A Sneak Peek At Our Week ...

Reading:  This week for James and the Giant Peach, lessons will focus on how the setting affects characters in a text, and also how and why characters change throughout a novel.  Students received 7 new vocabulary words today and will be completing the vocabulary map for homework (due Friday).  Students will also be completing reading responses that reflect different topics instructed this week and last.  On Friday students will take a comprehension and vocabulary quiz over chapters 16-27.

Writing:  This week students will be introduced to the final component of extended responses - voice.  Information about reading extended responses can be found on the ISAT page of the Third Grade Website.  You can also find a "sentence starter" document that will help your child compose this type of writing, along with an example response that includes each of the instructed components.  

Math:  Today students corrected their Unit 4 study guide, and tomorrow will be taking the Unit 4 test.  Afterwards, they will take the Unit 5 pre-test, and will focus on constructing math extended responses for the remainder of the week.  Students have learned how to restate the question, search and find important information, show their work in an organized way, write the steps they took to solve the problem and will now be learning how to explain why they took each step.  Unit 5 lessons will start next week!

Social Studies:  After learning about what caused the Chicago Fire last week, students will focus on the effects of the fire this week.  Students will also use classroom time to continue working on their "Chicago History Alphabet books." The Alphabet Book rubric can be found on the Third Grade Website, along with Alphabet Book pages if your child wants to work on some at home! - Unit 2: How Chicago Came to Be

Important Information:

• Tuesday, Dec. 10th, Progress Reports passed out
• Friday, Dec. 12th, Quarter 2, Part 2 Projects Due!
• Dec. 16-20: Spirit Week