3rd Grade 3/5-3/9

3rd3/5/20183/6/20183/7/20183/8/20183/9/2018Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipHonesty + Matthew 5: 1-14
BibleEx 20:1-17Ps 191 Cor 1:18-31Jn 2:13-22 (23-25)
MathMath fact assessment.
Math Review 4 pg 80-82 only.

Math fact practice.
Correct all missed answers from Review 4 in class yesterday.		Math AssessmentMath fact
practice.
Review all concepts your child is struggling with. 		Math fact practiceWe will begin fractions after spring break.
SpellingReview Step 23. Dictate sentences 4-6.Review Step 23, card box, Writing Station. Dictate sentences 7 - 9.Step 23
Dictate sentences 10-12.		Spelling break.File spelling sentences under 'Spelling' tab.
GrammarChapter 19 TestGrammar time Ch 20 L1 sentences in PB. On notebook paper, complete Ch 20 Practice 2 only. File in 'Grammar' section.Ch 20 L1 Skill Time. Complete Ch 20 L1 practice.Review all missed concepts from Ch 19 test on Monday.
WritingIEW lesson 18 Louis Braille pg 125. Review. Assignment 1-3. Intro vocab words.IEW pg 125 assignment 4. Proofread RD. Review vocab. HW 129-131.Start final draft. Review vocab.
Check handwriting notebooks.		Finish final draft. Oral retell.Vocab words: persistent, fluently, ban.
ReadingSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 14 + DiscussionSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 15. Oral narration.Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 16 + DiscussionSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 17.Oral narration.Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Pages 110-112. Oral narration.Please put Little Pilgrim's Progress in child's backpack.
HistoryHistory Card #115 & # 116 Report: Philip
Star Spangled Banner video and poem.		History Card #117 Immigrants Flock to America & 118 The Monroe Doctrine.
Timeline song.		Discuss Monroe Doctrine. Timeline songHistory Card #117 & 118. Journal entry: Write 3-5 sentences about something you found interesting this week.Journal Report for #117 or 118 on 03/19/18: LucyWe will be watching a documentary on Ellis Island when we come back from spring break.
GeographyFormer USSR - Due 3/21. Students may assess early if they'd like to.
SciencePaint volcanoes.
Do Scientific Demonstration: Acid-Base Testing. Define pH and indicator. 		Read about pH sections and pH and acids in the soil pg 86 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned.Complete Indicator demonstration. Activate volcanoes.Read about Indicators - sections on indicators and sulfuric acid pg 86-87 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned this week. Review Acids and Bases poem.Complete Acids and Bases week 2 quiz #1-3 only.  Review Acids and Bases poem.
Memory WorkIntroduce Song of the Settlers quarter 4 Poem Due 5/2. 



It’s hard to believe it’s already March! We only have 3 short months left. Where does the time go? Please continue to send your child with a lunch and water bottle each school day. We still have a student or 2 who forget their water bottles and we don’t want to deny them a drink, but it’s challenging when they want to leave class for a drink and miss out on important instruction.

What’s happening at Fortis in March:

Christian worldview book club @ 7pm Monday evenings
3/7 NEST meeting @ 9am
3/9 End of 3rd quarter
3/12-3/16 Spring break
3/21 Mom’s in prayer @9am
3/21 Parent informational @ 10am
3/28 Pizza day
3/28 Mom’s in prayer @ 9am
3/30 Good Friday (no school)

Blog Abbreviations-

HIG-Singapore Home Instructor Guide
TB- Textbook (Math and Shurley Grammar)
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM-Mental Math (Found in the back of the HIG)
HW-Handwriting
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
PB-Shurley English Practice Booklet
USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia

Math-

We will be taking 2 math assessments in class this week. Please be sure to look at these to see where your child is struggling. When we come back from spring break, we will begin fractions.

Please spend no more than 10 minutes on mental math and continue to work on math fact mastery at home.

Handwriting-

Continue to watch for proper letter formation of cursive and print letters at home. Practice the specific letters your child is struggling with. We will be frequently taking a completion grade for the handwriting assignments. Please have your child bring their book to and from school each day from here on out.

IEW-

We begin our lesson on Louis Braille this week, which is part of a larger report we will be assembling on “Men Who Changed the World” in a couple of weeks.  Please proofread their rough draft with a red pen (if possible) for spelling, punctuation, dress-ups (underlined AND labeled), paragraph indentation, double spaced, make sure their title reflects 2-3 keywords from the final clincher, etc. They will be writing their final draft in cursive on Wednesday and Thursday. They should turn their paper in on Monday 3/19, stapled in this order: checklist, final draft, rough draft. Students can earn up to 3 points extra credit for using this lessons vocabulary words in their paper (persistent, fluently, ban). Vocabulary words should be underlined and labeled “voc” in the right margin.  Students may use some creativity in their story, as long as the theme remains.

Memory-

We are currently working on Matthew 5:1-9, Song of the Settlers quarter 4 poem, USSR map & song, and history timeline song. The science poem Acids and Bases is for reinforcement at home. We will not be assessing science poems for the remainder of the year, but you may use them at home to discuss the concepts being taught.

Geography-

Many of our hard-working students have already mastered the geography map and have asked us to assess them early. We are allowing them to, but if they, or you, are unsatisfied with their grade, they may re-take it on 3/21.

Enjoy your spring break!
3rd Grade 2/26-3/2/2018
3rd2/26/20182/27/20182/28/20183/1/20183/2/2018Co-Teacher Notes
DiscipleshipHonesty (Trustworthiness) + Matthew 5: 1-13
BibleIs. 66:1-2, Acts 1:15-26Matt. 11:25-30, Gen 17:1-7, 15-16Ps 22:23-31, Rom 5:1-11Mk 8:27-38
MathHIG pg 58-60. WB Ex. 23. Review all conversions, as needed. HIG pg 19-20, 26, 32-33, 40, 48, 53, and 58. HIG pg 62. TB pg 57 Review CHIG pg 63-64. TB pg 58-61. WB Ex 24 pg 69-71HIG pg 65. TB pg 62-63. WB Ex 25 pg 72-74Review: 1 lb = 16 oz
12 in = 1 ft; 3 ft = 1 yd
100 cm = 1 m
1000 m = 1 km
1 kg = 1000 g 
1000 ml = 1ℓ
2 c = 1 pt; 2 pt = 1 qt;
4 qt = 1 gal
SpellingReview Step 22. Dictate sentences 4-6.Review Step 22, card box, More Words. Dictate sentences 7 - 9Review Step 22. Dictate sentences 10-12. Administer Test on this weeks words and sentences.Step 23 - New Teaching. Dictate Word Sort.Dictate sentences 1-3
GrammarIEWCh19 L3; Jingle Time; Grammar Time PB pg 18 L3 sentences.
AND
look over missed answers on chapter 18 test from last week.		Ch 19 L3: Practice Time:WB pg 88 Review Ch 19 L 1-3 for test on Monday.
WritingCollect FD The Fishing Trip.
IEW lesson 17 Benjamin Franklin pg 117. Assignment 1-4. Intro vocab words.		IEW pg 118 assignment 4 write RD from fused outline. Proofread RD. Review vocab. HW 124-125.Start FD. Review vocab.Finish FD. Oral retell. HW 126-128. To be turned in on 3/5/18FD to be turned in on 3/5/18Vocab words: ingenious, practical, efficient.
ReadingSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 10 pg 58-62+ DiscussionSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 11 pg 63-68 with retell.Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 12 pg 69-75 + DiscussionSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 13, pages 76-79 with retellSoft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears - Chapter 13, pages 80-82 with retellPlease be sure that the book is brought to class each school day.
HistoryHistory Card Report: Paloma & Memory Song
Preamble		History Card #115 War of 1812 & 116 Missouri Compromise 
Memory Song
Preamble		History Card / Preamble TestHistory Card #115 & 116 Journal entry
Memory Song		Journal Report for #115 & 116 on 03/05/18: Philip
Memory Song		**Please see notation under Memory
GeographyFormer USSR - Due 3/21
ScienceDo Scientific Demonstration: Drinkable Acids. Introduce Acids and Bases Poem.Read Acids on pg 84 in USE. Write two sentence about what you have learned. Review Acids and Bases poem.Define bases. Make cabbage paper for Monday's experiment. Review Acids and Bases poem.Read Bases pg 85 in USE. Review Acids and Bases poem.Use Acids and Bases week 1 quiz to review. Review Acids and Bases poem.
Memory WorkQuarter 3 Try Again Poem Due 2/28. Mixtures, Solutions, Oh My! 2/28. Preamble Poem Due 2/28
                                           Please check Alma for your students grades once weekly 
Important**Please be sure to send your child to school with a water bottle, lunch, and snack each school day. 

What’s happening at Fortis?
2/26 Christian Worldview Book Club, 7 pm
2/28 Pizza and Spirit Day
          Moms in Prayer, 9-10 am
2/29 Christian Worldview Book Club, 7 pm
3/2   Box top collection
3/5   Christian Worldview Book Club, 7 pm
3/9   End of 3rd Quarter
3/12-16 Spring Break

Blog Abbreviations-
HIG-Singapore Home Instructor Guide
TB- Textbook (Math and Shurley Grammar)
WB- Singapore Math Workbook
MM-Mental Math (Found in the back of the HIG)
HW-Handwriting
IEW- Institute for Excellence in Writing
PB-Shurley English Practice Booklet
USE-Usborne Science Encyclopedia
KWO-Key Word Outline

Math-

Please concentrate on mastering conversions. We will be spending Monday on gallons, quarts, pints and cups, then moving on to graphs. 

We continue to work on math facts in class, when time allows. Mastering math facts is crucial to the students’ success in math. Please spend time at home working on these. Your child can tell you which facts they have mastered and what they are currently working on. Please spend no more than 10 minutes on mental math.

Shurley-

We are spending 2 weeks with each Shurley grammar lesson. Please check for understanding each day. We have been re-visiting the concepts our students have struggled the most with. We have reviewed adjective, adverbs, phrases, SCS, SCV, CD, sentence vs. fragment, pronouns, possessive noun adjectives, direct objects, helping verb & linking verbs, and quotations. 

Handwriting-

We will be frequently taking a completion grade for the handwriting assignments. Please have your child bring their book to and from school each day from here on out.

Continue to watch for proper letter formation of cursive and print letters at home. If your child is struggling with handwriting, encourage him/her to slow down. It takes time and patience to write neatly. Students are writing all final drafts in cursive. Notes have been made with the handwriting assignments on Wednesdays.

IEW-

Important- all final drafts must be written in cursive for the remainder of the year.

Writing research from multiple sources will be completed for the next 4 weeks. The first is on Benjamin Franklin. Grading is getting less lenient as we progress. Students will be given a new rubric that will include spelling, neatness, punctuation and grammar. Please proofread the rough drafts for spelling, punctuation, dress-ups (underlined AND labeled), paragraph indentation, highlighting, double spaced, make sure their title reflects 2-3 keywords from the final clincher, etc. Be sure that papers are stapled in order: ✔list, final draft, rough draft. 

Students can earn up to 3 points extra credit for using this lessons vocabulary words in their paper (ingenious, practical, efficient). Vocabulary words should be underlined and labeled “voc” in the right margin.  

Reading-

We are continuing our wonderful book, "Soft Rain: A Story of the Cherokee Trail of Tears. There are a lot of great discussions that can happen. Please be sure your student brings the book to class.

History-

*For the journaling: Students should be writing at least 3 sentences about  the most interesting thing they learned from the history card or in class and writing it in their own words.

Here is a link to the Preamble that we’ll be using to help us commit it to memory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf6NvlXEyzg

**Note- the actual Preamble begins about a minute into the song. The students are not responsible for the additional words in the song apart from the Preamble that is found in their campus binder.

Memory-

We are currently working on Matthew 5:1-12, Try Again poem, USSR map & song,  Preamble, 'Mixtures and Solubles, Oh My' poem and history timeline song. 

**We will not be doing a test on the history timeline song, but just before Spring Break (3/7/18) we will be rewarding those according to how much of it the can recite. 

Geography-

The USSR map can be found in the memory section of the campus binder. We will continue working on this map until 3/21. A copy of the map and song can be found in the geography section on the blog. If your child has any items at home from this region, please feel free to bring them in.

Science-

***Our end of year project is going to be a science project. We are excited to let each student choose one of ten options as a project from a list we will provide. We will be able to present it to family and classmates at the end of the year. Each student should have brought home a informational sheet on 2/21. 

We pray your week is blessed and the best ever!
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