3rd Grade Newsletter 10/5 - 10/13

This newsletter will be for this week 10/5-10/9 as well as a for our short week next week 10/12-10/13. We have had such a strong start to Fall!

Math: Students completed their Chapter 2 test and worked on a project about the 10 tallest buildings in the United States. Students will now be starting chapter 3, multiplication and division.

Literacy: We officially started our literature groups this week! Students were given 1 of 3 I survived books within a group of 4 in which they work their group memebers to analyze and dive into the book!

Spelling: How to spell certain homophones (here, hear, rode, road, maid, made).

Grammar: What are adjectives? How can we use verbs, pronouns, nouns, articles, and adjectives in a sentence.

Writing: Cursive practice daily (ending on lowercase letters now moving to upper case). How can we summarize and write about the main idea of the story while leaving interesting but not necessary information out?

Vocabulary: combined with literacy and science. Made connections across all subjects to use new vocabulary words

Science: Students have been investiagting with wheels? Is there a pattern of motion? What does a pattern depend on with wheels? What is wheels are different sizes? What if we add weight?

Religion: Students have been hard at work with their Saints project. We continue to research and gather more and more information about their lives!

Students have been placed in groups of 4 and meet about the specific group they are reading. Each student has two jobs when they meet to analyze the text and tell their classmates about their work. Here are some pictures of their hard preparation for the meetings!

In math and social studies combined, students ranked and rounded the top 10 tallest buildings in the United States. We then used a scale to make an actual real life model! Each inch is 100 feet!

Students during art got to walk around with Ms. Hanson (Archivist), Ms. Peterson (art teacher), and Ms. Schletz (Enrichment Specialist) for an outdoor art scultpture tour on our beautiful campus. Students learned about the history of varioius sculptures we have and the history behind them.

We will not have Library next week due to the shorter week. However please encourage your student to read everyday!

Spelling packets and daily math homework seems to be working well with this group so we are going to stick with this method.

We ask that students complete about 20-25 minutes of reading outside of school each day. This can be creative, like reading a recipe out loud, the instructions to a board game, or even reading a script! I want reading at home to be fun and creative!

Students were able to investigation wheels and axels using ramps. They aimed to find patterns of motion and how we can predict motion with certain sizes of wheels! Ask your students about the axels in your car and why what it means if your wheels are the same size!

Our Parent Pop-In is approaching! We welcome family members and friends to join our 3rd graders for the traditional Walk With The Saints Pop-In Event! Your students have been working hard, researching and learning about the lives of their saints so that they can can sure our knowledge with others.

There will be a short hospitality time from 7:45-8:00 am with light refreshments and a little breakfast treat before we start. The Walk With The Saints will start with an Introduction around 8:15. We also encourage our guests to stay for our All Saints Day Mass which the 3rd graders are processing in and helping lead.

If you plan to join us for this event, please RSVP by emailing me at bfoley@vischool.org. If you RSVP prior, you will have a premade name tag ready for you to walk in. If there are other guests joining you for this event, please also RSVP for them as well.

General Information:

Hospitality Time: 7:45-8:00 am

Pop-In: October 28, 8:00 - 8:45 am

Mass: October 28, 9:05 - 10:05 am

Please let me know if you have any questions as we approach this date!

Wednesday October 14 - Friday October 16: No School, Professional Development/MEA

Thursday, October 22: Vis Give Day & Out of Uniform

Wednesday, October 28: Parent Pop In- Saint Project

Wednesday, October 28: All Saint Day Mass, Formal Uniform

Friday, October 30: Out of Uniform Day

Primary Math Login Information

Students can login to their Primary Math curriculum accounts from home.

This will allow access to the Student Practice Books and Additional Practice Books.

Go to https://www.mceduhub.com

1. Enter your student’s login information using his/her Google username formatted by first initial, last name, graduating year (i.e. ABlazer35).

2. Select “Visitation School” - this should auto populate once you start typing

3. Enter the password Vis2026@ and click “Login”