Friday, October 14, 2011

Language Arts and Social Studies Update for the Week of 10/17-10/21

Reading:
We will start working with non-fiction texts.  There are many features associated with non-fiction texts.  Students will learn about a table of contents, glossary, index, fonts, cut-aways, photographs, and illustrations.  We will learn how these features help us read and know more about a topic.  We will use non-fiction selections focused on BATS for the next few weeks.  


Writing:
Students will read examples of third grade narratives.  They will notice the PARTS a writer must include to make a narrative make sense to the reader.  They will be labeling these parts on a narrative arc.


Spelling:  There will be no spelling words this week due to half day schedules on Thursday, October 20 and Friday, October 21.


Social Studies:
We sent home a review sheet to help your student prepare for his or her Citizenship and Government Test on Tuesday, October 18.  We have spent time reviewing in class and have been working on these concepts for the last 8 weeks. The test will consist of multiple choice, short answer, fin in the blank and matching questions.  Thank you for helping solidify our learning at home!

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