This week in Third Grade
Unit 4Essential Question: How can two bridges be alike and different?
We are reading the story, Pop's Bridge by Eve Bunting. It is a story about a young boy that learns about the importance of teamwork in building the Golden Gate Bridge. Our skill this week is compare and contrast. We are practicing this skill using Venn diagrams. Have your child compare and contrast two items (pets, foods, friends, sports, etc.) using a Venn diagram! Genre: Historical fiction Target Skill: Compare and Contrast Target Strategy: Infer / Predict |
Unit 4 SpellingSpelling Pattern: Long o spelled with oa and ow
1. load 10. sold 2. open 11. window 3. told 12. coach 4. yellow 13. almost 5. soak 14. throat 6. shadow 15. cold 7. foam 16. most 8. follow 17. tomorrow 9. glow 18. sailboats |
MathIn math we will continue to learn about number bonds to help us compute math mentally.
This week we will also be introducing the concept of multiplication. We will learn about multiplication as repeated addition, use it in arrays, and will be writing multiplication stories. |