Third Grade News 3-22-10
Monday, March 22, 2010
Dear Parents,
I am looking forward to meeting with you this week at your scheduled conference time to discuss your child’s progress. If you are unable to attend your scheduled time, please call the school office to reschedule.
This week will be the last week for the children to attend and pray the Stations of the Cross with their first grade buddies. Third graders will also be in charge of leading stations. Please have your child study his or her station at least two times each night. This is the first time that third graders will lead stations! The third graders will then present their buddies with the cross they have been carrying to Stations as a reminder of their time together during Lent. The children enjoy being Catholic Learners by sharing their faith with other members of the school family.
The children went to reconciliation with Fr. Paul this morning. It is so important that the children take part in this wonderful sacrament in preparation for Easter.
This Friday will be the last fish fry. Please sign up to help make the last fish fry a winner. Remember, “Many hands make light work!”
God bless,
Susan McDonald
Third Grade Goals This Week
Religion: We will finish the study of Lent and lesson 17, “The Sacraments of Service.” Check out the website www.faithfirst.com weekly for activities for your child.
Reading: We have been reading our chapter book, The Trumpet of the Swan. We will continue to study Trumpeter swans. We will keep a journal while we read this book. In “Reader’s Workshop” we will read the third story in the unit titled Storytelling. It is called A Storm in the Night. Students will practice visualizing descriptions in the story.
Language: We will continue to work on the writing process. Writer’s Workshop is a time the students will work on stories they write, revise and edit. Our vocabulary words are: repeats, brave, errand, overcome and natural. We will continue our animal reports.
Spelling Words: Students will have a spelling test with 15 words this week. This week’s words are words that have the combinations –lf, -mb, and -tch. The words are: batch, catch, latch, match, lamb, limb, comb, climb, calf, thumb, ditch, crumb, scratched, kitchen, and half.
Math: We will begin to study division.
Handwriting: All students are practicing writing the letters in cursive using correct form and posture.
P.E.: We will continue track and field.