3rd Grade Activities: Week 14

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Cecelia, St. Valerie, St. Gwen, St. Jennifer, St. Agatha, and others from 60 Saints for Girls.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; real life money problems.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities.

SPELLING/HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters; spelling and writing in comic books, Dog Park Diary, and Thanksgiving greetings.

WRITING: practice summary writing on the article "Turkeys".

READING: Shrek 2: The Movie Storybook, Tom Mason and Dan Dako;
Duck & Goose, Tad Hills;
We're in Big Trouble, Blackboard Bear, Martha Alexander;
The Mole Sisters and the Piece of Moss, Roslyn Schwartz.

(and a little of each of these): The case of the buried treasure; The case of the perfect prank; The case of the kidnapped candy; The case of the groaning ghost; The case of the marshmallow monster; and The case of the runaway dog; all by James Preller;

Sunday funnies; and Garfield comic books.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish; observe animals on a country trip.

READ ALOUD: 60 Saints for Girls.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: review some Mandarin phrases; compare Mandarin and Spanish greetings.

ART: illustrate the summary writing with turkeys; draw and color Thanksgiving greetings; color wooden Christmas ornaments; create characters from modeling clay.

MUSIC: listen to classical, and contemporary music; sing.

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

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

3rd Grade Activities: Week 13

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Ida, St. Alice, St. Sylvia, and St. Gladys from 60 Saints for Girls.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review;
math games at BBC Number Time;
read about how to use an abacus
and its history.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities.

SPELLING/HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters; spelling and writing in comic books; spell and write sentences in Dog Park Diary.

WRITING: write a one-page story (dream).

LANGUAGE ARTS: BBC Bitesize Literacy Punctuation games.

READING: Zella, Zack, and Zodiac, Bill Peet;
Fried feathers for Thanksgiving, James Stevenson;
Terrific, Jon Agee;
That Rabbit Belongs to Emily Brown, Cressida Cowell;
Fishes; a Guide to Fresh and Salt-Water Species, Herbert S. Zim and Hurst H. Shoemaker (Betta Fish article only);
Kittens, Kelly Doudna;
This Little Chick, John Lawrence;
Wag a Tail, Lois Ehlert;
Sunday funnies; and Garfield comic books.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish. Watch Eyewitness: Bird, and Eyewitness Skeleton DVDs: study skeleton diagram, make small skeleton from modeling clay. Observe various dog breeds; visit dog training school: talk with instructors and meet the dogs.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Mandarin class: listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading, writing, and speaking words and phrases; make flash cards; attend Spanish story time.

READ ALOUD: Minnie & Moo and the Seven Wonders of the World, Denys Cazet; Sixty Saints for Girls, Joan Windham.

ART: illustrations of dogs in Dog Park Diary; illustrations of park and fish dreams; create modeling clay characters; fall collage; discovery in art class: story painting.

MUSIC: listen to classical, and contemporary music; sing; listen to choir rehearsals and performance.

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

3rd Grade Activities: Week 12

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read a brief bio. of St. Frances of Rome, Jane Frances de Chantal, St. Isabel, and St. Julia from Sixty Saints for Girls, Joan Windham.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; Flip Over Math story problems.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities; watch Between the Lions: The Popcorn Popper DVD.

SPELLING/HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters; spelling and writing in comic books.

READING: The Super Camper Caper, John Himmelman;
Mouse's First Halloween, Lauren Thompson;
Addie Meets Max, Joan Robins;
Boswell Wide Awake, Alexandra Day;
Word Wizard, Cathryn Falwell;
How Many Snails? Paul Giganti, Jr.;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish; watch Nature:Tall Blondes, The Wondrous World of Giraffes and Leopards and Lions DVDs; read about and observe different dog breeds.

HISTORY: read about Amerigo Vespucci and the naming of America, and Christopher Columbus' voyages in Forgotten voyager: the story of Amerigo Vespucci, Ann Fitzpatrick Alper, and The Voyage of Christopher Columbus, Rupert Matthews.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Mandarin class: listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading, writing, and speaking words and phrases; make flash cards; attend Spanish story time.

READ ALOUD: Magic Tree House: Season of the Sandstorms, Mary Pope Osborne;
Minnie and Moo and the Seven Wonders of the World, Denys Cazet.

ART: make birthday cards; present artwork to adults; illustrations in workbooks and comic books; modeling clay figures including miniature snow leopards; drawing basics class: 3-D objects.

MUSIC: listen to classical, and contemporary music; sing.

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

3rd Grade Activities: Week 11

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read brief bios of saints.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; solve story problems with addition, multiplication and division; Flip Over Math story problems.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities; watch Between the Lions: The Popcorn Popper.

HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters and words in Handwriting for Print.

SPELLING: spell and write sentences; write text in comic books.

READING: One Halloween Night, Mark Teague;
Luther's Halloween, Cari Meister;
Ginger and Pickles, Beatrix Potter;
The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit, Beatrix Potter;
The Roly-Poly Pudding, Beatrix Potter;
My Love for You, Susan L. Roth;
from Highlights: Fun with a Purpose magazine;
Don't Tell the Whole World, Joanna Cole;
comics.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish; watch Radical Rockets and Other Cool Cruising Machines, Popular Mechanics for Kids and Really Wild Animals: Swinging Safari DVDs; explain why zebras have stripes; ocean/beach trip.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Mandarin class: listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading, writing, and speaking words and phrases; attend Spanish story time.

READ ALOUD: A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle;
Pirate Girl, Cornelia Funke;
Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling.

ART: make and put up Halloween decorations; modeling clay figures: boy, Indian girl, Indian hut; attend discovery in art class: learn about balance and focus in artistic compositions; plan and execute a painting using these concepts; illustrate comic books.

MUSIC: listen to classical, and contemporary music; sing; attend choir rehearsals; listen to live Middle Eastern music: guitar and voice.

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

3rd Grade Activities: Week 10

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings; read brief lives of the saints, including Rose of Lima; attend Girls' Group.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities; watch Between the Lions DVDs.

HANDWRITING: practice lowercase letters.

WRITING/SPELLING: writing for comic books.

READING: Rafi and Rosi, Lulu Delacre;
Scarecrow, Cynthia Rylant;
Garfield Goes to Waist, Jim Davis;
Garfield Makes It Big, Jim Davis;
The Problem with Pumpkins: a Hip and Hop Story, Barney Saltzberg;
Monster Musical Chairs, Stuart J. Murphy;
Sheep Trick or Treat, Nancy Shaw;
The Frog Principal, Stephanie Calmenson.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish; observation of nature: squirrels, fall leaves; study of dog breeds.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Mandarin class: listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading, writing, and speaking words and phrases.

READ ALOUD: A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L'Engle;
Hickory, Palmer Brown;
Duck and Goose, Tad Hills;
from Dog Breeds, An Illustrated Guide.

ART: modeling clay figures; attend drawing basics class: 3-D objects; illustration of comic books.

MUSIC: listen to early, classical, and contemporary music; sing; attend choir rehearsals.

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