November



=November=

=Math=
 * Story problems, Addition with regrouping, Subtraction w/out regrouping, more Place Value

Continuation of telling time Probability(spinners, dice) Patterns(sort, classify, explain thinking)

=Reading= //Before Reading: Choose the appropriate text for a specific purpose. Articulate what is known about the text topic based on the title, author, pictures, illustrations, prior knowledge. Make relevant predictions about waht will probably happen in a story(fiction) or what will be learned(nonfiction)based on title, cover, chapter headings, illustrations, etc.//

//During Reading: Make predictions and connections. Ask and answer questions. Describe the mental imagery that occurs while reading. Identify specific words or phrases that cause comprehension difficulties and self monitor. Explain first-, second-, and third-person point of view. Interpret graphical information(charts, tables, diagrams). Make inferences based on explicit information in the text; provide justification for those inferences.//

//After Reading: Describe characters' physical and personality traits. Develop a new title that best fits the text. Describe he conflict faced by a character in the story. State the main idea with supporting details in informational text. State the theme in literary text.//

//Developing an Interpretation: Explain similarities and differences in a story. Draw conclusions based on implicit or explicit evidence from text. Decide an author's purpose for including particular information in text. Interpret meaning based on charts, graphs, maps, illustrations, photos in text. Identify and explain text structures, e.g., sequence, main idea/details, compare/contrast, cause and effect//

=**__Treasures: Theme 2 Finish: Investigations__**=

=__Begin Theme 3: Discoveries__=

Nov. 1: Finish Skills as needed, Science/Social Studies/CMT work __Nov. 8: Test Week__

__Nov. 15: Stone Soup(food around the world)__ Spelling(/ar/, /or/): bark, shorts, sharp, sore, hard, storms, yard, sport, sharks, porch, pour, story, chore, wore, carve, knots, sign, wrong, *orchard, *artist Grammar: action verbs, and fit in present tense verbs One Riddle, One Answer(solving riddles) Don't do this selection, just work on the skills as needed. Spelling(/ar/): stairs, mare, bear, bare, share, wear, dares, chairs, glare, pairs, hair, their, pears, square, haircut, sport, sore, hard, airport, beware Grammar: present tense verbs

__Nov. 29: Saving Sand Dunes(ecosystems in balance)__ Spelling(/ur/): turns, first, herds, learn, purr, third, earn, nurse, perch, girls, firm, word, world, serve, worth, bare, bear, stairs, *perfect, *Thursday Grammar: past-tense verbs and work in future tense verbs

Spelling(/u/, /u/, /u/): loop, rude, look, clue, spoon, tube, shook, blue, cubes, gose, mules, gloom, true, shoe, stew, firm, turns, learn, *classroom, *childhood Grammar: future tense verbs

__Dec. 13: What Do Illustrators Do?(art of illustrating)__ Spelling(oi): coy, soil, foil, toil, coins, point, noise loyal, boiled, spoiled, enjoys, voice, choice, soybean, joyful, spoon, rude, shook, *noisy, *checkpoint Grammar: sentence combining with verbs

Dec. 20: Review Skills as needed, Give theme test before vacation =Writing:= more w/ Elaboration, Beginnings, Endings Timed Prompt Editing and Proofreading(complete sentences, no run-ons) Nouns(proper, common), pronouns, verbs, adjectives Periods after abbreviations Verb tense

__Spelling:__
more plurals double the consonants: bunny, hopping homophones: fair/fare, made/maid, to/two/too, there/their/they're homographs =Science/Social Studies:=

Con't with geographic regions: Forests Con't with Native Americans: Eastern Woodsland

Field Trip: Ragged Hill Woods, November ??????? "Native Americans and the Environment" GRADE THREE CONCERT week of Thanksgiving(???)