Third Grade with Mr. Long

Important Dates:

• Monday, May 13: end-of-year FastBridge Reading Test at 10:15 (no reading class today)

• Thursday, May 16: end-of-year FastBridge Math Test at 2:30 (no math class today)

• Thursday, May 16: Lower School music concert (I will meet students in our classroom at 7:00; concert starts at 7:15)

• Wednesday, May 22: MN Zoo field trip for grade 3 (approx. 9:30 - 3:15)

• Thursday, May 23: Magnet Assessment in science

• Friday, May 24: no school (Memorial Day weekend)

• Monday, May 27: no school (Memorial Day)

• SAVE THE DATE: Wednesday, June 5: classroom auction (12:15 - 1:45; more information coming home soon)

• Thursday, June 6: last day of school!

Week of April 29 - May 3, 2024:

Poetry Memory Work: Our quarter four poem is "The Yak", by Hilaire Belloc.  The poem can be found by clicking on the Poetry Memory Work tab at the top of this page.  Your child should be practicing all three stanzas now.  The sign up sheet is posted, and students who are ready to recite for their grade will begin doing so as time allows. 

History: This week we will learn about further pushes to move west in America's desire to own all the land from ocean to ocean. which will include a lesson on how Texas becomes a state and how Washington, Oregon, and Idaho become states. Our test over the study of Westward Expansion will likely be held on Monday, June 3, or Tuesday, June 4. Watch for details and a study guide coming soon!

Writing: Scholars will continue to work on their adapted fairy tales this week, working to wrap up their first draft work this week and possibly even begin their final published writing of their tale.  

Science: Our science lesson this week will have scholars examining the parts of a motor (they each get a small motor to take a part and study!).  This will be followed by week's end with a review game for the upcoming motor assessment, which will be on Thursday, May 23. A study guide is posted on the Study Guides tab at the top of this page, and one will be sent home this week. 

PE: Our PE class meets on Wednesday, May 15, this week. Wear your gym shoes, have a water bottle, and plan to be outside!  

Grammar: We will continue our study of prepositions and prepositional phrases this week!  Scholars will work on identifying the preposition and object of the preposition in various sentences this week. 

Here are links to the various jingles and parts of speech:

• Click HERE to access the linking verb song (a good idea to look over to help memorize the linking verbs)

• Click HERE  to access the helping verb madrigal (an excellent way to work toward memorizing the helping verbs)

• Click HERE to access the adverb jingle (a wonderful way to review the adv. questions and what adj. modify)

• Click HERE to access the adjective jingle (a great way to review the adj. questions, the articles, and what adj. modify)

• Click HERE to access the sentence jingle (a great way to review a sentence after writing it!)

• Click HERE to access the noun jingle (I'd even recommend asking your child to perform it for you!)

• Click HERE to access the pronoun jingles (note: these do not have to be memorized!)