December 21

Religion:  When we come back from break we will do an activity with The 12 Days of Christmas. This will lead us up to the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord for the following week.

Writing: We have been working on creating paragraphs in writing. We have talked about using a topic sentence as well as supporting sentences. After break we will start a unit on writing fiction.

Math:  Unit 5 focuses on place value with larger numbers and decimals. We will continue with this unit after break. They will also be getting into decimals and parts of a whole.

Spelling: No Spelling Next Week - They will get their new words on Friday, January 4th.

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: We will continue our unit on forces, motion, and simple machines. The kids will participating in many hands on activities throughout the unit! The screw and the wedge will be focused on after we come back from Christmas Break.

Comprehension: This week we worked on making inferences. The students have been told to act like detectives while they read and look for clues. After break we will start a class book called Stone Fox.

December 14

Religion:  Our third Advent Prayer Service will be on Monday, December 17 at 2:55. The students will participate in the sacrament of Reconciliation on Tuesday. They will also participate in a prayer service and sing along on Friday morning.

Writing: This week with Mentor Sentences we are focusing on compound verbs. We have been working on creating paragraphs in writing. We have talked about using a topic sentence as well as supporting sentences.

Math:  Unit 5 focuses on place value with larger numbers and decimals. We will be focusing on the millions for the next few days with different activities. The students will also participate on their third STEAM activity of the month. Ask them which one they liked the best!

Spelling: Week 13 Sounds of OU (round) & OW (cow) / Changing Vowel Sound in Plurals (foot - feet)

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: We are starting our forces, motion, and simple machines unit. The kids will participating in many hands on activities throughout the unit! Look for information to be coming home about the timeline leading up to Invention Convention!!

Comprehension: This week we worked on making inferences. We will continue to do this next week as well. The students have been told to act like detectives while they read and look for clues.

December 7

Religion:  Our second Advent Prayer Service will be on Monday, December 10 at 2:55. Mrs. Pamperin's class will be in charge of Mass on Wednesday. We will be discussing the O Antiphons in the Bible on Thursday. On Friday we will be preparing our third graders to participate in the sacrament of Reconciliation for the following week.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Personification
We have been working hard on our special project. We have been working on creating a topic sentence and supporting sentences.

Math:   Our 4th Unit will wrap up on Thursday, December 13 with an assessment. They will review for this on Wednesday. During December we are doing a few STEAM activities during math to promote creativity, cooperation, and math concepts.

Spelling: Week 12 Sounds of Sound of oi & oy / Plural endings es, s

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: On Monday we will be wrapping up our unit entitled The American Spirit. We will be reading a story entitled The Three Questions and discussing the answer to the question, "How can we exemplify the American Spirit in our lives?" On Tuesday we will be starting a science unit on Force, Motion and Simple Machines.

Comprehension: This week we continued to work on making inferences. We read the book Boundless Grace and we discussed the main character's personality. We used clues from the book to help us come up with specific words to complete this task.