Week 14

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

We will continue learning about biographies and autobiographies.

Writing

We will continue with our expository writing.

Social Studies

We will continue to learn about holidays around the world (Christmas and Hanukkah).

Math/Science

Math

We are going to continue working in multiplication and division tables.  In third grade, we teach the students to look at tables from label to label (tires to cars) and not the numbers themselves down the table.  Some are still wanting to add down the table instead of multiplying or dividing across the table.

Science

This week we will continue to discuss forces: mechanical (push/pull), friction, and gravity.  We are going to continue to discuss on gravity's pull as we discuss simple machines used to do work.  We will also finish discussing friction.

We are still logging and comparing, from both Gilmer and another US state, the current temperature of the air outside, wind speed and direction, and precipitation. We also discuss time zones and how that affects air temperature. We are continuing to track Gilmer's temperature on our thermometer log.

This week we will compare Gilmer's forecast and climate to that of Maine.

Week 13

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

We will learn about literacy/non-fiction texts (biography and autobiography).

Writing

We will learn the elements of expository writing.

Social Studies

We will learn about holidays around the world.

Math/Science

Math

We are going to continue into our second week of division.  We are focusing on the difference between multiplication and division word problems.

Science

This week we will continue to discuss forces: mechanical (push/pull), friction, and gravity.  We are going to focus on gravity and friction and move into simple machines.

We are still logging and comparing, from both Gilmer and another US state, the current temperature of the air outside, wind speed and direction, and precipitation. We also discuss time zones and how that affects air temperature. We are continuing to track Gilmer's temperature on our thermometer log.

This week we will compare Gilmer's forecast and climate to that of Virginia Beach, Virginia (we didn't get to it last week).

Week 12

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

Students will begin to explore the elements of poetry.

Writing

The students will continue to write their second personal narrative.

Social Studies

We will learn about people who helped shape communities (Christopher Columbus and Juando Onate).

Math/Science

Math

We are going to introduce division and continue working on our two digit by one digit multiplication.

Science

This week we will continue to discuss forces:  mechanical (push/pull),  friction, and gravity.

We are still logging and comparing, from both Gilmer and another US state, the current temperature of the air outside, wind speed and direction, and precipitation.  We also discuss time zones and how that affects air temperature.  We are continuing to track Gilmer's temperature on our thermometer log.

This week we will compare Gilmer's forecast and climate to that of Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Week 11

What we are learning this week.....

Language Arts

Reading is Thinking

Students will learn about cause and effect, drawing conclusions, and summary.

Writing

The students will continue to write their second personal narrative.

Social Studies

We will learn about people who helped shape communities (Christopher Columbus and Juando Onate).

Math/Science

Math

We are learning how multiply two digits by one digit using the algorithm and their multiplication charts.  We are daily filling out multiplication charts for fact practice.

Science

This week we will continue to discuss forces:  mechanical (push/pull),  friction, and gravity.

We are still logging and comparing, from both Gilmer and another US state, the current temperature of the air outside, wind speed and direction, and precipitation.  We also discuss time zones and how that affects air temperature.  We are continuing to track Gilmer's temperature on our thermometer log.

This week we will compare Gilmer's forecast and climate to that of Bismarck, North Dakota.