LA and SS for the week of 1/17/12

LANGUAGE ARTS
Spelling
We WILL have spelling words this week. The 10 points of spelling homework will be due on FRIDAY rather than Thursday to help give kids and families enough time to manage homework.

Reading
We are continuing to look at QAR (Question/Answer Relationships). Students will work to identify the types of questions they find and provide reasoning for their thoughts.
Your kids have been READING READING READING all about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. They started a menu last week and will finish that learning by this Friday. I'm excited to see their thoughts and inspirations. You can look for this to come home for your viewing pleasure 1/24/12.

Writing
Last week students completed a FREE WRITE. They were able to choose their own topic to write about and then let me read. We are coming a long way as writers, but still have some items that need attention.
As a class, we will start reading and critiquing book reviews. Our hope is to learn enough from what we consume (read) to produce some of our own!
Don't forget to check out the class blog, THIRD GRADE THOUGHTS. They will update this every Wednesday for your reading pleasure.

SOCIAL STUDIES
We will continue to learn about landforms.  This week we will start thinking of various ways to describe landforms or bodies of water and think about where they can be found.  We will then take this information and create LANDFORM POETRY!