Tilford Times Newsletter
April 11th-15th 2016
This Weeks Agenda
Hobart History Unit
It is VERY important that your child keep up with lessons and reading in class as well as at home. This is a long unit and and I will take grades on the journal weekly. There will also be several quizzes throughout the unit.
This weeks Hobart History (HH) agenda:
Monday - make predictions and Read page 1-2 in HH book
Tuesday - read p. 3-5, HH vocabulary, Journal p. 2, HH study guide ( all in class)
Wednesday- Read p 6-7, HH Vocabulary, Journal p. 3, finish Study Guide.
Thursday - HH quiz , read pages 8-9, journal page 4
Friday - Read/review p.1- 10 and catch up in journal.
Learning Goals:
Students describe how significant people, events and developments have shaped their own community and region; compare their community to other communities in the region in other times and places; and use a variety of resources to gather information about the past.
Historical Knowledge 3.1.1 Identify and describe Native American Woodland Indians who lived in the region when European settlers arrived. Example: Miami, Shawnee, Kickapoo, Algonquian, Delaware, Potawatomi and Wyandotte
3.1.2 Explain why and how the local community was established and identify its founders and early settlers.
3.1.3 Describe the role of the local community and other communities in the development of the state’s regions.
3.1.4 Give examples of people, events and developments that brought important changes to your community and the region where your community is located. Example: Developments in transportation, such as the building of canals, roads and railroads, connected communities and caused changes in population or industry. Chronological Thinking, Historical Comprehension, Analysis and Interpretation, Research
3.1.5 Create simple timelines that identify important events in various regions of the state.
3.1.6 Use a variety of resources to gather information about your region’s communities; identify factors that make the region unique, including cultural diversity, industry, the arts and architecture. Example: Libraries, museums, county historians, chambers of commerce, Web sites, and digital newspapers and archives
3.1.7 Distinguish between fact and fiction in historical accounts by comparing documentary sources on historical figures and events with fictional characters and events in stories. Example: Compare fictional accounts of the exploits of George Washington and John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) with historical accounts; Compare a piece of historical fiction about Abraham Lincoln or Harriet Tubman with a primary source
3.1.8 Describe how your community has changed over time and how it has stayed the same. Example: Shawnee villages in Southern Indiana and Conner Prairie settlement 3.1.9 Define immigration and explain how immigration enriches community. We are a nation of immigrants; we have been heavily influenced by immigration since before the Revolutionary War
Envisions and Everyday Math Geometry Unit 6
Monday: Unit 10 Geometry TEST
Tuesday: No Homework - Grandparents Day Concert!
Wednesday: homework - Mixed Review Story Problems, Multiplacation Facts Practice
Thursday: homework- Mixed Review Story Problems, Multiplication Facts Practice
Friday: No Homework
M.T.W.TH. spiral review
**Please check your child's planner each night for specific daily homework.
Continue to have kids login to www.Multiplcation.com to practice their facts
username: firstnamelastinitial46342 password : lunch number. practicing facts with flash cards, online games or timed tests is a great way to learn facts. Mastered facts should be as fluent as recognizing your name.
Reading - Judy Moody Saves the World Lesson 16
"Judy Moody Saves the World" https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/content/hsp/reading/journeys2014/in/gr3/focuswall_9780547933573_/html/lesson16.html
Read and complete reading log each night.
In this story we will read to understand characters and infer and predict events.
spelling/phonics - vowel + r as -air and -ear words. Phonics packet and Test due Friday
Learning Goals:
Reading: 3.RL.1 Read and comprehend a variety of literature within a range of complexity appropriate for grades 2-3. By the end of grade 3, students interact with texts proficiently and independently.
3.RL.2.1Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers.
Grammar
This weeks focus goal is adjectives and articles. Here are a few pages from Student Journey's book with definition and examples:
M.T.W.TH. Spiral Review homework
3.W.6.1c
Adjectives/ Adverbs –Writing sentences that include comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, choosing between them depending on what is to be modified, and explaining their functions in the sentence.
Upcoming Events
3rd grade grandparents day and music concert 3rd Grade concert
Tuesday, Apr 12, 2016, 06:30 PM
Joan Martin Elementary School, East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Spril ISTEP Part 2
Monday, Apr 18, 2016, 09:00 PM
JM computer Lab
Multiplication Sunday
As they successfully complete each test, they will earn a coupon for their Ice Cream Sunday June 1st.
You will be receiving a Parent letter and information about this event in your child's mail this week.
Sign up online Here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1rHLsQSZs5NoUNXr62jS0cc7-rmOVe0Pj4xY42MDYZ7E/edit?usp=forms_home&ths=true
Wednesday, Jun 1, 2016, 12:45 PM
JM 3rd Grade Pod
Important Daily Times
Arrive at School: 8:45 am (Late Start 9:10)
Attendance is Taken: 8:55 (Late Start 9:15)
Recess/Lunch: 10:55-11:35
Specials: 12:35-1:25
Dismissal: 3:20-3:35
Online Classroom Tools
Next book order will go through on March 16th, 2015
Mrs. Tilford's 3rd Grade Class
Email: tilfordclass@hobart.k12.in.us
Location: 301 East 10th Street, Hobart, IN, United States
Phone: 219-947-7869 8555
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