Quarter 1 Week 8

 Hello Third Grade Families,

It is exciting and surprising we are already at the end of the 1st quarter! We look forward to discussing the growth of your scholar at the Parent Teacher conferences October 12-14. Use the emailed links from the school to sign up. 

Content Corner:

• Math- We are starting a new unit on multiplication with a Test on Thursday. 
• Spalding- We have 30 words this week and test on Friday
• Reading- Read aloud 20 minutes each night and scholars are filling out the reading log. (Parents just initial) Continue to make sure they are writing in complete sentences with the checklist:
• Subject Noun
• Verb 
• Does it make sense? 
• Capital Letter
• End Mark (punctuation) 
• Literature- We are continuing to read Little House on the Prairie (LHOP) and discussing sequencing, plot diagrams, and figurative language.
• The Children's Hour by Henery Wadsworth Longfellow The new poem is given and will be due on October 11th. 
• Grammar- We are learning about conjunctions, author's purpose, and specific text features. There is a Grammar test on Thursday over adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, and diagramming. Students can review their purple Grammar notebook to review and study for the test. 
• Science- We are beginning a new week look at helpful traits of plants and animals. Quiz over notes on Friday. 

Updates and Events:

• Sign up for Parent Teacher Conferences (October 14-16) 
• We are working on scholarly typing~no peck and check. This link should allow your scholar to access typing club using their Clever badge QR code to practice at home if they would like to. The students have their logins through a unique QR code in their agendas.
• Field Day is coming up! Click HERE to order your spirit shirts by October 4th!

Excited for a strong, final week of Quarter 1! 

Joyfully, 

🌻 Third Grade Team