Week 8
“Be the type of person you want to meet.” – Anonymous
Let me begin by saying what a great group of students we have in the Third Grade! They always bring me great joy! I am so very proud of them and how they try their best.
The third grade is collecting coffee and tea for Lutheran Social Services. Students will receive a NUT (No Uniform Today) card when they bring in their donations. Please consider making a donation.
This week is Spirit Week. While this is primarily a middle school activity, the third grade will be participating on the following days. On Tuesday, it is “Tie-Dyed Day”. The third grade students can dress in tie-dyed clothes. On Wednesday, it is “Dress Your Best” Day. Students should dress up. On Friday, it is Orange Day. Third graders should wear orange clothing. School-wide, this week, we are also be focusing on anti-bullying.
Next Wednesday, October 31st, we are having a Fall Party. I will be sending a note home this Tuesday regarding class parties. Please respond back to me as soon as possible, but no later than Monday, October 29th. Additionally, I will be collecting $10 from each child to help defer the cost of crafts.
This week in Math, we are beginning chapter 3, multiplication. We will be focusing on multiplication for three chapters. Also, beginning next week, I will be switching XtraMath to multiplication. We will have one more week of addition and subtraction facts before I make the switch. There is a quiz on the first part of Chapter 3 on Tuesday.
In Social Studies we are learning about the history of Mexico.
In Science, we are beginning our lesson on solutions to problems.
This is a testing week for ELA. Our story is Bat Loves the Night and the poem A Bat is Born. We will be focusing on the target skills “sequence of events” and “domain specific vocabulary”. We will also be looking at the strategy “questioning”. The vocabulary words are twitch, swoops, squeak, echoes, detail, slithers, snuggles, and dozes. The suffixes -able and -ible will also be part of the vocabulary. The spelling words are more, toast, easy, socks, Friday, stuff, paid, cheese, June, elbow, program, shiny, piles, sticky, each, both, comb, and holiday. In grammar, we are focusing on verbs. In writing we are focusing on drafting “Personal Narrative Master-Pieces”. We are taking tests on comprehension, vocabulary, grammar and spelling this week.
TEST and QUIZZES
Wednesday: Religion Memory Test
Friday: Comprehension, Vocabulary, Grammar and Spelling Test
Have a wonderful week. If you have any questions, please email me at [email protected]
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Hebrews 13:8