Monday, March 9, 2015

Grade: 3 Math and Science week of 03-09-15

Click to view:   MATH LESSONS

a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:
****Monday:  
1. write the 8 multiplication facts up to 12
2. go math workbook p. 225
****Wednesday: 
1. 8 times table
2. ready new york workbook p. 65 on loose-leaf


c) Math Vocabulary:
 Week 1 and 2:
1. area:  the number of square units needed to cover a flat surface
2. plane figures: two dimensional shapes that are closed and flat
3. attribute:  any characteristic of an object that can be used to describe the object
4. multiple:  the product of a number and a counting number.

Week-3:
1. overlap:  to extend over so as to cover partly
2. gap: an unfilled space or break between two objects
3. square unit: a square shaped figure used to cover and measure the area of a given space
4. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape

Week-4:
1. length: the measured distance from end to end
2. width: to measure how wide something is
3. estimate: a close or approximate answer
4. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape

Week-5:
1. perimeter: the distance around a figure or shape
2. quadrilateral: a shape or figure with four sides and four corners
3. polygon: a closed plane shape formed by three or more straight sides
4. two-dimensional: a shape or figure that is measured in two directions, length and witdth


Click to view:  SCIENCE LESSONS

a) test/quiz: 

b) homework:

***Monday : Copy and write week-5 words and definitions 2 times each on loose-leaf. Then write a sentence for each word.
*** Wednesday: 
c) Science Vocabulary Unit-4:

WEEK-1 and 2
1. behavior: the way a living thing acts
2. instinct: a behavior that an animal has at birth and does not need to learn.
3. reflex:  a simple automatic behavior
4. stimulus: the cause of a behavior
5. response:  a behavior caused by stimulus

Week-3 and 4
1. school: a group of one kind of fish that moves together
2. pride: a group of lions
3. troop: a kind of group in which animals such as baboons live
4. colony: a kind of animal group in which each member has a different job

Week-5:
1. symbiosis: a special way in which two different kinds of animals live together.
2. parasite: an animal that is helped by living with another animal that it harms.
3.  host: an animal that is harmed by a parasite.
4. species: a specific type of organism or living thing
5. mutualism: is the way two organisms of different species exist in a relationship in which each individual benefits from the activity of the other.