The weather can't decide how it wants to be these days!  Thanks to our awesome recess monitors who were able to sneak the children out between the raindrops every day this week.

This week in 3rd grade, we will be starting Module 3 in our Into Reading book.  Module 3 focuses on America and American history.  We will be learning about the United States constitution in our story this week.  We will also be talking about common and proper nouns.  Students have already received this week's spelling and vocabulary words.  We will have a spelling test on Thursday and a reading test on Friday.

We will continue our work with multiplication!  The children are doing a great job and they are very enthusiastic to learn this new skill.  Remember to keep practicing the facts at home, especially as we move into larger numbers.  There are lots of great resources out there, as well as good old-fashioned flash cards, which the children really enjoy using in school!  We will work on the 4s and 5s times tables this week and will have a quiz on Thursday on the 4s and 5s times tables.

In science, we will continue to talk about producers and consumers, predators and prey, and food chains.  We will look at how energy moves in a food chain or a food web and explore some different examples of food chains and food webs.  

We will work on Chapter 8 in religion.  We will learn that our Pope and the bishops are the successors of the Apostles, and we will talk about the four marks of the Church: One, holy, catholic and apostolic.  We will have a religion test on Friday.

I sent emails this evening regarding parent teacher conferences.  I sent the emails to whatever was listed on powerschool as the primary contact email, or if I have a different email address from communicating with you previously.  If you did not receive your email, please contact me.  Please have your child's MAP scores on hand for the conference.  They will be sent home from school with your child on Monday.  Parents of children learning virtually, your child's results were mailed out today.


A few reminders/ Week at a Glance
Monday:

Tuesday: Gym for 3A in 4A homeroom

Wednesday: 
Parent teacher conferences- evening

Thursday: Gym for 3A in 4B homeroom
Spelling test- Module 3 Week 1 words
Multiplication quiz- 4s and 5s times tables
Parent teacher conferences- evening

Friday:
Reading test- The U.S. Constitution

 God bless and have a great weekend!