This Week in 3rd Grade
Week of March 13th – 17th
Comprehension Skill:
Text Features and Search Tools
Learning Targets:
 use synonyms and relevant descriptive words to generate key
words.
 use key words while conducting text and Internet searches to
locate information relevant to a topic quickly and efficiently.
 use sidebars and hyperlinks to locate relevant information quickly
and efficiently.
 explain how text features and search tools help readers navigate
the text and locate additional information relevant to a topic.
 determine whether information is relevant to a given topic.
 choose the appropriate text feature or search tool to complete a
task efficiently.
 evaluate how text features connect to the greater text.
Math:
Graphing
 know increments on a
bar graph can be
scaled to represent a
skip in numbers.
 use data on the graph
to solve one- and twostep problems.
 know how to draw and
label a bar graph.
 know how to draw and
label a picture graph.
Vocabulary
bar graph
data
graph
intervals
scale
tile
category
horizontal axis
increments
key
picture graph
vertical axis
Language/Grammar:
Use glossaries or beginning
dictionaries, both print and
digital, to determine or clarify
the precise meaning of key
words and phrases.
Phonics Skill:
Suffixes –dom and –ish
 Suffix -dom - a suffix forming nouns
which refer to domain (kingdom),
collection of persons (officialdom),
rank or station (earldom), or
general condition (freedom).
 Suffix -ish - a suffix used to form
adjectives from nouns, with the
sense of “belonging to” (British;
Danish; English; Spanish); “after the
manner of,” “having the
characteristics of,” “like” (babyish;
girlish; mulish); “addicted to,”
“inclined or tending to” (bookish;
freakish); “near or about” (fiftyish;
sevenish).
Social Studies
Australia
Learning Targets:
 Use information gained from
timelines, primary sources and
informational text to identify
major historical people, events
 determine the best definition
and patterns:
 Indigenous cultural
for a word when more than
heritage of Aboriginal
one definition is listed.
people, Captain James
 analyze the root word and
Cook and European
affixes to determine the
Settlement, Australia’s
definition of an unknown word.
Independence, and
current events.
 Identify the Great Barrier Reef,
New Zealand, Ayers Rock, and
Tasmania.
Important Dates:
 3/14 – TNReady Field Test
 3/14 – Apex Fun Run Kick-off
Assembly
 3/20 – No School Parent/ Teacher
Conferences
 3/23 – Apex Fun Run
 3/27-31 – Spring Break
Writing Focus:
Narrative Writing
Review