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.