3rd Grade News

• 2/10 BOOK FAIR WEEK
• 2/11 District Opinion Writing Assessment
• 2/13 Parent Teacher Conferences, 12:05pm dismissal
• 2/14 Class Valentine’s Celebrations
• 2/14 Half Day, 12:05pm dismissal
• 2/17 No School - Presidents’ Day
• 2/19 Spring Picture Day
• 2/21 Early Release, 2pm dismissal
• 2/26 Panda Express Fundraiser
• 2/27 Field Day (More information to come)
• 2/28 Early Release, 2pm dismissal
• 3/7 Early Release, 2pm dismissal

Module 7: Make a Difference - How can one person make a difference in their local and global community?

Cycle 1

Foundational Skills:

• Decoding & Spelling: Compound Words with Abbreviations
• Fluency: Phrasing

Vocabulary:

• Generative Vocabulary: Suffix -ion
• Strategy: Analogies
• scarce, pollution, factories, vats, crowded, greenhouses, vertical

Comprehension:

• "The Eco-Troubadour"
• "Let's Build a Park!"
• "Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table"
  
• Focus Skills: Author’s Purpose, Make and Confirm Predictions, Author’s Purpose, Text Structure, Point of View

Cycle 2

Foundational Skills:

• Decoding & Spelling: Irregular Plurals
• Fluency: Intonation

Vocabulary:

• Generative Vocabulary: Suffixes -ness and -able
• Strategy: Analogies
• confesses, forage, recycled, cable, environmental, renewable, converted, resources, willing

Comprehension:

• "One Plastic Bag"
• "Energy Island"
• Focus Skills: Make Inferences, Text Structure, Point of View, Text and Graphic Features

Cycle 3

Foundational Skills:

• Decoding & Spelling: Words with /oo/ as in cool and /oo/ as in book
• Fluency: Accuracy and Self-Correction

Vocabulary:

• Generative Vocabulary: Compound Words
• Strategy: Reference Sources: Thesaurus
• slender, gallant, chimed, preparations, flickered, concluded

Comprehension:

• "The Storyteller's Candle"
• Focus Skills: Synthesize, Literary Elements, Text and Graphic Features, Figurative Language

Opinion Writing

• Writing Process: Brainstorming, Prewriting, Rough Draft, Revise/Edit, Final Draft
• Writing 5-paragraph essay with a hook, thesis, body paragraph topic sentences, concluding sentences, and conclusion paragraph

Unit 4

Lesson 22 - Family Letter

• Understand what equivalent fractions are.
• Use fraction models to show equivalent fractions.
• Use number lines to show equivalent fractions.
  

Lesson 23 - Family Letter

• Find equivalent fractions.
• Write a whole number as a fraction.
  

Lesson 24 - Family Letter

• Compare fractions with the same denominator.
• Compare fractions with the same numerator.
• Understand why one fraction is greater than or less than another fraction.

Lesson 25 - Family Letter

• Use the symbols <, >, and = to compare fractions.
• Use models or number lines to help compare fractions.

Lesson 26 - Family Letter

• Measure length to the nearest 1/2 inch.
• Measure length to the nearest 1/4 inch.
• Make a line plot to show length data.

Unit 5: Structure and Function of Organisms

Essential Questions

• Why are there different seed structures?
• Why are seeds dispersed?
• How does pollination serve a function for plants/animals?

• How do animal structures help them to survive?

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