April 1- April 5

Language Arts
Reading
We will focus on poetry.  We will review rhyme and rhythm and discussed the three different types of poetry third graders need to know....
1. narrative2. lyrical3. free verseWe will continue to think about poetry and also review a few other concepts that need fine tuning like... cause and effect, summary and non-fiction features.


Writing
We will take our knowledge from reading and write some poetry over the next few weeks.  

Spelling
It will be nice to have a week off of spelling!   The next two weeks (Apri 8-12 and April 15-19) will be normal spelling weeks.  Word sorts will come home on Monday.  Homework will be due on Thursday.  We will test on Friday.  There will be NO SPELLING HOMEWORK the week of the STAAR test (April 22-26).

Social Studies
We finished learning about some important explorations in American History.  We will spend the next week discussing how some important people in history have had their stories stretched and changed to become TALL TALES.  Students will work through a menu to explore and create as they learn about this genre and these famous people.