 60 notebooking activities, NJ pg 59
Memory Work	Quarter 1 Poem Due 10/2

Ledesma Third Grade 9/23 - 9/27

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Important Dates:

9/23 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am

9/25 - Dogs(dad's of great students), Spirit and Pizza Day

          Falcon mom's meetup 9:00am Dahlias Cafe

9/30 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am

          Grammar play date 3:00-4:00 Fortis playground

10/4 - End of first quarter

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG – Singapore math Home
Instructor Guide

TB – Singapore math textbook

WB – Singapore math workbook

HW – Handwriting copybook

IEW – Institute for Excellence in Writing

RD – Rough Draft

FD – Final Draft

SOTW – Story of the World

NJ – Science Notebook Journal 

Math:

Bar modeling videos and resources can be found here:

https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/math/

Complete one hour of Aleks math per week.  If you have reached the multiplication and division, please stop working on continuing my path.  You can practice addition and subtraction with games in the quick tables.

 Remember to complete the addition math fact page everyday.

Grammar:

Review the definitions of the parts of speech.  This can be confusing when they are trying to match these on the test.

Composition:

Damocles and the king is broken up into four week. Week one all they will write about is the characters and setting. Week two just the conflict and plot. Week three is the climax, resolution and theme. Week four we will combine all the final drafts into a three paragraph story. Each week will have a checklist that needs to be completed for that section.

Monday - KWO and help page

Tuesday - Write RD, parents proofread, review vocab

Wednesday - Review new concepts, review vocab, start FD

Thursday - Finish FD, oral retell, review vocab

Reading

We are starting "The Hundred Dresses" this week. We will be completing a book report flaps for this book.  This is like the timeline report.  The student will write each part of the time line behind a flap.  We will make the flag book at school on Wednesday.  They will add to each flap after they have read for that day.

History:

We will be learning 12 key dates during the year.  We will be leaning 3 dates a quarter.  At the end of the quarter there will be a quiz.  The quiz will be accumulative as the year progresses.  The dates are listed in the campus binder under the science and history tab.

Quarter 1 dates

Charles V 15194

William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582

Jamestown Colony Founded 1607

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 1 poem, geography map & song, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.

3rd week 7	9/23/2019	9/24/2019	9/25/2019	9/26/2019	9/27/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Orderliness
Bible	Psalms 27
	Discuss Acts 12	Read Acts 13	Discuss Acts 13	Read Acts 14	Write your encouraging word for your classmate. Journal Entry: Why do you think that the people of Lystra thought Paul and Barnabas were gods just because they healed the crippled man?
Math	HIG pg 39-41. TB pg 49-50 Task 1. WB Ex 21 pg 59-60. MM 14.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 42. TB pg 50-51 Task 2-3. WB Ex 22 pg 61-62.	HIG pg 43-44. TB pg 51-52 Task 4-6. WB Ex 23 pg 63-65. MM 15.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 44-47. TB pg 53 Task 7-9. WB Ex 24 pg 66-68. Finish MM 15.	Fact practice addition. TB pg 54 Practice 3D odd numbers. TB pg 55 Practice 3E even numbers.
Spelling	Review Step 6 - More Words and Homophone Pairs pg. 42. Dictate sentences 4-6.	Review Step 6 - Writing Station pg 43. Dictate sentences 7 - 9	Review Step 6. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.	Step 7 New Teaching -The / er / of Works.Dictate 10 words.	Dictate sentences 1-3.
Grammar	Ch 4 L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time	Ch 4 L2 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. PB pg 3 Ch4L2. WB pg 65 Ch4L2P1-2.	Ch 4 L3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time.	Ch 4 L3 Jingle Time, Grammar Time. PB pg 3 Ch4L3
Writing	Vocab - anticipate, content, dismayed					See note below.
	IEW lesson 6 Narrative stories. Review. Setting, Characters and background pg 47. Vocab words.	Please see note below. IEW pg 45 assignment 4. Parents proof read. Review vocab.	IEW lesson 6. Review parts of a story. Review vocab. Start final draft.	Finish final draft to be turned in on Monday. Orall retell
Cursive	Pg 58-59	Pg 60-62	Pg 63-64	Pg 65-67
Reading	Magician's Nephew Ch 7	Reading Exploration	Reading Discussion	The Hundred Dresses Ch 5-6. Write four to five sentences about chapter 5 and 6 in the book report flap.	The Hundred Dresses Ch 7. Write three sentences about chapter 7 in the book report flap.
History	Ch8 - The Middle of the East
	Turin will share his history journal entry from Friday. Mapping activity Sp 23. SP 24.	Read SOTW pg 81-84 and narrate.	The bridge of thirty three arches. 26	Read SOTW pg 84-88 and narrate.	If you were Sultan like Osman, who conquered Asia and parts of Europe, how would you rule that many people?
Geography	Australia - Due 10/2
Science	Try This pg 63, notebook pg 65	Read pg 62-66, narrate write an interesting fact in notebook pg 57	Check out salt evaporation. Try This pg 68, notebook pg 65	Read pg 67-72 top, narrate write an interesting fact in notebook pg 58	Vocabulary Seek-and-find NJ pg 60. Scripture Copy Work pg 62.
Memory Work	Quarter 1 Poem Due 10/2

Ledesma Third Grade 9/16 - 9/20

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Important Dates:

9/16 - School Pictures

          Moms in prayer - 9:00am
9/18 – New Family Informational

9/23 - Moms in prayer - 9:00am

9/23 - Moms in prayer 9:00am

9/25 - Spirit and Pizza Day

          Falcon mom's meetup 9:00am Dahlias Cafe

Blog Abbreviations:

HIG – Singapore math Home
Instructor Guide

TB – Singapore math textbook

WB – Singapore math workbook

HW – Handwriting copybook

IEW – Institute for Excellence in Writing

RD – Rough Draft

FD – Final Draft

SOTW – Story of the World

NJ – Science Notebook Journal 

Math:

Bar modeling videos and resources can be found here:

https://fortisacademy.wordpress.com/curriculum/math/

Complete one hour of Aleks math per week.  If you have reached the multiplication and division, please stop working on continuing my path.  You can practice addition and subtraction with games in the quick tables.

Remember to complete the addition math fact page everyday.

Grammar:

Review the definitions of the parts of speech.  This can be confusing when they are trying to match these on the test.

Composition:

The schedule will be Monday KWO, Tuesday write rough draft, parents proofread and make sure everything on the checklist is in paper.  Wednesday start writing final draft.  Thursday finish final draft and an oral retell.

Reading

We will be starting The Hundred Dresses this week. 

History:

We will be learning 12 key dates during the year.  We will be leaning 3 dates a quarter.  At the end of the quarter there will be a quiz.  The quiz will be accumulative as the year progresses.  The dates are listed in the campus binder under the science and history tab.

Quarter 1 dates

Charles V 15194

William the silent and a Dutch revolution 1582

Jamestown Colony Founded 1607

Memory:

Please spend time during your school day to work on our school wide scripture, quarter 1 poem, geography map & song, and key dates. Feel free to get creative and practice these in the car, at bedtime, or during meals.

3rd week 6	9/16/2019	9/17/2019	9/18/2019	9/19/2019	9/20/2019	Co-Teacher Notes
Discipleship	Orderliness					School Pictures 9/16
Bible	Psalms 27
	Discuss Acts 10	Read Acts 11	Discuss Acts 11	Read Acts 12	Write your encouraging word for your classmate. Journal Entry: Why do think that when the Angel awakened Peter and led him out of prison, that he thought it was a vision.
Math	HIG pg 30-31. TB pg 41. WB Ex 17 pg50-51. MM 13.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 31-33. TB pg 42. WB Ex 18 pg 52-53. Finish MM 13.	TB Practice 3A pg 43.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 34-36. TB pg 44-46 Task 1-3. WB Ex 19 pg 54-56.	Fact practice addition. HIG pg 37-38. TB pg 46 Task 4. WB Ex 20 pg 57-58. TB Practice 3B pg 47.	Aleks math 1 hour per week, if you have reached multiplication and division please stop working on Aleks. You can play addition and subtration games in the quick tables.
Spelling	Review Step 5 using word from More Words p.38. Dictate sentences 4-6.	Review Step 5 using words from More Words p. 38. Dictate sentences 7 - 9	Review step 5 using words from More Words p. 38. Dictate sentences 10-12. No words to assess this week.	Step 6 New Teaching- The Four Sounds of Y. Students write 10 words.	Dictate sentences 1-3
Grammar	Grammar Review	Ch 3 L 4 Test Time WB pg 98 Exercise 1,3,4,5,6,7 use to review for test tomorrow.	Chapter 3 Test	Ch 4 L1 Jingle Time, Grammar Time, Skill Time. PB pg 3 Ch4 L1. WB pg 64-65 Ch4L1P1-5. Activity/ Assignment Time
Writing	Vocab - industrious, admonish, prudent
	IEW pg 35-39.The Ants and The Grasshoppers. Sentence Openers and banned adj.	IEW use pg 39 & 40 to write rough draft. Review all banned words. Parents proofread rough draft.	IEW Use checklist and rough draft to start final for The Ant and the Grasshopper. Oral retell. Vocab quiz.	Finish final draft. Turn in on Monday. Oral retell.
Cursive	Pg 48-49	Pg 50-52	Pg 53-55	Pg 56-57
Reading	Magician's Nephew Ch 5	Reading Exploration	Reading Discussion. Create the book report flap.	The Hundred Dresses Ch 1-2. Write four to five sentences about chapter 1 and 2 in the book report flap.	The Hundred Dresses Ch 3-4. Write four to five sentences about chapter 3 and 4 in the book report flap.
History	Ch7 - The Spread of Slavery
	SP 21	Read SOTW pg 71-74	SP 22	Read SOTW pg 74-78	Would you have rather been on Portuguese's side or on Queen Nzinga's side and why?
Geography	Australia - Due 10/2
Science	Try This pg 57, 59, Paint bonds from last year, Notebooking activities, pg 47-48	Read pg 54-56, narrate write an interesting fact in notebook pg 44	Cursive pg 50. Building Block layered book pg 51, A13-A14	Read pg 57-59, narrate write an interesting fact in notebook pg 44	SB pg 60 notebooking activities
Memory Work	Quarter 1 Poem Due 10/2