Thursday, November 19th

3rd Grade News

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11-19-15

Reading/Language Arts

This week's informational text "Technology Wins the Game" gave students facts about how sports have changed with technology.  The comprehension skill focused on sequencing.  The vocabulary strategy covered the suffixes such as -less, -ful, and -ous.  Students worked on -oy and -oi words for the phonics skill.  In grammar students learned about plural nouns.  Students previously added -s and -es to nouns to make them plural.  Now students learned for words that end in a consonant and a -y to change the -y to i and add -es (examples include city to cities and berry to berries).  Students also learned about irregular plural nouns such as child to children, leaf to leaves, and deer to deer.

The results of the Unit 2 Benchmark test have been included in the the take home folder. Many of the students improved their scores on the Reading and Analyzing section from the previous test.  The Unit 2 test covered vocabulary strategies about suffixes -able and 

-ible, shades of meaning, synonyms, dictionary, context clues, and target vocabulary. The comprehension skills covered cause/effect, personification, conclusions, analyzing illustrations, main ideas and details, sequence of events, and text and graphic features. It also included phonics skills such as vowel diphthongs ow and ou, words with au, aw, al, and o,words with VCV pattern, the silent letters kn and wr, and three letter clusters scr-, spr-, str-, and thr-.  Students also took the Revising and Editing section of the Benchmark test.  Students were assessed on sentence fluency, organization, using commas, abstract nouns, verb tense, and pronouns and antecedents.

Math

Multiplication is the next concept students will learn in third grade.  In class we will relate how multiplication relates to addition.  Students will important terminology related to multiplication such as array, equal groups, factor, and product.

Science

Students are learning about ecosystems.  The class has studied about forests.  Students learned about similarities and differences between deciduous forests, tropical rainforests, coastal forests, and coniferous forests. Students also learned about hot and cold deserts.

Prayer Service

There is a prayer service planned for 2:40 PM on Friday, November 20, to honor those whose died and those who where injured in the attacks on Paris last week.  Students are encouraged to wear red, white, and/or blue clothing to school on this day.  Please follow regular school dress code. Mass dress code is not required. 

Mass

 Third grade has mass on Wednesday, November 25th.  Students who did not have a part in the first prayer service will have a part in this mass.  Parts have been sent home with the students.  Please practice the speaking parts at home.  This will improve fluency when the students read aloud.  If you are able, please join us at the liturgy at 9:15 AM. 

Absences

Please let myself or the office know if you know in advance your child will be absent from school. Homework will be sent with your child for the day/days he or she will be absent. If there is an unplanned absence such as sickness, homework will be sent home with a sibling on that day.  If your child has no other siblings at school, homework will be put on the bench outside Mrs. Lane's office to be picked up by the end of the day.

Important Dates

Friday, November 20th-Prayer Service at 2:40 PM (Wear red, white, and blue)

Wednesday, November 25th-3rd Grade Mass

Wednesday, November 25th-2 Hour Early Dismissal (1:10 PM)

Thursday, November 26th and Friday, November 27th-NO SCHOOL

Wednesday, December 2nd-1 Hour Early Dismissal

Tuesday, December 8th-Mass at 9:15 AM

Wednesday, December 9th-1 Hour Early Dismissal

Friday, December 11th-Spirit Day

Sunday, December 13th-Christmas Music Program at CHS