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HAPPY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK! It is such a fun time here at St. Pius X/St. Leo school. On Monday January 30th with are playing games with our 6th grade partners, Tuesday January 31st we are seeing the Amazing Arthur show, Wednesday February 1st we celebrate mass with our families at 8:30 and 10:00, Thursday February 2nd we have police dogs coming, and Friday February 3rd we see the 7th/8th grade drama play. As a reminder, we will have two quizzes on Tuesdays and Thursdays over multiplication facts. We are only testing over 0-10 though. Like I have said before, your child needs to be practicing these facts at home.We do daily flashcard practice during our math rotations as well. These are the following dates for these quizzes:
Spelling: Our spelling words have the /-ar/ spelling and sound in them. The test is on Friday, February 10th. We will have these words for two weeks.
English: We will be finishing up our unit about figurative language.
Social Studies: We are continuing our economics unit. This week is about budgets and supply/demand.
Religion: We are learning about how we serve others and sharing the good news.
Reading: We will be reading the story “Ramona Forever” and the skill this week is using prefixes and suffixes. We will be taking our test over this story on Thursday February 9th.
Phonics: We are working on r-controlled vowels.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are uppercase cursive letters K and H.
Math: We will be learning about division and how it relates to multiplication, dividing by 8, dividing by 9, dividing by 0/1, and fact families.
Science: We will be learning more about habitats.
Regular list: started, card, park, smart, star, shark, mark, barber, party, pardon, bark, tart, carpet, farther, barn, announce, alarm, complain, excitement, speaker
Challenge list: announce, alarm, complain, excitement, speaker, glanced, comfort, longed, contagious, prescription, attention, unexpected, improper, reversible, incomplete, injustice, successful, traveler, honestly, surrounded
Hello! What a crazy, busy short week we have had. Per the email, we not be taking a spelling test next week and there is no list in Friday Folders. We felt as a team this list is too confusing for the students and are going to be doing more activities with the words instead of taking a test. As a reminder, starting January 24th we will have two quizzes on Tuesdays and Thursdays over multiplication facts. Like I have said before, your child needs to be practicing these facts at home.We do daily flashcard practice during our math rotations as well. These are the following dates for these quizzes:
Spelling: No spelling this week
English: We will be learning about figurative language.
Social Studies: We are continuing our economics unit.
Religion: We are learning about the Circle of Grace.
Reading: We will be reading the story “The Stories Julian Tells” and the skill this week is sequencing. Our test is on Thursday January 26th.
Phonics: We are working on assessment and r-controlled vowels.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are uppercase cursive letters M and N.
Math: We will be learning about dividing by 3, dividing by 4, dividing by 5, dividing by 6, and dividing by 7.
Science: We will be learning about desert and arctic habitats.
Hello! We have a short week this week but still lots of learning taking place. We have our STAR Math test on Thursday, January 19th as well as vision screening that day. As a reminder, starting January 24th we will have two quizzes on Tuesdays and Thursdays over multiplication facts. I have sent a letter in your child’s Friday Folder with this information as well as a sheet with all the facts 1-12. We are only testing over 0-10 though. Like I have said before, your child needs to be practicing these facts at home.We do daily flashcard practice during our math rotations as well. These are the following dates for these quizzes:
Spelling: Our spelling words go over possessives and plurals. The test is on Friday, January 20th.
English: We will be learning about figurative language.
Social Studies: We are continuing our economics unit. This week is about budgets and supply/demand.
Religion: We are learning about the Circle of Grace.
Reading: We will be reading the story “The Stories Julian Tells” and the skill this week is sequencing.
Phonics: We are working on syllables.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are uppercase cursive letters E and O.
Math: We will be learning about division and how it relates to multiplication, dividing by 2, dividing by 3 and dividing by 4.
Science: We will be learning about desert and arctic habitats.
Regular list: brother’s, brothers, uncle’s, uncles, sister’s sisters, sisters’, man’s, men’s, child’s, girls, girl’s, girls’, mine, yours, tease, friendship, polite, wiggle, nuisance
Hello! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. I am excited to be back and continue teaching your child this second semester! The first semester flew by. Starting January 24th we will have two quizzes on Tuesdays and Thursdays over multiplication facts. I have sent a letter in your child’s Friday Folder with this information as well as a sheet with all the facts 1-12. We are only testing over 0-10 though. Like I have said before, your child needs to be practicing these facts at home.We do daily flashcard practice during our math rotations as well. These are the following dates for these quizzes:
Book reports for Quarter 2 are due this Monday, January 9th. By the end of the week I will need to know the third book your child would like to do.
Spelling: Our spelling words have the /ou/ sound to them. The test is on Friday, January 13th.
English: We will be learning about idioms, metaphors, and similes.
Social Studies: We are starting our economics unit.
Religion: We are learning about
Reading: We will be reading the story Rosie: A Visiting Dog’s Story.
Phonics: We are working on consonant digraphs.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning our first uppercase cursive letters and the are A and C!
Math: We will be learning about 2 digit by 1 digit multiplication.
Science: We will be working classifying animals.
Regular list: crown, proud, however, count, crowded, around, south, loud, house, shouted, howl, growl, bounce, fountain, sound, special, trust, companion, trained, behave
Next week is a short week for us. We will continue our multiplication unit. There are no spelling words next week. On Monday December 19th we are going to do a read and feed in our class. I would like your child to bring their favorite holiday book or favorite book and a small snack for themselves to eat while we read around the room. We will do our final Secret Santa exchange Monday afternoon. Please label the gift again and shout out to Mr. Brannen for helping pass out the gifts while I was sick Monday and Tuesday this week. We have our class Christmas party Tuesday, December 20th and will also be getting together with 6th grade partners. That is also a half day of school and we get out at noon. Have a great weekend!
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We have one full week left and two days the following week before Christmas break! There’s still so much learning to take place too.
Spelling: Our spelling words have no pattern but have to do with the Christmas season. The test is Friday, December 16th.
English: We will continue our friendly letter writing.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning the American Flag and the Pledge of Allegiance.
Religion: We are learning about Christmas around the world, St. Lucia, and Christmas traditions trivia.
Reading: We will be finishing our book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” and doing comprehension activities.
Phonics: We are working on y as a vowel sound and taking an assessment.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning the lowercase b and f. We have completed all of the lowercase letters in cursive at this point!
Math: We will be learning how to multiply by 3, 6, 7, and 8. We will be reviewing how to multiply by 0 and 1.
Science: We will be working classifying animals.
Regular list: Christmas, Jesus, Joseph, Mary, shepherds, manger, Nativity, Bethlehem, wreath, angels, December, vacation, Feliz Navidad, alleluia, ornaments, celebration, presents, family, holiday, Advent
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Spelling: Our spelling words have st-, str- and -st in them this week. The test is Friday, December 8th
English: We will continue our friendly letter writing.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning the American Flag and the Pledge of Alligence.
Religion: We are learning about Christmas around the world.
Reading: We will continuing to read our book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.
Phonics: We are working on consonant blends.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning the lowercase k and h.
Math: We will be reviewing representing division with sharing, repeated subtraction, and taking our test over those. We will then go over how to multiply 2, 4, 5, 1, o, and 9 this week.
Science: We will be working classifying animals.
Regular list: least, fast, just, burst, strip, stick, strike, artist, almost, student, strong, start, blast, straw, street, events, competition, stroke, teammates, distance
Challenge List: events, competition, stroke, teammates, distance, ancient, host, stadium, compete, earned, record, ceremonies, medals, lighthearted, auditorium, athletes, meter, modern, oath, weights
Hello! I hope everyone had a relaxing and restful Thanksgiving break.
Spelling: Our spelling words have to do with Thanksgiving. The test is Friday, December 2nd
English: We are finishing up adverbs and will start our friendly letter writing.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning the Star Spangled Banner.
Religion: We are learning about the season of Advent.
Reading: We will continuing to read our book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.
Phonics: We are working on consonant blends.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning the lowercase l and e.
Math: We will be reviewing representing division with sharing, repeated subtraction, and story problems.
Science: We will be working classifying animals.
Thanksgiving spelling: Thanksgiving, family, dinner, because, holiday, turkey, potatoes, pumpkin, thankful, prayer
Hello! Next week will fly by and we’ll be able to be with family and friends for the long Thanksgiving weekend. We do not have school Wednesday November 23rd, Thursday November 24th and Friday November 25th. We will not be taking a spelling test this week but we will take a test on Friday December 2nd over the words your child will take home in their Friday Folder. I hope everyone has a safe, relaxing and tradition filled few days. Happy Thanksgiving!
Spelling: Our spelling words have to do with Thanksgiving. The test is Friday, December 2nd
English: We are be learning about adverbs.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning about our government.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaching us to love.
Reading: We will be wrapping up chapter one in our book “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.
Phonics: We are working on consonant blends.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are reviewing all the lowercase letters we have done so far this school year.
Math: We will be reviewing representing multiplication with fun Thanksgiving themed math activities.
Science: We will be working classifying animals.
Thanksgiving spelling: Thanksgiving, family, dinner, because, holiday, turkey, potatoes, pumpkin, thankful, prayer
Hello! I am so impressed with our first book reports!! We are finishing up presenting the projects and many students chose to read their written report as well. As a reminder we do not have school on Monday November 14th due to a professional development day for teachers. Our class will be doing our next novel starting next week. It is .
Spelling: Our spelling words will have the long a and long e sounds this week.
English: We are be reviewing and testing over verbs. We will also be working on sentence structure.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning about our government.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaching us to love.
Reading: We will be starting out second novel, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”.
Phonics: We are working on syllables.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase v and z.
Math: We will be reviewing representing multiplication with a number line, groups, repeated and addition and arrays..
Science: We will be working classifying animals..
Spelling regular: easy, grade, meet, late, seat, saved, pail, these, reach, name, raise, leave, gain, theme, scream, mystery, solve, search, found, investigate
Spelling challenge: specific, returned, detective, assistant, positive, case, mystery, solve, search, found, investigate, collapsed, architect, scream, aisles, signs, bridge, piece, seashell
We had a short week back after conferences and Halloween. We did lots of writing activities this week and had fun starting our book report presentations. We will finish the presentations next week.
Spelling: Our spelling words will have the /oi/ sound this week. There are no challenge words this week.
English: We are continuing our unit on verbs including main verbs, helping verbs, and linking verbs.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning about our government.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaching us to love.
Reading: We will be reading “Little Grunt and the Big Egg” this week. It is a fantasy book.
Phonics: We are reviewing long vowel sounds.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase y and x.
Math: We will be reviewing estimating.
Science: We will be continuing our animal unit.
Little Grunt and the Big Egg: joyful, choice, voice, joint, moist, spoil, royal, annoy, noise, employ, soil, loyal, boiled, destroy, pointy, earthquake, volcano, hurricane, weather, rumble
It will be an exciting week in 3A with different Halloween activities based on the skills we are working on. We will have our Halloween party on Thursday October 27th and a pep rally that afternoon. There is no school Friday, October due to parent teacher conferences. If you can not make your conference time , please let me know as soon as possible.
Spelling: Our spelling words will be from The Mouse and the Motorcycle. There are no challenge words for the next week.
English: We are continuing our unit on verbs including past, present, and tense verbs, and adding -ed to words.
Social Studies: We are going to be learning about our government.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaching us to love.
Reading: We will be reading different books about Halloween and doing different comprehension activities with the.
Phonics: We are reviewing long o words.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase o and g.
Math: We will be reviewing how to subtract across three digits.
Science: We will be continuing our animal unit.
Halloween List: Halloween, pumpkin, patch, candy, curve, ghost, scary, orange, black, October
It was an exciting week in 3A! We had out board game party AND our stuffed animal for a day party! We are earning ROAR cards like crazy. Our next party is going to be a candy box from different countries that Miss Keogh has offered to do with the class.
Spelling: Our spelling words will be from The Mouse and the Motorcycle. There are no challenge words for the next week.
English: We are starting our unit on verbs
Social Studies: We are continuing to learn about map skills.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaches us how to forgive.
Reading: We will be reading the story The Mouse and the Motorcycle. This week we are reading chapters 9-13 with a quiz over the chapters on Thursday October 21st and our test over the book on Friday October 22nd.
Phonics: We are reviewing long o and long i words.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase q and d.
Math: We will be reviewing how to subtract.
Science: We will be finishing our unit on seeds with a test on Monday October 17th and starting our animal unit.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle List 2: stairs, mother, waste, basket, wastebasket, handle, bars, handlebars, father, Ralph
Hello! We are starting our first novel in third grade this week, The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary. We will read this for two weeks. Our spelling lists will be from this book as well. I will have volunteer information for you by Monday October 17th if you signed up for a time. We will start the week after conferences for volunteers in 3A.
Spelling: Our spelling words will be from The Mouse and the Motorcycle. There are no challenge words the next two weeks.
English: We are continuing our unit on adjectives.
Social Studies: We are continuing to learn about map skills, the continents, and the hemispheres. We will take our test on Thursday October 13th.
Religion: We are learning about how Jesus teaches us how to forgive.
Reading: We will be reading the story The Mouse and the Motorcycle. This week we are reading chapters 1-8 with a quiz over the chapters on Friday October 14th.
Phonics: We are reviewing short u and short e words.
Handwriting/Cursive: We are learning about the lowercase a and c.
Math: We will be reviewing how to add with and without regrouping up to three digits. We will have our test on Thursday October 13th..
Science: We are continuing our unit on seeds.
The Mouse and the Motorcycle List 1: mouse, motor, cycle, motorcycle, Ralph, Keith, pillow, case, pillowcase, helmet
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
Hello! I am so excited for this school year. It is my 8th year teaching. It is my 2nd year at St. Pius but I attended here for grade school. I am going to be getting married on October 1st, 2022 and my new name will be Mrs. Seastedt. I can’t wait to get to know you, your child, and watch them grow this year!
A few of my favorite things are pineapple, spending time with my family/friends, and crafting. A fun fact about me is am allergic to strawberries but only if I eat them.
We have half days Thursday August 18th and Friday August 19th. Please have your child bring a healthy snack and a drink with them these two days. Please make sure there is no peanuts thought due to allergies. Thank you! Our first full day is Monday August 22nd.
I have also attached my Amazon Wish List for the school year.
If you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] or at 402-551-6667 ext. 258.
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
We had a wonderful week last week with the musical and the third grade did so well! I am proud of them! We have school Monday April 11th and April 12th this week. We are off Wednesday April 13th, Thursday April 14th, Friday April 15th and Monday April 18th for Easter. We will not have homework this week because it is a short week.
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 review and take our test over antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and homophones on Tuesday April 12th.
Social Studies: We are learning about Ellis Island.
Religion: We are learning about the stations of the cross.
Reading: We are reading the story called “Yippee-Yay” this week. Our focus skill this week is main idea and details.
Math: We are learning about two and three digit multiplication this week.
Science: We are learning force and motion.
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
We have our musical Arf! this week. There will be no homework this week because of the musical.
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 homonyms and homophones.
Social Studies: We are learning about Ellis Island
Religion: We are learning about the stations of the cross.
Reading: We are going to finish reading the book “Because of Winn-Dixie” and taking our test over the book.
Math: We are learning about fractions.
Science: We are learning force and motion.
Winn Dixie Week 3
sorrow, strum, Opal, because, preacher, sandwiches, Winn Dixie, friends, melancholy, pathological
Bonus words: appreciate, complicated
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.
This Week’s Focus
Spelling: We completed a worksheet and practiced writing the words. Your child’s list for next week is in their Friday Folder.
English: We are working on what is in a sentence (subject and predicate).
Social Studies: We are learning about landform maps, natural resources, and nonrenewable resources. We took our test over chapter 2.
Religion: We learned about Christmas and what we can do for others instead of buying gifts.
Reading: We read chapters 1-8 in ” The Mouse and the Motorcycle”.
Math: We are learning about the basics of multiplication and division. We took the chapter 4 test.
Science: We are learning about why animals live in groups. We took the test as well.
On Wednesday 3rd graders will get to view the 2nd/4th Grade musical.
On Thursday we will get to meet our 6th grade partners. (We will meet with them outdoors, and each pair of homerooms that are partnered up will stick together…If you do not wish for your child to participate in this activity with another grade level please let me know so we can figure out an alternate activity for your child
Hello! I am Monica Seastedt (Woods). This is my 8th year teaching. I have taught previously in Omaha Public Schools and at Heartland Family Service. I am a Saint Pius X/ Saint Leo alumni and am so excited to be back for another great year!
