Third Grade

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone's holidays were safe, healthy, and happy.  Here is an update on what will be happening in third grade for the month of January:
 

Language Arts:  In addtion to our literacy stations which include our reading groups, silent reading, word work, grammar, writing, and comprehension work, we have an additional Reading Workshop once per week that either aids or accelerates each child where they are. To connect with science and social studies units, we also read some grade-level story or informational text, and work on skills such as comprehension, cause and effect relationships, comparing and contrasting, and vocabulary.

Math:  We have jumped into multiplication in December and will continue as we begin our new calendar year.  We will continue to work on our understanding for what it means to multiply, and to find all of the ways that multiplication can be represented and solved.  With this unit, we also learn division so that we can understand its connection with multiplication.

Religion:  Thank you to all of you who supported the Relgion Teacher of the Week for our first trimester.  We will begin doing this again in January, and I look forward to our third grade teachers.  We kick off our month by leading a mass on January 10, and will continue to talk about the Christmas season. Father will visit our classroom later in the month to teach us about Liturgy of the Hours.

Social Studies:  In December we began studying Native American tribes from all around the United States.  As we finish up our small group investigations and presentations, we will look forward to building Native American 'houses' this month.

Science:  As we wrap up animal ecosystems and habitats unit, we get to learn about dinosaur fossils by making some. Next up in science is weather, which is one of my favorite units.  I hope we get some extra special winter weather to investigate this year!

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.  We are a team and your child is important to me ;)

Blessings,

Ms. Christa Weiler
 

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