Q2 Exam Schedule and Study Guides

Quarter 2 Exam Schedule: Grade 3

Specialty Classes

Tuesday, December 6^th     - Christian Living – Morning

Wednesday, December 7^th  – Art - Morning

                                                 

Thursday, December 8^th        – Music – Morning

                                                 - Chinese - Afternoon

                                                               

Friday, December 9^th           – Health and PE – Morning

                                 - Computers - Afternoon

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Major Exams

December 8^{th -}15^th  – Reading and Phonics (Oral Exam)

December 12-14^th – Science Final Project Presentations

Tuesday, December 13^th – Language Arts/Spelling *

    - Math *

Wednesday, December 14^th – Social Studies *

                                            - Reading and Phonics (Written Exam) *                             

* Exams will be in the morning, with a study break in between.  Students will be dismissed to go home at 11:45am.

Study Guides:

Language Arts Study Guide Q2

Language Arts Exam will be on Tuesday, December 13^th, 2016

Here are the main points of what you should study:

Unit 6: Pronouns

1)   Subject and object pronouns

2)  Using I and me

3)  Possessive adjectives

4)  Using they’re, there, their

5)  Contractions

Unit 3: Verbs

1)   Using verbs in the present (use proper endings)

2)  Using verbs in the past tense (follow the rules to change the ending of the verbs)

3)  Using verbs in the future

4)  The special verb “be”

5)  Helping verbs – has/have

6)  Irregular verbs

7)  Contractions with not

Be prepared to:

1)   Proofread sentences. There will be words from the Spelling Tests in a paragraph you will proofread.

2)  Be able to write good sentences in a paragraph. (A scoring rubric will be used for the paragraph).

Reading and Phonics Study Guide Q2

There will be 2 parts to the Final Exam mark:

1)    Written exam on Wednesday, December 14, 2016.

2)   Oral exam throughout exam week – December 8-15, 2016.

Oral Exam (Reading)

1)    During exam week, you will read a selection and be graded on your reading and the strategies we have been learning in the CAFE menu during Daily 5, with a focus on the following:

·         Predict what happens next

·         Connect to the story

·         Name the problem and the solution

·         Recognize the story elements (character, setting, problem, etc.)

·         Make mental pictures

·         Use word parts to determine the meaning of words

·         Ask questions throughout

·         Make inferences

Written Exam Key Points to Study:

1)    You will need to read a paragraph and answer questions.

2)   Vocabulary from the stories:

a)    Max’s Words - continued, rapidly, collect, darted, sorted, scrambled, ragged, orders

b)   What Do Illustrators Do? - imagine, tools, illustrate, scribbles, sketches, tracing, research, textures

c)    The Harvest Birds – advice, patch, harvest, separate, ashamed, borders, borrow, serious

d)   The Wizard of Oz

3)   Review “Max’s Words,” “What Do Illustrators Do?” and “The Harvest Birds” as you will have to answer comprehension questions. There will also be questions from “The Wizard of Oz.”

 Math Exam Study Guide Q2

Math Exam will be on Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Here are the main points of what you should study:

Chapter 5 - Subtraction

1)    Regrouping tens and hundreds

2)   Subtracting greater numbers

3)    Subtract across zeros

Chapter 6 - Data

1)    Find range, mean, median, mode

2)   Make a tally chart, line plot, bar graph, or pictograph

3)    Make a table

4)    Read graphs with ordered pairs

Chapter 7 - Probability

1)    Understanding probability

2)   Identify outcomes

3)    Identify and use probability in games

4)    Making predictions

Chapter 8 – Multiplication

1)    Multiplication as repeated addition

2)   Arrays

3)    Multiply with 2

4)    Multiply with 4

5)    Multiply with 5

6)    Multiply with 10

7)   Multiply with 1 and 0

* There will be problem solving from each Chapter as well.

Social Studies Exam Study Guide Q2

Social Studies Exam will be on Wednesday, December 14, 2016

Key Vocabulary Words (taken from the text and booklet): rights, responsibilities, government (local, state, national), mayor, services, public works, education, safety and health, parks and recreation, city council, taxes, vote, election, laws, rules, citizen, city charter, 3 branches (executive, legislative, judicial), president, congress, Supreme Court, symbol, timeline, viewpoint

Along with the vocabulary above, you should know the following topics:

Notebook:

1)    Government services – what kinds of services do these departments provide citizens: public works, education, safety and health, parks and recreation

2)    Any notes/activities taken in class

Textbook:

1)    Why do we need government? - p. 130

2)    Being a good citizen - p. 160-164

3)    Three Branches of government and their duties – p. 138-143

4)    Levels of government and their duties – p. 144-149

5)    Timelines – p. 96

6)    Viewpoints – p. 150-151

Jenny and the Government Fairy booklet:

1)    Local Government – What does it do? What is the city council? – p. 9, 12-16

2)    Taxes – Who pays them and what are they used for? - p. 10

3)    Three Branches of Government and their duties – p. 17, 19, 21, 22

4)    Supreme Court and its responsibilities – p. 24

5)    National Symbols p. 25-26

Additional study questions:

-       What ways does the government help the community?

-       What are the President’s duties?

-       What does it mean to be patriotic, and what are some patriotic symbols?

-       Why do people vote?