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!