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Dear Parents,

The end of the second semester is fast approaching. As I’m sure you are all aware, Grade 3A will have end of semester exams for all 4 core subjects. The time and date of these exams can be seen below. Everyone has worked really hard and I’m sure the exams results will be testament to that. The week before the exams will be used as a review week. I will cover the main areas that will be in the exam and students will have an opportunity to ask about anything they have been unsure about during the second semester. I have also included below, a list of the main subjects that will be included in the exam.

Exam Timetable

Tuesday 27^th May 8.00- 9.20A.M. Mathematics

Wednesday 28^th May 8.00- 9.20A.M. Language Arts

Wednesday 28^th May 9.50- 11.10 A.M. Social Studies

Thursday 29^th May 8.00- 9.20 A.M. Science.

Exam Scope

Language arts

This exam will be in 6 sections:

Spelling: 20 words that have been covered in the spelling textbook in the 1^st semester.

Listening comprehension: Students will pick multiple choice answers from a passage I read.

Word application: Students will apply words to make a sentence.

Writing comprehension: Students will write a fictional story based on a previous journal topic.

Reading comprehension: Students will read a passage and answer questions on it.

Grammar: Students will answer grammar questions. These are similar to the language arts textbook questions. Students should study:

Unit 2: Ch 10 Possessive Nouns Pg 120

Ch 11 Action Verbs and the Verb Be Pg 130

Unit 3: Ch 13 Main and helping verbs. Pg 166

Ch 14 Present tense verbs Pg 176

Ch 16 Past and Future tense verbs Pg 194

Mathematics

Unit 4: Division Facts through 10 Pg 214- 231.

Unit 5: Data, graphing and probability Pg 238- 285.

Unit 6 : Geometry Pg 292- 343.

Social studies

This exam will have 3 sections: Match vocabulary with definition, multiple choice, and critical thinking (short answers).

Unit 3: Communities are everywhere Pg 137- 192.

Unit 4: Many kinds of people Pg 201- 278.

Unit 5: Communities over time Pg 281- 321.

Science

This exam will be in 4 sections: Match vocabulary with definition, multiple choice, critical thinking (short answers), and health science: true or false questions.

Unit C, Ch1: Minerals, rocks and fossils Pg C2.

Unit C, Ch2: Forces that shape the land Pg C30-C37.

Unit D, Ch1: The weather cycle Pg D2.

Unit D, Ch2: Weather Pg D26.

Unit D, Ch3: Earth and the solar system Pg D54.

Health science: Students should learn vocabulary definitions given in science notebooks.

If you have any questions please let me know and I will be happy to help.

Kind regards,

Mr. Nathan

I can’t believe its almost time for Exams!  We will be spending much of this week finishing up our Units and getting prepared for the upcoming Exams.  I will post the full scope on the Blog later this week.  Until then keep working hard and doing your best!

Oh, I can’t wait! Water fights, good food, fun and families! I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday and comes back safe and sound. For those of you who are going to have an extended holiday the following information applies to you only.

Here is a list of the classroom activities that we will be doing from April 17th - April 25th. The homework section of the blog will remain the same both for students that are in school and those that are missing class. Students that are missing school need to check both this sections and the homework section for a full list of all assignments;

Thursday, April 17th

(LA) Read pgs 285-307, Answer 1-5 pg 309

(Math) pg 293, 1-18 + pg 295, 1-5

(Science) Read pgs D76-D81, Define Vocabulary on pg D76

Friday, April 18th

(Math) pg 298-299, 1-20

Monday, April 21

(LA) Spelling pgs 113+115 all

(Science) pg. D81, 1-5 + WB 210, WB 201

(Math) pg 301, 1-5

Tuesday, April 22nd

(LA) pg 180-181, 1-15

(Math) pg 302, 1-22

Wednesday, April 23rd

(LA) pg 182-183 all + WB 49

(Math) pg 304-305, 1-20

Thursday, April 17th

(LA) Read pgs 314-325. Answer questions 1-5 on pg 226

(Math) Pg 207, 1-11

(Science) WB 204, WB 206, WB 217

Friday, April 25th

(Math) pg 309, 1-6

We just finished Chapter 2 in Science and everyone did very well!  Great job guys!  I suspect that everyone is excited about the up and coming Chapter.  THE SOLAR SYSTEM!  We will be taking a look at the giant rock that we’re spinning around on.  This should make for some great discussions and some really fun projects!  In Math we will be finishing up Chapter 15 and moving into the wonderful world of predicting events using Math.  In LA we will finish up working with helping verbs and get ready to move on to identifying contractions.  Social next week will be a lot of fun, The Talking Apples will be teaching us all about immigrants and how they have helped to develop countries.  Get ready guys!

Field Trip coming up on March 18th!  In Science we just finished up work on our anemometer project which was a lot of fun.  Math we completed bar graphs and frequency charts.  In Language arts we are working on helping verbs and analyzing main themes within reading selections.  All in all things are going really well in class and I look forward to the next few weeks when we start our Social Studies presentations!  Have a great weekend!

Hey guys I apologize for the long wait in regards to the field trip.  As it stands we are planing on visiting a water treatment plant in Klong Toey in two weeks.  The plan was to go this coming week on Thursday but the presenters canceled our appointment.  We have set a new schedule and it looks like everything will work out well now.  Thank you for your patience and understanding.  The next coming weeks are going to be pretty busy.  We have talent show coming up and I have already heard some of the great talents that will be presented at the show and I’m sure it will be great fun!  Have a wonderful weekend!

First off I want to wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year!  I hope you enjoy your vacation and come back rested and ready for some fun activities!  We will begin looking at the forms of water in Science and trying out some cool experiments.  In Social Studies we will continue gathering knowledge for our Health and Environment Magazine.  In Language Arts we are finishing up possessive nouns and moving on to Chapter 11.  Finally, in Math we will continue working with division however, we will start applying it to word problems.  Lots of work and lots of fun!  See you Monday!

I hope everyone had a wonderful vacation studying for our pop quiz first thing Tuesday morning…… what? You mean you didn’t know there was a quiz? Just kidding theres NO quiz I was just checking to make sure I had your attention! =) We will be moving right into our subjects though. In Math we will do a quick review of multiplication and then start on division. In Science we will be learning about the water cycle and coming up with exciting ways to show how water moves all over the Earth. In Social we will do some review and soon begin working on our community service project. I have high hopes for this new year and I know that you will all do very well! Welcome back!

I wish you all a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!!! I’ll see you all on the 15th of January! If you would please keep everyone updated with your adventures over Christmas break by posting comments on the BB!

Dear Parents,

The end of the first semester is fast approaching. As I’m sure you are all aware, Grade 3A will have end of semester exams for all 4 core subjects. The time and date of these exams can be seen below. Everyone has worked really hard and I’m sure the exam results will be testament to that. The week before the exam will be used as a review week. I will cover the main areas that will be in the exam and students will have an opportunity to ask about anything they have been unsure about in the first semester. I have also included below, a list of the main subjects that will be included in the exam.

Exam Timetable

Tuesday 11^th December 8.00- 9.20A.M. Language arts

Wednesday 12^th December 8.00- 9.20A.M. Mathematics

Wednesday 12^th December 9.55- 11.15A.M. Social studies

Thursday 13^th December 8.00- 9.20A.M. Science

Exam Scope

Language arts

This exam will be in 6 sections:

Spelling: 20 words that have been covered in the spelling textbook in the 1^st semester.

Listening comprehension: Students will pick multiple choice answers from a passage I read.

Word application: Students will apply words to make a sentence.

Writing comprehension: Students will write a fictional story.

Reading comprehension: Students will read a passage and answer questions on it.

Grammar: Students will answer grammar questions. These are similar to the language arts textbook questions. Students should study:

Unit 1: Ch1 Sentences. Pg 24-32

Ch2 Subjects/ Nouns. Pg 34-42

Ch4 Predicates/ Verbs. Pg 52-60

Ch5 Simple and compound sentences. Pg 62-70

Unit 2: Ch7 More about nouns. Pg 92-100

Ch8 Singular and plural nouns. Pg 102-110

Mathematics

Unit 1: Understand numbers and operations. Pg 1-70

Unit 2 : Money and time. Pg 78- 106

Please note: There will be no questions about nickels, pennies, dimes etc.

Unit 3: Multiplication concepts and facts. Pg 114- 175

Social studies

This exam will have 4 sections: Match vocabulary with definition, multiple choice, critical thinking (short answers), and label a diagram.

Unit 1: Learning about communities Pg 1-62

Unit 2: Citizenship and government Pg 65-134

General geography: Students will be required to label a map with continents, oceans, hemispheres etc. They will also be required to name capital cities of major countries.

Science

This exam will be in 4 sections: Match vocabulary with definition, multiple choice, critical thinking (short answers), and health science: true or false questions.

Unit F, Ch1: Energy Pg F1-32

Unit F, Ch2: Heat Pg F34-60

Unit F, Ch3: Forces and motion Pg F62-86

Health science: Students should learn vocabulary definitions given in science notebooks.

If you have any questions please let me know and I will be happy to help. Good luck to everyone.

Kind regards,

Mr. Nathan.