January 2014 – Grade 3

January 29, 2014

Homework 28-31 January

Tuesday – Study for Science Test tomorrow. Complete review and test preparation for Chapter 8 textbook p361. Children may also start on their Spelling Homework, workbook p51-53. Spelling work is due Thursday.

Wednesday – Math. Dividing by 2. Page 48 from the Math workbook.

Thursday – Complete reading chapter 10 and 11 of The Boxcar Children and answer the comprehension questions. Most of this should have been completed in class today.

Please bring a USB pen to school for Friday. Children will be asked to save their Adventure writing work, which they have started in class, onto the USB pen. Children need to complete writing their story by Monday. This is second draft work. Their first draft is in their composition book. I have made markings in their first draft of where they are expected to make changes. Can I ask that the children do their own typing as I wish to mark their second draft based on their own work. This second draft must be completed by Monday, 3 February. I will print their work from school and then the children will make any final changes before publishing their work on Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

January 24, 2014

Poetry Assignment

Rational: to help students develop a love for reading poetry.

Objectives: to analyze parts of a poem (e.g. rhyming words, main idea, symbolism), to clearly and confidently present information to the class.

How it will work: Each student will be required to research and select a poem they would like to share with the class. They will then complete the poetry assignment sheet and hand it in to Mrs. Morgan by their scheduled Friday. Mrs. Morgan will then go over the poem with the student, to ensure the student is ready to teach the class about the poem. Mrs. Morgan will also photocopy the poem so each student can have a copy. Then on Monday during our normally scheduled poetry time, the student will present and teach their poem to the class. Please see your child’s agenda for the poetry assignment sheet and the schedule for when they are to present their poem.

Assessment: Mrs. Morgan will assess their presentation skills (speaking to the class and answering any questions) as part of their Oral Language grade. Mrs. Morgan will also assess the written poetry assignment sheet to see how well the student has analyzed the parts of the poem. This will be used as part of the student’s Reading grade.

Places to find poems

Look through our school library for a book on poems. Ask Ms. Galvao (our librarian) or Mrs. Morgan where to find these the next time we are at library.

Check out the Georgetown Public Library for any poems for kids.

Check out these websites

http://www.poetry4kids.com/

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

http://www.poetryarchive.org/childrensarchive/home.do

January 20, 2014

Homework 20 – 25th of January

Monday – Spelling. r-controlled vowels. Spelling Workbook p51-53. Due Thursday.

Student’s may also need to complete any Math Study Guide and Review work which was not completed in class today. These are the questions they were to complete in class. 1-4, 5-8, 11-14, 18, 21-25, 29-35, 36-39, 43-44, 46-52, 56-57, 60-61. See your child’s agenda for the specific questions they still need to answer. They have tonight and tomorrow to complete this.

Tuesday – Math. Complete the online Chapter 5 math test http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/studytools/cgi-bin/msgQuiz.php4?isbn=0-02-105732-X&chapter=5&headerFile=7 . They can also look at the Chapter 4 math test (scroll to the bottom of this page for the link) http://www.mhschool.com/math/mathconnects/grade3/sg3c4lesson1.html . They can also complete any of the Study Guide and review from the textbook work last night. Also go on Mathletics to do any set tasks by the teacher. Children may also listen to the Times Table Tunes on Mathletics as revision for their multiplication test tomorrow.

Wednesday – Children will start work on a mini Science project. They will have one week to complete this. Please see your child’s project paper which will be in their bag today. This project will make up part of this terms Science grade.

Thursday – Reading. Read chapter 8 of The Boxcar Children and answer the comprehension questions.

Weekend Homework – Science Project work. This project is due Wednesday, 29th of June.

Weekly Bible Memory Verse: “Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” Lamentations 3:22-23

January 20, 2014

Whole School Math Bingo

The entire First Baptist Christian School met down in the gym at 12:30pm on Friday 17th of January for a fun time of Math Bingo!

January 6, 2014

Homework January 6 – 10, 2014

Monday – Spelling words that end with -le spelling pattern and general review. Workbook p47-49.

Tuesday – Math. Multiply by 3. Homework practice book p36. Also review multiplying by 5on p32.

Wednesday – Reading. Answer Think Critically questions, p357 of the Storytown textbook. Make sure the answers are in detail and are written in complete sentences.

Thursday – Grammar. Identify plural and possessive nouns. Grammar workbook p33-35

Bible Memory Verse:

Isaiah 55:7 “Let the wicked forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.”

Children must memorize all the parts in bold to get a sticker for this week. They may get two stickers or choose to move their surf board up on our behavior chart if they remember the entire verse.