Welcome back! I hope you all had a wonderful Spring Break and a great Easter. The weather yesterday was absolutely beautiful…hopefully it comes back 🙂 Here are some things to know for the week:
What We Are Learning:
English: We are reviewing prepositions today and we are adding a noun job chart as well. We will focus on this most of the week.
Math: We are continuing to work on different types of graphing. We will look at line plots and learn what mean and median mean.
*Sundae Math: We will be having our Sundae Party on Friday April 15th! Those students who have finished their multiplication facts will get to participate in the Sundae Party. I will be sending home a letter later this week with more information 🙂
Reading: This week we are going to be learning about the causes and effects in a story. We are also going to be practicing how to write a good summary.
Bible: We are continuing to work our way through the life of Joseph. We will talk about how his brothers came to visit him in Egypt.
Spelling: This week we are working on syllables and the spelling pattern vowel-consonant-consonant-consonant-vowel.
Writing: We are continuing to plug away at our alphabet books! Those who need a little more time will be bringing their papers home tonight to help them get ahead.
Bible Verse and Spelling Words:
This Week’s Verse: Psalm 23:6 – Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
Next Week’s Verse: 2 Timothy 3:16 – All scripture is God breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness.
Spelling Words: monster, surprise, hundred, complete, control, sample, instant, inspect, pilgrim, contrast, explode, district, address, substance, children, merchant, embrace, purchase, curtsy, contract. Bonus: extraordinary
Odds and Ends:
Grade Card Envelopes: Please get these returned to me by Friday!
Box Tops: Please get this turned in by Wednesday!
Class Chapel: Save the date! Our class will be doing chapel on April 22nd.
Elementary Testing: Our testing this year will be April 18-22. Please make sure that doctors appointments, etc are not made during this week. It is important that all students are present!
Early Enrollment Deadline: The deadline for early enrollment is this Friday. Contact the office if you have any questions.
That is it for this week!
In Christ,
Mrs. Starkey
Third Grade Tidbits 