Hello 3rd grade families,

 

See below for this week's schedule. We are working hard to prepare for the MCA's!!

 

Math: We will be working on Shapes!!! We will look at parallel/ perpendicular lines, sides and vertices in shapes! We will then review fractions!! We will work with word problems and comparing fractions!!

 

Language Arts: We will be working on poetry to start our week! Then we will work on finding Prefixes and Suffixes. We will then use our thinking caps to help identify the meaning of a word using context clues! 

 

Spelling: We are working on words with the different i sounds.

List: pilot

       write

       inch

       reply

       lines

       bigger

       brick

       river

       given

       silent

       fine

       whisper

       rhyme

       iron

       height

 

- April 24th - Beach Day!

Hello 3rd grade families,

See below for this week's schedule

 

Math: We will review perimeter early in the week and then spend the remainder working on input/output tables for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

 

Language Arts: We will be practicing our handwriting and learning how to determine the meaning of words based on the context that their in.

 

Social Studies/Science: We will be learning about the country of Nigeria for World Fair day on Friday and learning about how we test hypotheses and record the results.

 

Spelling: We will be stopping our work on spelling at this time and will be using the time instead to work on handwriting. There will not be any spelling lists going home for the time being.

 

Important dates:

- Feb 27: Retro Day

Hello 3rd Grade Families,

Here is the schedule for next week:

 

Language Arts: We will be reviewing parts of speech. We will also be focusing on figuring out the meanings of unknown words in a sentence. 

 

Math: This week we will be working on two different math
skills. We will be learning about perimeter and about reading a
thermometer. 

 

Science and Social Studies: We will continue to learn about how government works.

 

MCA Prep: We will be diving in to reading passages and working on our reading stamina so we can do our best to answer reading comprehension questions

 

Spelling: We will be working on words that have the /th/, /sh/, and /wh/ sounds

List: Path, social, whale, shimmer, thought, who, what, when, where, why, motion, ashamed, shelter, throat, position, ticket, second, ache

Challenge words: delicious, threatened

 

Important Dates:

- Feb 16: No School
- Feb 20: I love to read day!
- Bring your blanket, pillow, flashlight, and favorite book!
- Feb 27: Retro Day

 

If you missed conferences, please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns

 

Have a great weekend!

Hello 3rd grade families,

See below for this week's schedule

 

Language Arts: This next week we will be working on why authors write what they do and we will also be working on grammar. 

 

Math: We will spend the week working on different kinds of word problems and learning how to solve them.

 

Social Studies: We will be spending part of the week learning about the government and how it works.

 

*We will also continue working on preparing for the MCA

 

Spelling: This week we will be working on words that have similar sounds but are spelled differently, with the /j/, /ch/, and /tch/ sounds

Spelling List: Orange, nature, judge, large, catch, stretch, capture, culture, porch, courage, postage, checkers, arrange, jacket, bridge, whose, dessert, supper,

Challenge words: furniture, imaginary

 

Important Dates:

- This week: Free Dress
- Feb 11-12: Parent Conferences
- Feb 13: Sock Hop (Dance)
- Feb 13: Bring Valentines
- Feb 16: No School
- Feb 27: Retro Day

 

Have a good weekend!

Hello 3rd grade families,

See below for this week's schedule!

 

Language Arts: We've spent the last two weeks talking about the different types of text structures in nonfiction and so next week we will read examples of nonfiction and work on being able to answer questions about it.

 

Math: We're going to start working on two digit by one digit multiplication!

 

MCA Prep: We're currently slowing down on Social Studies and Science to start preparing for the Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment in April. I will be trying to get a bit of science and social studies fit in where I can though!

 

Spelling: This week we'll be focusing on the different ways to make the [k] sound: cabin, park, week, crack, rocket, ticket, ache, insect, freckles, collapse, comics, second, quick, camera, octopus, there, their, they're

Challenge words: breakfast, continue

 

Important Dates

- Jan 5 - Feb 6: Valentine Lollipop Sale
- Feb 2-5: Parent Readers
- Feb 6: Retro Day
- Feb 13: Valentine’s Day (free dress)
- Feb 13: Sock Hop (Dance)

 

Have a good weekend!

Hello 4th grade families,

The schedule for next week will be the same as this week due to the bad weather this week causing us to not get through everything. Homework from this week will be due at the end of next week and we will just spend an extra week working on the spelling words since they are a bit trickier anyway.

Have a good weekend!

Hello 3rd grade families, 

See below for this week's schedule

 

Reading/Writing: This week we will be learning how to identify the different types of text structures in nonfiction and practicing answering questions about a non-fiction text.

Math: We are going wrap up our division lessons with some word problems and then work on understanding how to multiply and divide with missing numbers.

Science: We will be wrapping up our writing on animal adaptations and we'll also be starting to learn about the MCA test that happens in the Spring.

Social Studies: We have not yet returned to Social Studies yet, due to Animal Adaptations taking longer than anticipated. Once we finish our papers this week, we will start back up again with Social Studies.

 

Spelling words for this week:

dessert, desert, lose, loose, its, it's, then, than, who's whose, super, supper, are our, hour, walking, cared, noticing,

Challenge: accept, except

 

The students are currently taking a set of 3rd grade reading and math tests in class. We started last week with reading, and we will start math on Tuesday. This is the same type of test they took in the Fall and results will be discussed at conferences. 

 

Important dates:

- Jan 5 - Feb 6: Valentine's sales (students can buy a card and sucker for $1)
- Jan 30: Twin Day

 

Have a good week

Hello 3rd grade families,

Here is the schedule for next week!

 

Reading/Writing: This week we will be working on our Animal Adaptations paragraphs and learning about different text structures such as descriptive, cause and effect, problem and solution, and sequential.

Math: We are going to keep learning about division and how it
is connected to multiplication. We will also look at how division
word problems will look with key words like split and share.

Science: We will continue to learn about animal adaptations and work on our paragraphs

Social Studies: We are learning about our government.

 

Spelling: We're working on Homophones this week, so we'll also be memorizing the meaning of the words as well.

 

ant aunt there their they're brake break your you're beat beet sail sale bare bear license distance yesterday

 

Challenge words: clothes close

 

Important Dates

- Jan 5 - Feb 6: Flower Sale
- Jan 19: No School
- Jan 30: Twin Day

 

Hello 3rd grade families,

Sorry for the delay with this week's newsletter. See below for the schedule:

 

Language Arts: This week we will be reading non-fiction
stories and learning about problem and solution.

Math: We are going to keep learning about division and how it
is connected to multiplication.

Science: We will be learning about different animal
adaptations and will start our writing project.

Social Studies: We are going to start learning about our government.

 

Spelling: This week's spelling words:

studying joking served dropped exciting noticing cared beginning dripping changed stopped walking sleeping acting trying address errand collect

Challenge Words: decorating prepared

 

Important dates:

- Jan 5 - Feb 6: Flower Sale
- Jan 19: No School
- Jan 30: Twin Day

 

Have a great week!

Hello 3rd grade families,

See below for this week's schedule

 

Reading/Writing: This week we will be reading non-fiction
stories and learning about compare and contrast and cause and effect.

Math: We are going to keep learning about division and how it
is connected to multiplication.

Science: We will be learning about different animal
adaptations and our own adaptations

Social Studies: We are learning about the history of the United States.

 

Spelling: No spelling this week

 

- December 18th: Winter Parade
- December 19th: Pajama Day
- December 22-January 2: No School 

 

Have a good week!

Hello 3rd grade families,

See below for this week's schedule

 

Reading/Writing: This week we will be reading non-fiction
stories and learning about different types of non-fiction text.

Math: We are going to keep learning about division and different methods to solve problems.

Science: We will be learning about different animal
adaptations and starting our research on our own animal.

Social Studies: We are learning the formation of the United States.

 

Spelling List:

daisy, vase, plastic, zipper, reuse, sense, does, license, closet, season, bicycle, distance, service, classes, yesterday, fashion, photograph, enough 

Challenge words: sincerely, citizen

 

Important Dates:

- December 18th: Winter Parade
- December 19th: Pajama Day
- December 22-January 2: No School 

 

It is getting colder outside, so please make sure your child is coming to school in winter gear!

 

Hello 3rd grade families,

 

See below for this week's schedule

 

Reading/Writing: This week we will be reading non-fiction
stories and learning about different text features.

Math: We are going to start learning about division and how
it is connected to multiplication.

Science: We will be learning about different animal
adaptations.

Social Studies: We are learning about early communities in
America.

 

Spelling: spill berry happy really messy lettuce carrot puzzle traffic pizza errand litter address collect happen however about flower

Challenge: successful necessary

 

- December 18th: Winter Parade
- December 19th: Pajama Day
- December 22-January 2: No School 

Hello 3rd grade families,

I have a short post today.

 

Due to there only being two days of school this week there won't be any homework or spelling quiz. No school Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

 

Have a great week!