3rd Grade SHS Learning Site

September 7, 2025

Dear Third Grade Parents and Students,

We hope you are having a great Sunday!

Thank you again for taking your valuable time out to visit us at the Back to School Night! It was great to meet you!!

Thank you to Benjamin's Mom and Bennett's Mom for volunteering last week!!

Tomorrow is a half day/dismissal @ 12:30 since the teachers have a professional development day. We also have our first All School Mass @ 8:30, so please make sure your child is dressed in his/her full uniform, which means sweater, cardigan, or vest. Boys will wear long pants and can bring their shorts if they like to change after mass.

Just a friendly reminder that homework is given at the beginning of the week and will need to be completed by Friday morning. Homework will be graded based on its completion.

A field trip form for China Cabin/Tiburon Railroad Museum will be going out this week. Our field trip will be on 10/17/Fri from 9:30-12:30/1pm. Please kindly fill it out as soon as you can. We welcome chaperones and drivers for this event. Thank you!

SHOE BOX or boxes that are similar to the size of a shoe box due 9/30/Fri - We will be making a diorama of the chapter book that we are reading: Third Grade Angels.

Lastly, please kindly include (cc) Mr. Kris (knahkunst@sainthilaryschool.org) for all future email correspondences to ensure that we are able to respond to you more promptly. Thank you!

Have a blessed week!

Mrs. Choi and Mr. Nahkunst (Mr. Kris)

jchoi@sainthilaryschool.org

knahkunst@sainthilaryschool.org

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Important Dates:

9/8/Mon - 8:30 All School Mass; 12:30 Dismissal (Teacher Professional Development)
9/10/Wed - D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language) Quiz #1
9/12/Fri - Brittain's Birthday; X 1 Quiz
9/24/Wed - Gregory's Birthday
9/30/Tues - September Birthday Party @ 2pm
10/3/Fri - NO SCHOOL - Catechetical Teacher Development Day
10/7/Tues - Bailey's Birthday
10/13/Mon - NO SCHOOL - Indigenious People's Day
10/17/Fri - Field Trip to China Cabin and Tiburon Railroad Museum from 9:30-12:30
10/20/Mon - 10/24/Fri - Parent/Teacher Conferences
10/28/Tues - Art 8:10-9:43 & 10/30/Thurs - Art 10:31-12
10/31/Fri - Halloween Parade in the morning assembly; 3rd grade Halloween Party @ 2pm

HOMEWORK: (DUE ON FRIDAY)

You can find your child's homework in a "Yellow" Homework Folder, which should be in your child's backpack.
Also, your child can use his/her planner to find the assignments.
Homework will be graded based on completion

ELA (Amplify CKLA Skills Volume 1) - New ELA Curriculum (About Amplify: https://youtu.be/tw17_4StQug?si=vciQvuJs3QjxVfBU)

Monday - Page 7 (2.1 Short Vowels Sounds) (Please do this page on Monday after school because we will go over the material on Monday at school.)
Tuesday - Page 9 (2.2 Plural Nouns with -s and -es) (Please do this page on Tuesday after school because we will go over the material on Tuesday at school.)
Wednesday & Thursday - Page 5 & 6 (1-3 Pat's Bike) (Please do this page on Wednesday or Thursday after school because we will go over the material on Wednesday at school.)

MATH (Big Ideas Math Volume 1)

Monday - Page 343 (Please do this page on Monday after school because we will go over the material on Monday at school.)
Tuesday - Page 349 (Please do this page on Tuesday after school because we will go over the material on Tuesday at school.)
Wednesday - Page 355 (Please do this page on Wednesday after school because we will go over the material on Wednesday at school.)
Thursday - Page 361 (Please do this page on Thursday after school because we will go over the material on Thursday at school.)

WEEKLY READING LOG - 1 reading log is due on Friday (looks like this and will be handed out in class on Monday)

SPELLING (Test will start on Unit 2; however, we will still CONTINUE to focus on the following words this week in class):

admit
signal
attic
catfish
fantastic
cabin
children
until
himself

plus Vocabulary words:

backwater
bolted
contemplated
hesitating
interferes
meandered

THIRD GRADE DAILY SCHEDULE:

Third Grade Daily Schedule 2025-2026

THIRD GRADE WEEKLY SCHEDULE:

3rd Grade 2025-2026 schedule .docx

CLASS PICTURES

Curriculum overview:

Third Grade - Curriculum Overview 2024-2025

third grade benchmarks:

Benchmarks_-_Grade_3 (1).pdf

PARENTS' CORNER:

DEVELOPMENTAL NORMS FOR THE GRADE LEVEL

CHORES

Put away groceries
Clean their bedroom with limited supervision
Sweep the floor
Sort laundry between white and colors
Dust
Put away clean utensils
Make bed without supervision
Clear dishes off the table
Feed and walk the pets
Empty indoor trash bins
Load the dishwasher

TEACHING TIME MANAGEMENT: As kids move through these early grades, they’re learning to read calendars and clocks. Those are the basics they need to stick to a schedule. To reinforce the skill:

Work on estimating time.

Plan for long-term assignments.

Set priorities.

SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL

Being able to start seeing things from other people's perspectives
Being able to joke with friends

EXECUTIVE FUNCTION TOOLS AND SKILLS

Have desks organized with the appropriate materials
Knowing the classroom routine and where classroom supplies are located and being able to put them back where they belong
Being held accountable for their actions and knowing when they have done something wrong
Being able to peer edit
Being able to convey what happened over the weekend in a clear and concise manner
Being able to identify emotions in themselves as well as others