I hope that everyone enjoyed their first week of Third Grade!
Quizzes and Tests This Week:
Monday:
None!
Tuesday:
Written Phonogram Review
Wednesday:
Science Quiz
History Quiz
Thursday:
None!
Friday:
Math Unit 1 Test
Spalding Spelling Test (30 words)
As we begin week two of the school year, here is some important information. Make sure students are completing their homework by checking their agenda nightly. There will most likely be homework every night. If homework is turned in late by one day, it will lose 50% of the credit. If it is turned in two days late, it will lose 80% of the credit. After that point, it will no longer have any value, but should still be turned in.
This week we will also begin our spelling words in our BLUE Spalding notebook. There is no need to worry about the pink notebook, third grade will not be needing it. I am so sorry for the confusion and the worry over these pink notebooks, but a huge thank you to all parents for contacting me with their concern over these notebooks. That being said, if a child has a Blue Spalding Notebook/Composition Book, they should bring it to class on Monday. These notebooks will not be coming home until the end of the year. Each Friday, there will be a spelling test of the week's 30 words. Monday through Wednesday students will bring home a list of ten words to practice spelling and writing out. On Thursday, these lists will be compiled together to have 30 words to review. On Friday, those words will be on the spelling test.
We will also be beginning our first novel, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, on Monday. We will be reading aloud in class together for this novel. The students will be bringing home a Reading Log that will last one week and should be filled out daily. It will need to be filled out with the date, the amount of minutes read, the title and author of the book they were reading, and a parent signature or initial for each day of the week. They should be reading about 20 minutes a night in either the novel we are reading in class or another book of their choosing. These logs will be collected every Monday morning.
We will finish up our first math unit this week as well. This means students should be preparing for the unit assessment on Friday by reviewing their workbook pages each night and going over place value.
In History, we are reviewing our geography lessons from last week and continuing to learn about the use of cardinal directions in map making. our focus with cardinal directions will allow us to derive information about places and environments. We will also be finishing our Circle Map Project!
In Science, we will be continuing our study of the scientific method and applying our knowledge to experiments with rubber bands.
As always, if you have any questions at all, be sure to contact me!
