Religion: We will continue with our weekly classroom meeting next week. It is a great way for the students to get to know each other. We will also have our next All About Me as another tool to encourage respect in our classroom community. On Tuesday and Friday the students will focus on respect and what that looks like in the school setting.
Writing: We are working with a program called Mentor Sentences. Each week we listen to a book and take one sentence out of the book to study. This week we focused on adjectives with our mentor sentence. Next week we will focus on Proper Nouns.
Math: The students are reviewing how to use our Student Reference Book. They have access to this at home using the Everyday Mathematics website. We will look more into using a number grid to help find the difference between numbers, using a calculator and the concepts of money. Please continue reviewing the basic addition and subtraction facts with your third grader.
Spelling: Week Two - Long Vowels (CVCe) / Final Consonant Blends (ft, ld, lt, nt)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 importance of using resources to get needs met in communities and that communities all have histories. 
Comprehension: We are continuing to teach students how to use and manage our literacy block. We have discussed the difference between fiction and nonfiction. Next week we will explore more genres within these two categories. The students are filling their book bins at school. Ask them what they are reading at home.