Room 26: October 2019
Mr. Jones' Third Grade Tigers
Announcements & Upcoming Events
- October 2 - Walk to School Day: Celebrated During Recess
- October 18 - End of the Grading Period
- October 21 - Teacher Workday: No School for Students
- October 23 - Unity Day: Wear Orange
- October 23 - October 31: Red Ribbon Week
- October 28 - Report Cards
- October 29 - NC Math Check-in Benchmark
- October 31 - Halloween Class Celebration @ 2:30 P.M.
English Language Arts (ELA) & Reading
We will wrap up our unit on traditional stories. We have read fables, folktales, legends and myths. We will begin our unit on Fall traditions and natural wonders.
For spelling, we will work on various spelling patterns:
- Week 6 - silent-e
- Week 7 - /oi/ sound
- Week 8 - /ow/ sound (spelled with -ow & -ou)
- Week 9 - /f/ sound (spelled with f & ph)
- Week 10 - double consonants
For grammar, we will review parts of speech:
- Week 6 - action verbs
- Week 7 - helping & linking verbs
- Week 8 - adjectives
- Week 9 - adverbs
- Week 10 - review
Mathematics
We will continue reviewing place value, focusing on using place value to add and subtract up to 1,000. We continue multiplying by twos, fives and tens. Our first math benchmark (NC Check-in) is at the end of October.
Science & Social Studies
Science: We are learning about the basic needs and characteristics of plants. We will also begin our unit on the water cycle.