The

Grade 3 Weekly
May 23-27, 2016

Colder Weather

This Weeks Focus

Winter and colder weather have arrived in

Language Arts

Tana. Since we are an outdoor campus school,

This week we will talk about retelling vs.

students will be outside during some classes

summarizing. We will then focus and practice

as well as break and lunch. Please make sure

summarizing fiction using the strategy

your child comes to school with warm clothes,

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then. We will

jackets, etc, to keep them warm and

also be working on using quotation marks

comfortable for the rest of the year.

and commas in dialogue.

Math

Short Day

We will continue working on elapsed time and

This Wednesday is a short day. Please

elapsed time word problems. Please continue

pick up your child at 12:15.

to practice telling time at home on an analog

clock! We will also begin working on multi-

This week is also the last week of

step word problems. Students will learn how

after school activities for the school

to solve 2-step problems using CUBES.

year.

Students will have to use clue words in the

questions to figure out what operation they

Homework
M onday: IXL T.6 Elapsed Time I
W ednesday: IXL M.9 Addition,
Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division Word
Problems
**Please make sure your IXL App is
updated to complete homework. Some
changes have been made to it.

will use to solve the problem.

Unity of Inquiry (UOI)

This week we will read and compare
different fables. Students will also practice
and perform readers theatre based on
fairy tales.