Third Grade Newsletter April 8, 2019 - April 12, 2019

WEEKLY NEWS
Third Grade | St. Benedict’s Episcopal School

Here you will find important information about academics,

Language Arts announcements, assessments, projects and reminders.

Novel Studies and Reading Any spelling information for each week will be in their Spelling
Detective spiral notebooks.
• Reading Portfolio
• Reading Detective: Main
Idea & Theme

Shurley English and Writing

• Pattern 3 Sentences:
Indirect Objects
CH 14 Test: Wed., 4/17

• Writing: Persuasive
Paragraph
• Spelling Test: Friday,
4/12
Spelling Rule 26
Math
Vowel Digraph –ow and -ou

• Measurement:

Customary/Metric This digraph sound

Measurement; capacity,
length and weight
-ow , ou /ou/ -plow, about
Perimeter and Area
Sight words to memorize
• Test: Tuesday, 4/16
usually, sew, always, does, promise
Science

• Atoms, Matter and

Molecules Quiz:
Wednesday, 4/10

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Third Grade Newsletter April 8, 2019 - April 12, 2019

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
•Biography Book Report and presentation due Tuesday April, 9th. Students should bring in
their essay, portrait, and should be dressed as the person they researched.

•Parent & Teacher Conferences: All day on Thursday, April 18th.

•NO SCHOOL: Students will not have school on Friday, April 19th and Monday, April
22nd.

•ERB Testing: The students will be having ERB Testing on Tuesday, April 23rd -Friday,
April 26th. Please make sure your child has a good night sleep and breakfast each
morning. Students must be in the classroom before 8:30 each day.

•April Reading Log: Students should read for at least 20 minutes on 18 days of the month.
They should also answer one question in complete sentences on the back of the log. For each
day that the reading log is late, 10 points will be subtracted from the overall grade. Reading
logs are due at the end of each month. March reading log will be due on Tuesday, April
30th.

•Third-Topia: If you would like to donate any items to our Class Store for behavior incentives,
please send them in with your child! We would love if any parents would be interested in
donating a basketball, bouncy ball, or anything your child is interested in buying (with fake
“class” money).

•Multiplication Fluency Test Practice- Resources to help your students practice for each of
the multiplication facts: https://quizlet.com/class/7662089/ and https://
www.mathplayground.com/ASB_MeteorMultiplication.html

•Renweb: Please keep up with your child’s grade percentages and progress on Renweb.

Reminders
• Please check your child’s Daily Folder and Agenda each day after school. The agenda
contains important information regarding assessments, assignments and projects. It also
contains assignments from the day that may need to be completed as homework.

• Please try to remind your student to bring a snack each day. We are letting them know it is
their responsibility to make sure they pack them.

• Chapel is every Tuesday morning. Please have your child wear the chapel uniform and
proper accessories (ties and cross-ties).