Thursday, August 26, 2010

August 27th - September 3rd

I love these children more everyday!! We have had a very full week that included Open House (thank you for coming!), our first chapel, Ellie Adams's birthday, and the excitement of watching the playground being moved! Please note below some important dates, a glimpse of what we will study next week, and a break down of what is included in the third grade activity fee. Have a great weekend!!!

Important Dates:

  • August 31st - Individual School Pictures
  • September 3rd - Scholastic Book Orders will be due for those who are interested. Order online by clicking the link in the top right had corner! Our class activation code is: GNMWV  (Please know that this is completely optional!!!)
  • September 6th - Labor Day, No school
  • September 13th - Mid-term Reports

A look at what we are learning next week:

Reading - We will read Lost and Found in our textbook. We will focus on the following skills: sequence of events, inflected endings on words (-ed, -ing), and identifying the parts of a dictionary.

English - We will complete our study on capitalization rules and test Wednesday on them. (Unit 5 in our book.) We will them begin our study of punctuation rules.

Spelling - We test on Unit 3 Thursday, September 2nd. The words are on Spellingcity.com. Just click the link on the top right corner of the blog.

Math - We are now in Chapter 3 Estimation sums, adding 3 digits, and problem solving. I am proud of the practice the students are doing on IXL.com!!! We will test on Chapter Three Friday, September 3rd. The new IXL skills are: L.5, C.3, and C.1. Students may also challenge themselves with C.4 and L.2!! Next week will do a timed test on addition facts so remember to practice!!!

Science - We will move on to Chapter 5 - How Plants and Animals Interact and Food Chains.

Social Studies - We are continuing our study of Communities by looking at the rural, suburban and urban areas.

Bible - Matthew 5:16 We will learn what it means to let our "light shine before men."


Activity Fee


Each student is assessed an activity fee that varies by grade. This fee keeps you from being charged small amounts throughout the year. The third grade fee includes the following:


Supply Box                         $37.76
Field Trip                            $22.94
Assignment Notebook       $  6.20
Field Day t-shirt                 $10.00
Class Photo                        $15.00
Total                                  $91.90

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