The Wonderful World of Third Grade

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
11-28 to 12-2

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving.

Wednesday will be the last day to take AR tests for the November goal.

End of the interim is Thursday, December 1st.

Don’t forget field trip slips and money—please return ASAP.

Our play is on December 12th at 1:30 & 7:00.  Please start thinking about a pioneer outfit for your child.   Remember Doylestown’s history of farming and mining, no extravagant clothing would have been worn to school.

Our week:

This week in religion students will be introduced to Advent and to the Jesse tree.  We will begin to prepare our hearts, mind and souls for Christmas.   One of our Mission projects for December will be a “baby” tree for the Barberton Pregnancy center.  (Think new clothes, formula, ect…)  We will gather items at the school to hang and put underneath the tree.

In Math we will finish our chapter on subtraction.  Students will also be practicing their multiplication.  Timed-tests will be on Thursday.  Thirty minutes of IXL is due on Friday.

This week is a review unit in Spelling.  All of the words are posted on Spelling City, and the test is on Friday.

In Science we will finish Chapter 3 with a test on Thursday.  Please look for a study guide to come home on Tuesday night.

In Social Studies students will also be working on “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.  We will also be learning about character traits associated with Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer.  Students will be working with these character traits through the holidays.  We will relate them to our Catholic Faith and to the holiday season.

In reading we will be focusing on comprehension strategies with two articles from “National Geographic Explorer”.

In Language Arts students will be introduced to legends.  We will read two legends associated with the poinsettia and then students will begin the steps of the writing process to create their own Christmas legends.

Simple Solutions this week are lessons #45 to #48.

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
11-21 to 11-2

Count your blessings,
Name them one by one.
And it will surprise you,
What the Lord has done.

Happy Thanksgiving week!

Our Short but sweet week!

Please remember that no lunch orders for December will be accepted after Tuesday.

Tuesday is a Missions Dress Down Day - $1 or more to help Father Natumba.

Don’t forget field trip slips and money!

Our Short but sweet week:

This week in religion we will continue to learn and understand The Apostle’s Creed.

In Math we will review subtraction, and work on problem solving skills.

There will be no Simple Solutions or spelling this week.

In Science we will have an experiment about adaptations.  Students will also be reviewing invertebrates.

In Social Studies students will also be working on “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, and also labeling world maps with continents and oceans.

In reading we will be focusing on comprehension strategies with an article from “National Geographic Explorer”.

In Language Arts students will publish their Thanksgiving Haiku.

May you all enjoy a peace-filled and blessing-filled Thanksgiving.

I will be counting your children among my blessings this year! 

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
11-14 to 11-18

Lunch Orders Due Friday!
(No late orders will be accepted!)

This week in religion we will begin to learn and understand The Apostle’s Creed.

In Math the focus this week will be on subtracting across zeros in large numbers.  We will also learn to decide when to estimate or give exact answers in word problems.   Students have a note in their agenda telling them what multiplication table to focus on for this week. Thirty minutes of ixl math is due by Friday.

Spelling this week is Unit #11. All the words are posted on www.spellingcity.com. The Spelling Test will be on Friday.

Simple Solutions this week will be lessons #41 through #44.

Vertebrates, Invertebrates and the needs of animals will be our focus in science this week.  Students will work in pairs to create habitats for animals.

In Social Studies students will read about the early years of Doylestown history.  Students will also be working on “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.

In reading we will be focusing on cause and effect with the story City Green. 

In Language Arts students will be introduced to Haikus and use the steps of the writing process to write Thanksgiving Haikus.  Students will also be adding to their dictionaries and our word wall this week.

The focus in health will be what people eat around the world in a normal week.  Students will relate our research to the Catholic Social Justice teachings and the Acts of Mercy.

I hope to see you all at the auction!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
11-7 to 11-11


Family turkey projects are due on Monday, November 7th.

Third Grade will visit the Book Fair on Monday and Wednesday.

If you were unable to make a conference time and would like one, please email and I will work out a time that is more convenient for you.  Thanks

This week in religion we will finish our project with the Seventh Graders.  Students will have Father Rob on Monday for Religion Class. We are finishing our chapter on Mary and will have the quiz on Thursday.  Students will create a study guide by highlighting information within the chapter.

In Math students will be focusing on fact families for addition and subtraction.  We will also be subtracting large digit numbers with and without regrouping.  Students have a note in their agenda telling them what multiplication table to focus on for this week. Thirty minutes of ixl math is due by Friday.

This week in reading students will finish our article and story on the cactus.  Students will have a quiz on “Cactus Hotel” on Tuesday. 

In Language Arts we will focus on the use of the apostrophe in both contractions and for possessives.

In Science students will have a test on Wednesday over Chapter 2.  A study guide will come home on Monday and we will spend the week reviewing for the test using smartboard lessons.

Spelling this week is Unit #10. All the words are posted on www.spellingcity.com. The Spelling Test will be on Friday.

In Social Studies students will be working with grid coordinates in mapping.  We will also begin to look at our local area past to present.  We will begin with a text on the Wadsworth area and compare and contrast that to Doylestown.

In Health we are starting a unit on nutrition.  This week we will begin to discuss healthy food choices by examining how Americans eat on Thanksgiving.

Simple Solutions this week will be lessons #37 through #40.


May you have a blessed week!