March 8-12

       

Tuesday – 7x3 quiz
Wednesday – 7x4 quiz
Thursday – 7x5 quiz
Friday – spelling test, 15-7 quiz, end of marking period, book orders due, out of uniform, 2^nd Base for Sounds program due – optional!

Reminders/Announcements

1.     Today (Monday) is our last day of IOWA testing.  We’ll be back on a regular schedule tomorrow.  There won’t be any homework tonight, but study for tests and quizzes as usual.

2.    Please email Libby Scanlan if you can help with the First Communion reception in any way.  It’s on April 25.  We need help to set-up, serve, and clean up afterwards.  libbyscanlan@comcast.net

3.    Remember that if your child wants to work on the Sounds reading program that they can use books that they’re reading at school.  They can even work on the book reports and projects during silent reading time.  If there’s one base they want to do for the particular prize, they can do just that one.  They don’t have to do all of them in order.  This program is optional.  See our projects tab on our webpage for details.

4.    Each child will need a shallow box, like a shoe box lid, for an art project soon.  Please send these in and I will hold them until we’re ready to use them.  If you have extras, please send more than one.

5.    On Wednesday, there will be homework over using a telephone directory.  Using a phone book is a skill that third graders should have, and it’s in our curriculum.  I just wanted to explain that, because the assignment might seem sort of random otherwise.  J

6.    Thanks so much to the parents who sent in snacks for the class last week.  The kids enjoyed all of them!

7.    This week we’re collecting markers for Haiti.

Learning This Week
Religion – Lent
Reading – the genre of fairy tales
Spelling – change y to i - cities, cried, puppies, hurried, stories, dried, carried, flies, worried, parties, tried, pennies, ponies, babies, pretty, very, countries, libraries, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
Phonics – vowel digraphs, syllables
English – compound subjects
Math – metric measurement
Science – weather
S.S. – whirlwind tour of American history

Haiti Supplies - as a school-wide Lenten project, we are collecting supplies for Haiti.  This week's item is markers.  In the following weeks, we'll be collecting scissors and crayons.  Backpacks (new or gently used) are also being collected.  Please contribute what you can, but don’t feel pressured to get every single item.  Thanks!

This Week's Study Planner

3M Study Planner	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday
Math Facts  - Monday - addition Tuesday – 6x10 Wednesday – 6’s graded test Thursday – 7x2 Friday – 12-7	Use one of the math fact study ideas from the work folder or go over flashcards to study multiplication facts that we’ve learned. (5 min)	Use one of the math fact study ideas from the work folder or go over flashcards to study multiplication facts that we’ve learned. (5 min)	Use one of the math fact study ideas from the work folder or go over flashcards to study multiplication facts that we’ve learned. (5 min)	Use one of the math fact study ideas from the work folder or go over flashcards to study subtraction facts. (5 min)
Reading Time – Remember - you can use time on the weekends and count it as your M-TH reading time.	15 minutes of silent reading or reading with a parent. (15 min)	15 minutes of silent reading or reading with a parent. (15 min)	15 minutes of silent reading or reading with a parent. (15 min)	15 minutes of silent reading or reading with a parent. (15 min)
SE, central & Western States – matching test over all of these Thursday	Practice finding the location of each SE & W state (5 min)	Practice finding the location of each SE & W state (5 min)	Practice finding the location of each SE & W state (5 min)	Practice finding the location of each SE & W state (5 min)
Spelling Test Friday	Have a study partner say each word out loud.  Spell the word back to them OR do “test me” on spellingcity.com (10 min)	Do a practice test. (10 min)	Write the words you missed on your practice test 3x each. (5 min)	Have a study partner say each word out loud.  Spell the word back to them OR do “test me” on spellingcity.com (10 min)
Estimated Total Study Time for the Evening	35 minutes	35 minutes	30 minutes	35 minutes

§          Parents - initial in each box to show that the activity has been completed or initial in the bottom box if all activities that night were completed.  No papers (from practice tests, etc.) need to be turned in.  A treat will be given on Friday for students who complete all of the week’s activities.  Smaller treats will be given for completing some activities. These are suggested activities to help your child develop good study habits - no penalties will be given for not completing the work. 

·          A suggested amount of time for working on each activity is listed in parentheses.  Some activities will take less time than suggested.  Some will not be completed in the suggested amount of time.  It’s better to stop when time is up, even if you’re not done.  Frustration will set in if too much time is spent on any one activity. 

·          If you do a different activity than what is listed to study, just write it in the box.