Third Grade Newsletter- Week 1

10/5-10/9 Episcopal School Week

10/6 Blessing of the Pets

10/8 Spirit Dress Day

10/9 Student Holiday

10/12 Student Holiday

10/23 Spirit Dress Day

10/28 Class and Individual Picture Day

10/30 Halloween Party Day- NO early release

Dear Third Grade Families,

Thank you so much for joining us for Parent Conferences last week! We thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to talk with you and share about your children. It is such a joy to partner with you as we support their growth, learning, and development throughout the year.

This week is Episcopal Schools Week, and we have some special opportunities to celebrate our faith and our school community together!

On Tuesday at 8:00 a.m., we hope you can join us on the South Lawn for the Blessing of the Pets. If your child does not have a pet or you are unable to bring their pet to school, they are welcome to bring a photo or stuffed animal to represent their pet.

We also invite you to join us on Thursday for All School Chapel. It is wonderful to see our children continue to grow in their faith, and this is such a beautiful week to celebrate that growth together as a school community.

Thank you, as always, for your continued partnership and support. We are so grateful for our wonderful Third Grade families!

Warmly,
The Third Grade Team

Math Focus for Next Week: Next week, our 3rd grade students will learn different mental math strategies to add 2-digit numbers. They will practice making 5s and 10s, adding tens and ones, and breaking apart numbers to make addition easier. Students will also explore patterns in addition and use these strategies to solve problems more efficiently.

Find out more in the School-to-Home Connections!

ELAR Focus for Next Week:

• Reading: Third Grade Detectives (a short chapter book)-we will be finishing this book up this week

• • Identify important clues in the text.

  • Make predictions about what might happen next.

  • Make inferences about characters' actions and motivations.

  • Use text evidence to support answers to chapter questions

• Spelling

  • A new spelling list has been given out to students
  • If your child's list has been misplaced, the list of words is below
  • Next spelling test: Friday, October 23rd

• Writing: We will continue to work on our responses to questions. How do we restate the question and answer it using examples from the the text?

Science Focus for Next Week:

What is Happening in Science/STEM?

We are winding down our Force and Motion unit to begin bringing our science to life through STEM. This week the students will travel through different stations to apply all that the students have learned about forces. The students will explore force through a lab using the force of friction, informational text to answer questions then classify forces that slow or stop an object or the force keeps the object moving.

Academic Language We Are Using This Week

force, balanced forces, unbalanced forces, patterns, push, pull, friction, gravity

Social Studies Focus for Next Week:

• Interpreting maps- What does a legend or key on a map help us with?
• Creating maps!- Students will create maps using key elements that we have learned

A huge Hilltop THANK YOU to our wonderful parent volunteers for serving as your grade-level Class Captains! Please be sure to join the 3rd Grade Group on the St. Luke’s App to stay connected and receive important updates and communication throughout the year.

Stacie Koonhow - stacie_harris@hotmail.com

Angie Shotzberger - angie.shotzberger@gmail.com