This Week in 3rd Grade
Week of August 29th – September 2nd
Comprehension Skill:
Phonics Skill:
Recount Stories and Fables, Literary Characters, & Illustrations
Forming Plural Nouns
Learning Targets:
 determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed
through key details in the text
 recount means to retell
 stories can teach us a lesson or send us a message that relates life and the world
around us
 morals are lessons that can be inferred from a story
 Describe characters in a story (e.g., their traits, motivations, or feelings) and explain
how their actions contribute to the sequence of events.
 Explain how specific aspects of a text’s illustrations contribute to what is conveyed by
the words in a story (e.g., create mood, emphasize aspects of a character or setting).
Math:
Language/Grammar:
Interpret products of whole
numbers, e.g., interpret 5 × 7 as the
total number of objects in 5 groups
of 7 objects each.
Plural Nouns:
A word that indicates that there
is more than one person, place,
thing, or idea. (See rules)
Vocabulary:
array
factor
times
multiplication
multiply
equal groups
repeated addition
Parts of Speech Review:
nouns
verbs
adjectives
Science:
Important Dates:
Rocks and Minerals
Aug 29 & 30: Cheer Clinic @ 3:00 – 4:30
Aug 30: Fall Picture Day
Aug 31: Cheer Tryouts @ 3:00 – 4:30
Sept 5: No School Labor Day
Sept. 10: Boro International Day @
Cannonsburg
Sept 14: CLA T-shirt Orders Due by 7:30
Sept 15: ½ Day (Dismissal @ 11:00)
Learning Targets:
 Recognize that rocks can
be composed of one or
more minerals.
 Describe how rocks can be
classified according to their
physical characteristics.
Rules for Forming Regular
Plural Nouns
Regular Plural Nouns
 singular nouns – add –s
(book-books)
 singular nouns ending in
s, ch, sh, x, or z – add –
es (bunch-bunches)
 singular nouns ending in
a consonant y – change
the y to i and add –es
(baby-babies)
 singular nouns ending in
a vowel y – add –s
(monkey-monkeys)
Students must know the rules
& be able to change singular
nouns to their plural form.
Writing Focus:
Writing a Personal Narrative
A Personal Narrative is the
recounting of a memory or
event in sequential order.
Vocabulary Words:
ordinary – something that is usual or normal
sneered – to smile or laugh while making a face that shows scorn
rhubarb – a plant with green leaves and thick juicy pink or red stems that are used for food
carnival – a traveling group that puts on a variety of amusements
stitches – used for closing a wound