Plans for Week of September 27

We're learning a lot in third grade, including:

• who King Saul of the Bible was and how important it is to trust God's plan, instead of following self,
• how to identify nouns and how to change them from singular to plural,
• who William Penn was and what role he had in founding Pennsylvania,
• what religious freedom is,
• the states of matter (solid, liquid, gas) and what molecules are,
• how to multiply with 2-digit numbers,
• geographic things like US regions and the states that are in the northeast region.

This week, your student will have the following quizzes and tests:

• Friday: Spelling, list 6 (still a trial test on Thursday)
• Memory verse: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Hebrews 11:1
• Tuesday: Math quiz 2 (a cumulative mix of addition, subtraction, multiplication through 3 times table, units of measure, counting currency)

Progress reports will come home Monday.  

I'd like to point out that I have not taken many grades for reading yet, but more will be added.  There aren't quizzes over the actual reading books, so the grade will be based on 1) oral reading, and 2) reading comprehension sheets.  You may have seen a few of the ABeka reading comprehension sheets, which I haven't graded yet because of their difficulty.  I do plan to work them in while adding others, so that by the end of the nine weeks, we'll have more grades for reading.

Grandparents' Day is Friday, October 1.

We're going to be working on a couple of handmade gifts this week, but there won't be an event at school.

Lastly, you're probably already aware that I am using Class DoJo now. If I need to get a message out quickly, it's easier to send out a group DoJo message than to email the whole parent list.  I will not be using it for points, just communication.

Thank you and God bless! 

Picture Day is Thursday, September 23 !

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School Picture Day

Thursday, September 23

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Plans for week of September 20

 IMPORTANT:  Field trip to Farm Safety Day at the Memorial Park on Wednesday. Please complete the two forms that came home in the green folder on Friday. I know it's late notice, but I only found out about it last Wednesday.

🍂  The weather might be chilly and damp, so please have your student wear a jacket and close-toes shoes.  

🍂 Please pack a lunch.  We are scheduled to be at the park at 8:45, and return around 11:00, but I still want them to pack a lunch in case we return later than the normal lunch time, which is 11:15.

🍂 I will be driving the class to the event in the school van.

🍂 There are several short presentations that should total an hour and a half to two hours, so we should be back at school by 11:00.

OTHER IMPORTANT ITEMS:

Memory Verse:  “Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.”  1 Samuel 12:16

Spelling:  List 5.  I'll be doing some new things to help the children learn these.  On Monday, we'll be making flash cards.  Since the kiddos like to cut and glue things, I hope they find this fun.  Also, it might help to focus on one word at a time.  (Test on Friday, trial on Thursday.)  The homework on Tuesdays counts for a grade and can help bring up the average.

Language:  Test scheduled for Thursday, if all goes well.  It will cover nouns and comma rules. The workbook pages that your child brings home should be excellent indicators of the material.

Math test on Monday.  (cumulative test over addition, counting coins, some multiplication.  The workbook pages that your student brings home will show the types of things on the test.)

Reading:  homework on Monday will be a selection from the History book:  63-65.  Please also turn to the back of the history book and go over the US region map and Northeast states.  We've been working on these in class.

History:  another practice quiz on Friday, over pages 55-69, and the names of the oceans (Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern, Indian) These are on page 473 in the history book.

Science:  another practice quiz on Wednesday over 3 types of matter, chapter 2. (if we get back in time.) 

Lastly, the class has been handling the wearing of masks very well. Thank you for providing them.  I do have extras in my classroom, if necessary.

Please also keep sending those water bottles.

Thank you!

Plans for Week of Sept. 13

 It goes without saying that the dates of some of these items may change, but I will try to keep everyone informed. 

Monday's lessons will be a carry-over from Friday, Sept. 10.

• Bible memory, Hebrews 11:9
• Spelling test, List 3   

    ALSO:

• Math quiz (addition, subtraction, 2 x table facts)

New Bible verse for the rest of the week:  Hebrews 11:10

"For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God."

Wednesday:  History "Practice Test" over pp. 17-54.  We'll be reviewing for this a lot in class, and while it won't count as much as a test, I will use it as a classwork grade.  Students may bring their history books home if you want to go over the material with them.

Thursday:  We hope to resume normal spelling trial test.

Friday:  Bible memory verse quiz, spelling test for those who did not score an A on trial.

Week 3

Third grade parents;

First of all, thank you for working with your child this past Wednesday.  I appreciate all that you do at home!  Hopefully, we won't have to do a lot of remote learning, but if we do, please watch for new instructions here on the blog.

Since the school week will be shorter next week, I went ahead and sent home a typed copy of the memory verse and spelling words.  That way, if you want to get started on Monday, you can.  I would suggest that you simply read through the Bible verse and spelling words, just to begin getting familiar with them. I'm attaching a picture of the paper below.

Another bit of news regarding spelling:  I have decided to use the vocabulary definitions as bonus points from now on.  I will explain this to the class on Tuesday. Each word on the test is worth 5 points, and the definitions will count for 3 points each, as long they make sense.  

There is usually reading homework on Monday nights, but not on Labor Day.  :-)

There will be the usual spelling homework on Tuesday night, to write the words and definitions one time each, neatly, and the usual trial test Thursday, actual test Friday.  

There is a language test on Tuesday, over the types of sentences (declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory.)  We have gone over and over this in class, so I expect them to do well.

There's a math quiz scheduled for Thursday.  On it are simple addition and subtraction, multiplication facts from 0,1, and 2 x tables, and counting coins.  The students brought home their first completed speed drill paper Friday, so that might be an indicator on what, if anything, they need to practice. That quiz will be for a grade.

However, we also have practice quizzes scheduled in History and Science on Thursday.  Those are designed to get students ready for tests with multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank tests and are not graded. 

That's all for now.  Please always check those green take home folders so that you can be aware of your child's progress.