3rd Grade Homework (Jan. 12th- 16th)

Story: Hottest, Coldest, Highest, Deepest

Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
Reading / Read
for 20 minutes / Read
for 20 minutes / Read
for 20 minutes / Read
for 20 minutes / Reading
Test
Spelling / Complete a task from spelling activity list. / Complete a task from spelling activity list. / Complete a task from spelling activity list. / Complete a task from spelling activity list. / Spelling
Test
READING/LA: / MATH:
Spelling Words:
Pattern: R-controlled vowels ir, er, ur, ear, or, and ar, or, ore, oar
  1. third
  2. early
  3. world
  4. certain
  5. dirty
  6. herself
  7. earth
  8. word
  9. perfect
  10. verb
  11. nerve
  12. worm
  13. thirsty
  14. workout
  15. earn
/ Language Arts –Subject and Object Pronouns
A pronoun used as the subject of a sentence is called a subject pronoun. A pronoun used after an action verb or as the object of a preposition is called an object pronoun.
  • I, you, he, she, it, we, and they are subject pronouns.
  • Me, you, him, it us, and them are object pronouns.
Subject Pronouns: They visited Mount Rainier. Sam and I went too.
Object Pronouns: The mountain amazed them. They took pictures of Sam and me. / Students will solve single and double digit multiplication problems using mental math and will check for reasonableness.
Math Homework
**This week, students will need to studythe 10s multiplication facts daily.
10 x 0 =
10 x 1 =
10 x 2 =
10 x 3 =
10 x 4 =
10 x 5 =
etc.
Sight Words:
always, before, right *(Sight words will be tested on the spelling test.) / SCIENCE:
Students will investigate rapid changes in Earth’s surfaces and explore the characteristics of natural resources that make them useful in products and materials.
Vocabulary: earthquake, volcano, landslide, tsunami, crust, mantle, core, plates, fault, magma, lava, erupt, erosion, natural resources, organic, inorganic, rocks, minerals, fossil fuels, weathering, erosion, decomposer, decomposition
Content Words:
Draw Conclusions–to make a decision or opinion that makes sense based on facts and details.
Author’s Purpose – the reason an author has for writing something (to persuade, to inform, to entertain, or to express ideas and feelings).
Predict and Set Purpose – to tell what might happen next in a story and to guide our reading.
Graphic Sources – are ways of showing information visually (charts, diagrams, maps, & graphs).
Vocabulary Words:
average – the quantity found by dividing the sum of all quantities by the number of quantities
depth – the distance from the top to the bottom
deserts – dry, sandy regions without water and trees
erupted – burst out
outrun – run faster than someone or something else
peak – the pointed top of a mountain or hill
tides – rise and fall of the ocean’s waters about every twelve hours
waterfalls – streams of water that fall from a high place / SOCIAL STUDIES:
Students will address individuals whose choices and actions show them to be heroes of communities.
Vocabulary: hero, James Lovell, Danny Olivas, astronomy, perseverance, courage, sacrifice, The Four Chaplains, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., brave, timelines, generosity, compassion