Learning this week
In Math, we learned how to regroup hundreds as thousands, and how to add numbers with three or more addends.
In LA, we edited our personal narrative, published our final draft and started presentations.
In Religion, In preparation for Confessions next week, we examined our conscience, and practiced reciting the "script" used for making confessions. We also attended Mass.
In Social Studies,
In Science, we learned about the basic needs of all animals. We learned about the different ways they move, get food, breathe, and stay safe.
In Writing, we learned lowercase cursive letters n, m, x, g, y, q, o, w, and b.
In Grammar, we learned about nouns as the subject in a sentence. We learned that some words can be used as both a noun or a verb depending on the context. We reviewed chapter 2 and had a test at the end of the week.
Other Notes
Great News! I finally got some clarification around how lunch angels work this year. If you volunteer to be a lunch angel that DOES indeed relieve me from my recess duty. You are more than welcome to be an angel whenever you want, but if you come in during my recess duty week (Nov 9th - 13th), especially on a Thursday, when I will have both recess and lunch duty, that would be enormously helpful!
Learning this week
In Math, we learned how to regroup tens, regroup twice, 3-digit addition, and practiced statergies for doing quick mental math.
In LA, we started brainstorming and wiriting our first draft for our personal narrative non-ficiton pieces.
In Religion, we continued to learn about the early church, sharing the Good News, about the symbol of the fish, how Chrisitans were/ are persecuted, and what martyrs and saints are.
In Social Studies, we learned about Hispanic figures and their contributions in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.
In Science, we took a quiz about plants and started learning about animals.
In Writing, we learned lowercase cursive letters j, p, a, d ,and c.
In Grammar, we learned about singular, plural, and irregular possessive nouns. We also learned about collective nouns.
Other Notes
Please email me if you are interested in chaperoning our trip on October 22nd to Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park. We will need you from 9:30 to 1:00.
Congratulations parents for 100% completion of class dues! Your children were treated with popsicles as a reward at the end of the day, which was an excellent way to kick off the 3-day weekend!!🍧
Learning this week
In Math, we played a few Math games between testing days like Money Bingo and Missing Addends Around the World. Room 6 had a blast seeing how many problems they could solve. We did some review from last week and learned how to estimate sums and add using regrouping.
In LA, we read a short autobiographical pieces and tried to see how many facts we could remember from them. We worked on highlighting textual evidance to support or answers.
In Religion, we learned about the formation of the Church, early Christians, and the mission of evangelism. We read the story of how Saul became Paul, and talked through the parable of the sower.
In Social Studies, we practiced map skills and learned about using scales to estimate distances between locations.
In Science, we finshed our study of parts of a plant, how photosynthesis works, and got curious about if and how tress talk to one another.
In Writing, we learned lowercase cursive letters l, k, h, t, i, u, and e.
In Grammar, we reviewed lessons from last week; subject and predicate and played a nouns game.
Other Notes
It turns out we have a class that loves to read! As an incentive to keep it up, students can write a quick book review and post it on our wall in the classroom when they have completed their book. They get to add a bead to our class reading chain and pick a bookmark or origami piece to work on as a reward. So proud of our super readers! 📖
Learning this week
In Math, we reviewed what we learned in Chapter 1, and took a test. We started Chapter 2- Addition. We learned how to add using 2 or more addends, find missing addends using subtraction, and adding without regrouping.
In LA, we read a short narrative non-fiction piece called "Room to Grow," and identified characteristics of an autobiography. We used sequence words such as first, then, next, finally, etc. to understand how a story is organized.
In Religion, we read about Jesus's gift of the Holy Spirit, his Ascension, and the Pentecost. We attended class Mass and had our Church Music special.
In Social Studies, we continued to learn about communities and how they can be similar and different. We also learned about goods and services.
In Science, we started learning about the parts of a plant and its function. We took a look at live plants to identify the different parts and drew a diagram to show photosynthesis works.
In Writing, we reviewed essential cursive strokes such as the uphill, over hill, and side stroke.
In Grammar, we took our Chapter 1 test and started Chapter 2- Nouns. We learned about proper, common, singular, and plural nouns
Other Notes
As we are 1 month into school, students are now fully aware of the routines, rules, and behavioral expectations. I have had plenty of talks to all the 3rd graders of playing fair, including others, strategies for problem solving, being part of a team, and more. I appreciate all your support as we reinforce these values at home, on playdates, and everyday life.
Within the past week and the week before, your children earned themselves a stuffie/squishy day AND extra recess for having outstanding behavior during Specials and for reaching 100% homework completion for 10 days. I am so proud of all their hard work!
Additionally, Duke, our class pet stuffed animal, awarded one student at the end last week with a "shout-out" card and a prize from his treasure box for exceptional behavior. "Duke" will choose one student per week to give a shout-out to.
Learning this week
In Math, we reviewed the worth of coins and bills, learned how to make and count change. We learned how to compare and round money to the nearest dollar.
In LA, we worked on editing our writing about Gray the Dreamer and published our final drafts.
In Religion, we read about Jesus' public ministry, His crucifixion and ressurection, and the gift of Faith.
In Social Studies, we continued to study communities and regions.
In Science, we learned about cells, microorganisms, and pollution.
In Writing, we reviwed D'Nelian letters "J, R, N, M, P, Q, V, Z, and X."
In Grammar, we learned to identify the complete and simple subject, and the complete and simple predicate of a sentence.
Other Notes
Learning this week
In Math, we learned place value up to the hundred thoudands and how read such large numbers. We worked on comparing and ordering large numbers and rounding to the nearest thousand.
In LA, we continued to read the narrative non-fiction, "Gary the Dreamer". We used the text to write about Gary's life events in chronolgical order.
In Religion, we went to Mass, had our first Church Music, and read about the life of Jesus from birth, boyhood, and his baptisim.
In Social Studies, we discussed social studies vocabulary and geography terms.
In Science, we learned about living vs. non living things
In Writing, we reviwed D'Nelian letters "A, D, O, G, E, C, S, F, B, and L."
In Grammar, we learned about different kinds of sentences. Such as telling, commands, questions, and exclamitory.
Other Notes
Learning this week
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