Posts from the ‘Grade 3’ Category

Baptism Celebrations

Team Third Grade celebrates baptism anniversaries. The students learn what happened when they were baptized. They renew their baptismal promises, sing “This Little Light of Mine” while leading a procession, and place a flame on their baptismal candle in the classroom. The students get a special treat from Mrs. Wise and get the privilege of being helper for the day.

Birthday Treats!

Cupcake Faces

This Week at a Glance: Sept. 25 – Sept. 30

SPELLING:  Long /i/ sound and plurals:  lie, tie, fly, flies, halves, cycles, reply, replies, sign, monkeys, lunches, fights, knights, spy, spies.  Please complete activites on spellingcity.com by Thursday. Test Friday.

LANGUAGE ARTS:  regular and irregular plurals; possessive nouns

LITERATURE:  We will begin our unit on animals this week. Our first story is “One Small Place in a Tree.” Test on Friday. Please remind your child to write in complete sentences, restate the question in their answer, and to proofread! Students are allowed to use their book to look up answers they are unsure of. The students should read the story several times. Asking your child questions about the story and showing him/her how to find the answer in the text is also helpful.

SCIENCE:  Chapter 1: Plants. Test Thursday, September 29. Study vocabulary cards every night! Non-fiction tests require critical thinking. Please help your child study by reading and discussing the chapter. Make sure your child can answer the review questions at the end of each section and that he/she understands all of the concepts  in the Chapter Review.  Ask questions that require higher level thinking and explanations.

MATH:  Monetary values, fractions, rounding to the nearest 10. Weekly assessment on Wednesday.

RELIGION: Presentations on assigned biblical figure. Students will begin the presentations on Tuesday. Notes can be printed from the internet. Students are encouraged to bring their bibles or a child’s version of the bible story.

MUSIC: Repetition of sound. Music games: “The Farmer and the Dell” and “Bluebird, Bluebird.”

LIBRARY:  Wednesday. Return and check out books. Silent reading time.

COMPUTER: This week we will complete activities on spellingcity.com. After Fall Break, we will be learning how to create PowerPoint presentations. I would love to have parents in the lab to help with this. If you are interested in helping or if you have PowerPoint experience and would like to teach a lesson, plesae let me know. Computer class is held on Thursdays at 10:15.

Spelling

Thanks to a generous parent, we now have full access to spellingcity.com! Thank you so much. I will post new information as soon as the full version is up and running.

Each week, the students’ spelling words will be on the site.

 Go to:

www.spellingcity.com

click on “students”

click on “find a list”

In the enter search item box, write Jill Wise then hit “search” My name will appear at the bottom. Click on my name. The various lists will appear.

Click on the list you want your child to work on and hit enter.

The students will have access to all of the free games and activities.

You are welcome to explore the site and watch the videos. Click on “parents” for more information.