Hello! Just cause I’m gone doesn’t mean you won’t get the weekly update. As a reminder, no tests will go home until I am back at school on Wednesday, October 5th. They will be in their Friday Folders tomorrow. We do not have school on Friday, October 7th.

Spelling: Our spelling words will be focusing on is /s/ and /j/ sounds.

English: We are continuing our unit on adjectives.

Social Studies: We are  continuing to learn about map skills, the continents, and the hemispheres.

Religion: We are going to do our Unit 1 review.

Reading: We will be reading the story “Wild Shots” . The skill this week is author’s purpose.

Phonics: We are reviewing short o.

Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase j and p.

Math: We will be reviewing and learning about rounding to the tens and hundreds.

Science: We are continuing our unit on seeds.

Wild Shots Spelling Words

Regular words: space, stage, huge, fence, price, police, office, engine, badge, pencil, excite, force, range, ginger, giraffe, creature, strange, scaly, peculiar, unusual

Challenge: creature, strange, peculiar, unusual, curious, delicate, survived, marine, collapsed, fangs, spines, tortoise, trusting, volcanoes, iguanas, penguins, adventures, Galapagos, biologist

Hello! We learned lots this last week and took a reading test, spelling test, phonics assessment, and an english test over nouns. The class is only 3 away from earning a board game party with ROAR cards! As a reminder. I am going to be gone Thursday September 29th, Friday September 30th, Monday October 3rd, and Tuesday October 4th because I am getting married this Saturday October 1st. If you need anything please feel free to reach out but I will not be checking emails until Monday October 3rd. Also, I will not have the spelling test or reading tests in the Friday Folders on Friday September 30th since I will be gone.

Spelling: Our spelling words will be focusing on is sh, ch, and tch sounds.

English: We will starting our unit on adjectives.

Social Studies: We are  continuing to learn about map skills, the continents, and the hemispheres.

Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaches us to pray, St. Therese of Lisieux, and different types of prayer.

Reading: We will be reading the story “Balto, The Dog Who Saved Nome” . The skill this week is making predictions.

Phonics: We are reviewing short a and short i.

Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase r and s.

Math: We will be reviewing and learning about rounding to the tens and hundreds.

Science: We are continuing our unit on seeds.

Balto Spelling Words

Regular: shot, chance, match, watch, showed, shock, pushed, such, crash, chew, batch, hitched, sharp, mush, speech, medicine, equipment, crutch, nurse, hospital

Challenge: medicine, equipment, crutch, nurse, hospital, diphtheria, disease, treated, village, solid, telegraph, drifts, trail, temperature, guided, splinters, descendants, communicate, hitched, statue

Hello! It was a great week in 3A. We earned out pizza party and Miss Keogh, our student teacher, brought in caffeine free Fanta and Lemonade for us to enjoy with out pizza today. I am so proud of our class! They are working towards earning a board game party for 20 whole class ROAR cards. Miss Keogh is here Wednesday, Thursday, and Fridays until the end of October. Next week is a short week with no school on Friday, September 23rd, 2022. Also I am going to be gone Thursday September 29th, Friday September 30th, Monday October 3rd, and Tuesday October 4th because I am getting married that weekend. I just wanted to let you all know ahead of time if your child says I am gone for a few days.

Spelling: Our spelling words will be focusing on kn-, wr-, -gh, and -ph sounds.

English: We will  continue to learn about nouns.

Social Studies: We are learning about map skills, the continents, and the hemispheres.

Religion: We are learning about .

Reading: We will be reading the story “Turtle Bay” . The skill this week is author’s purpose.

Phonics: We are reviewing a consonants and consonant variants .

Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase w and u.

Math: We will be learning and reviewing place value, expanded form, and standard form.

Science: We are continuing our unit on seeds.

Turtle Bay

Regular-known, written, laugh, sphere, wreck, writer, wrong, wrap, wrench, knocked, knot, wring, enough, rough, wrinkle, tortoise, dolphin, sea horse, whale, coral

There are no challenge words this week.

Hello! I know I am a little late on getting this to you. Here is what we are learning about this week.

Spelling: Our spelling words will be focusing on the long o and long i sound.

English: We will  continue to learn about plural nouns.

Social Studies: We are learning about map skills and the continents.

Religion: We are learning about how the church welcomes us.

Reading: We will be reading the story “Allie’s Basketball Dream” . The skills this week are summarizing and character traits.

Phonics: We are reviewing and learning about consonant variants.

Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase t and i.

Math: We will be learning and reviewing place value, expanded form, and standard form.

Science: We are starting our unit on seeds.

Allie’s Basketball Dream Words-Test Friday, September 16th, 2022

Regular List: tight, while, show, stone, bright, whole, window, time, follow, close, flight, tide, grow, broke, below, basketball, coach, forward, dribble, guard

Challenge List: basketball, coach, forward, dribble, guard, professional, familiar, captain, pretended, aimed, monitor, audience, apprentice, backboard, basket, bounded, court, rim, referee, official

Happy Labor Day Weekend! We have a short week next with no school on Monday September 5th and Tuesday September 6th. I hope everyone can relax, have some fun, and be safe this weekend.

Below is what we are learning for next week:

Spelling: We will not have spelling due to the short week. We will pretest for the next stories words.

English: We will be continue to learn about different types of nouns.

Social Studies: We are learning about map skills and the continents.

Religion: We are learning about Saints who had feast days in September.

Reading: We will be doing a close reading activity and a writing project.

Phonics: We are reviewing and learning about consonants.

Handwriting/Cursive: We are going over under curve and down curve to get ready to for letter formation.

Math: We will be learning and reviewing place value.

Science: We are starting our unit on seeds.

Hello! We had a great first full week of school. The class did so well with a substitute teacher Monday and Tuesday when I was unexpectedly out. I am so proud of them! This week we continued to work on routines and procedures. In your child’s Friday Folder there is their spelling list for next week, work for this week, an envelope from Straight from the Heart, and book order forms. I will always try to send home the following weeks spelling list home on Fridays. Have a relaxing and safe weekend!

Below is what we are learning for next week along with the spelling words for the week:

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Pepita Talks Twice” and there are 20 words. They are with the short o, short u, and short i sound. We will take the spelling test on Friday, September 2nd, 2022.

English: We will be learning about different types of nouns.

Social Studies: We are learning about map skills and the continents.

Religion: We are learning about

Reading: We will be reading “Pepita Talks Twice” and going over narrative elements. We will take the reading test on Friday, September 2nd, 2022.

Phonics: We are reviewing and learning about different initial and final sounds in words.

Handwriting/Cursive: We are going over under curve and down curve to get ready to for letter formation.

Math: We will be learning and reviewing counting by 2’s, counting by 3’s, counting by 5’s, 100 chart, and even/odd numbers

Science: We are learning about what scientist do.

Pepita Talks Twice Spelling Words- Test on Friday, September 2nd, 2o22                           slip, fish, pick, rocks, lunch, gift, thing, inch, truck, pond, from, jump, socks, dish, thump, trick, wiggle, drop, luck, shut

I can’t believe it’s already the end of the 2021-2022 school year! Thank you to you and your child for making this school year one of the best. We learned lots and grew together. We started of the year in masks but by the end it seemed like a “normal” year. It was my first year back at Saint Pius X/Saint Leo Elementary School as a staff member and it brought back so many memories of my time here as a student. I plan on spending time setting up my house and finishing wedding plans. I hope you have a safe, relaxing, and blessed summer.

The field trip form is due Tuesday, May 10th. We do not have school Friday, May 13th for a teacher work day.

The homework this week is Monday math worksheet over measurement, Tuesday Math IXL Z.4, and Wednesday spelling word search.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Charlotte’s Web”. There are 15 words.

English: We will be learning about multiple definitions, finding words in a dictionary in ABC order, and reviewing for our test on dictionary skills. We will take our test over dictionary skills on Thursday May 12th.

Social Studies: We are reviewing chapter 5 over inventors and we will be taking our test on Monday, May 9th, 2022.

Religion: We are learning about 

Reading: We will take a quiz over chapters 12-16 on Monday, May 9th, 2022. We are reading Charlotte’s Web Chapters 17-20 this week. 

Math: We will review measurement to the ¼ inch, ½ inch, and whole inch. We will take our test on measurement on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022.

Science: We are learning about weather.

Charlotte’s Web List 3 – Test: Thursday, May 12th, 202q2. There are no challenge words for this book.

boast, peace, event, rotten, cellar, clever, horrible, promise, stomach serious, unusual, whisper, conversation, something, imagination

We have a themed week this week: Monday- school logo shirt, Tuesday- Pajama day, Wednesday- Wacky Day, Thursday-Character Day, and Friday- dress down for the Race for Education. Homework for Monday is a worksheet over polygons, Tuesday is IXL DD. 1 or DD. 2 or DD.3, Wednesday is write spelling words in a sentence and Thursday NN.6.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Charlotte’s Web”.

English: We will be learning about how to use a dictionary.

Social Studies: We are learning about inventors and how they make our lives better.

Religion: We are learning about our talents that God has given us.

Reading: We are reading Charlotte’s Web Chapters 10-16 this week. We will take a quiz over chapters 6-10 on Tuesday May 3rd.

Math: We are learning about perimeter, area, and measurement.

Science: We are learning about weather.

Charlotte’s Web List 2 – Test: Friday May 6th There are no challenge words for this book.

morals, conscience, trough, morsel, sheep, gosling, spin, slops, salutations, gander, goose, detested, glutton, summer, news

The homework this week is a math worksheet, IXL math AA.2 Symmetry, word search that actually has the words (I checked), and IXL language arts F.2 Determining the main idea of a passage.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Charlotte’s Web”.

English: We will be learning about ABC order to the 3rd and 4th letters. We will take our test over ABC order on Thursday April 28th.

Social Studies: We are starting our lessons over inventions and inventors. It is Chapter 5.

Religion: We are learning about commitment and vocations

Reading: We are reading Charlotte’s Web Chapters 1-9 this week. We will take a quiz over chapters 1-5 on Thursday April 28th.

Math: We are learning about congruent figures, symmetry, slides, flips, turns and space figures this week.

Science: We are learning about the weather.

Charlotte’s Web List 1 – Test: Friday April 29th There are no challenge words for this book.

Charlotte, web, spider, runt, springtime, farm, animals, barn, Wilbur, injustice, breakfast, reconsider, pigpen, feelings, escape

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Yippee-Yah” and these words will be for the next two weeks.

English: We will be learning about ABC order.

Social Studies: We are reviewing chapter 4 and taking our test on Thursday April 21st.

Religion: We are learning about the Easter season..

Reading: We are reading the story called “Yippee-Yay” this week. Our focus skill this week is main idea and details. We take our test on Thursday April 21st.

Math: We are learning about lines, line segments, angles, types of lines, and plane figures this week.

Science: We are learning about weather.

Yippee-Yay – Test: Friday April 22nd There is no challenge the next two weeks due to the days off.

Regular: cowboy, horses, corral, winter, always, cactus, garden, tender, fifteen, basket, welcome. lasso, market, until, Monday, pillows, curtain, feather, mattress, bedspread

The book fair starts this week. If you would like to donate to our class eWallet for the book fair click here.

The homework for this week is the following: he math worksheet for Monday is the Chapter 8 Review, Tuesday is Third Grade Math I.3 relate multiplication and division groups, Wednesday is a spelling worksheet writing the words in a sentence, and Thursday is Third Grade Language Arts HH.1 choose the antonym.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Because of Winn-Dixie”. They will complete a tic-tac-toe board.

English: We are learning about antonyms.

Social Studies: We are  learning about the pioneers.

Religion: We are learning about the stations of the cross.

Reading: We are reading the book “Because of Winn-Dixie” chapters 11-20.

Math: We are learning about division. We will take our chapter 8 test on Wednesday March 30th. We will start our unit on fractions this week.

Science: We are learning force and motion.

Winn Dixie Week 2

thunderstorm, lozenge, library, party, guitar, friendship, church, prayed, smiled, singing

Bonus: imitated and whimpering

The book fair starts next week. If you would like to donate to our class eWallet for the book fair click here.

The homework for this week is the following: Monday equal parts worksheet, Tuesday Third Grade Math IXL J.3, J.4, and J.5, Wednesday Spelling word search, and Thursday Third Grade Language Arts IXL VV.1.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Because of Winn-Dixie”. They will complete a tic-tac-toe board.

English: We are learning about adverbs and adjectives. We take the test on Thursday March 24th.

Social Studies: We are  learning about the pioneers.

Religion: We are learning about the stations of the cross.

Reading: We are reading the book “Because of Winn-Dixie”.

Math: We are learning about division: equal groups, facts families, and basic division facts.

Science: We are learning force and motion.

Winn Dixie Week 1

gerbil, sermon, pride, grand, trembling, retriever, potluck, congregation, constellations, trustworthy

Bonus: irritating, peculiar

I hope everyone had a relaxing and safe spring break! We will have a spelling test and a reading test on Friday March 18th. Our class is in need of Clorox/Lysol wipes and paper towels. I am asking for the wipes because the sprays can be irritating to students who have asthma. As a grade we are low on copy paper and would love some donations if you are willing and able to.

The homework for this week is the following: Monday equal parts worksheet, Tuesday Third Grade Math IXL VV.5, Wednesday Spelling word search, and Thursday Third Grade Language Arts IXL I.1.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Leah’s Pony”. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and write sentences with the words in them. Many of these words are compound words

English: We are learning about adverbs and adjectives this week.

Social Studies: We are  learning about the pioneers,

Religion: We are learning about the stations of the cross.

Reading: We are reading the story “Leah’s Pony”.

Math: We are learning about division: equal groups, facts families, and basic division facts. We start taking division tests on Thursday March 17th. There is a note that will go home with your child on Tuesday March 15th about when the fact tests are.

Science: We are learning force and motion.

Leah’s Pony Spelling words

Regular– sometimes, pickup, dishwater, notebook, upstairs, football, sunshine, outdoors, hallway, timeout, doorway, sunset, bookcase, everyone, everything, cornfields, serious, bargain, astonish, debt

Challenge– cornfields, serious, bargain, astonish, debt, county, auctioneer, clutched, glistened, galloped, understanding, neighborhood, windowpanes, bedsprings, sunburned, needlepoint, household, grasshopper, thunderstorm, firefighters

This is our last week before spring break so let’s make the best of it! On Thursday March 3rd we will have an english test over pronouns. We will have a spelling test, a reading test, and a math test on Friday March 4th.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Lon Po Po”. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and write sentences with the words in them. Many of these words have double consonants.

English: We are working on possessive subjects and object pronouns. We will have our unit test on Thursday March 3rd.

Social Studies: We are  learning about Lewis and Clark. Your child will continue to work on their research project on Lewis and Clark this week and they will finish their final project for a grade.

Religion: We are learning about chapter 14.

Reading: We are reading the story “Lon Po Po”.

Math: We are continuing to learning about money and will have the test on Friday March 4th.

Science: We are learning habitats.

Lon Po Po Spelling words

Regular: pulled, begged, hugged, silly, correct, latter, matter, supper, common, lesson, setting, collect, bottles, different, jelly, fairy tale, cultural, grandma, courage, weave

Challenge: fairy tale, cultural, grandma, courage, weave, characters, tender, brittle, embraced, dusk, cunning, latch, delighted, difficulty, pretended, collected, different, awl, disguised, gingko

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears”. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and complete a word search with the words. Many of these words have the UR sound with different spellings.

English: We are working on subject pronouns, object pronouns, I and Me.

Social Studies: We are  learning about Lewis and Clark. Your child will continue to work on their research project on Lewis and Clark this week.

Religion: We are learning about.

Reading: We are reading the story “Why Mosquitoes Buzz In People’s Ears”.

Math: We are learning about money.

Science: We are learning habitats and will take a test.

Regular– curl, birth, burned, perfect, thirty, church, firm, skirt, clerk, jerked, dirt, shirt, person, purse, term, fault, wrong, error, trouble, reason

Challenge-fault, wrong, error, trouble, reason, satisfied, duty, council, mischief, nonsense, tidbit, mosquitoes, perfection, personality, iguana, antelope, owlet, python, grumpily, wasawusu

I hope you and your child enjoyed the days off.

Starting the week of February 21st we will be doing our money unit. We usually ask kids to bring in some coins to use during class to practice if they are able to. A note went home on Tuesday in your child’s homework folder with some suggested coin amounts. An ARF! practice schedule also went home.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Coyote Place the Stars”. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and complete a word search with the words. Many of these words are homophones.

English: We are working on subject pronouns.

Social Studies: We are  learning about Lewis and Clark. Your child will continue to work on their research project on Lewis and Clark this week.

Religion: We are learning about Pentecost and how Mary is a good role model.

Reading: We are reading the story “Coyote Place the Stars.”

Math: We are learning about ordered pairs.

Science: We are learning habitats.

Spelling Regular: hear, one, won, way, heard, flower, our, flour, weigh, here, beat, herd, hair, beet, hare, canyon, bright, shiny, sparkle, horizon

Spelling Challenge: canyon, bright, shiny, sparkle, horizon, swiftly, skillful, feast, gazing, arranged, plane. plain, bare, bear, your, you’re, there, their, they’re, barefoot

Hello, we had a great week celebrating Catholic Schools Week last week. The class also earned their popcorn party last week. This week we have a half day Thursday February 10th because of Parent Conferences and no school on Friday February 11th.

For Valentine’s Day party on Thursday February 10th, students can bring valentines to pass out to students in their class next Thursday. They can choose if they want to write names on the valentines or leave them blank. We will not be making valentines boxes at school, so please have your child make one at home or bring a bag to take their treats in.

I will send an alternate email to the people signed up at the beginning of the year to bring snacks/supplies for the party.

Spelling: We will be using words from our reading story “Coyote Place the Stars”. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and complete a word search with the words. Many of these words are homophones. These words will be for two weeks, February 7-February 18th.

English: We are working on using quotation marks and contractions.

Social Studies: We are  learning about Lewis and Clark. Your child will start their research project on Lewis and Clark this week.

Religion: We are learning about different saints.

Reading: We are reading the story “Coyote Place the Stars.”

Math: We are learning about different types of data and how to use the data to solve problems.

Science: We are learning habitats.

Spelling Regular: hear, one, won, way, heard, flower, our, flour, weigh, here, beat, herd, hair, beet, hare, canyon, bright, shiny, sparkle, horizon

Spelling Challenge: canyon, bright, shiny, sparkle, horizon, swiftly, skillful, feast, gazing, arranged, plane. plain, bare, bear, your, you’re, there, their, they’re, barefoot

Happy Catholic Schools Week! We have many fun and exciting activities this week. Growing up attending St. Pius Catholic Schools Week was one of my favorite times at school.

Spelling: We will be using Catholic Schools Week themed words this week. Your child will write them in cursive, use them in a sentence, and complete a word search with the words,

English: We are working on use of commas, punctuating a conversation, and how to use quotation marks.

Social Studies: We are about Lewis and Clark.

Religion: We are learning about the Circle of Grace.

Reading: We are reading stories that have to do with our faith and how to be a good friend.

Math: We are learning about different types of data and how to use the data to solve problems.

Science: We are learning habitats.

Catholic Schools Week Spelling Words – There are no challenge words this week. Please remind your child that some of their spelling words have capital letters at the beginning because they are proper nouns.                                                                               Catholic, Jesus Christ, religion, Holy Spirit, christian, Mass, Eucharist, service, priest, prayer

Here is what we are learning about in 3A this week!

Spelling: We will complete a worksheet and practiced writing the words. Your child’s list is in their Friday Folder or down below.

English: We are working on sentence types and punctuation.

Social Studies: We are learning about Jamestown and will take our test.

Religion: We are learning about the Circle of Grace.

Reading: We are reading “Papa Tells Chita a Story”.

Math: We are learning about multiplication.

Science: We are learning about ecosystems.

Spelling Words for “Papa Tells Chita a Story”

Regular: forks, worn, form, fourth, war, storm, horse, warn, morning, forest, court, porch,  poured, part, important, exciting, trail, defend, marsh, drown

Challenge: exciting, trail, defend, marsh, drown, simile, portraits, metaphor, soldier, colonel, weary, brambles, urgent, stumbling, outstretched, historical, alligator, photographs, imagination, summarize

Hello! Here is what we have been learning about this week.

Spelling: We completed a worksheet and practiced writing the words. This will be the same list for next week.

English: We are working on abbreviations.

Social Studies: We are learning about map scales and the Anasazi Indians.

Religion: We learned about the Circle of Grace.

Reading: We read “Ramona Forever”. This will be the story for next week

Math: We are learning about multiplication.

Science: We are learning about ecosystems.