Third Grade Peek at the Week
November 5-9, 2012
Reading
Story: “Stone Soup”
**We will test JUST on the story Wednesday. The skills & vocabulary test will be Friday as usual.
Skill: Main Idea/Details, Summarize
Vocabulary:
dense–When something is made of things that are very close together, it is dense.
reaction – A response to something that happens is a reaction.
ingredients – Ingredients are all the foods and spices that you use to make a certain kind of food.
momentum – If an action or idea grows quickly and is hard to stop, it has momentum.
famine – When there is a famine, there is not enough food to feed everyone.
generous – People who are generous are happy to share with others.
curiosity – Something that is called a curiosity is something odd or unusual that interests people.
gaze – A gaze is a long look at something.
agreeable – Something that is agreeable is pleasing to the senses.
banquet – If you are going to a banquet, you are going to a special meal that will have a large amount of food.
Phonics/Spelling: spr, str, scr
spray, street, sprint, stripe, screen, strong, spring, stray, scream, strike, spread, string, sprout, scratch, stream, strangers, describe, strength, destroy, instruct
*If you make 100% on Monday’s pre-test, you will have NO spelling homework and you will not have to take Thursday’s spelling test.
Grammar/English
Plural possessive nouns, action and linking verbs
Quiz- Tuesday (plural possessive nouns)
Quiz- Friday (action/linking verbs IF we are ready)
Math
Addition & SubtractionStrategies - It is important that the students be EXPLAIN WHY their strategies help them find the correct answer.
Rounding to the Nearest 10 and 100
Multiplication – x3 Facts (Quiz will not be timed)
Social Science
AMSTI Kit: Earth Materials (Rocks & Minerals)
Homework
Please check the planner daily for additional homework and/or test assignments.
Important Information
Please remember to check your child’s behavior sheet nightly. This is our best means of communication!!!! Please clean out the “Keep at Home” sleeve in your child’s binder daily; however, DO NOT REMOVE PAPERS FROM OTHER SLEEVES. These may be homework and additional assignments that we will continue to use in class. They will be moved to the “Keep at Home” or the “Sign and Return” sleeve when we are finished with them.
Contact Information
Mrs. Knighton: 741-7751 or
Mrs. Prickett: 741-7758 or
You may also view each teacher’s webpageby going to and enteringthe teacher ID number in the box at the bottom of the main screen.
Mrs. Knighton – ID 1143
Mrs. Prickett – ID 682
Important Dates
Tues., Nov. 6th: English quiz
Wed., Nov. 7th: Reading test (story only)
Thurs., Nov. 8th: Spelling test
Fri., Nov. 9th: Multiplication Quiz (untimed)
Reading test (skills & vocabulary)
Mon., Nov. 12th: Veteran’s Day Holiday-No School