Third Grade: Day 81 – 82

We are back from our long weekend and we are all sick or not feeling well. We don’t want to be sick!!!

It started with Gino having a sour throat yesterday and this morning Isabel and I had one. Mine wasn’t all that bad but Isabel said her throat was really hurting. She sounds really thick when she talks, so we are soothing it with honey. If it still persists and doesn’t seem to be getting any better I’ll take her to the doctor. Gino says his sore throat comes and goes. So him and I will bump up our herbal intake and see how it goes.

Since Isabel wasn’t feeling well. I did all the reading, while she listened.

The Bible verse for this week is…

“Through him all things are made, without him nothing was made that has been made.”
– John 1:3

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Isabel’s written copy from the Bible.

We are also going over the last 2 weeks verses as well, to tie them all together.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”
– John 1:1

“He was with God in the beginning.” – John 1:2

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The dictation passage for the week is several pithy proverbs for Ben Franklin…

“A stitch in time saves nine.”

“Fish and visitors stink after three day.”

“God helps them that help themselves.”

After reading through them, we discussed what Isabel thought their meaning was. She said she didn’t quite understand them and thought they were a bit strange. Our discussion lead to the real meaning of each one and how or if they still apply to our world today. Great talk!

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Our new books for this week are:

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“And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?” by J. Fritz and “Phoebe the Spy” by J.B. Griffin

Both books are easy readers and we should have them completed by Friday.

Spelling test(s) for today were…
(only 2 more days of double testing and than we’ll be caught up!)

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Looks like we might need to go over a few of the words again.

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Today Isabel got to make a 4-stage butterfly mobile after school!

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Supplies are out and the creative juices are flowing in the classroom.

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Assembling her branch, leaves and caterpillar eggs.

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Completed branch and cocoon.

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Making her butterfly.

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All the pieces are complete except her butterfly.
We’ll let all this dry and tomorrow we’ll put all the pieces together!

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I just made a butterfly not the rest of the stages.