3rd Grade Activities: Week 8

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Simeon, the Eleven Martyrs of Almeria, Spain, St. Felix, St. Cyprian, and St. Edward.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; time4learning online activities.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities.

SPELLING: spell Victory Drill book CVC words; spell and write sentences.

HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters in Handwriting Program for Print.

READING: The Tailor of Gloucester, Beatrix Potter;
The Story of A Fierce Bad Rabbit, Beatrix Potter;
The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter;
Amerlia Bedelia's Masterpiece;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of pet fish, grasshopper, watch JeffCorwin: Marsupials, and Insects and Arachnids DVDs; watch The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, Judy Irving DVD;

HISTORY: Christopher Columbus: read brief history, poem, song, coat of arms.

GEOGRAPHY: draw a map of an imaginary island with a legend defining the symbols used on the map.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: Mandarin class; listen to CD: phrases and pronunciation; read, write and pronounce words and phrases.

READ ALOUD: When I Was Young in the Mountains, Cynthia Rylant;
The Dreamer, Cynthia Rylant;
Wild Birds, Joanne Ryder;
Star in the Storm.

ART: modeling clay figures, including cartoon characters; make necklaces; practice drawing 3-D objects in drawing basics class.

MUSIC: listen to classical and contemporary music; sing; attend choir rehearsals and Vespers service.

P.E.: soccer; park time; play with dogs at dog park.