DGF Rota Elementary School

Mr. DeMelos Third Grade

2014-2015
OUR SCHOOL VISION IS:

Week of Jan. 12-16

Provide a standards-based educational program in a safe, caring, and

respectful environment. We are working to develop lifelong learners and
responsible citizens.
Goal 1: increase in communicating their understanding in all curricular
areas by demonstrating improved ability to gather, organize, and
compose information in both oral and written formats as measured by
system-wide and school-based assessments.
Goal 2: increase in their ability to demonstrate an understanding of
number sense and number relations as measured by system-wide and
school-based assessments. Such as: ordering numbers, representing
numbers in equivalent forms, identifying relationships and interpreting
numbers in real-world situations.
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Homework Assignment
Monday
Group 1- Read On the Pampas, pages 74-89 Literacy Place Book.
Day 4
Group 2 -Read the story, The Case of the Runaway Elephant,
P.E.
pages 68-75 of the Literacy Place Book.
Write sentences for the first 5 spelling words.
Day one Language and Math packet.
Tuesday
Group 1 - Group 1- Read On the Pampas, pages 74-89. Write a
Day 1
story map of this story.
Art
Group 2 -Read the story, The Case of the Runaway Elephant,
pages 68-75 Answer these questions in complete answers:
1. Who is Encyclopedia? 2. What is the name of the city? 3. What
does Mr. Brown do? 4. Who does Mr. Brown go to for help? 5.
What is this story about? 6.Who is Mr. Hunt? 7. Who is Jimbo? 8.
Who is Mr. Xippas? 9.Which of the men were lying, Mr. Brown or
Mr. Xippas? 10. What is one thing you learned about any Friday,
the Thirteenth? 11. Who will keep Jimbo in the end? Why?
Write sentences using the next 5 spelling words.
Day two Language and Math packet.
Wednesday Group 2 Read, The Case of the Runaway Elephant, pgs 68-75.
Day 2
Write a story map of this story.
Host
Group 1- read page 92-95, Keith Jardine. Answer these
Nation
questions:
1. Who is Keith Jardine? 2. What do kids learn by rafting? 3.
What are the tips for meeting challenges? 4. Would you like
to go on a rafting adventure with Keith Jardine/ why or why
not?
2. Write a letter to Keith Jardine and tell him that you are
interested in his summer rafting/camping adventure. Ask
Keith Jardine questions about the rafting activity. Show that
you are interested in joining his activity.
Write sentences for the last 5 spelling words.
Day three Language and Math packet.
Thursday
Day 3
Write the spelling words 5X each +Spelling
Music
Day four Language and Math packet.
Friday
Day 4
P.E.

Consonant sounds /j/ and /k/

Regular
Spelling
1. clock
2. large
3. page
4. mark
5. kitten
6. judge
7. crack
8. edge
9. pocket
10. brake
11. change
12. ridge
13. jacket
14. badge
15. orange

Challenge
1. blockade
2. freckles
3. advantage
4. pledge
5. Kentucky
6. kingdom
7. allegiance
8. adjustment
9. refrigerator
10. embankment
11. Sacajawea
12. Kilometer
13. jaunty
14. voltage
15. packaging

Quiz

DGF Rota Elementary School

Mr. DeMelos Third Grade
2014-2015

Math:
Topic 5 review. Topic 6 Multiplication facts strategies
3.M.1f:

explain the relationship between multiplication and division as inverse operations;

Example:

We will explore multiplication facts, tables.

Interpret and infer used in math word problems.

Read graphs and charts.
We will continue writing story and solving story problems.

Reading
Draw Conclusions
Figurative language idiomatic expressions and proverbs
Authors Purpose: PIE- Persuade, Inform and Entertain
Cause and Effect
Main Idea and Details
Interpreting and Inferring Meaning
Language Arts:
Subject-verb agreement
Friendly letter review
Main Verbs and Helping Verbs Linking Verbs State of Being Verbs Review
Topic sentences, Concluding statements in writing
We will finish writing our paragraphs on our New Year Resolutions.
Social Studies:
Pioneer Days
The Westward Movement
Lewis and Clark and the Oregon Trail.
US Regions
Three Branches of Government
Science

Weather forecast and recording day lengths

Cells
Physical Science matter and what is it made of?
We will study the atom and molecules electrons, protons
Make a model of the atom

DGF Rota Elementary School

Mr. DeMelos Third Grade
2014-2015

Mountain Top Challenge: Story Telling

Read folktales or myths and prepare to retell the story orally in class.
Prepare some jokes to tell orally in class.
Look for these words in the dictionary:
Put in Alphabetical (A, B, C,) order. Read the story below
Write sentences using one or more words together.
Write the words 5 times each.
MODIFIED/Practice LIST FOR STUDENTS WHO NEED IT

1. bank
2. blank
3. crank
4. dank
5. drank
6. flank
7. frank
8. Hank
9. plank
10. prank
11. rank
12. sank
13. shrank
14. spank
15. tank
16. thank
17. yank

DGF Rota Elementary School

Mr. DeMelos Third Grade
2014-2015

Story Map
Are you ready for a (Power Point) Story Map?
One: Title of the story you read.
Two: Authors and Illustrators names
Three: Genre What kind of story? Fiction, non-fiction, poetry,
essay, historical fiction, drama, biography, etc.
Four: List of Characters
Five: Setting
Six: Main Story Problem
Seven: Plot
Beginning Event
Eight:
Middle Event
Nine:
Ending Event
Ten: Solution to the Story Problem-What happens at the end?
Eleven: Message, Theme or Lesson learned
Twelve: Authors Purpose
Thirteen: How did you like this story and why would you
recommend it to other readers?
Last:
Write a summary letter. In a few words tell a friend or someone
the main ideas of the story you read. Remember the heading,
greeting, body, closing and signature.

DGF Rota Elementary School

Mr. DeMelos Third Grade
2014-2015