Grade 3-A2

 Hello everyone, this week will be a bit special because we have an outing on Wednesday and we have a day off for Christmas on Thursday. Anyways, we will have a combined test on Tuesday so please be prepared and study well. It will be a combined test for Week 16 and Week 17 which means that it'll have elements of both a spelling quiz and a story test in it. As for the vocabulary portion, we will be directly testing the Week 16 vocabulary, but knowing the  Week 17 vocabulary will also be helpful for doing well on the test. Vocabulary Vocabulary Practice:  https://wordwall.net/resource/104444894 1 does   (v.): present simple of "do", used with he/she/it  2 down (adv.): to a lower place or level   3 lead (v.): to guide or show the way  4 second (adj.): coming after the first in order   5 tear (n.): a hole in a piece of paper, cloth, or other material, where it has been torn   6 wind (n): moving air   7 wound ...

 Hello everyone, we will start a new story that is related to the geology and geography of the Earth.  It is the last of the three readings that will be included in the Final Exam. The major point of conventions and phonics will be related to homographs. A homograph is a word that is spelled the same, but has two or more vastly different meanings. Homo= same and Graph= to write  So, those words are written in the same way, but have two or more totally different meanings. For example, a bank could mean the side of a river, and it can also mean a place to store your money. Week 16 Vocabulary 1 destroy (v.): to break or damage something badly  2 environment (n.): the air, land, and water where people, animals, and plants live   3 reaction (n.): what you do or feel because of something that happened   4 balance (n.): a state where things are equal or in the right amount   5 resource (n.): something we use that comes from nature like wat...

 Hello everyone, we will be continuing the Kids Can Be Big Helpers persuasive text reading this week. Unjumble Activity:  https://wordwall.net/resource/104033349 Week 15 Vocabulary Definitions  attention (n.): the act of listening, watching, or thinking carefully about something  2 issue (n.): an important subject or problem that people are talking about  3 variety a lot of different things of the same type   4 responsible (n.): (adj.): having a duty to take care of something or someone  5 trustworthy (adj.): able to be trusted  6 solve (v.): to find an answer to something   7 local (adj.): relating to a particular area   8 come up with (phr. v.): to think of an idea or plan   9 figure out (phr. v.): to find the answer to something by thinking   10 event (n.): a planned public or social occasion   11 treat (n.): a small piece of food, often specially produced, that is given to ...

 Hello everyone, we are starting the "Kids Can Be Big Helpers" story in the Savvas My View book. In this story, we go over how kids can volunteer at home, school, and in their community to make the world a better place. We hope that it inspires students to take a more active role in the world around them to make planet Earth a better place to live on. Reminder: We don't have school on December 1st, but we still have to do the bubble notebook writing. Week 14 Vocabulary Definitions – Kids Can Be Big Helpers  1 horse  (n.): a large animal that people ride   2 problem (n.): something that is difficult to deal with   3 complete (v.): to finish doing something   4 magnet (n.): a piece of iron that pulls things made of iron   5 hornet (n.): a large flying insect with a painful sting   6 bandit (n.): a robber, especially one in a group   7 signal (n.): a sound or action that sends a message   8 velvet (...