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.

November 30

Religion:  We will begin having our Advent prayer services next week. The first one will be on Tuesday, December 4 at 2:55. Also, Mrs. Thornton's class in in charge on Mass on Wednesday. The students will be focused on Mary on Thursday and Friday to prepare for the Immaculate Conception.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Similes
We will finish our unit on personal narratives by presenting our writing to the class. Then we will begin a special project that will be presented to you soon.

Math:   Your child has multiplication/division fact triangle to study. They have learned a lot of different strategies to help with understanding multiplication and division as well as strategies to help them memorize their facts. They will be doing more explorations with arrays next week, finding distances, and finding areas of rectangles using multiplication.

Spelling: Week 11 Sounds of EA (in mean and head) & Syllables -cion, -sion, -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 with the unit entitled The American Spirit. Students have been researching a person or place that has helped shape and link us together as Americans today. The key ideals of Liberty, Equality, Courage, Hard Work, Diversity and Honor will be a common thread to all of these people and places. Students will present their information to the class in the form of an American flag.

Comprehension: We will continue our unit on making inferences. We will practice being detectives and look for clues within passages. We will then apply this to our own reading.

November 15

Religion:  Our focus will be on the Works of Mercy the next couple of weeks. They will be using what they learn to create a word cloud in the computer lab.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Diagramming Sentences with Adjectives
Next week the third graders will continue working on our Personal Narratives unit. We will be discussing strong openings and closings. We will then edit our work and create a final draft to share with the class.

Math:   The fourth unit will start November 26 and will focus on multiplication and division. Some of the skills the students will focus on will be multiples of equal groups, understanding and creating arrays, equal shares and equal groups, and division ties to multiplication with fact families. We will be using a multiplication/division chart to help them find the basic facts. Our goal is that they will master/memorize some of the the "easier" facts this unit.

Spelling: Week 10 Vowel Sounds of Y

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 entitled The American Spirit. Students will choose a person or place that has helped shape and link us together as Americans today to research. The key ideals of Liberty, Equality, Courage, Hard Work, Diversity and Honor will be a common thread to all of these people and places.

Comprehension: We will continue our unit on making inferences. We will practice being detectives and look for clues within passages. We will then apply this to our own reading.

November 9

Religion:  Our focus will be on the Works of Mercy the next couple of weeks. They will be using what they learn to create a word cloud in the computer lab.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Pronouns
Next week the third graders will continue working on our Personal Narratives unit. We will be listening to examples of personal narratives that other children have written. We will write about times when we have persevered and discuss using temporal words (next, then, finally).

Math:   Our third unit will be wrapping up next week with a test on Wednesday. They will review on Tuesday. The fourth unit will focus on multiplication and division.

Spelling: Week 9 Long Vowel Review & Medial Consonant

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 finish learning about our government. Focus will be on the 3 branches and levels of government. We will be starting a new unit on American Spirit.

Comprehension: Next week we will begin our unit on making inferences. We will practice being detectives and look for clues within passages.

November 2

Religion:  The students will be learning about how all life is important to us. We will focus on the books, If I Only Had a Green Nose and Horton Hears a Who to have a discussion about this topic.

Writing: Grammar Lesson - Possessive Nouns
Next week the third graders will continue working on our Personal Narratives unit. We will be listening to many examples of personal narratives, and we will then write about some of our own special memories. We will spend some time writing about situations where we've faced challenges, and we will explain how we persevered.

Math:   Our third unit continues next week with measurement. The students will focus on creating line plots, exploring perimeter and area, and then applying that knowledge with measurements.. There is a lot of vocabulary in this unit for your child to recall.

Spelling: Week 8 Long O (Co, oa, ow) & Consonant Digraphs ph & gh

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 short government unit. The students will learn about the levels and branches of government.

Comprehension: We will continue to work on visualizing next week. We will read the book Aunt Flossie's Hats 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 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.