Third grade families,

It has been SO nice meeting with so many of you last week. I look forward to meeting with more families this week!

Important Dates

  • Monday, 10/18: Art with Miss Nancy
  • Monday, 10/18: $1 Halloween tattoo pre-sale begins. Tattoos will be distributed on October 27th!
  • Thursday, 10/21: Library
  • Thursday, 10/21: Earthquake drill
  • Friday, 10/22: 2p dismissal

Weekly Homework (due 10/26)

  • IXL math:
    D.1: Subtract Numbers Up to Three Digits
    S.4: Which Picture Shows More?
  • Fluency
  • 100 minutes of reading
  • 5 READO boxes

Sneak Peek to our Academic Week

math: This week we will practice some new strategies for addition and subtraction of 2 or more digits. Partial-Sums method (for addition) and Counting Up method (for subtraction). Later this week, we will take our Unit 2 math test! Our math test is scheduled for this Friday.

reading: We have wrapped up our first fiction reading unit! Off to non-fiction reading we go!

writing: This week we continue to make final touches to our narrative writing pieces. Then, we will begin our new unit and genre of writing…informational!

word work: Word lists can be found in your child’s planner and on Vocabulary A-Z. Spelling tests are scheduled for this Friday.

religion: We begin Chapter 5- Jesus Calls Us to Follow. We will discuss how Jesus called the apostles and disciples. Our Unit 1 Religion test is scheduled for this Friday.

social studies: In Social Studies this week, we will learn all about natural resources!

Have a wonderful week!

Blessings,
Miss Poindexter

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