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!