The

Grade 3 Weekly
November 21-25, 2016

This Weeks Focus

American Thanksgiving
This week we will only have school on

Language Arts

Monday-Wednesday. We will have

This week, we will be working on context clues.

Thursday and Friday off to celebrate

Context clues are a reading strategy used to

American Thanksgiving. Please enjoy this

help figure out the meaning of unknown words.

time with your family and celebrate

This is an important strategy to help with

everything you have to be thankful for in

comprehension. We will complete a variety of

your lives

activities to practice using context clues.

Food Drive Thank You!

Math
This weeks focus will be perimeter and an

Thank you so much to everyone who

introduction to area. We will measure the area in

donated to our schools food drive.

cm to discover the perimeter of a rectangle, as

In our class, we donated: 83kg of rice,

well as the perimeter of other polygons. We will

7kg of beans, and 22 liters of oil.

also be learning about the area by counting

square units.

Unity of Inquiry (UOI)

Homework

Monday: IXL - FF. 1 Perimeter

Tuesday: Context Clues Worksheet

Last week students brainstormed, planned, and

started to create their machines to help protect

the environment when growing crops. Students
are doing a great job and are very engaged in

Every Night: Read (at least) 1 book out

loud to a parent from Kids A-Z. Then
discuss the book.

the project. This week they will complete their

machines and present their ideas to the class.