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Grade 3 Weekly
January 9 13, 2017

This Weeks Focus

Field Trip

Our class will be returning to the rice paddies this

Friday. A form will be sent home on Monday.

Language Arts

Due to my pregnancy, I will not be joining them on

We will finish up our work on Authors Purpose.

the trip. Mr. Mason and Ms. Noro will be the

We will then move onto our third writing trait of

teachers on the trip. As usual, please wear rubber

the year Voice. Voice is very important in

boots, and bring a snack in the morning, as well as

writing to make sure the correct emotions are

shoes to change into upon our return to school.

included in the right type of writing. Students will

be writing dialogues with different emotions and
voice based on different situations.

Multiplication Mad Minutes

Math

Wednesday will be the start of Mad Minutes.

Students will be tested on basic multiplication skills.

This week we will be working on multiplication

These skills must be memorized. They will have to

strategies to help recall and solve basic

answer 20 questions from a specific times table in

multiplication facts.

1 minute, starting at 1x. Once they get it correct,

We will also begin Multiplication Mad Minutes this

they will move to the next times table the following

Wednesday. Memorizing multiplication times tables

day. They must complete from 1-10x.

1-10 is a very important skill that must be

mastered in grade 3.

Homework

Thursday: Forces Response

Every Night:
-Read on Kids A-Z
-Review facts for Mad Minutes

Unity of Inquiry (UOI)

We will begin our new UOI this week Simple
Machines! We will spend this week learning about
forces and motion. Students will learn what
force, motion, and work is, as well as the
different types of forces. Students will rotate
through centers to further explore the different
types of forces.