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Weekly Happenings in 3A WEEK OF MAY 7-11 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Voyage Across the Solar System" and "Energy." In these selections, students will learn about the planets of our solar system an about energy. Grammar - Students will be reviewing punctuation, synonyms, and irregular verbs. Spelling Lesson #33-Students will read words, recognize the spelling patterns, and write words with -er and -est endings. MATH WEEK OF APRIL 23-27 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "The Planets" by Gail Gibbons and "Jeremy's House" by Lois Simmie. In these selections, students will learn about the planets and how people can enjoy looking at the sky. Grammar - The students will be learning about punctuation: capitalization, commas, titles, and quotation marks. Spelling Lesson # 32 - Students will read the words, identify the spelling rule, and write plurals formed by changing the __y__ to __i__ before adding -es.

WEEK OF APRIL 9-13 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "The Robodogs of Greenville" and "Fighting for Our Freedoms." In these selections, they will read about real communities of the past and an imagined community of the future. Grammar - The students will be reviewing the following skills: The verb be; main and helping verbs; present-tense, past-tense, and future-tense verbs. Spelling Lesson #28 - The students will read the words, identify the spelling rule, and write words that follow the spelling rule; double the final consonant when adding -ed and -ing. MATH  The students will be learning to analyze and graph data. They will be making pictographs, bar graphs, and locating points on a grid. They will also learn to read line graphs. Some of the vocabulary used in class are: __bar graph__-a graph that uses bars to show data; __scale__-the numbers that tell what each bar shows; __horizontal bar graph__-a bar graph in which bars go from left to right; __vertical bar graph__-a bar graph in which the bars go up from bottom to top; __grid__-the horizontal and vertical lines on a map; __ordered pair__-two numbers, such as (2,3), that name a point on a grid; __line graph__-a graph that uses a line to show how data changes over time; and __trends__-areas on a graph where the data increases, decreases, or stays the same over time. WEEK OF APRIL 2-6  DAKOTA STEP TESTING Week of March 26-30 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Spiders and Their Webs" by Darlyne A. Murawski and "For You" by Kurt Cyrus. In these selections, students will learn about spiders and how they catch their prey. Grammar - The students will recognize that adverbs describe where and when something is done. They will use adverbs to compare in both sentences and speech. Spelling Lesson #27 - The students will read the words, identify the spelling rule, and write words that follow the spelling rule: drop the final e before adding -ing. MATH  The students are learning about probability. They will learn how to recognize possible outcomes and to predict future outcomes. Some of the new vocabulary words used in class are: __event__-something that happens; __probability__-the chance that an event will happen; __certain__-an event that will always happen; __impossible__-an event that will never happen; __likely__-an event that has a good chance of happening; __unlikely__-an event that does not have a good chance of happening; __outcome__-a possible result of an experiment; __equally likely__-events that have the same chance of happening; and __predict__-to make a reasonable guess about what will happen next. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will be testing on Chapter 7. SPECIAL EVENTS  Wednesday-Student of the Month Luncheon   Friday-AR Store   Check the Scrapbook Link to view Pictures of the Presentations. WEEK OF MARCH 19-23 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White and "Caterpillars Spin Webs, Too!" by Shane F. McEvey. In these selections, students will learn about creatures with special skills. Grammar - The students will identify and use irregular verbs in speech and simple sentences. Spelling Lesson #26 - The students will read the words, identify the spelling pattern, and write words with double consonants and y.   MATH   The students will be learning about perimeter, area, and volume. Some of the vocabulary we will use in class are: __perimeter__-the distance around an object or a plane figure; __square unit__-a square with a side length of 1 unit; __area__-the number of square units needed to cover a flat surface; __volume__-the amount of space a solid figure takes up; and __cubic unit__-a measure of volume that has a side length of 1 unit. SPECIAL EVENTS  Math/Science Night - Tuesday, March 20   6:30-7:30 PM   REPORT CARDS - Wednesday, March 21 Week of March 12-16 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Ramona   Quimby, Age 8" by Beverly Cleary and "Slam Dunk Water." In these selections, students will learn about advertisements. Grammar - The students will be able to identify and use present-, past-, and future-tense verbs in speech and written work. Spelling Lesson #25 - The students will read the words, identify the spelling pattern, and write the words with double consonants.(Example: ha__pp__en) MATH  The students will be learning to identify congruent and similar figures, lines of symmetry, and movement of plane figures. Some of the new vocabulary words used in class are: __congruent__-figures that have the same size and shape; __line of symmetry__-an imaginary line that divides a figure into 2 congruent parts; __symmetry__-a figure has symmetry if it can be folded along a line so that the two parts match exactly; one half of the figure looks like the mirror image of the other half; __similar__-figures that have the same shape but may have different sizes; __slide__-movement of a figure to a new position without turning or flipping it; __flip__-a move that involves flipping a figure across a line; and __turn__-a move that involves the rotation of a figure.

Week of February 27-March 2  LANGUAGE ARTS   The students will finish reading "Bat Loves the Night" by Nicola Davies and a magazine article. In these selections, students will learn about animal survival. We will be starting the story "Chestnut Cove" by Tim Egan and "Mayors" by Shannon Knudsen. The students will be reading about different types of community leaders. Grammar - The students will continue to work on main and helping verbs. We will also be working on present-tense verbs by the end of the week. Spelling Lesson #23 - The students will read, sort, spell, and write single-syllable homophones. A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word, but is spelled differently and means something different. (Example-way,weigh) MATH  The students will be finishing the chapter on how to take a survey, record results, and classify the data in a meaningful way. Some of the vocabulary words are: range-the difference between the greatest number and the least number: mean-the number found by dividing the sum of a set by the number of addends; also called average; and median-the middle number in a set of data; in the set of game scores 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, the median is 4. We will also be learning about measurement using customary units. Week of February 13-17 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be presenting their animal projects to the class. Week of February 6-10 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Antarctic Ice," by Jim Mastro and Norbert Wu, and "Diary of a Very Short Winter Day," by Judy Sierra. In these selections, students will learn about life in extremely cold weather. Grammar - The students will identify and define the __verb be__ and use it correctly in writing and speaking. Spelling Lesson #21 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sound /ur/. Week of January 30-February 3. LANGUAGE ARTS  The students are continuing to work on their research project.They should have completed their 10 facts sheets and chosen their 5 individual projects to add to the projects. The entire project should be finished and ready to present to the class by Monday, February 6. Spelling Lesson #20 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with the r-controlled vowel sound /or/. MATH  The students will be learning the meaning of division, including relating division to subtraction and to multiplication. Some of the vocabulary words we will be using in class are:__divide__-to separate into equal groups; __inverse operations__-opposite operations such as addition and subtraction or multiplication and division; __dividend, divisor, quotient__-in the number sentence 15 divided by 3 = 5, 15 is the dividend, 3 is the divisor, and 5 is the quotient; __variable__-a symbol or a letter that stands for an unknown number; and __fact family__-a set of related multiplication and division sentences,such as the numbers 3, 5, and 15 make up a fact family.(3x5=15,5x3=15,15 divided by 5=3, and 15 divided by 3=5) SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will be learning the reasons for exploration. They will be describing the interaction between the Native Americans and the settlers. They will identify why and how the colonists fought for freedom from England. SPECIAL EVENTS  Tuesday, January 31-Student of the Month Luncheon 11:00 A.M.   Thursday, February 2-Bookmobile Week of January 23-27 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be introduced to our "Resident Expert Project". They will be choosing an animal they would like to do research on and producing a finished project. More information will be coming home. Spelling Lesson #19 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with /o/ spelled __aw__ and __o__. MATH  The students will be continuing to learn about the properties of multiplication and how to solve problems doing more than one step. SPECIAL EVENTS  Friday - AR Store WEEK OF JANUARY 16-20 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Half-Chicken" by Alma Flor Ada and "I Sailed on Half a Ship" by Jack Prelutsky. In these selections, students will read about make-believe situations in which only half of a creature or object exists. Grammar - The students will identify and use __action__ __verbs__ and __subject-verb agreement__ correctly in writing. Spelling Lesson #18 - The students will review:  consonant digraphs   consonant blends   /j/ in age spelled g   /s/ in city spelled c   schwa sound spelled __a__ as in about, __u__ as in upon,and __e__ as in over. MATH  The students will be learning multiplication facts and patterns. They will be learning to multiply with 9 and 10. They will learn strategies for solving multistep problems. Some of the vocabulary words used in class are: Identity Property-the rule that states that the product of 1 and any number equals that number (9x1=9); Zero Property-the rule that states that the product of 0 and any number is zero(9x0=); Commutative Property-the rule that states that you can multiply two factors in any order and get the same product(9x6=6x9); Associative Property-the rule that states that when the grouping of factors is changes, the product stays the same(2x3x4=4x3x2); Distributive Property-the rule that states that you can think of one factor as the sum of two addends(5x7=5x(3+4)); and Multistep Problem- a problem with more than one step.

WEEK OF JANUARY 9-13 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Me and Uncle Rome" by Claire Hartfield and "The Art of Collage" by Ashley Bryan. In these selections, students will learn about collage, what it looks like, and how to create it. Grammar - The students will define and identify articles. __The words **a**, **an**, and **the** are special adjectives called articles.__ Spelling Lesson #17 - The students will be reading and writing commonly misspelled words. MATH Students will be learning to multiply with 6, 7, and 8. They will also learn to use a pictograph as a problem solving strategy. Some new vocabulary words used in class are: **array** - rows and columns of objects used to show a multiplication problem, for example, xxxx xxxx xxxx to show 3x4. **factors** - the numbers you multiply in a multiplication problem; and **product** - the answer in a multiplication problem.

WEEK OF JANUARY 2-6 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Two Bear Cubs," and "Brave Measuring Worm," two versions of a Miwok myth adapted by Robert D. San Souci. In these selections, students will read about two bear cubs and a worm that saves them. Grammar - The students will identify and use adjectives that compare correctly using more and most. Spelling Lesson #16 - Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with schwa. They will use proverbs, analogies, and context clues to reinforce comprehension of words with schwa. MATH  Students are learning multiplication facts through 5. They will learn to multiply with 0, 1, and 4.They will learn to find patterns and make a rule as a problem solving strategy. A new vocabulary word used in class is MULTIPLES. A product of a given number and another whole number is a multiple, for example, 10 is a multiple of 2 and 5. WEEK OF DECEMBER 5-9 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Ask the Experts" and "Iris and Walter, Trie Friends" by Elissa Haden Guest. In these selections, students will read about following good advice. Grammar - The students will be reviewing the following skills: possessive nouns, singular and plural pronouns, subject and object pronouns, and pronoun-antecedent agreement. Spelling Lesson #14 -Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with soft g and soft c.   MATH   The students will continue to learn how to use calendars and to sequence events as a problem solving strategy. SOCIAL STUDIES  Students will identify ways people negatively affect the environment and understand how citizens can care for the environment. SPECIAL EVENTS  Wednesday and Friday - Junior Achievement WEEK of November 28-December 2 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "One Small Place in a Tree" by Barbara Brenner and "Be a Birdwatcher" by Beverly J. Letchworth. In these selections, they will learn to appreciate birds and other creatures that live in trees. Grammar - The students will recognize that antecedents are the words referred to by pronouns and be able to identify them in sentences.They will use agreement between singular and plural pronouns and antecedents, as well as gender agreement between pronouns and antecdents. Spelling Lesson #13 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns,and write words with __ch__, __sh__, __tch__, __th__, __wr__, and __ck__. MATH  The students will continue working on telling time. We will be finding elapsed time, using a schedule, and reading a calendar.They will also learn to sequence events as a problem solving strategy. ( __Elapsed time__ is the amount of time that passes from the start of an activity to the end of that activity.) WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21-25 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be practicing some more of the upper-case cursive handwriting.They will be reading leveled books for practice and reviewing the skills we have had already. Grammar - The students will be reviewing pronouns: singular and plural; subject and object. Spelling - NO LIST MATH  The students will be learning to tell time to the minute and to understand A.M. and P.M.. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will be testing Chapter #3. SPECIAL EVENTS  Wednesday - Early Dismissal 2:30    Thursday - Happy Thanksgiving   Friday - No School WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14-18 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "A Tree Is Growing" by Arthur Dorros. In this selection, students will learn about how trees grow. Grammar - The students will identify and use subject and object pronouns correctly. Spelling Lesson #12 - This lesson is a review of the spelling patterns learned in the previous lessons:  vowel-consonant-e words; long a spelled ai,ay; long e spelled ee,ea; long i spelled i,igh; and long o spelled ow, oa, a.    MATH   The students will be learning to make change by counting on. Help your child remember to begin with the cost and count on to the amount paid.Example: If you pay for an item that costs $.65 with a dollar, what change will you receive back? STEP 1 - Begin with the cost: $.65. Count on. A dime more makes $.75. STEP 2 - Count on a quarter. That makes $1.00. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will learn to identify and explain the purpose and elements of landform maps. They will be able to identify the physical features of communities in the United States. SPECIAL EVENTS  Wednesday - Early Dismissal (1:30)   Friday - Donuts for Dads (7:30-8:30 AM)   AR Store   Junior Achievement

WEEK OF NOVEMBER 7-11 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "A Pen Pal for Max" by Gloria Rand and "Postcards From Around the Globe". In these selections, students will learn about communicating with people throughout the world. Grammar - The students will identify pronouns and recognize that pronouns take the place of nouns. Spelling Lesson #11 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with long o spelled __ow__, __oa__, and __o__. MATH  The students will be learning about money.They will learn how to make equivalent sets of money with different coins, to compare amounts of money, to make change, and to add and subtract money. They will also learn to make a table as a problem solving strategy. Some of the vocabulary words used in class are: __decimal point__-a symbol used to separate dollars from cents in money; and __equivalent__-two or more sets of money that have the same value. recognize and SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will recognize landforms, climate, and vegetation of communities. SPECIAL EVENTS  Conferences Monday, November 7 (4:30-8:00)   No School Friday, November 11 WEEK OF OCTOBER 31-NOVEMBER 4 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Loved Best" by Patricia C. McKissack and "The Sheperd Boy and the Wolf" by Doris Orgel. In these selections, students will read about different ways two characters try to get attention. Grammar - The students will understand that possessive nouns show ownership. They will recognize the difference between singular nouns, singular possessive nouns, plural nouns, and plural possessive nouns. Spelling Lesson #10 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with long i spelled __i__ and __igh__. MATH  The students are continuing to subtract larger numbers using regrouping. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will use geographic tools to understand location. Some of the vocabulary words are: __hemisphere__-a half of Earth; __equator__-an imaginary line that is halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole; and __prime meridian__-the meridian of 0 degrees longitude. SPECIAL EVENTS  Monday-Conferences(4:30-8:00),Bookmobile   Thursday-Conferences(4:30-8:00)   Friday-Junior Achievement WEEK OF OCTOBER 24-28  LANGUAGE ARTS   The students will be reading "The Case of the Three Bears' Breakfast" and "How Living Things Survive." "The Case of the Three Bears' Breakfast" is a mystery. In "How Living Things Survive," the students learn about how an animal's instincts might affect its behavior. Grammar - This is a review of the previous lessons: simple and compound sentences, synonyms and antonyms, common and proper nouns, abbreviations, and singular and plural nouns. Spelling Lesson #9 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with long e spelled __ee__ and __ea__. MATH  The students has been learning to subtract greater numbers using regrouping. Here are some of the vocabulary words we will use in class: __estimate__-to find about how many or how much; __rounding__-a way to estimate by replacing numbers with numbers that tell __about__ how many or how much; __regrouping__-the process of exchanging 1 ten for 10 ones, 1 hundred for 10 tens, and so on. WEEK OF OCTOBER 17-21  LANGUAGE ARTS   The students will be reading "Stone Soup" by Jon J Muth and "The Legend of Johnny Appleseed" by Eric A. Kimmel. In these selections, they will read folktales featuring people who bring happiness to others. The students will also be working on an animal project. Grammar - The students will use singular and plural nouns correctly. Spelling Lesson #8 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with long a spelled __ai__ and __ay__. MATH  The students will be learning to add 4-digit numbers with regrouping. Some of the vocabulary words we will use in class are:  __estimate__-to find about how many or how much; __expression__-part of a number sentence that has numbers and operation signs but does not have an equal sign, for example, 24+16; __not equal to__ (an equal sign with a line through it); a symbol used to show that two amounts in a number sentence are not equal. SPECIAL EVENTS  Tuesday - SD National Guard Fly Over   Wednesday - Early Dismissal 1:30   Friday - Picture re-takes   End of 1st quarter WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 26-30 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students are reading "The Babe and I" by David A. Adler and "America's National Pastime." In these selections, students will learn about the history of baseball. Grammar - The students will understand and use compound sentences in speech and writing. Spelling Lesson # 5 - Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with the /oo/ sound spelled with ew and oo. MATH  The students will continue to compare, order, and round numbers.This is how your child will learn to round numbers: Find the digit in the  place to which you   want to round. Look at the digit to its  right. If the digit is less than  5, the digit in the   rounding place stays   the same. If the digit is 5 or more,  the digit in the   rounding place   increases by 1. Then the digits to the  right of the rounded   digit are replaced with   zeros. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will continue to compare and contrast urban, suburban, and rural communities. They will identify how every place is unique and can be described by its physical characteristics. WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 19-23 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading "Ellen Ochoa, Astronaut" by Janet Michaels. In this selection, students will learn about an astronaut and space travel. Grammar - Students will identify compound subjects and predicates and be able to use them correctly in both speech and written work. Spelling Lesson #4 - Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with the /oi/ and /ou/ sounds. They will use analogies and idioms. MATH  The students will be learning to compare, order, and round numbers. One way we order numbers is by using a number line. We use rounding when we want to estimate costs. Some of the vocabulary words used in class are: __compare__-to describe numbers as greater than, less than, or equal to other numbers; __rounding__-a way to estimate by replacing numbers with numbers that tell about how many or how much; __benchmark numbers__-numbers such as 10, 25, 50, and 100 that are useful for estimating another amount without counting; __less than__(<)-a symbol used to compare two numbers, with the lesser number given first, for example, 4<6; __greater than__(>)-a symbol used to compare two numbers, with the greater number given first, for example, 6>4; __equal to__-a symbol used to show that two numbers have the same value. SOCIAL STUDIES  Students will identify the features of an urban, suburban, and rural community. They will compare and contrast these communities. SPECIAL EVENTS  Thursday-Student of the Month Luncheon   Friday-Homecoming Parade 1:30 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 12-16 LANGUAGE ARTS  The students will be reading " Schools Around the World" by Margaret C. Hall and "Keys to the Universe" by Francisco X. Alarcon. In these selections, they will learn about places where children learn. Grammar - Students will understand and identify subjects and predicates and be able to write them in sentences. Spelling Lesson #3 - Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with short u spelled o and u.They will use analogies, inferences, and context clues to reinforce comprehension of words with short u sounds spelled with o and u.They will continue to work on a,b,c order. MATH  The students will continue to learn about numbers from 100 through 999,999 using place value and patterns.Some of the vocabulary used in class are: digits-The symbols 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,and 9. Numbers are made up of digits; standard form- a way to write numbers by using digits, for example,356;expanded form- A way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit, for example, 300+50+6;  word form-A way to write numbers by using words, for example, three hundred fifty six; and pattern-an ordered set of numbers or objects. SOCIAL STUDIES  The students will continue to learn about communities and how they depend on each other. SPECIAL EVENTS  Monday - Trojan Reading Bowl (7:00 pm)   Wednesday - Picture Day   Early Dismissal 1:30 WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 5-9 LANGUAGE ARTS  The children will be reading "The Day Eddie Met the Author" by Louise Borden and the poems "Good Books, Good Times" by Lee Bennett Hopkins and "Surprise" by Beverly McLoughland. In these selections, students will learn about the value of reading and writing. Grammar - The students will identify commands and exclamations and use the appropriate punctuation for different kinds of sentences. Spelling Lesson #2 - The students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with short o and short e.They will use analogies and synonyms to reinforce comprehension of words with short o and short e.   MATH   The students will be learning about numbers from 100 through 999,999 using place value and patterns.They will describe numbers in different ways.(expanded form, standard form, and word form. Some of the vocabulary we will be using in class are: __standard form__-a way to write numbers by using digits, for example, 356; __expanded form__-a way to write numbers by showing the value of each digit, for example, 300 + 50 + 6; __word form__-a way to write numbers by using words,for example, three hundred fifty six.    SOCIAL STUDIES   The students will recognize that communities are unique and have different geographies, histories, and jobs. They will compare and contrast communities. They will identify how people in different communities communicate with each other and help each other. SPECIAL EVENTS  NO SCHOOL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5 - LABOR DAY Week of August 29 - September 2 LANGUAGE ARTS Your children are reading "Ruby the Copycat" by Peggy Rathmann and "The Singing Marvel" by Leonora and Arthur Hornblow. In these selections, students will read about people and birds that repeat what they see and hear. **Grammar** - The students will recognize that sentences express a complete thought. They will understand and identify complete sentences in speech and written form and be able to use the correct punctuation and capitalization. **Spelling** - Students will read, identify spelling patterns, and write words with **short a** and **short i**. MATH Your children are learning important concepts about addition and subtraction. They are learning about how related facts make up a fact family. They will see how the different properties of addition can help them solve problems and simplify computation. Finally, they will add and subtract two-digit numbers, regrouping when necessary. Some of the vocabulary words we use in class are; fact family-a set of related addition and subtraction number sentences that use the same numbers (like 3t4=7, 4t3=7, 7-3=4, 7-4=3); Order Property of Addition-a property that states that you can add two or more numbers in any order and get the same answer; Identity Property of Addition-a property that states that when you add zero to a number, the sum is that number; Grouping Property of Addition-a property that states that you can group addends in different ways and still get the same sum; inverse operations-opposite operations, such as addition and subtraction. schwa.