Grade 3:  weeks 13-18

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Renaissance History:

*This year, 3rd graders should be memorizing where all of the U.S. states are located and how to spell the state names.  After this, they should memorize all the state capitals.

Text:  An Island Story (will start in 16th week)

Week 13:  The Ocean of Truth
                 Chps 4-8

Week 14:  The Ocean of Truth
                 Chps 9-13

Week 15: The Ocean of Truth
                 Chps 14-18

Week 16: An Island Story
               Chp 74- Guy Fawkes
               Chp 75- Story of the Mayflower

   *Supplemental:  Pocahontas & the Strangers
               Chps 1-3

Week 17: An Island Story
               Chp 76- new Prayer Book
               Chp 77- King vs. Parliament

   *Supplemental:  Pocahontas & the Strangers
               Chps 4-7

Week 18: An Island Story
               Chp 78- King Charles' death
               Chp 79- Prince Charles' adventures

  *Supplemental:  Pocahontas & the Strangers
               Chps 8-11

Week 13: Little House in the Big Woods
               (pp. 45-116)

Week 14:  Little House in the Big Woods
               (pp. 117-198)

Week 15:  Little House in the Big Woods
               (pp. 199-238)

Week 16:  The Incredible Journey
               (chapters 1-3)

Week 17:  The Incredible Journey
               (chapters 4-6)

Week 18:  The Incredible Journey
               (chapters 7-9)

Poetry:  Read one or two poems aloud from
             Favorite Poems Old & New daily.

Reading:  Assign a chapter (or so) of reading each day. Have
                your student find one word he's not familiar with and
                then you give the definition, talk about its context,
                and have him tell you a sentence with the word in it.
                Then have him give a verbal or short written narration
                of the chapter.

                (Your 3rd grader shouldn't take more than 1/2 hr to
                read the assignment.  If it is taking longer, read the
                remaining portion aloud to your student.)

Phonics Skilltext D/4:  approx. 1pp a day

(Language Practice 3:  I suggest starting it in January-- good practice for standardized tests)

Spelling:  weeks 13-18: follow Spelling Power's guidelines

Primary Language Lessons:  Lessons 31-45
    *This book is intended for use in both 3rd & 4th grades.  In order to finish it in two school years (36weeks each), strive to complete 2.5 lessons per week:  2 lessons one week, 3 the next.  I suggest that on the weeks when only 2 lessons are done, that a previous lesson be redone or reviewed.

The Burgess Bird Book:  Read one chapter per week
    (Coming next year:  Jack's Insects by Edmond Selous!)

Nature Walk/outing:  Try to do two outings per week. 
     On at least one of the outings, have your student  focus on one particular group of living things (i.e. mammals, insects, birds, flowers, etc)  Briefly read to yourself one or two lessons about that group in the Handbook of Nature Study and share an interesting fact concerning it with your student at some point during the outing. 

    Have your student record observations in the nature notebook, perhaps including one of the appropriate verses found in the Handbook.

Geology & Crafts
 

                                                                                                                                                          *This book is going out of print.
                                                                                                                                                           We will be using Science Smart, a book which
                                                                                                                                                     includes the entire text of the above book and more.