Third grade lesson plans for week of November 26-30

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Unit 2 week 2

Monday November 26, 2012
HW:
Reading: Answer the following questions on looseleaf based on Chapter one of Sarah Plain and Tall.

1. What question does Caleb keep asking Anna?
2. Who is Anna?
3. What has happened to their mother?
4. Who is telling the story?
5. Why had Papa placed an advertisement in the newspaper?

Wednesday November 28, 2012
HW:
Reading: Answer the following questions based on chapter 3 from Sarah, Plain and Tall:
1.Why are the children so quiet as they do their chores?
2. How do we know that Papa is expecting to meet someone special?

Thursday November 29, 2012
- Review vocabulary words and Sarah Plain and Tall notes.

Friday November 30, 2012
Half a day
Reading quiz- based on vocabulary words and Sarah plain and Tall.

Vocabulary words- Reading
1. pesky: troublesome
2. stall: a small compartment for a domestic animal in a barn or shed.
3. buzzard: a large bird of prey, similar to a vulture, with a hooked beak and long, sharp claws.
4. charcoal: dark grey residue consisting of carbon and any remaining ash.
5. dunes: a sand hill made by the wind near the ocean or a large lake or in a desert.
6. mica: any type of clear or colored minerals that have crystallized and can separate easily into very thin layers.

Vocabulary words- Social Studies
1. Israel: small country about the size of NJ located in the Middle East within the continent of Asia.
2. Jerusalem: the capital of Israel
3. Shabbat: a day of rest.
4. Shekel: Monetary unit ( name of money used in Israel).
5. Hebrew: one of the official languages of Israel.
6. Arabic:  one of the official languages of Israel.