Dear Third Grade Parents,

Here is this week's Curriculum Update!  Have a wonderful rest of the weekend.  See you tomorrow!

Curriculum Update for the Week of May 18, 2015:

Religion:  Begin Chapter 24:  The Catholic Church is worldwide; Catholics share the same faith;  Celebrating the Catholic faith in different ways

Reading:  Read and discuss the story, "Make Way for Ducklings".  Complete comprehension activities  together;  Comprehension quiz on Thursday

Language Arts:  Grammar:  Continue unit on Adverbs- degrees and double negatives; Adverb unit review; Adverb Test on Friday;  Spelling Unit 32 on Vocabulary Workshop words from Unit 11; Spelling Test on Thursday

Social Studies:  Finish Chapter 10:  The Civil War; Civil Rights, Equal Rights for Women

Science:  Begin Chapter 10:  What is Motion?  How force affects motion, what causes motion, friction and forces

Math:  represent parts of one whole as fractions; write fractions greater than 1 whole using unit fractions; compare unit fractions by reasoning about their size using fraction strips

Music:  Continue to learn how to read music and to play the recorder

Have a restful end to your weekend.  Thank you for continuing to check in on what we are learning in third grade.  Take care and God bless.

Sincerely,
Ms. Eileen Griffin
Your Third Grade Teacher