Hello Third Grade Families, Happy first week of Spring! This is a short week. As a reminder, Thursday is a half day followed by Easter vacation. I hope everyone enjoys the break, resting among family and friends. Math: This week marks the beginning of Unit 8: Fractions. Since we have no math homework, please use […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Here we go… Math: We will complete Unit 7 this week with a test on Thursday. Continue practicing to solve for extended facts in both multiplication (5 x 50, 200 x 400, 3,000 x 6, etc.) as well as division (540/90, 6,400/80, 5,600/700). IXL Homework: L.3 Division Patterns Over Increasing Place […]
Hello Third Grade Families, It promises to be a busy week. Math: We will continue with Unit 7: Multiplication and Division. The students will be introduced to the use of parentheses and the order of operation as well as how to solve for extended facts (5 x 50, 200 x 400, 3,000 x 6, etc.). […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Thursday is our field trip to the Chumash Museum in Thousand Oaks. Remember to turn in your permission slips no later than Wednesday. An e-mail was sent last week with all necessary details. Math: We will complete Unit 6: Geometry with a test on Wednesday. IXL Homework: V.3 Count and Compare […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Happy President’s Day! I hope everyone enjoyed the long, sunny weekend. Math: Unit 6 continues with a focus on symmetry and congruence before moving into polyhedrons (3-dimentional shapes). We will learn to identify and count apexes, faces, bases, edges and vertices. IXL Homework: V.20: Angles — less than, greater than, equal […]
The third and sixth grade were lucky to have a special guest teach a lesson on world geography and the seasons. Using globes and flashlights the students study the layout of the globe with longitude and latitude. Next they turned the globes for the 4 seasons using the flashlights as the sun. Each group then […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Happy (almost) Valentine’s Day! We will be exchanging cards Friday morning. Please remember to send in your covered box by Wednesday. Directions were sent last week via e-mail. Math: Unit 6 continues with a study of polygons and angles. We will be taking a closer look at a variety of shapes […]
Hello Third Grade Families, It’s Catholic Schools Week! In honor of Wednesday’s Student Appreciation Day there will be free lunch (hamburgers) on this day for all. And since every day is student appreciation day around here, there will be reduced homework this week. Enjoy! Math: We will begin Unit 6: Geometry with a review of lines, […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Parent’s Day is Friday. I look forward to meeting everyone in the Church for mass before we head over to the classroom. We will be making a miraculous medal and decorating our new book boxes! Math: We will complete Unit 5 (very large and very small numbers) this week with a test […]
Hello Third Grade Families, Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend and all were able to take a moment to reflect on the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King. This week will be cold and a little wet, so please remember to send your kiddos to school with a school sweater and/or […]