Story: the Legend of the Poinsettia

3rd Grade Homework (Dec. 8th-12th) Story: The Legend of the Poinsettia Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Read Read Read Read Reading Reading for 20 minutes for 20 minutes for 20 minutes for 20 minutes Test

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READING/LA: MATH: Spelling Words: Language Arts Pattern: Homophones Students will locate fractions on a number line. Students will use concrete objects and pictorial through Homophones are words that sound the 1. same, but are spelled differently. models, including strip diagrams. Students will 2. threw compose and decompose fractions. Ex: through and threw 3. wood He drove through the tunnel. 4. would Math Homework She threw the ball. 5. sight **This week, students will need to study the 8s 6. site multiplication facts daily. 7. seen 8 x 0 = 8 x 1 = 8. scene **Students will need to write their daily reading log on the sheet of 8 x 2 = 9. aisle notebook paper given to them in 8 x 3 = 8 x 4 = I’ll class. 10. 8 x 5 = 11. weave etc. 12. we’ve 13. there 14. they’re 15. their Sight Words: SCIENCE: because, green, where (Sight words will be on the spelling test.) Content Words: Students will explore and record how soils are formed by weathering of rock and decomposition of Literary Elements– are characters, setting, plot, and theme. plant and animal remains in the erosion process. Characters— a person or animal in a story. Setting– is the time and place in which a story happens. Vocabulary: weathering, erosion, decomposition, Plot – the important parts of the story, including events, problems, and soil, rock, natural resource solutions. Theme— is the big idea of a story. Expository Text – tells about real people, things, or events. Expository texts are often organized by text features, such as heads, subheads, charts, graphs, tables, photos, and captions. SOCIAL STUDIES: Vocabulary Words: Students will address individuals whose choices and market – an open area where things are bought and sold. actions show them to be heroes of communities. procession – the act of moving a line in order. fiestas – a saint’s day in Spain and Latin America with parades and Vocabulary: hero, Helen Keller, Drinking Gourd, dances. slavery, Underground Railroad, astronomy shrine – a place of worship associated with some sacred thing or person. stall – a compartment or stable in a barn for one animal. manger – a box or trough in a barn from which an animal eats from.