3rd Grade Newsletter 9/28 - 10/2

3rd Graders had another week full of learning and joy! Please look below to take a look at the fun and to look at updates for the month of October.

Math: Students learn how to solve addition and subtraction problems using number lines and bar graphs

Literacy: Students spent the week analyzing our I survived Hurricane Katrina novel from last week. We dove into characterization, cause and effect, inferences, and main ideas

Spelling: Decoding and spelling words with long vowels. (Vowel diagraphs oi oy, au aw)

Grammar: What are articles (The, a, an). How can we use verbs, pronouns, nouns, and articles in a sentence.

Writing: How can we make inferences about what a character is like and write about it? What character traits do characters show and how can we write about them.

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

Social Studies: Students completed their test about directions and famous monuments in the US. Ask them what direction we need to travel to see Mount Rushmore!

Religion: Saint's Project is underway! Students have spent the week researching their Saint and learning more about their life. They have also been painting and drawing their Saint in art class.

At our 2nd assembly of the year, Salesian Stars were presented with their certificates. We had 2 amazing 3rd graders get honored for their amazing abilities to live out the little virtues.

We will have Library on Wednesday, October 7 so please encourage your child to turn in any Library books they have laying around! There is a turn in bin right by the recess doors that they can slip them into whole walking into school.

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 learned about famous monuments in the United States! We then looked at famous monuments in Minnesota! We got into a very very very serious debate whether Wisconsin or Minnesota has more lakes. LOVE THE PASSION!

On Monday, students earned their first theme day of the year so we pretended like we were at the beach! During literacy, students laid out on their towels for a partner reading project. We had so much fun with our sunglasses, our beach ball, and listening to the the sounds of waves (sadly from a speaker).

Take a look at some pictures!

Our 3rd graders got to spend our second time this year with our kindergarten buddies. We did an arts and crafts project together where we made pumpkins!

Blessing of the Animals will take place on Friday, October 2nd at Hanky's garden (next to the tennis courts) at 3:00pm. All are welcome accompanied by an adult! I will be stopping by and would love to meet some of our furry 3rd grade friends! Hope to see you there!

As some of you may know, 3rd graders here at Visitation engage in a wonderful Saint Project where students select to study a Saint and then present their findings and "research" to parents and families at our Family Pop-In on October 28th at 8:00 - 8:45. We also then have our annual All Saint Day Mass where 3rd Graders will present into mass carrying their portrait on their saint and join the precession of the Mass. We encourage families to stay for the Mass after the Pop-In to see their child precess in.

General Information:

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 are we approach this date!

Friday, October 2: Spirit Dress Day

Friday, October 2: Blessing of the animals

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

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”

Please see the attached file/flyer for Minnesota Institute of Talented Youth (MITY) for advanced 1st-5th graders. If this is something that interests you or you want more information, please reach out and I can connect you with the program.