Newsletter Edition 5

Good morning!!

I hope your weekend has gone well! We ended our week with a spelling, reading, and math test to make way for our Terra Nova testing beginning this week. With this being the first time your third grade student has taken the test it is more like practice for them and gives them a chance to get used to the format of the test. Mistakes happen and it will be interesting to look at their scores next year in fourth grade compared to this year’s. Plenty of sleep and a good breakfast often helps students focus better on the test. They are allowed to bring a snack each day this week to eat afterwards. We will be testing each morning from about 8:30-10 and finishing the rest of the day with our normal schedules. If you have questions about his please let me know. We will not have a spelling or reading test until the next week. 

Rachel Langenfeld

Topics of the week:

Math: rounding 

Reading: Allie’s Basketball Dream skill: narrative elements

Cursive: r

Religion: Jesus teaches us to pray

English: adjectives

Science: plants, seeds

Social Studies: map skills

Phonics: long vowels

Upcoming tests:

• Terra Nova testing each morning this week
  • Your child can bring a snack to school to eat after the tests

Reminders:

• Mass Days: Wed. Sept. 25th at 8:30
• Fri. Sept. 23rd Begin Terra Nova Testing
• Fri. Sept. 27th Dress Down Day

Newsletter Edition 4

Good afternoon!
This week in 3B we have really been working on being responsible and making good choices. We have discussed the reasons why we do those things as well as ways to show love to others within our families, school, church, and community. I hope if you were to ask your child this they could give you a laundry list of examples! Among our academic areas we took a lot of tests this week, ending our Nate the Great story, continents and oceans, nouns and place value. Everyone’s interest in watching their soybean sprout has provided our class with lots of excitement! As you look over your child’s friday folder with them, if you see a paper that they didn’t do so well on and isn’t a test or quiz you may have your student fix the paper and receive a grade of 80% if brought back the following Monday. Let me know of any questions you may have about this.
May you enjoy your weekend and God bless!

Rachel Langenfeld

Topics of the week:
Math: number lines, rounding
Reading: Nate the Great San Francisco Detective skill: decoding long words
Cursive: u, w
Religion: love others
English: nouns
Science: plants, seeds
Social Studies: continents/oceans
Phonics: short vowels

Upcoming tests:
Thurs. Sept. 20th
Spelling
Math
Reading

Reminders:
Mass Days: Wed. 18th and 25th at 8:30
Fri. Sept. 20th NO SCHOOL
Fri. Sept. 23rd Begin Terra Nova Testing
Fri. Sept. 27th Dress Down Day

Newsletter Edition 3

Good afternoon!
Can you believe we are already in September! Whew the year just flies by. This week in 3B we enjoyed exploring seeds, exploring continents and oceans (if only we could take a field trip around the world), making nouns plural and reading the first half of Nate the Great San Francisco Detective. This is a longer story so we didn’t have a spelling and reading test this week, but students should expect one next Friday. They also have a test over the Star Spangled Banner in Music on Friday and were asked to take home their paper to study. If you have any questions please reach out and I will try to help!
May you enjoy your weekend and God bless!

Rachel Langenfeld

Topics of the week:
Math: place value to millions
Reading: Nate the Great San Francisco Detective skill: decoding long words
Cursive: t
Religion: the church welcomes all
English: nouns
Science: plants, seeds
Social Studies: continents/oceans
Phonics: short vowels

Reminders:
Mass Days: Wed. 11th, 18th and 25th at 8:30
Fri. Sept. 20th NO SCHOOL
Fri. Sept. 23rd Begin Terra Nova Testing
Fri. Sept. 27th Dress Down Day