The Wonderful World of Third Grade – Final Edition!

5-29 through 6-1

It is with a heavy heart I write my last newsletter of the year.
I have cherished each and every day that I have spent with your children,
And appreciate the trust and faith that you placed in our school and in me.

The children have grown both socially and academically this year.
I am so proud of their achievement and progress.

My time a Sts. Peter and Paul school has been a truly amazing period in my life.
I thank you all for letting me be a part of your family over the past six years.
Although my life is transitioning into a new phase,
I will always hold close the time I have spent here in the Third Grade and the
six classes of children I have been honored to teach.

You will be missed,
 God Bless…

Kimberly Bryant


Our week, short but sweet:

Tuesday – Field Day – Please dress appropriately for our day.  Tennis shoes only, not tank tops, and shorts must be no shorter than 4 inches above the knee. 

Wednesday – We will have our awards ceremony for the school at 9:30.  Students in Third Grade will be given awards in class on Thursday afternoon from me.

Friday – Mass & 10:00 dismissal.

I will be passing out report cards and an end of the year gift on Friday.  Please make sure that your child is in attendance, as I want to spend my last few days enjoying all my students to the fullest.

In reading we will be focused on National Geographic Explorer.  We will be reading and completing the smart board lessons that compliment the articles.  Please keep the reading habit continuing throughout the summer.  Students need to continue to read to help avoid the dreaded “summer slide”!  Twenty minutes a day is ideal.  I will send home a few incentives from Scholastic and Book It to help motivate.  Also please do not forget about the summer reading program at the Doylestown Library.



In math we will be reviewing multiplication and division with some learning games.  I will also be introducing a new game from Scholastic at www.kakooma.com. 
Students will be bringing home a flier.  Also please remember that IXL is available for all the students through the summer.

Students will review Pentecost and the Rosary in Religion.

In Science we will be completing our Simple Machines project on Wednesday and presenting them to the class on Thursday.

In Social Studies we will have our final payday and shopping of the year.  Students will wrap up their economics unit by Thursday.

In Language Arts we are finishing Tuck Everlasting.  Students will watch the movie and compare and contrast the book to the movie version.

Have a Blessed week and a wonderful summer!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

5-21 through 5-25

REMEMBER
We will be celebrating a First Communion Mass on Monday.
Students must be dressed for Mass.
NO SHORTS and NO DRESS DOWN PASSES ALLOWED!

We will however have a missions dress down day on Friday  -- Students can dress down for a $1 missions donation.

A HUGE and special thank you to the parents who
Spent Friday afternoon working at our Wacky Olympics.
It was a wonderful, energetic and fun learning experience. 
Again, thank you for your hard work and effort in helping to make it a great day for our students!! We couldn’t have done it without you!


•    We are entering our last full week of school.  Wow, it is hard to believe that our year is coming to an end.  What a wonderful year it has been, learning, faith, fun and friendship, who could ask for more?  I understand that we are all very busy this time of year so I am working very hard this week to send home little to no homework.

•     I will be doing Simple Solutions Science and Grammar with the students during class, those books will not be coming home again.  I will be trying to get through the math also, however you may see that book come home with a little work left to finish. 

•    In Math we will be finishing chapter 14.  The quiz will be on Friday.  Students will also have two more chances to pass the 6-minute multiplication timed-test. Memorizing these facts is imperative to their future success in math.  We have been working on this for so long, I am hoping this will be the week that it all comes to fruition.  Please spend a little time on those flash cards!   IXL this week is not required but will be counted as extra credit in math if your child wishes to complete thirty to sixty minutes.

•    Reading Journal will be required as my wish is that nightly reading is a habit that has been instilled in my students, rather than a chore!  In reading we will be reading about the Titanic.  Students will focus on sequence of events and summarizing.

•    In Language Arts we will be working with figurative language.  Students will be focusing on idioms this week. 


•     In Science we will be working with inclined planes, friction and simple machines.  Students will be working in groups to create marble mazes that contain the 5 simple machines we have been working with.

•    In Social Studies we will be reviewing map skills and students will also be introduced to State of Ohio facts with a coloring book from the state. 


Have a Fantastic Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

5-7 through 5-11

Remember that there will be no school for students on Friday!  Enjoy!


If your child has a summer birthday I will send an email letting you know what day
we have marked off for them to celebrate!

Simple Solutions this week are lessons 101 through 104!  We will not take the
corresponding tests this week.

Spelling this week is Unit #30 and the words are posted on Spelling City.  This is a
review unit and the test will be on Thursday.

Students have selected their books for the biography/autobiography reports.  The
reports will be done in the form of a poster.  Students who have finished their
books have been given the posters.  As soon as the others arrive in the mail you
child will bring home their copy.  Students will only be given one poster, please
help your child hang on to it!  Final reports will be due on Friday May 17th.

In Math this week we will be working with lines, angles and shapes.

In Science we will be reviewing Life Cycles.  Our caterpillars went into the
chrysalis stage this week.  We hope to have six Painted Lady Butterflies in about 12
days.  We will also be watching a Praying Mantis pod hatch. 

In Language Arts students will be applying all of their knowledge of language and
words to create cards and poems.

In Reading students will enjoy a story exploring if animals think or not.  It is an
interesting selection that really causes a debate among the students.  This
correlates well with our movie Chimpanzee.

Our field trip to the Magical Theater is on Thursday.

Students will be working with the fourth grade to create posters for their country
in the Olympics unit.  Thank you to our parent volunteers, more information will
follow.  If you would like to help there is still time to let us know!

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

4-30 through 5-4

Wow, I can"t believe that we are entering our last month of school.  How time
flies when you are having fun!  We still are working hard and I have a lot I would
like to do, so plan for your child to get the most out of our school year right up
to the very end! 

Tomorrow students will be walking to the park to run their mile with the 8th grade
class.  Students will wear regular school uniform and change into gym clothes before
they depart.

In Religion students will finish Chapter 17, and take the quiz on Wednesday.  Mark
your calendar, as Third Grade will be participating in the Mass on Friday, May 18th.
If your child has a summer birthday please pick a day within the next three weeks
that you would like to celebrate!

Simple Solutions this week are lessons 97 through 100!

Spelling this week is Unit #29 and the words are posted on Spelling City.

For the month of May we will be writing a research report on a biography or
autobiography of your child's choice. Our library has a nice selection and we
will check books out on Thursday.   We will work on these a little in class, but
some will also be done at home.  The book or books your child reads will be their
May Accelerated Reader requirement.  Final reports will be due on Friday May 17th.

In Math this week we will be finishing our Chapter 7 on probability and data.  The
test will be on Thursday.

In Science we will be finishing our unit on Volcanoes and we will explode them on
Friday. (If all goes well!)

In Language Arts we will be working with Figurative Language.  Students will be
creating flipbook learning about Consonance, Assonance, Alliteration, Onomatopoeia,
Simile, Metaphor and Personification.

In Reading we will be finishing our Unit with a “Time for Kids” about
J.J. the whale.  We will review generalizations and also cause and effect.

Have a wonderful week!

                                            The Wonderful World of Third Grade

                                                       4-23 through 4-27



Field Trip permission slips are needs ASAP.  The Chimpanzee Movie I need by tomorrow
and the others as soon as possible.  Thanks you, I know it is a lot at one time!

Spelling unit is #28, the words are on Spelling City and the test will be on Friday.

Remember that 30 minutes of IXL is due by the end of the night on Friday each week.

Students are required to read and pass the test for one chapter book of their choice
for the month of April.

This week the students will be introduced to finding generalizations.  We will be
reading a story about the Blue Whale and focusing on generalizations and sequence of
events.

We are continuing to focus on language and poetry throughout the month on April.
Students are learning about many different styles of poetry.

In math we will be working on probability.  Students will be creating tree diagrams
and working through probability experiments.

In religion we will continue to focus on the Easter season.  Students will be
exploring the Resurrection.  We will also be doing a few mission projects this week.

In science students will be introduced to different types of landforms and the
forces that change them, both quickly and slowly.  Students will also be looking at
diversity and life science
as we get ready for the Chimpanzee movie on Thursday.

Students will be creating volcanoes on Friday for our science lab.

Social studies this week will introduce a Summer Olympics unit the students will be
starting.  Our economics unit will be continuing through the end of the school year.


Please remember as the weather (hopefully) gets warmer, that no shorts are allowed on
Mass Days.



                                 May you have a blessed and peaceful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

4-16 through 4-20

Happy Earth Week!

Our Week:

If you are ordering from Scholastic this month the orders are due tomorrow.  There will be one more Scholastic order in the month of May.

Thursday will be a Missions dress-down day to celebrate Earth Day.  Third Grade will wear the Earth Day shirts we created last week. 
All of the donations will be donated to a Parish family that lost many items in a house fire due to smoke damage.

Students will be learning about the rain forests through books and movies as we pledge to take care of our wonderful planet earth!

Third Grade finished our fifth Chapter book of the year, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIHM, as a class!  We will be watching the movie version this week to compare and contrast the book with the film.

This week’s Simple Solutions are lessons #89 through #92.

Spelling Unit #27 is posted on Spellingcity.com and the test will be on Friday.

In reading we will be finishing the National Geographic Magazine for the month of April.  Students will read focus on vocabulary and comprehension. 

In language arts we will be continuing our celebration of National Poetry month.  Students will hear many poems and work on creating their flipbooks.

In Math we will finish Chapter 6 with our test on Thursday.

In Religion students are finishing Chapter 16, with a quiz on Wednesday.

In Social Studies we are continuing our economics unit.  This week students will choose how to use their flexible income.

In Health we will begin our unit on development and the body systems.  This week students will create a timeline and review the lifecycle.

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

4-9 through 4-13

Remember that students will need a white t-shirt and a donation (if possible) of fabric paint for our Earth Day shirts – I am hoping to have all that we need by Wednesday the 11th so that we can paint on Thursday the 12th!  Thank you!


Our Week:

This week’s Simple Solutions are lessons #85 through #88.

Spelling Unit #26 is posted on Spellingcity.com and the test will be on Friday.

We will have a Science Test over chapter #6 on Thursday.  This week we will review our science chapter, create Earth Day shirts and we will also be creating animal track fossils for a science lab.

In reading we will be focusing on vocabulary, comprehension and sequence of events with our National Geographic Magazine.

In language arts we will be celebrating National Poetry month.  We will be reading Hate that Cat, and creating a flipbook that will introduce the students to many different types of poetry.  This week students will be learning about Haiku, Couplets, Cinquain, and acrostic poems.

In Math we will be working with line plots, graphing and ordered pairs.  Students will also continue to sharpen their multiplication and division facts.  Those students who have yet to master their multiplication tables through 12 will need to do so quickly.  Please continue to drill and practice at home, as memorization is the key.

Students will need to take and pass on AR test for the month of April.

In Religion we will be celebrating the Easter Season.  This week we will examine Jesus’ victory over death.

In Social Studies students will be working with their checkbooks, learning about fixed expenses, and learning to stay within their personal budgets.

In Health we will be finishing Chapter Five by learning about food safety.

I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break
and
a very blessed Easter!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
Spring Break Edition

3-31 through 4-8

Have a wonderful and blessed Easter! 


A few ideas for Spring Break:

Keep them reading:  I will accept reading journals filled out for the week for extra credit.

Keep them thinking:  I will also accept IXL minutes, up to 60, for extra credit for Math. 

Keep the Faith:  I will also accept religion extra credit from Free Rice.  Students can do the multiplication, or vocabulary as a mission project.  Just print our and sign how many grains of rice they earn!

Remember that students will need a white t-shirt and a donation (if possible) of fabric paint for our Earth Day shirts – I am hoping to have all that we need by Monday the 12th! 

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

3-26-12 through 3-30-12

Our Week:

Third Grade will take the Writing Proficiency Test tomorrow.  Students should eat a healthy breakfast, get a great night sleep and be ready to test.  Thank you for your help with this process.

Spelling Unit #25 – test on Friday – words are on www.spellingcity.com for extra practice.

Simple Solutions #81 - #84

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

The last day of AR testing is Friday, students are required to take and pass two Accelerated Reader tests for March.  

In Religion students will read about the Agony in the Garden and Jesus’ death on the cross.  We will also begin to discuss Holy Week. 

In math students will continue to work with graphs, division and multiplication.  Timed-tests will be on Thursday.

In Science we will have a visitor from Wayne County teaching a soil class.  Students will also learn about fossils.  In April we will be painting the traditional 3rd grade Earth Day shirts.  Each student will need a new, white t-shirt that fits, to paint for this project.  Shirts are due by April 12th – please label tag with your child’s name.  Thanks.

Our Social Studies economic unit is well underway.  Students have received (thank you PNC bank) checkbooks, registers, and covers.  Students have also been assigned jobs.  This week students will earn an income, begin to budget and look at fixed and flexible spending. Students will be making deposits into the Bank of Bryant each week.  Then students will have pay rent and utilities.  Students will then have the opportunity to save or shop at Bryant Mart.  This integrated math/social studies unit will continue throughout the remainder of the school year. 

Spring Break --- Hooray! --- March 31st through April 8th--- Happy Easter---Enjoy!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

3-19-12 through 3-23-12

Our Week:

Spelling Unit #24 – test on Thursday – words are on www.spellingcity.com for extra practice.

Simple Solutions #77-#80

Advertising Projects are due on Tuesday.

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

Grades will be finalized by Tuesday and report cards will be sent home next Thursday, March 22nd.

Don’t forget students are required to read and pass two Accelerated Reader tests for March.

In Religion we will have confession with Father Rob on Tuesday.  Third grade will also help to celebrate Stations of the Cross on Thursday at 2:00.  Join us if you are available.

In Math this week students will continue to work on graphing.  We will also be setting up our classroom bank.  Students will continue to practice long division.  I am looking for a volunteer to pick-up and deliver our next round of Happy Meals.  I was hoping for Thursday if anyone is available.

In Science we will begin to explore fossils.  We will also begin to review Chapter
Six.

In health students will learn how to read nutrition labels and choose healthy meals.

Enjoy the Sunny Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

3-12-12 through 3-15-12

An Irish Blessing

May there always be work for your hands to do…
May your purse always hold a coin or two…
May the sun always shine on your windowpane…
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain…
May the hand of a friend always be near to you…
May God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you and until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.

Our Week:

Book Orders due by Thursday

No School on Friday – Teacher religion in-service

Thursday $1 Mission Dress-Day – Wear Green

Spelling Unit #23 – test on Thursday – words are on www.spellingcity.com for extra practice.

Simple Solutions #73-#76 (Tests will be on Monday)

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

The end of the third quarter is Thursday.  I have spoken to students about missing work.   I will accept work through Thursday.  Please check your child’s Progressbook if you have any questions.   Grades will be finalized next week and report cards will be sent home next Thursday, March 22nd.

This will be a busy week in Religion!  We are going to make pretzels on Thursday for part of our Lenten unit.  Students will also begin to explore Holy Week, and learn about Saint Patrick.

In Math this week students are being introduced to double-digit division.  They have written the steps inside of their Simple Solutions book to help them at home.  We are also beginning to work with graphing.  This week students will use tally tables, frequency tables, bar graphs and pictographs.

In Science we will continue to learn about the rock cycle, and about different types of rocks and minerals.

In Reading students will be finishing our tall tales characters and biographies.  I hope to have them on display by Wednesday.  We will also be reviewing and practicing the skill of summarizing.

In Social Studies students will be exploring budgeting as we begin to set up a classroom store, student budgets, banking and classroom incomes.

Enjoy our Short But Busy Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

3-5-12 through 3-9-12

Our Week:

CAT testing – Monday through Wednesday – Please make sure your child is well rested, well fed and packs a healthy snack.  Most of our morning school hours will be spent on Cat testing. 

Spelling Unit #22 – test on Friday – words are on www.spellingcity.com for extra practice.

Simple Solutions #69-72

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

Third Grade will be celebrating the Mass on Friday at 9:00.  Students who have parts will be bringing them home on Monday to practice.  I hope you can join us.  We are also attending Stations of the Cross on Thursdays at 2:00 you are welcome to join us during the special Lenten observance.

In Math this week students will finish Chapter 5, students will have the quiz on Wednesday.

In Science we will be learning the rock cycle, and about different types of rocks and minerals.

In Reading students will be working with tall tales.  We will be reading and exploring Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan.  We will be focusing on story elements and characters.

In Social Studies students will be working with opportunity cost, scarcity and opportunity cost.

Have a peace-filled week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-27-12 through 3-2-12

Our Week:

Iowa testing – Monday through Friday – Please make sure your child is well rested, well fed and packs a healthy snack.  Most of our morning school hours will be spent on Iowa testing. 

No spelling or Simple Solutions this week due to Iowa testing

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will continue our Lenten journey.  Students will also discuss and debate the concepts of justice and mercy.

In Math this week students will work on elapsed time using timelines, clocks and calendars.

In Science we will begin our Earth Science unit with an introduction to rocks and minerals.

In Reading students will be introduced to tall tales.  We will be reading and exploring Pecos Bill and Paul Bunyan.  We will be focusing on story elements.

Have a Blessed Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-21-12 through 2-24-12

Our Week:

Ash Wednesday Mass – Wednesday 9:00

Simple Solutions no new lessons this week – finish #68 by Monday – correct and review on Tuesday and Wednesday – quizzes on Thursday.

Religion Quiz – Chapter 8 on Wednesday

Science Test – Chapter 5 on Friday

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will begin our Lenten journey.  We will celebrate Fat Tuesday, then move into Ash Wednesday Mass and work as a class with almsgiving, fasting and prayer.

In Math this week we will be working on elapsed time.  We will also be telling time on analog and digital clocks to the minute.

In Science we will fill out a study guide for chapter 5, and review for the test on Friday.

In Reading students will be finishing up a National Geographic article called “Animal Architects”.  We will work on a Smart Board lesson to review the vocabulary and comprehension strategy of connecting what we read to real life.

In Language Arts we will be practicing our test taking strategies, as we get ready for next week’s Iowa testing.

The spelling test for Unit #21 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

In Social studies we continue to learn about budgets and opportunity costs.  This will be our fifth and final week of Junior Achievement, as last week’s lesson was canceled.  Students will also be doing review work with maps and graphs.

Have a Wonderful Week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-13-12 through 2-17-12

Our Week:

Valentines Celebration – Tuesday – Please remember boxes and cards.  Students must be in uniform pants and shoes, but may replace uniform shirt with a red shirt of their choice.  Students who are getting spring pictures need to bring a uniform to change into after they have their pictures taken.

America’s Biggest Bedtime Story with Tim Tebow

Simple Solutions lessons this week are #65 through #68.

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we continue to will study how God revealed his holiness to Moses and through Jesus.  Students will also be reading the play of Elijah and the Prophets of Baal.

In Math this week we will continue to compare and counting money.  Students will be watching a video on how money is made and distributed. 

In Science students will be introduced to the food web and work on creating a food web of their own. To integrate our language arts unit students will also have a lesson of introduction to the water cycle.

In Language Arts we are finishing up our Cloudy A Chance of Meatballs unit.  Students will publish a paragraph and illustration of what their favorite Chewandswallow day would consist of.

In Reading we will be finishing our February National Geographic, reading Valentine books and working with fact vs. fiction.

The spelling test for Unit #20 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

In Social studies we be learning about budgets and opportunity costs.  This will be our fifth and final week of Junior Achievement.

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

 2-6-12 through 2-10-12

Our Week:

Simple Solutions lessons this week are #61 through #64.

Thirty minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Religion this week we will be studying how God revealed his holiness to Moses and through Jesus.

In Math this week we will be comparing, and counting money.  We will also begin to learn how to count back change and make organized lists to problem solve money questions. 

In Science we be creating food chain mobiles and energy pyramids.

In Language Arts we will be finishing our stories with the prompt of “If I had a hundred dollars…”  Students will also be introduced to commas this week.

In Reading we will be working on our unit for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.   Students should be reading nightly at home for their reading journals, working on their AR goal of two appropriate chapter books for the month of February.

The spelling test for Unit #19 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

Please remember to send snacks on hot lunch days, I have been providing them for many of the students.

In Social studies we will be continuing with Junior Achievement with Mr. McMahon and also starting a money unit in our textbook.

At this point in the year many students have used all of their school supplies.  Please check in with your child, as many students seem to be in need of scissors, crayons and colored pencils.  Thanks

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

1-30-12 to 2-3-12

I am so proud of the students who participated in Mass! 
It was wonderful!

Happy Catholic School’s Week!

Our Week:

Monday: Service Projects – Dress in Blue of Gold.  Variety Show – 1:30
Tuesday: Teacher & Staff appreciation day
Wednesday: Sports Day – sports attire ready for games.  Competitions start at 1:00.
Thursday: 100th Day of School, Groundhog’s Day and Open House/Family Luncheon
Friday: Mass/ Religion Bee -1:30 – Erin & Allison will represent Third Grade.
                    Mikayla & Anthony are the alternates.

In Religion this week we will be working on service projects throughout the week.

Third Grade will be starting a money unit.  This week we will review the value of money and we will be comparing money amounts.  Students will have multiplication quizzes on Friday. 

In Science we will be looking how animals interact with their environments.  We will review vocabulary and begin to look at food webs.

In Language Arts we will be writing poetry and finishing our book Love That Dog.

In Reading we will be reading Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs.  We will also be learning about Groundhog’s Day and doing weather projects that will incorporate the two.

The spelling test for Unit #18 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

There will be NO Simple Solutions this week!

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

1-23-12 to 1-27-12

 

A huge thank you for all the great donations for the
Third Grade Game Basket.
It is going to be a really great!

In Religion this week we will be finishing Chapter 7, look for a study guide on Tuesday and our quiz will be on Wednesday.  We will also be practicing for our Sunday Mass.  Parts will come home on Monday.

Third Grade will finish Chapter 9 in math on Monday and take the quiz on Tuesday.   Students will be introduced to double-digit multiplication and we will begin our money unit.  Congratulations to the students who have passed all their timed-tests.  They will receive their Happy Meals in the next week or two! (Depending on Mr. Bryant’s schedule!)

In Social Studies we will create and label world maps with many features that the Third grade will be memorizing.

In Science students will finish Chapter 4.  Look for a study guide on Tuesday and the test will be on Thursday.

In Language Arts will publish their “I have a dream” speeches. I will be video taping them reading their dreams.  Look for those at open house during Catholic Schools Week.

In Reading we will be reading the National Geographic Explorer for January.  This week we will focus on main ideas. 

The spelling test for Unit #17 will be on Friday.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

Our Simple Solution lessons are #57 and #60.  Tests will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

1-17-12 to 1-20-12

There is still time to turn in your donation for the Catholic Schools Week Game Basket!  I need those to our classroom no later than Wednesday morning!
Thanks for your support.

Book Orders are due on Wednesday.

Report Cards come home in Thursday Folders.

In Religion this week we learn how to put our trust in God.  Students will learn about the parting of the Red Sea, Manna from heaven and God’s covenant.

Math will continue to focus on multiplication and techniques for solving problems.  Timed tests will be on Thursday this week.  Remember that 30 minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Social Studies we be writing our own “I Have a Dream” speeches. 

In Science students will be looking at how environments change both quickly and slowly.  We will also be exploring how humans can influence the environment.

In Language Arts will be writing in their poetry journals, and exploring new vocabulary.

In Reading we will be reading the National Geographic Explorer for January.  We will focus on cause and effect and main idea. 

The spelling test for Unit #16 will be on Friday the 20th.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

Our Simple Solution lessons are #54 and #55.  Test will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade

1-9-12 to 1-12-12

Reminder – No School on Friday or Monday – Enjoy your four day weekend1

Math will focus on multiplication and techniques for solving problems.  Timed tests will be on Thursday this week.  Remember that 30 minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Social Studies we will begin to look at our dreams and compare them with Martin Luther King Jr.  Students will also examine how our dreams fit into our calling as a Catholics, relating dreams to the Social Justices and the Acts of Mercy.

In Science we are reading fiction books that relate to animal ecosystems, environment and habitats.  Students will also begin to look at how animals adapt for survival.

In Language Arts students will be working in their poetry journals.  Students are also finishing Unit #3 in phonics this week.  Students will be working in the ITBS books as we begin to prepare for the upcoming IOWA tests. 

In Reading this week we will read the story Dream Wolf.   We will focus on cause and effect. 

The spelling test for Unit #15 will be on Tuesday.  We will then begin Unit #16 on Wednesday.  The test for Unit #16 will be Friday the 20th.  Again this will allow us to fit a unit in during these short weeks.  All words are posted on www.spellingcity.com.

We will have our Simple Solutions quiz for lessons #49-#52 on Wednesday.  Our lessons for this week are #52 on Monday, #53 on Tuesday and #54 on Thursday.  This way we will finish this cycle next week and resume with our Friday test on 1/20.

The students are doing an excellent job of reading.  Keep up the great work; many students are almost at their January goal!  We also have several students on the verge of earning a word number star and a reading certification!

Have a fantastic week!

The Wonderful World of Third Grade
New Year Edition

1-3-12 to 1-6-12


Happy New Year…I hope you all had a very peaceful and joyful holiday!

Please remember that third grade has the Mass on Friday at 9:00 a.m.
This week we will practice for Mass and complete a special Christmas section in our religion book.

In Math we will focus on multiplication both single and double digit.  Students will have a timed test on Friday.  Remember that 30 minutes of IXL is due by Friday.

In Social Studies we will begin a unit on Martin Luther King Jr.  This week students will watch the “I Have a Dream” speech and begin to explore Martin Luther King’s life.

In Science we will continue our life science unit working with ecosystems, animal adaptations and habitats.

In Language Arts students will begin a poetry unit, with a book entitled “Love that Dog”.  Students will be creating a poetry journal and exploring many types of poetry throughout the month of January. 

In Reading this week we will begin the story The Wind, The Sun and The Rain.   We will focus on comparing and contrasting.  For the January Book-It goal students are expected to read and pass two AR tests on chapter books appropriate to their level.  I will accept only on book if students are working on a larger chapter book.  Remember that reading journals are due on Friday, and I do expect students to read on snow days.

Spelling will be Unit #15 and all the words are posted on Spelling City.  The spelling test will be on Tuesday of next week, giving students enough time to study and we will fit one unit into our two short weeks.

We will begin Simple Solutions this week with lessons #49 to 51.  Next Monday will be lesson #52 and the tests for Simple Solutions will be on Wednesday.   This way we will fit in one unit for our two short weeks.

Please note that we do go out for recess in cold and snow make sure that your students are dressed for the weather.

Welcome back and have a wonderful week!