Weekly News Jan 22 251

							                                                                                        Welcome to Mrs.
                    Weekly News                                                       Connors Third Grade
                                                                                        January 22nd-25th




The week at a glance                                                      I hope everyone had a wonderful three day
                                                                      weekend. Thank you to the parents who got the
Math- This will be the last week to really focus on multiplication
and division before we move into fractions. The students will also
                                                                      weekly report signed and turned back in today. It
be working on ways to explain how they solved word problems             really helps me make sure the work being sent
and creating a division foldable with vocabulary to match their        home is getting looked at. If you ever have any
multiplication one.
                                                                             questions please feel free to email me!
Reading- We are reading another biography called Rocks in His
Head. We will be looking closely at the difference between a
fact and an opinion. We will also be discussing what it means to      Save the Date
infer when we are reading and how using our background                    Primrose planting- Wednesday January 23rd.
knowledge can help us infer about different things the story may             The students may wear family colors and
not tell us directly.
                                                                             jeans.
LA- We are finishing up our rough drafts of our stories and               Sunday mass at 10:00 followed by an open
moving into working on the final drafts. The goal is for all final           house to kick off Catholic Schools week.
drafts to be done by next Wednesday so the students can share             Monday January 28th the class will be able
their stories and show their main character made out of
recyclable items. We will also be completing worksheets on
                                                                             to dress in a theme that is yet to be
sentence fluency. This is one of the 6+1 writing traits that will            determined. I will keep everyone posted.
help add variety to the students’ stories.                                Main Character made from recyclable
                                                                             items due this Friday January 25th
Science- The students are doing an excellent job researching
their ecosystems. We will be finishing up the research this week
                                                                          Diorama for ecosystems due Monday
and working on our power points presentations for the class. We              February 4th
will also be reviewing the material taught this unit to prepare for
a unit exam that will take place after Catholic Schools week.

Religion- We are focusing on our parish this week by learning
who leads our parish and different ways we can contribute and
help out. We will also be writing poems for Father Tony and           There is a new basic facts homework sign off sheet
Victoria this week to show our appreciation for them.
Congratulations to all the students who have memorized the
                                                                      for the students. Please make sure to sign off on
Memorore. The students who still need to be tested will be            the reading log and basic facts sheet each night.
tested orally this week. This prayer is one of four required by the
archdioceses for third graders to memorize.


                                                                      Homework
                                                                      Homework will be posted up on the website!

                   Word of the week

     This week the students will focus on
   finishing up any make-up works of the
                    week.




Email- kconnors@stcatherineschool.net
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