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.