Grade: 3
Math
5/18
Aim: students will solve problems using the working backwards strategy.
Vocabulary: working backwards
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: text p. 337 #41-44
3. Class-work:
* Lesson readiness activity, t.e. text p. 340
* problem-solving: text p. 341 #1-5
4. Homework: workbook p. 122
5/19
Gym class
5/20
TEST: Chapter 10, MULTIPLICATION
(rescheduled for Thursday, 5/20)
5/21
ACENSION THURSDAY: SCHOOL MASS
5/22
Aim: Students will estimate quotients.
Vocabulary: dividend divisor estimate
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Problem of the day: t.e. text p. 347e #1
3. Class-work:
* Lesson readiness activity
* text p. 348-349 #1-20
Grade: 3
Science
5/18
Aim: Students will explore how decomposers break down dead matter.
Lesson:
1. vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read text p. b18-b19
* How are materials recycled?
* What is the job of a decomposer?
* Why are decomposers needed?
* List some decomposers.
5/19
Aim: Students will trace the flow of energy through a food chain and food web.
Vocabulary: food web
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: Read/discuss text p. b20-b21
* What is a food web?
* Why are food webs more accurate than food chains in showing what animals eat?
* What is the difference between a food chain and food web?
5/20.
Aim: What is an energy pyramid?
Vocabulary: energy pyramid
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work: read/discuss text p. b22
* what is an energy pyramid?
* Are there more producers or consumers in an ecosystem?
* workbook p. 70
3. Homework: workbook p. 71 and 72
5/21
Aim: How are materials recycled?
Lesson:
1. Vocabulary review
2. Class-work:
Lab activity: Decomposers, text p. b19
3. Homework: text p.b23 questions #1-5
5/22
EARLY DISMISSAL
