Third Grade Weekly News

March 8th-12th

 

 Reading- Students will continue the novel units this week. Mrs. Peal’s class is reading Charlotte’s Web, Mrs. West’s class is reading Frindle and Mrs. Schultz’s Class is reading Because of Winn-Dixie. We will complete a variety of vocabulary and comprehension activities and will focus on various reading skills within each text. We will finish the novels this week.

 

Grammar- Students will discuss homophones, homonyms, prefixes, and suffixes. Students will complete daily language reviews focusing on capitalization, punctuation, analogies, and word relationships. 

 

Writing- Students will continue their writing for the Young Authors program. This is an annual writing event that all students here at St. Pat’s will take part in. 

 

Spelling- Week 23 Spelling List

 

Math- We will begin Chapter 14 this week.

This chapter covers metric measurements. We will complete lessons 14.1-14.4 this week. 

 

Science – Students will continue to learn about simple machines and how they help people do work. 

 

Social Studies - We will continue to discuss immigration in America. We will also talk about the statue of liberty this week. 

 

Religion -Students will discuss the leaders of the Church including the Pope, pastor, and priests.  We will also continue to discuss the Stations of the Cross. 

 

Reminders:

*Early Out Thursday! And * No School Friday!

* Please sign your child’s planner each night to help them stay