3rd Grade Activities: Week 18

RELIGION: daily prayer; attend Mass; Bible readings.

MATH: Developmental Math addition review; solve real life math problems involving addition and subtraction.

PHONICS: Explode the Code 5 activities.

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

WRITING: summary writing exercise.

READING/LANGUAGE ARTS: read fairy tales;
Slide and Slurp, Scratch and Burp: More about Verbs, Brian P. Cleary;
A Lime, a Mime, a Pool of Slime: More about Nouns, Brian P. Cleary;
Quirky, Jerky, Extra Perky: More about Adjectives, Brian P. Cleary;
Sunday funnies and Garfield comic books.
Watch Akeelah and the Bee about a spelling bee on DVD.

SCIENCE/NATURE: care of fish; observation of dogs, squirrels, birds and insects.

HISTORY: listen to readings from All Ye Lands: World Cultures and Geography: from Islam to Charlemagne.

FOREIGN LANGUAGE: attend Mandarin class: listen to CD for pronunciation; practice reading and speaking Chinese words and phrases; attend Spanish story time at the library.

ART: finish collage from discovery in art class; attend drawing class; make clay creations: teddy bear band, Pluto and friend; draw cartoon and comic book characters.

MUSIC: listen to classical, and contemporary, and Christmas music; listen to choir rehearsals and performances; sing Christmas carols.

P.E.: play with dogs at dog park; walk neighbor's dog.