Mrs. Fetty's

Third Grade

  Weekly Goals:

**Identifying Context Clues/Main Idea & Supporting Details/Character Analysis

 **Understanding Author's Purpose

**Book Study- If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620

**Spelling Concept plurals

**Strategies for multiplication, problem solving, coordinate grids

**Colonial Times

Spelling List for October 24-28,2011

 1.   parties              11.    ladies

 2.   flies                   12.    keys   

 3.   berries              13.    wishes

 4.   bridges             14.    butterflies

 5.   peaches           15.    pennies  

 6.   colonies           16.     children           

7.    diaries             17.     teeth  

8.    glasses            18.     mice

9.    ciities              19.     women        

10.  boxes              20.     feet

Assignments:

Monday- Write your spelling words three times each. Read to meet your RC goal. (Continue reading throughout the week.) Study the "2's" in multiplication.

Tuesday- Complete the sentence stair activity. Study the "2's" in multiplication. 

Wednesday- Make flashcards with each of your spelling words. On the front of the card, write the spelling word as well as the word in singular form. On the back of the card, write the rule that applies when making the word plural. Study your "2's" in multiplication.

Thursday- Put your spelling words in ABC order. Take a practice spelling test. Have an adult sign your practice spelling test. 

 **Special Announcements: 

Remember: It is not important if you win or lose- it is how you carry yourself and others throughout the adventure!!

Helpful links:

 www.spellingcity.com

 www.prongo.com/math/multiplication.html

 www.aplusmath.com/Games/Concentration/Multiplication_Concentration.html

www.multiplication.com 

www.history.org/kids/games/headsUp.cfm

 www.readwritethink.org/materials/acrostic/ 

 www.aaamath.com/add.htm

http://www.learnyourtables.co.uk/

www.scholastic.com/kids/homework/sandwich.asp 

Fire Safety web-sites

 www.survivealive.org/games/escape.html 

 www.firesafety.gov/kids/flash.shtm

 www.firesafety.gov/citizens/escape/index.shtm

www.stayingalive.ca/home_escape_plan.html  

www.pasafekids.org/documents/Issues_in_Fire_Safety.pdf

www.gardenbuildingsdirect.co.uk/Article/fire-safety-and-resources-for-kids

Recycling web-sites 

 www.bringrecycling.org/benefits.html

 www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/rrr/recycle.htm

 www.environment-green.com/

 www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/swfa/kidsPage/

www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-benefits.html