Weekly Times December 18, 2011

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Language Arts
Writing - Field Trip Reflection
Reading - Guided reading groups, some reading "Dinosaurs Before Dark" and some reading "Saving the Stegosaurus"
Poetry - holiday acrostics
Read aloud - "Magic School Bus In the Time of the Dinosaurs"
Concert rehearsal and concert - Great Job!

Maths
Tally marks and Frequency tables
Pictograms
Math Test Review
Math Test

Units of Inquiry
BIRTH OF THE EARTH - Where We Are In Place and Time
Field Trip to the Days of Dinosaurs
Important stages of evolution activity
If I were a dinosaur
Life after Dinosaurs activity- the Age of Mammals
Cut and paste on the evolution of man
Adaptation Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJH-01WLEg0
Homer Simpson evolution : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRlFsYmkeY

Weekly Times December 2, 2011

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Language Arts

Spelling – the vowel sound oo which can be short or long like in book or boot

Grammar - prepositions

Writing - Editing work for capitalization, punctuation and spelling, writing spelling sentences in class

Reading - Guided reading groups, some reading "Dinosaurs Before Dark" and some reading "Saving the Stegosaurus"

Poetry - holiday poems

Read aloud - "Life Finds Its Feet"

Maths
Time

Fractions as division problems

Subtraction "tricks" counting on when two numbers are close like the difference between 302 and 298

Mathletics

Units of Inquiry

BIRTH OF THE EARTH - Where We Are In Place and Time

Vocabulary work

Reading about Evolution

Field Trip to the Zoological Museum

Making fossils

Readings about the first amphibians and the first reptiles

ICT - Fossils- see links on the Ambrit Grade 3 links page

Watching the first episode of "Walking With Dinosaurs"

Read alouds

Adaptation Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJH-01WLEg0

Homer Simpson evolution : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faRlFsYmkeY