Hello Everyone:
Thank you all for coming to conferences on the 25th. Please be sure to fill out the gift tags that I gave you for gifts your child buys at the Christmas Shop next week. Please let me know if you did not receive them or if you would like additional stickers. Please have these stickers filled out and returned to school by this Friday so that they are ready for our shopping trip on Monday December 8th.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving that was filled will a lot of family time and laughter.
Please remember to send in the title of the Christmas CHAPTER Book that your child has chosen to read. The project for the presentation will be a Christmas themed poster. Presentations will be the week of December 15th. I am asking that the students read their chosen Christmas CHAPTER book for the weekly reading logs.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fun things to remember for the week~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monday December 1st: Title of the Christmas Chapter Book is due today.
Thursday December 4th: Third Grade achieved their 80% whole class Math goal. The class is invited to wear comfy clothes or their PJs to school to celebrate this achievement. Please be sure that the PJ’s are school appropriate and that under garments are worn as well.
Friday, December 5th: Bring back the gift stickers for the Christmas Shop on Monday. Students should bring in their Christmas Chapter book and a flashlight to read during our flashlight reading time.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~During the week we will be learning:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Religion: As a class we will explore the concept that Jesus has power over life and death.
Math: The class will learn how to use the Distributive Property to find a product when one factor is a multiple of 10. they will also use place value to break apart factors and find products in which one factor is a multiple of 10. The students will also work to solve subtraction word problems and represent subtraction in different ways objects, drawings, and equations.
Science: The class will continue learning about what happens during both a physical and chemical change. When a chemical change happens we form an entirely new substance. During a physical change the objects is the same but the color or size etc. . . is different.
Reading: This week the students will begin reading a short passage about Candy Canes. As the students are reading this story, they will learn about how the candy cane is made, when it was invented and many other fun facts surrounding the famous candy. As they are learning about this popular candy, the students will be answering questions centered around the passage.
Phonics: This week the class will use final consonant blends. The students will review when the letter “Y” acts as a vowel or a consonant words.
Spelling: Our spelling words this week contain these blends ch, sh, tch, th, wr and ck.
Writing: We will begin writing a story titled: If I Had a Pet Reindeer. Students will get a question to answer at the beginning of each day. These answers will help the students develop an outline for their stories. The outline will then be used to write their stories.
