Sacred Heart Academy
Third Grade Curriculum Update
by Mrs.Miller
Date: May 6, 2013
Virtue of the Month: 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 125-128 and Assessment 25 on determining unit cost,
division facts: dividing by 6,8, and 9, locating information on a map, showing
addition, subtraction, and multiplication on a number line, identifying units of
measure for long distances, using a scale on a map, and adding positive and
negative numbers. *
Science: Unit on Ecology. Read and discuss about conservation and recycling,
the hermit crab structures, and ecosystems. Learn about the lives of famous
scientists: Nicolaus Copernicus, John Muir, and Alexander Graham Bell. Learn
about the hermit crab and its habitat. The students will each have a hermit crab
to observe and take care of for the month. *
History: Finish up Unit on The First Explorers. Test on Tuesday. *
Religion: Read and discuss Session 24 on All Life is Sacred. Pentecost and the
gifts of the Holy Spirit.”
Socratic Seminar- Lesson 16- Public behavior and private behavior. *
Literature: Read and discuss the stories, Stickeen by John Muir, Sarah Mortonʼs
Day and The Little Match Girl. *
English: Journal writing. Cursive handwriting. Phonics- Lesson 29-on scribal o. *
Vocab./ Spelling: Vocab.- Unit 12 on definitions, synonyms and antonyms of
words, completing the sentence and word associations. Spelling- Lesson 29 on
words with scribal o sound. Spelling Test on Friday. *
Art : Motherʼs Day art.
Check folder for: Reminders, information for May, field trip form to Torrey Pines
Nature Reserve, and corrected work to be filed in their 3 ring binders.
Reminders: All School Beach Photo is Tuesday at 9:00. May Crowning is on
Friday at 10:00. The children should wear their Communion outfits to school for
the procession and then after change into their school uniform. Come and join
us! Have a fabulous week!
* indicates Core Knowledge
Sacred Heart Academy: California’s First Core Knowledge School
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