I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful weekend!
This week in Language Arts, we will be finishing up the story Ruby the Copycat. We will have a test on this story on Tuesday, September 17. Don't forget to study the Robust Vocabulary words for the test! We will then begin the story The Day Eddie Met the Author, another great story for our budding writers and readers! The focus skill will continue to be character and setting. In addition, the students will be receiving their new spelling words on Monday. The spelling words focus on a root word with an ending or suffix.
In math, we will continue to work with place value and rounding. We will work on rounding to the hundreds and thousands place. We will then be reviewing addition and subtraction with and without regrouping. Once we have "remembered" these skills, we will apply them to larger numbers!
Our religion chapter this week is about the teachings of Jesus. We will learn about what Jesus teaches us about the Kingdom of God and about the gift of faith, and how Jesus' death and resurrection were the greatest way that He taught us about His Father's love. As always, we will continue to discuss ways to treat eachother kindly and to live as Jesus would want us to live. We will have our Chapter 2 religion test on Friday, September 20.
In science, we will be covering chapter 2 lesson 2 on life cycles of different animals. I'm sure the children have some knowledge already about these concepts, so we will be building on those knowledge bases.
A few reminders...
We had a great first week of third grade! The children are really settling in nicely.
This week in language arts, we will be covering the story Ruby the Copycat. This is a great story for the beginning of the school year! Our focus skill for this story is characters and setting. The students already have the Robust Vocabulary words that go with this story, as well as the spelling words for this week. We will have our first spelling test on Friday, September 13, and our reading test on Ruby the Copycat will be on Tuesday, September 17.
In math, we will continue to work with place value. We have already reviewed standard, expanded and word form into the 100s place, and we will extend this into the thousands, ten thousands, and hundred thousands place in the coming week. We will also work with comparing and ordering numbers and reviewing our addition and subtraction skills.
We will be working on Chapter 2 in our science book on different animals and their characteristics. We will learn about vertebrate and invertebrate animals, as well as different adaptations that animals have to survive in their homes.
In religion, we will be working on Chapter 1 in our religion book. We will be learning about who Jesus is and what He was like. We will also be taking some time to explore what it means to be kind and how we can be especially kind as followers of Jesus and as good classmates. The children already did a great job writing about some of the ways that they can "choose kind!"
A few reminders...
- If you have not yet sent in supply money ($20) or your child's seat sack, please do so as soon as possible.
- Specials begin on Monday. Specials schedule for 3A can be found on the "Specials Schedule" tab of the class webpage.
- Save Around books will come home Monday (sorry, forgot to send them on Friday!) Please either purchase or return to school at your earliest convenience. This is a great fundraiser for our school that can also help you to save money!
- We are in need of additional class parents for 3A. Please see the Family Envelope if you are interested!
Thank you and have a great weekend! God bless!
I was so happy to meet all my students today!
Thank you so much for generously sending in the cleaning and classroom supplies. Those are what keeps our classroom tidy throughout the year and I am very grateful.
The children brought home a few workbooks today. Please cover them with clear contact paper. They will bring home a few books each evening this week until all their books are covered. If it is not possible to cover the books tonight, I will send them with your child again later this week.
If your child still has his or her "book socks" from last year, please send them into school. Children will need 4, as they did last year.
Please see below for information on supply money.
The supply money due per student for third grade is $20. Please send a check (made out to St. Francis Cathedral School) or cash to school with your child at your earliest convenience. Thank you!
I am so excited to see all my students on September 3! Until then, enjoy the rest of your summer!