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THIS WEEK IN THIRD GRADE
DATE: August 30 – September 3
MEMORY: 12 books of history due on Tuesday and 1 John 4:11 due on Thursday.
SPELLING: The long vowel words with silent “e” are on the attached sheet.
READING: Read Dear Juno. Continue to work on character, setting, and plot. We will use context clues to find meanings to our vocabulary words. We will study a time line.
ENGLISH: Commands and exclamations.
RELIGION: “The Fall” and “Cain and Abel”. The law shows us we need a Savior. The Gospel shows us who that Savior is – Jesus. God’s love and forgiveness make the difference in our heart and in our attitude.
MATH: Complete Chapter 4 on addition. Practice test will come home Tuesday and Thursday will be our test in class. Practice tests should be checked by parents and then please go over and correct any missed problems, so that your child is prepared for the test on Thursday. I ask parents to “check, sign and return” the pretest to school by the due date. Thanks for helping your child to prepare for their first test in math.
SCIENCE and SOCIAL STUDIES: See last week’s note. We’re still sharing our “me bags”! We FINALLY started Science and Social Studies on Friday.
OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Thank you to everyone who made it to Back to School night. The attendance was spectacular! Remember: call or email me if you ever have any questions.
Check out these websites: www.spellingcity.com and www.typinggame.net. I have included them on third grade links on www.teachersofhope.com.
Information for our first book report is in this Friday folder. Your child is asked to choose a fiction chapter book by Friday, September 3rd. I have many books in the classroom to help them in this selection or the children may go to the library. It is important to get a book that is at your child’s reading level. The reports will be due on Monday, October 4th, so our grandparents will get to see our display!
Just a thank you and a reminder: you are a valuable part of your child’s education. Especially with the harder workload, it is important that you daily check your child’s progress and reinforce concepts that are challenging for your child. Keep up the good work, students and parents. We are trying to fill out our homework sheets and be accurate. This is difficult for some of us, but we will improve. Remember to see me if you have any concerns.
HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!
IN HIS SERVICE, MRS. HANEBUTT
THIS WEEK IN THIRD GRADE
DATE: September 7 -10
MEMORY: Books of poetry due on Tuesday and Acts 2:38 due on Thursday.
SPELLING: genre, fiction, non-fiction, tale, fairy tale, tall tale, index, chapter. Challenge words are: table of contents, glossary, title page, realistic fiction, and historical fiction. PRETEST ON THURSDAY AND TEST ON FRIDAY.
READING: We will not begin a new reading story in our book. Focus on reading your book for your report and when you finish reading your book, begin your project. We will spend time in class practicing writing a summary of some of the stories we have read in our reading books. A copy of how to do your summary for your book report was sent home with the book report and is online.
ENGLISH: We will finish our study of exclamations and commands.
RELIGION: The flood. Just as God protected Noah, He continues to protect each of us. Think of a time when God has protected your family!
MATH: We began Chapter 5 on subtraction. We will work with fact families and regrouping tens and hundreds when subtracting. Flash cards were sent home. Please spend about 10-15 minutes each night working on addition and subtraction facts.
SCIENCE: We will plant bean seeds and watch them sprout. Vocabulary: netted veins, parallel veins, vein, environment, reproduce. Plants can be classified by the different traits of their leaves.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Vocabulary: community, construction, citizen, option, consequence, and solution.
OTHER THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Book Reports are due on October 4th. The directions were sent home a week ago. They are also on www.teachersofhope.com. All students have selected their books.
September is here. New reading calendars were sent home Thursday,September2nd. Remember that calendars are worth 20 reading points and are required. Thanks to all who sent August calendars back to school promptly. They are due now!
Mr. Hanebutt and I am flying to Milwaukee (to visit our daughter Gretchen and
son-in-law Jay) for the weekend. Have a safe and fun Labor Day weekend.
IN HIS SERVICE,
MRS. HANEBUTT