April 26

Religion:  Next week we will be preparing for the May Crowning Mass. All of third grade is in charge of this mass. The students are also asked to bring in a flower for the procession of mass to present to Mary. Thursday and Friday we will be talking the Rosary and the Glorious Mysteries.

Writing: This week we focused on personification with our Mentor Sentence. We presented our author projects to the class, and we started a unit on Poetry.

Math:  Unit 9 continues next week. The focus remains on multiplication and division. Although there are no graded timed tests for multiplication and division, the students are encouraged to get the basic facts memorized. They will be learning different strategies for multi-digit multiplication problems.

Spelling: Week 26 R-Controlled Vowels (oar,oor, our) / Suffixes (er, an, ist)

The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words.  You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.

Science/SS: Blank Park Zoo will be visiting on Monday. They will be bringing a few animals that could be found in rainforests. Students will learn about the products of the rainforest and the importance of saving our rainforests. Students will begin research on a specific animal of the rainforest.

Comprehension: We ended our nonfiction text feature unit with a text feature surgery. The students loved helping their patients! Next week we will begin a Reader's Theater unit.

April 20

Religion:  Next week we will be talking about another mystery of our faith, the Paschal Mystery. We will talk about the ultimate sacrifice that Jesus made for us, and then talk about the idea of sacrifices third graders could make.

Writing: This week we focused on similes with our Mentor Sentence. We also continued to research our authors. We then wrote a three paragraph biography about the person we studied. We will present these to the class next week.

Math:  Unit 9 continues next week. The focus remains on multiplication and division. Although there are no graded timed tests for multiplication and division, the students are encouraged to get the basic facts memorized. They will be learning different strategies for multi-digit multiplication problems.

Spelling: Week 25 R-Controlled Vowels (or, ore) / Suffixes (ment, ness, tion)

The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words.  You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.

Science/SS: Students will continue to learn about the tropical rainforests around the world. Students will identify where rainforests are located and the layers of the rainforests.

Comprehension: Next week we will conclude our Nonfiction Text Features study with a fun and interactive activity. Our next unit will be Reader's Theater. This will give us the opportunity to practice our fluency and expression.

April 13

Religion:  Next week we will have a theme of "Start with Hello." The students will be doing different activities related to this national week. Below are the themes for each day:

Monday - "Smile Power"
Tuesday - "Kindness is the New Cool"
Wednesday - "No One Eats Alone"
Thursday - Be an Upstander"
Friday - "Respecting Diversity"

Writing: This week we focused on diagramming sentences with adjectives for our Mentor Sentence. We also started an author study. Each child was assigned an author to learn about. We read biographies and did research in the computer lab.

Math:  Unit 9 continues next week. The focus remains on multiplication and division. Although there are no graded timed tests for multiplication and division, the students are encouraged to get the basic facts memorized. They will be learning different strategies for multi-digit multiplication problems.

Spelling: Week 24 R-Controlled Vowels (ar, air, are) / Suffixes (less, ful, like)

The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words.  You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.

Science/SS: Students will begin a new unit on Rainforests. Students will be learning about the different forest ecosystems, with focus on the rainforest. Students will also identify special characteristics of animals and determine the class they belong to.

Comprehension: We are working on a nonfiction text feature unit. This week each child has learned about the various features and how they help us understand and learn more about the subject.

April 6

Religion:  Next week we will be discussing the different parts of the mass. The students should know the which category in which the main parts of the mass take place. We will also focus on the Holy Trinity. They will be making an analogy to help understand how three parts can act as one.

Writing: This week we focused on quotation marks with our Mentor Sentence. We started a unit over main idea, and we practiced writing pieces with a topic sentence and supporting sentences. Next week we will use this knowledge to guide us in an author study.

Math:  Unit 9 starts next week. It will focus on multiplication and division. Although there are no graded timed tests for multiplication and division, the students are encouraged to get the basic facts memorized. They will be learning different strategies for multi-digit multiplication problems.

Spelling: Week 23 R-Controlled Vowels (eer, ear) / Suffixes (able, ly, ward)

The spelling section of the website contains all of the weekly lists and the choice words in case your child misplaces their words.  You can also find a copy of LSCW if you need it.

Science/SS: Students will learn how we depend on plants and the multiple ways we use plants or parts of plants in our everyday lives. We will have 2 days of review for our Plant Unit test. Test will be on Thursday, April 12.

Comprehension: We have completed the class book Stone Fox. Next week we will begin to study nonfiction text features.