3rd Grade Newsletter 11/2-11/5

I can not believe it is already November. This November, 3rd graders are practicing thankfulness all throughout the month. As part of this, Visitation holds their annual Thanksgiving Food Drive that the Sisters in Minneapolis help distribute to the community. There is more information below on the specifics.

Math: Students continue to learn multiplication and we have started learning about division (x1, x0, x2, x3, x4, x5, x10).

Literacy: Students have concluded their first literature groups and met with students who read an alternative book to compare and contrast

Spelling: How to spell words with silent letters (kn, wr, gn) and suffixes (-ful, -ment, -less, -er, -est)

Grammar: How do we change base words to show past and present tenses (irregular verbs)

Writing: We have picked up the pace with cursive. We are continuing to go over uppercase letters and using our cursive skills in paragraph form.

Vocabulary: combined with literacy and social studies. Made connections across all subjects to use new vocabulary words. Geography, physical features, climate, natural resources, community

Social Studies: Students have concluded Chapter 3 where we learned about physical features, natural resources, climate, adaption, and differences around our country.

Religion: We have learned about and discussed bible story "The Feeding of the 5000." Students discussed what this story means to them and how we can relate it to our lives today.

Here is the link to sign up for a conference time with me. If none of the times available work for you, please let me know and we can coordinate another time.

Ms Foley: 3rd Grade Conference Link

Mrs. Olson- Learning Specialist Conference Link

Dear 3rd Grade Families-

As part of our Lower School Thanksgiving tradition, each LS class will be filling a box with food items. These boxes will be shared with families that the Minneapolis Visitation Sisters know have a need for food during this holiday season. Third grade is dividing up the list so that we get all the asked for items on the list. Each student receuved a sheet of paper on 11/4 with their items listed. Please let me know if you need a reminder on what each student is responsible for.

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While we appreciate the generosity of the Visitation community, please only send in the number of items listed. The sisters do not have storage for additional food.

Please send in your items by Thursday, Nov. 19. If you are unable to send in the items, please let me know.

Thank you!!

As the weather is now changing and the air is getting cooler, please ensure that your child is dressing and bringing appropriate clothes for recess. I recommend your students to bring a jacket everyday or to leave one in their locker for those chilly days that are now among us!

We have library on Wednesday, November 11th next week, please encourage your child to turn in any library books they have had for awhile. They can turn this into the bin as they walk into school in the morning.

Please encourage and remind your child to pack a snack everyday. I am even encouraging students to pack it before they go to bed since the mornings can be tough to remember sometimes!

3rd graders joined 2nd graders last week in the hallway with Ms. Hanson (our Visitation archivist) to learn about the differences in school supplies now versus back in the 1800's at Visitation. Students even got to ring the bell that used to prompt students to go to their next class!

Spelling packets: Given on Mondays, due on Thursday

Spelling tests: On Fridays

Math: Given daily M-Th.

No homework on weekends or over breaks. However, if you would like your student to do some extra practice, remember that you can access their math materials digitally from home.

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!

Friday, November 6: No School, Professional Development Day

Thursday November 19: Formal Uniform, Thanksgiving Mass

Monday, November 23: Conferences

Tuesday, November 24: Conferences

November 25-28th: No School, Thanksgiving Break

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”