The

Grade 3 Weekly
October 24-28, 2016

This Weeks Focus

Halloween

Language Arts

It is Halloween Week! This Friday we will

We will be working on cause and effect this

have our annual Halloween parade and

week. We will be reading a variety of Halloween

costume contest on the big field. Please

books to help students understand and practice

make sure your child wears their costume

cause and effect. We will also be going over

to school to be ready for the parade.

irregular verbs.

Please note that absolutely no weapons

can be included as part of a costume.

Math

Parents are welcome to join in the

We will begin our new unit this week. This week

morning for the costume parade. Please

we will be practicing estimating, as well as

review a few different addition strategies,

read the email from the ASA from before

including partial-sum addition and column addition.

the break for more information.

Unity of Inquiry (UOI)

We are continuing with our new unit, Rice in
Madagascar. The central idea is Weather
patterns and water allow rice in Madagascar to

Homework

Monday: Whats My Rule Worksheet

Wednesday: Partial-Sums Worksheet

Every Night: Read (at least) 1 book out
loud to a parent from Kids A-Z. Then
discuss the book.

grow. We will be learning about rice, and what

affects its growth, as well as how water

effects rice. We will also be studying where
water is found on earth. This week we will be
studying rice, and planting it in our class.