Religion: We have continued our focus on the Lenten season. The students are working on a Stations of the Cross booklet. Each station includes a description, activity and prayer for the students to complete. We will be starting our Lenten prayer services next week. Third grade will be in charge of the prayer service on Tuesday, March 26 at 8:40.
Writing: This week we focused on adjectives and compound predicate with our Mentor Sentence. Next week we will present our functional writing pieces and then begin our unit on opinion writing.
Math: Unit 7 continued this week with a focus on multiplication and division. The students will be using parentheses to form more complex number sentences. They will also be practicing extended facts for multiplication and division. The test for this unit will be on Wednesday, March 13 before Spring Break.
Spelling: Week 22 R-Controlled Vowels (eer, ear) / Prefixes (mis, dis, im, un)
The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words. You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.
Science/SS: Students will learn:
- The moon's gravitational pull
- Solar and Lunar Eclipses
- Phases of the moonTest Review will be on March 25 and Moon Test will be on March 26.
Comprehension: We have one more week of our nonfiction text features unit. The students should now understand the importance of reading and utilizing these features. After spring break we will start Reader's Theater.