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 […]
Hello Third Grade Families, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone enjoyed the break resting and relaxing among friends. This week we will hit the ground running. Math: We begin Chapter 5: Place Value in Whole Numbers and Decimals. This week will focus on very large numbers (up to the millions). Later in the chapter we […]
Merry Christmas, Third Grade Families! This week our little elves will be working hard on a special Christmas gift for moms and dads. No peeking. Our plan is to send them home on Thursday. Friday morning is our class book exchange! We’ve already got several books wrapped and ready in the classroom. Please remember to […]
Hello 3rd Grade Families, Progress Reports go home Tuesday. Please remember to sign and return the envelope once you’ve had a chance to review and discuss it with your child. Likewise, I look forward meeting and chatting at Parent-Teacher Conferences this week. Please check your scheduled time. If you need to make any changes, contact […]
Hello 3rd Grade Families, I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend among family and friends. There will be much happening in the following three weeks. Below are some highlights. -Our first field trip is scheduled for Decmeber 15th when we will be going to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History! Keep your eye on […]