Mrs. Pickard’s Third Grade News
Week of:
02-22-16
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Bible Verse: Jeremiah 32:27 Bible Lesson
Lesson: CH 22 Lazarus Lives
Goal: Students will define ways they can praise and honor God
Bible Vocabulary: Believe, Glorify
TeacherWeb: BIBLE: Lazarus
Grammar Focus: Chapter 10 Writing a Book Report
TeacherWeb: GRAMMAR: Book Reports
Writing: State Reports (in class)
Reading: Unit 4 Money Story: The Cobbler
Cobbler’s Song Genre: Fable
Vocabulary: see TeacherWeb under ““Lang. Gr 3 Stories/Vocab”” for the vocabulary word PPT
TeacherWeb: LANGUAGE:
Spelling: List 23 - Goal: Students will identify a spelling pattern, identify number words, use
words in context, match words to clues
TeacherWeb: SPELLING: Download List 23 to review and study
Math: Ch 8 Measurement and Time
Goal: Students will choose the appropriate metric unit of length, and compare metric units of
length TeacherWeb: MATH: Telling Time on the Analog clock by the minute
PRACTICE TELLING TIME ON THE ANALOG CLOCK
Science: End Ch 8 Soil, Rocks,, and Minerals Start Ch 9 Weathering
Goal: Students will define weather, name a tool used to measure temperature, identify forms
of precipitation, and name a tool used to measure precipitation
Vocabulary: Minerals
TeacherWeb: Rock layers and Minerals / Weathering
History: Ch 6 The States will continue – watch for study guides on regions
Ch 7 War Coming! – A House Divided Fort Sumter
Goal: Students will identify regions and the states within those regions
Vocabulary:
TeacherWeb: HISTORY: The 50 States / Fort Sumter
NOTES: It is imperative that your child study the states and regions often! There will be a cumulative
test on all the states and their regions when this unit comes to a close. Watch for provided study
guides.
Next week: Monday – Legoland -leave
leave VCS at 9:00 Wednesday: Book Character Day Thurs./Fri.
Parent/Teacher Conf.
Wish List: Snack, Quart, Gallon Ziplock bags please.
Also, a microscope please ☺