Week 35: 5/8-5/12

Monday 5/8: Morning Work: The Lion and the Mouse passage with questions. 

We will continue our review of reading skills taught this year. Today we will review author's purpose.

Students will view a powerpoint about author's purpose.

Students will work on completing centers in small groups about author's purpose.

Those students who need additional targeted practice with this standard will be pulled for small group instruction with Mrs. Richling.

We will continue our cursive packets.

Tuesday 5/9: Morning Work: The Crow and the Pitcher passage with questions.

     We will continue our review of reading skills taught this year. Today we will review Figurative Language.

Students will view a powerpoint about figurative language.

Students will work on completing centers in small groups about figurative language.

Those students who need additional targeted practice with this standard will be pulled for small group instruction with Mrs. Richling.

We will continue our cursive packets.

Wednesday 5/10: Morning Work: The Fox and the Stork passage with questions.

  Social Studies: Students will continue our unit on Regions of the US. We will read about the Midwest Region land/climate/products.

    Students will take an open notes quiz on the information that we read.

   We will continue practicing figurative language.

Students will complete a practice page identifying different types of figurative language.

Thursday 5/11: Morning Work: Hercules and the Farmer passage with questions.

We will continue our review of reading skills taught this year. Today we will review poetry.

Students will view a powerpoint about types of poetry.

Students will work on completing centers about poetry.

Those students who need additional targeted practice with this standard will be pulled for small group instruction with Mrs. Richling.

We will continue our cursive packets.

Friday 5/12:  Comprehension test (formative grade)

                  Students will continue learning about the 4 different types of poetry (free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, limerick).

Standards covered this week:

ELA.3.R.2.3: Explain the development of an author's purpose in an informational text. 

ELA.3.R.3.1: Identify and explain metaphors, personification, and hyperbole in text(s). 

ELA.3.R.1.4: Identify types of poems: free verse, rhymed verse, haiku, and limerick. 

SS.3.G.2.2 Identify the five regions of the United States 

SS.3.G.2.3 Label the states in each of the five regions of the United States 

ELA.3.C.1.1: Write in cursive all upper- and lowercase letters.