Mrs. Ferguson
Week of February 28, 2012
Welcome to Mrs. Ferguson's Third Grade Class! This week we will be studying diagraphs, root words with prefixes and suffixes, un, re, ful, er, ly in Word Work. Reading workshop we will focus on how to find a good book, when to abandon a book, and how to write to respond to our reading and keep a log. monthly reading calendar. Writing workshop will begin each day with a grammar mini -lesson on pronouns, subject pronouns, and object pronouns. I will not be sending home the reading logs, instead we will write them in class. Next month we will go back to the monthly reading calendar. Math will be finishing up our unit on fractions and learning about decimals. Social Studies we will be studying how our government works and economics. Science we will learning about matter; physical and chemical properties; as well as reviewing the three states of matter. We will end each day with a Read Aloud weekly story. This week's story is Two Days in May p. 73.
Please note *Schedule change.
8: 15 -Reader's Workshop mini- lesson
8:30 - Guided Reading / Independent Reading
9:10 Science
9:50 Related Arts
10:40 Math
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Grammar
12:45 Writer's Workshop
1:20 Social Studies
2:00 Recess
2:30 Pack up
Read/Aloud - Story of the week
3:10 Dismiss
Field Trip - This Thurs. March 1 - to the Tennessee Water Treatment Plant. Need 1 parent chaperone.
*upcoming information on the April 13th field trip to the Adventure Science museum.
Upcoming Events
2/27 - Science project due - weather instrument and data sheet.
2/28 - Quarterly Math Assessment 3- multiple choice 8:30 a.m.
2/29- Quaarterly Math Assessment 3 - constructed response 8:30 a.m.
3/1 - Field Trip - Tennessee American Water Company * Need at least 1 chaperone
3/2 - Presidential timeline book report due.
3/2 - Picture Day
3/2 - Crazy Hat Day!
4/13 - Field trip to the Adventure Science Museum - Nashville
* information to be coming home soon. * Will need 4-5 Chaperones! Great field trip!!
