Houselanemessagesweek 23
Houselanemessagesweek 23
Houselanemessagesweek 23
Lanes M essages
January 30 February 3rd
3 rd grade
ELA/Science/Math/Social Studies
SSssssSsdScience/SocialStStu
ELA
We
are
beginning
a
new
unit/module
that
will
involve
a
deep
study
of
the
classic
tale
Peter
Pan.
This
week
we
will
focus
on
story
elements
such
as
setting,
characters,
and
events
in
a
story.
We
will
also
work
on
using
context
clues
to
find
the
meaning
of
unfamiliar
words.
SCIENCE
-
We
will
finish
our
investigation
of
rocks
and
minerals
this
week.
The
students
will
have
an
assessment
over
rocks
and
minerals
on
Friday.
They
must
be
able
to
describe
how
igneous,
sedimentary,
and
metamorphic
rocks
form.
They
will
also
need
to
identify
the
different
properties
of
rocks
and
minerals
and
explain
the
rock
cycle.
MATH
Last
week,
we
began
our
study
of
fractions
in
Module
5.
This
past
Friday,
students
worked
in
groups
to
represent
a
given
fractional
unit
using
a
variety
of
materials.
Next,
they
had
a
museum
walk
where
they
showed
off
their
hard
work
and
toured
the
work
of
other
groups.
Students
will
continue
to
extend
their
knowledge
of
equal
shares
to
understand
fractions
as
equal
partitions
of
a
whole.
A
parent
letter
will
be
in
this
weeks
Tuesday
folder
given
further
explanations
of
objectives
and
vocabulary.
SOCIAL
STUDIES
Students
will
continue
their
study
of
Africa
concentrating
on
the
physical
and
political
map
of
Africa.
Students
will
research
an
African
topic
and
present
it
to
the
class
as
well
as
make
a
resource
map.
Vocabulary
for
the
week
-
culture,
diversity,
smelt,
civilization,
savannah,
arid,
semi-arid,
and
safari.
Ms. Lanes class goes to lunch from
12:51pm 1:16pm
Mr. Houses class
12:54pm 1:19pm
goes
to
lunch
from
Cont
Cell:
Dann
Cont
Cell:
Jona