October 26

Religion:  The students were assigned a saint to research. They went to the computer lab to find a picture of their saint and started research this week. On Tuesday they will be typing their information onto a slide. In technology class they will learn how to use the different features of Google Slides. They will be able to work on the slide at home using their email address to access their drive. On Friday we will be sharing their slides with the class.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Next week the third graders will begin a unit on Personal Narratives. We will be listening to many examples of personal narratives, and we will then write about some of our own special memories.

Math:   Our third unit starts next week with measurement. The students will focus on measuring with a ruler, standard linear measures and perimeter. There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit for your child to recall.

Spelling: Week 7 Long I (Cie, Cy, CCy, igh) & Final Consonant Digraphs ck, ng, nk

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 review matter content and test will be on Tuesday, October 30. They will do a fun activity on Thursday to wrap up the unit! We will start a Government Unit on Friday.

Comprehension: We will continue to work on visualizing next week. We will read the book The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock and discuss the pictures that we created in our minds. Then we will notice and write down words that helped us visualize in our own reading books.

October 19

Religion:  Next week the students will be assigned a saint to research. They will be going to the computer lab to so some research. The final project will be a google slide they create using google classroom. They will be able to work on the slide at home using their email address to access their drive.

Writing: We have officially completed our units on the Writing Process. The third graders will begin a unit on Personal Narratives after Iowa Assessments are finished.

Math:   We will not have any lessons next week due to Iowa Assessments. Unit Three will focus on linear measures and area.

Spelling: NO SPELLING this week.
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 about Physical Changes in Matter.

Comprehension: We will begin to work on visualizing next week. We will read the book Have You Seen Bugs? as a class. We will discuss words that helped us picture the story in our minds.

October 5

Religion:    We will continue with the Rosary and our focus on the Joyful Mysteries. Third grade is in charge of the Rosary on Tuesday, October 16 at 9:00. We will also be talking about using our growth mindset because Jesus doesn't expect us to be perfect. After conference week we will be getting some things ready for Grandparent's Day.

Writing: Next week our grammar lesson will be over Descriptive or Vivid Verbs. We will finish editing and revising. We will also be making our first final draft and present those to the class.

Math:   We will be continuing our unit on addition and subtraction. The test for this will be on Thursday, October 18. Please continue to review the basic addition and subtraction facts with your third grader.

Spelling: Week Six - Long e (ei & ie)) & Consonant Digraphs (ch, sh, tch, th, wh)
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 continuing exploring the concept of matter. Students will be able to identify the different states of matter, the melting properties of matter and the physical changes that can occur with matter.

Comprehension: In the next week and a half we will have all of our centers in place for guided reading. This includes listening, partner, writing and word work. Students are still focusing on making connections. They will be writing a letter to explain their connections.