Math

Topic 3 Using Place Value to Add and Subtract

  3-1: Adding with and expanded algorithm

  3-2: Models for adding 3-digit numbers

  3-3: Adding 3-digit numbers

  3-4: Adding 3 or more numbers

  3-5: Draw a picture

  3-6: Subtracting with an expanded algorithm

  3-7: Models for subtracting 3-digit numbers

  3-8: Subtracting 3-digit numbers

  3-9: Subtracting across zeros

  3-10: Problem Solving

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Reading

-For whole group instruction, we are reading Little House on the Prairie

-Students are reading LEAD 21 Theme 3: The Shape of the Land

Focus Questions:
Week 1: How can we describe a community by its geography?

Week 2: How do geography and natural resources affect a community?

Week 3: How does geography affect how people work and play?

Week 4: How is geography a foundation for a community? *Library Checkout on Fridays!

Writing

We are working on parts of a paragraph: Topic sentences, supporting details, conclusions, and sequencing parts of a paragraph.

Grammar focus: Nouns, verbs, subject nouns, adverbs.

-New spelling lists are generated on Monday, test on
 Friday.

-Spelling homework due on Fridays.

Science

 Unit 4: Life Cycles and Animal Traits

Lesson 6: Life Cycles of Vertebrates

Social Studies

*Focus on Daily Geography