3B Newsletter Edition 5

Good afternoon!

This week certainly flew by! We finished up Nate the Great and most of the tests looked really good after having had the story for 2 weeks. We also began discussing adjectives, and with the start of fall it was fun to describe the season in all its glory! My hope is we can indulge our weekend and come back refreshed on Monday. There is no school tomorrow. Enjoy your night and stay healthy!

Miss Langenfeld

Objectives:
Math: chp. 1 review, addition properties and patterns
Reading: Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective, decoding long words
English: adjectives
Cursive: s, p
Writing: writing process
Phonics: short e, long a/i
Social Studies: grid maps
Science: parts of a plant
Religion: Jesus teaches us to pray

Upcoming tests:
Spelling test: Fri. Oct. 2nd (Olympic Games words)
Reading test: Fri. Oct. 2nd (Olympic Games)

Reminders:
Friday, September 25th: No School
Monday, October 12th: No School
Friday, October 16th: End of 1st quarter
Tuesday, October 20th: Culvers restaurant night
Saturday, October 24th: Virtual SPSL fundraiser
Monday, October 26th: Report cards sent home
Thursday, October 29th: Parent-teacher conferences/ No School
Friday, October 29th: No School
Monday, November 2nd: No School

3B Newsletter Edition 4

Good afternoon!

Happy Friday! We’ve been super sleuths this week being detectives like Nate the Great.  We used clues to identify a number, located clues in a Time for Kids magazine to understand words we don’t know and completed a word search. I’ve found how important it is to help students learn skills to do independently. Third grade is a year I am encouraging them to problem solve and think for themselves when faced with unknowns with some help along the way. Thanks for encouraging this at home!

We will continue with the same spelling word list as this week. Our spelling and reading test for Nate the Great will be on Thursday. Your child takes home their spelling list on the first day of each school week, so they should have taken one home on Monday. 

I discussed with students today about my expectations for completing homework and specified some important information about ixl. As a third grader, student’s should be doing about 30 min. of homework a night. My rule for ixl is students should work until they reach a smart score of 80 or have worked for 30 min. A student may choose to go beyond that if they choose. If you have questions about homework please let me know and I will follow up with you. 

Enjoy your evening,

Miss Langenfeld 

Objectives:

Math: rounding to the nearest thousand, problem solving

Reading: Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective, decoding long words

English: nouns

Cursive: w, r

Writing: writing process

Phonics: short i/o/u

Social Studies: map skills

Science: seeds

Religion: We show love for others

Upcoming tests:

Math test: Tues. Sept. 22nd (rounding, problem solving, place value)

Spelling test: Thurs. Sept. 24th (Nate the Great words)

Reading test: Thurs. Sept. 24th (Nate the Great)

Reminders: 

Tuesday, September 22nd: Godfather’s pizza night

Friday, September 25th: No School

Monday, October 12th: No School

Friday, October 16th: End of 1st quarter

Tuesday, October 20th: Culvers restaurant night

Saturday, October 24th: Virtual SPSL fundraiser

Monday, October 26th: Report cards sent home

Thursday, October 29th: Parent-teacher conferences/ No School

Friday, October 29th: No School

Monday, November 2nd: No School

3B Newsletter Edition 3

Good afternoon!

How were math and reading related this week? Basketball! Our reading story was about a girl who played basketball so we carried that into math today. We looked up stats for the Creighton Bluejays, wrote down one of the numbers to round to the nearest ten and tried to make a basket! We had a lot of tests and quizzes this week but next week we will only have the Star Math test and an English test. Our next reading story is longer so it will take us 2 weeks. We will not have a spelling or reading test next week, but we will on Thursday the 24th. 

Our numbers are going up for online homework participation, thank you parents! If you have any troubles logging in please reach out. We are using google classroom, xtramath, and ixl each week now. I will not be sending out daily homework emails next week but the schedule is in the front of everyone’s black folder and the passwords are in the back. If you are having difficulties gaining access to technology please let me know so I can see how SPSL can help. For ixl I would like to see each student reach a smart score of at least 80 but they may keep working to get above that. A smart score of 80 is proficient. If ixl is the homework for the night their goal for now is 80 or however far they get in 30 min time. Students should only spend about 30 minutes each night on homework. 

It’s been pretty rainy at recess so it’s been fun seeing everyone’s raincoats! The school library is still available for renting books. You can visit the library page on the school website to order a book. We try to have a silent reading period at the end of the day when possible during the week. 

Enjoy your evening,

Miss Langenfeld 

Objectives:

Math: number line, comparing numbers, rounding to nearest ten

Reading: Allie’s Basketball Dream, narrative elements

English: nouns

Cursive: t, u

Writing: complete sentences

Phonics: consonant review, short a

Social Studies: continents/oceans

Science: scientific method

Religion: We are called to be christians

Upcoming tests:

Star Math Test: Tues. Sept. 15th

English Test: Thurs. Sept. 17th (nouns)

Reminders: 

Tuesday, September 22nd: Godfather’s pizza night

Friday, September 25th: No School