The Week of November 27th through December 1st, 2017

Spelling: List #6 Silent E

smile     note     skate     cube     plate     arrive     globe     stripe     flame     rose     white

pancake     beware     confuse     become     

Review Words:  though     option     lollipop

Challenge Words:  extreme     escape\

• Spelling Test will be on Friday, December 8th.

Reading and Language Arts:

• Starting our new chapter book, Mouse and the Motorcycle.
• Grammar Rule 10:  A possessive noun tells who or what owns something.  For example:  Kate's backpack, the bees' hive or the men's jackets.
• Reading skill focus:  inference, prediction, details and conclusions.

Math:  We are starting a new unit focusing on multiplication of 6-10.

• Lesson 1:  Study commutativity to find known facts of 6, 7, 8, and 9.
• Using a multiplication table to find commutative property.
• Working with factors to find the product. 
• Homework on Monday night
• Lesson 2:  Apply the distributive and commutative properties to relate multiplication facts 5 x n + n to 6 x n and n x 6 where n is the size of the unit.
• Example:  7 fives has the same answer as 3 sevens + 2 sevens. So, 7 x 5 = 35 as does 3 x 7 + 2 x 7 = 21 + 14 = 35
• Breaking large multiplication sentences down to smaller equations to solve the large number equation.
• Homework on Tuesday night.

Science:  

• Day, Night and Earth's Rotations.
• Why does the sun rise and set? 
• Who set the first clock?

Social Studies:

• Map skills using the compass rose and longitude and latitude lines. 

Homework:

• November Reading Calendar due Friday, December 1st.  Remember that 400 minutes a month or more receives full credit (100%) in the grade book.

• Math homework on Monday night (lesson 1) and Tuesday night (lesson 2).

• Practice Spelling words from List #6 Silent E--lists will be sent home on Monday, November 27th and the test will be in two weeks on Friday, December 8th.  There is also a list at the top of this blog post.

• We will be doing IXL in class so students will not be assigned IXL for homework but I encourage students to do one to two activities in Math and Language Arts on the days we do not have paper homework to continue practicing their important third grade skills.

****Please remind your child to bring a snack to have at our morning break (10:30 am) since they don't eat lunch until 1:00 pm.