Field Trip:
Third grade will be visiting the Musical Instrument Museum on
January 27th. Permission slips will go out this week and will be
due back the Friday beforehand. Be on the lookout for an email
requesting volunteer chaperones. You must have a valid fingerprint
clearance card to be considered.
Language Arts: We will begin memorizing parts of a new
poem this week, The Adventures of Isabel. Recitations will
be in two weeks. We jump back into spelling as normal.
We will begin discussing explanatory writing. Finally, we
begin our new novel, The Trumpet of the Swan. Students
must bring in their copy as soon as possible as we begin
Monday with Chapter 1 or very soon thereafter.
Math: This week we will come back and introduce probability
briefly. There will be a short assessment on Wednesday after
math groups to check for understanding. Then we will begin
our fraction unit. We need parent volunteers every week for
math groups. Please consider helping out :)
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History: Students will do a quick review of some key details
related to the Roman Empire, then continue the study of the
causes of the Roman Empire’s decline in the West. They will
also read about Emperor Constantine and the changes that
he instituted in Roman civilization, as well as the differences
between the Eastern Empire and Western Empires. This will
conclude this Unit of study and by the end of the week third
graders will be introduced to our next Unit of study on the
Vikings. This Germanic/Scandinavian civilization took hold
after the void left after the weakening Roman Empire in the
west. This study will begin with a discussion of how we learn
about ancient History through the science of Archeology
and related vocabulary.
Science: This week we will be learning about Sound! Students will learn what causes sound and how sound travels.
History: Students will do a quick review of some key details
related to the Roman Empire, then continue the study of the
causes of the Roman Empire’s decline in the West. They will
also read about Emperor Constantine and the changes that
he instituted in Roman civilization, as well as the differences
between the Eastern Empire and Western Empires. This will
conclude this Unit of study and by the end of the week third
graders will be introduced to our next Unit of study on the
Vikings. This Germanic/Scandinavian civilization took hold
after the void left after the weakening Roman Empire in the
west. This study will begin with a discussion of how we learn
about ancient History through the science of Archeology
and related vocabulary.
Science: This week we will be learning about Sound! Students will learn what causes sound and how sound travels.
