Dec 15-19th
Dec 15th-19th
Weekly Specials:
Monday:
Music
Art
Tuesday:
Mass
Computers
Spanish
Wednesday
Guidance
Thursday
P.E.
Library
Friday
Music
Upcoming dates:
Dec. 15: Santa Shoppe: DDD red and green
Dec. 16: Gingerbread Day: DDD holiday theme
Dec. 17: 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Luminarium: Uniforms
Dec: 19: 11AM Dismissal: Uniforms
Good afternoon families,
The music program was delightful. The students’ hard work showed. 🙂
Santa Shop will be open Monday the 15th. Envelopes went home in Friday folders for students to budget and to hold the cash students will use to pay for their items. This is not mandatory, but I know many students enjoy buying gifts for their loved ones. Students may also have a dress down day if they wear RED or Green.
Tuesday the 16th, we have our annual gingerbread decorating. This is always a fun activity for 3rd grade, but we need your help to make it happen. Specifically, we could use some help with building the houses in advance.Supplies and Help for the 16th Help Assembling on the 15th
We also have our school field trip on Wednesday, December 17th students will go to the Luminarium. We will depart the school at 9:00 AM, arriving at the Luminarium at 9:30 AM. We will depart the Luminarium at 1 PM, and should be back at the school around 1:30 PM. Students must wear their uniforms during the field trip and bring a disposable sack lunch. We would love to have some parents chaperone. If you are available that date and would like to chaperone, please let me know as soon as you can. Chaperones must meet us at the Luminarium and must pay their own admission. If you are a chaperone, you will be in charge of a small group of students and expected to stay with them the entire time. If you have any questions, you may email me. Your child will get to pick a friend to be in their group if you chaperone.
Lastly, our last day of school before break is December 19th. I have a tradition of playing Bunco with my students after mass. I will be providing a snack and drink for the kids.
Math
We have a variety of math activities to practice the concepts we have learned so far this year. When we come back from break we will work on multidigit subtraction with regrouping and 3digit by 1 digit multiplication.
Religion
Hope, Peace, and Joy. We are entering the 3rd week of Advent. I am continuously asking the students how they can share these values to others. How will you spread joy next week?
Reading
Bones, bones, bones. We have learned so much about the skeletal system. This week we will have some sequencing activities. When we return from break we will learn about the muscular system.
Trades News:
Mancilla: Wax Museum update will be sent separately.
Lowry: This week we had fun with a STEM challenge where we were able to use some of the concepts we learned about during our force and motion unit. Next week we will do another STEM challenge to go along with our gingerbread day. Students will be challenged to design a way for the old man and woman to safely slow down or stop the gingerbread man from escaping in their car.
Niehaus: English: Due to my extended illness, we will take the test on Tuesday, December 15th. Monday will be a review ***Please pray for Mrs. Niehaus. This illness has been very hard on her.
Spelling: test January 15
I am very impressed with how well students have done on their spelling tests so far. We will not have another spelling test until we return from break.
Assignment notebooks and Green Folders- Keep checking those assignment notebooks and green folders daily. If there is incomplete work, it should be finished and returned. If you are not sure if something is homework, it probably is.
Thank you for reading to the end. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. If you ever have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. s.mancilla@stephen.org
Mrs. Caroline Niehaus-3C
April 14-16th & APril 22-25
No school on Holy Thursday, Good Friday
or Easter Monday!
Spring has Sprung! Please remind your child that we are still in school. Please help your child keep school/learning a priority. I know sports ramp up in the spring, but homework still needs to get done. I will NEVER assign anything that has to be 100% finished at home. Homework has always been anything they did not finish at school.
I can’t do it without you!
Star Math Test will be on Wednesday, April 16th, 2025 at 9:15 A.M. Please try not to start your Easter vacation early.
Star Reading Test will be on Thursday, April 24th @ 8:15 A.M.
Reading: Unit 4: week 5
Essential Question: How can others inspire us?
Genre: Poetry
We will spend the next 2 weeks on Unit 4:week 5
Spelling: No test week due to a 3 day week.
We will take the pretest Wednesday, April 16th and the test will be on the following Friday, April 25th
Math: We spend the week comparing fractions. Next week will look at fractions in units of measure (¼” and ½”) and units of time. (3:15 & 3:30)
Simple Solutions #93-96 will be due. There will be a SS Quiz over lessons 88-92 on Monday, April 14th.
Religion: We will talk about Holy Week and then celebrate the Easter Season!
English (Mrs. Niehaus) We are preparing for our 3rd grade writing assessment. (April 22-24) The 3rd grade assessment is on their ability to write an expository essay. They are experts on being third graders, so each student will write an informational essay on how to be a successful third grader at SSM. The rubric for each assessment will be over the following: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, conventions, and presentation.
We will continue to keep up with simple solutions and learn about verbs.
April 14-16-SS# 74-76 with a quiz after lessons #76
April 22-25-SS# 77-80 and a quiz after lessons #80
Please ask to see your child’s assignment notebook. I ask them to copy the weekly schedule of simple solutions into their assignment notebooks.
Social Studies (Mrs. Mancilla) Graded Social Studies tests are in Friday Folders. We have been learning about Native American tribes and how they adapted to their geographic environments. When we return from Easter break we will begin our final unit on financial literacy. We will learn about trade, profit, gross income, taxes, budgeting, and so much more.
Science (Mrs. Lowry) We will continue our unit on Weather & Climate over the next 2 weeks. We will do a Mystery Science activity next week that will have us exploring local weather patterns and weather prediction. We will investigate the question: How can we predict when it’s going to storm? When we come back after Easter break we will be learning about seasonal weather changes and about the tools we use to measure weather.