Good Morning All,

These are our standards for the week beginning April 15-April 20..  As I used our first week to gauge where most of you would be at the end of each week, I had to adjust your number of steps. Remember, steps are not entire lessons.  A step could be watching a video.  The next step could be working a problem.  You should count the number of steps as you go.  It is always a good idea to have pencil and paper as you work on Acellus.   I have been sending some of you messages in Acellus as you work.  If I notice that you are having a problem, I will try to get to you; however, Acellus kicks me out of the system.  Instead, I have been looking at the messages after we log out and building a helpful portfolio for you on our Google Classroom.  I will be adding to this page regularly, so please accept the invitation. You can find the resources by going on our class drive folder.   This is also where I will put weekly standards.  I gave you all an extra day to complete all assignments in Acellus because of the holiday.  Remember, the work in Acellus in not optional.  I am providing my schedule below.  However, we do understand that many of you are sharing devices, so please adjust it to the needs of your household. Use it as a guide daily.  If you work in Acellus daily, dedicating about 30 minutes in each course, you will not get behind.  As stated in an earlier email, this is the time where I am actively engaged and can provide you with help in real time. 

 Mrs. Christian has fixed some of the issues with your Gmail accounts. I sent you another invitation to join.  As stated before, please let me know if you are still experiencing problems.  I noticed some of you have accepted my invitation to join.  Students, please check your district Gmail accounts.  This is where I will also send you personal messages. I participated in a Zoom training yesterday.  Since we are having so many issues with Google Classroom,  I will send you an invitation to Zoom!  I cannot wait to see you.  If it suits our needs, we will just use Zoom for our weekly meetings instead of Google Classroom.  We will use Google Classroom for our written discussion forum and also as an area where I will place resources for extra help and other assignments.

Schedule:

8:00 -8:30 ELA/Reading

8:30 - 9:00 Math

9:00 - 9:30 Science

9:30 - 10:00 Social Studies/Health

(Health lessons may also be integrated with other subjects)

Number of steps:  Assignment Due date April 20, 2020

Remember to count your steps as you go.  Once you reach the number indicated for the course.  STOP!

Reading/ELA  number of steps: 12

Math number of steps: 15

Science number of steps: 10

Social Studies number of steps: 10

Our weekly Standards: April 15 through April 20

ELA/Reading:

13. Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a Grade 3 topic or subject area [RI 3.4]

20 Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words. [RF. 3.3]

                            b.  Decode words with common Latin Suffixes. [RF. 3.3c]

                      

                          21 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. [RF.3.4]

                             b. Read on-level prose and poetry orally with accuracy, appropriate rate, and expression on successive readings. [RF. 3.4]

                          37.  Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. [L.3.1]

                             g. Form and use comparative and superlative adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on what is to be modified. [L.3.1g]

                          40.  Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on Grade 3 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies. [L.3.4]

                             c.  Use a known root word as a clue to the meaning of an unknown word with the same root(e.g., company, companion) [L.3.4c]

Math:        

22.  Relate area to the operations of multiplication and addition.. [3-MD7]

      a.  Find the area of a rectangle with whole-number side lengths by tiling it, and show that the area is the same as would be found by multiplying the side lengths. [3-MD7a]

  24.  Understand that shapes in different categories (e.g., rhombuses, rectangles, and others) may share attributes (e.g., having four sides), and that the shared attributes can define a larger category (e.g., quadrilaterals). Recognize rhombuses, rectangles, and squares as examples of quadrilaterals, and draw examples of quadrilaterals that do not belong to any of these subcategories. [3-G1]

Science: 3. Explore objects that can be manipulated in order to determine cause-and -effect relationships.

Social Studies: 2 Locate the continents on a map or globe

                          3. Describe ways the environment is affected by humans in Alabama and the world. (Alabama)

Thank you,

Mrs. P. Williams

3rd Grade Teacher