Curriculum Guide for the Week of February 4 - 8

Sacred Heart Academy 

Third Grade Curriculum Update 

by Mrs.Miller 

Date: February 4, 2013  

These are the subjects and content area the students will be studying this  

week.  Please make sure that your child goes over these areas of study with 

you.  

Virtue of the Month: Perseverance (Enduring Adversity)  * 

Saxon Math: Lessons 79-82 and Assessment 15 on selecting coins for a given 

amount, subtraction facts of 7, 8, and 9, making reasonable predictions by 

collecting and analyzing data, finding square roots of perfect squares, finding the 

length of the side of a square given the area, and adding money amounts 

(decimals).  * 

Science: The Solar System- the earth and the moon, and exploring the moon.  

Moon phases - waxing and waning.  * 

Social Studies:  Ancient Rome.  Read and discuss Chapters 9-11 on Roman 

Lands, Roads, Bridges, and Aqueducts, and the Buildings of Rome.  * 

Religion: Session 14- on Mary is Holy.  The Rosary, events in the lives of Jesus 

and Mary, the Annunciation, Communion of Saints, and the Visitation.   

                                                       

Literature: Read the myths: Cupid and Psyche, The Sword of Damocles, Damon 

and Pythias, and Androcles and the Lion. * 

Socratic Seminar:  Lesson 9- the confessions- Why is it tempting to do things 

we are not supposed to do? * 

                                                          

English: Start writing god and goddess reports with the 6th graders.  Journal 

writing. Grammar- review of subjects and predicates and singular and plural 

nouns.  Phonics- Lesson 17 on Trigraphs and Quadrigraphs.  Cursive 

handwriting.  * 

Vocab./ Spelling: Vocab.- Unit 7 on definitions, synonyms and antonyms on 

words, completing the sentence and word associations. Spelling- on trigraphs

and quadrigraphs.  Spelling Test on Fri.  * 

Art:  Art- Valentine art and Roman soldiers. *

 Check White Envelope for: Reminders, information for February, and corrected work to be 

filed in their 3 ring binders.   

Reminders: Thanks for all of your help and prayers last week with Mrs. Zapata 

being here taking my place.  It was a busy Catholic Schools week, but the kids all 

had fun and earned a great report from her.  Have a super week!