Quarter 2 Week 1

 Hello Third Grade Families,

We are beginning a new quarter and looking forward to having a great discussion at Parent Teacher Conferences. Reminder: There is no school on Friday as Teachers have a Professional Development Day. 

Content Corner:

• Math- We are continuing to learn multiplication. Make sure for Rocket Math each scholar goes around with their expo at night and then does the 1 min. timed test on the inside. Quiz on Thursday. 
• Spalding- We have 20 words this week and test on Thursday.
• Reading- Reading log will be due on THURSDAY-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 25th, after Fall Break. 
• Grammar- We are discussing writing paragraphs and the steps in the writing process. We will write a paragraph about what is their favorite character from Little House on the Prairie.  
• History- We are continuing to learn about the Earliest Americans. 

Updates and Events:

• 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!
• Fall Break- October 14-18
• Use the blog links to get the new Literature book-Pinocchio

Have a wonderful Fall Break!

Joyfully, 

🌻 Third Grade Team