Sacred Heart Academy
Third Grade Curriculum Update
by Mrs.Miller
Date: May 27, 2013
Virtue of the Month: To Wonder *
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.
Saxon Math: Lessons 134-135 and Assessment 26 on identifying place value to
millions, estimating a large collection by sampling and review of 1-12
multiplication facts. *
Science: Unit on Ecology. Read and discuss about conservation and recycling,
food cycles, the hermit crab structures, and ecosystems. Learn more about the
hermit crab and its habitat. The students will continue to observe and take care
of a hermit crab for the month. Field Trip to Torrey Pines Nature Reserve is
Wednesday and to the SD River to go ghost shrimping on Friday! *
History: Unit on The Thirteen Colonies. Read and discuss lessons 7- 9 on
plantations in South Carolina, plantations and slavery, and the story of Georgia. *
Religion: - World peace, Zacchaeus , the tax collector, Luke 19:1-10, and the
Pope.
Literature: Read and discuss Sarah Mortonʼs Day and The Little Match Girl. *
English: Journal writing. Cursive handwriting. Prefixes and suffixes and
contractions with not. Phonics – Lesson 32 on vcvcv or vcccv in long words. *
Vocab./ Spelling: Vocab.- Unit 13 on definitions, synonyms and antonyms of
words, completing the sentence and word associations. Spelling- Lesson 32.
Spelling Test and Vocab. Test on Friday. *
Computers: Computer class Tuesday completing research on hermit crabs and
multiplication fact games. *
Check folder for: Reminders, information for June, and corrected work to be
filed in their 3 ring binders.
Reminders: No School on Monday for Memorial Day. Our Field Trips to Torrey
Pines Nature Reserve is on Wednesday and the SD River on Friday. Teachers
against the eighth graders Volleyball game on Friday at 1:45. What a fun
learning week!
* indicates Core Knowledge
Sacred Heart Academy: California’s First Core Knowledge School
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