Happy Friday! It was a fun week in third grade, and also with Holy Hoops. It’s one of those weeks where we truly look around and are grateful for our community and all the blessings we have here at Assumption.
We wrapped up the week today by hosting Mass and making flowers for a large rosary for the month of October. I’m so proud of all our readers today and the time and effort they put into learning their passages and bravely reading on the microphone in the gym. They did a beautiful job!
Book Reports -Please look through your child’s Friday Folder tonight. You will find information on their fun October book report. Pumpkins can be real or from foam from the dollar store or craft store. Please reach out to me if you would like me to provide your child with a pumpkin, as I’m happy to do that. Pictures of samples and ideas can be found on Seesaw, but the main thing here is to have FUN! Students will complete a short written paper to accompany their character pumpkin to share about the book he/she read. Book reports are due on October 26th and students will present them throughout that week.
Saint Reports -Next week we will start selecting saints, beginning safe research, and organizing information. If you have an Saint Books at home that your children enjoy, and you are willing to share, please send them in. We will take good care of them. I’d like the students to select a saint that they do not already know a lot about.
Field Trips -We have now TWO upcoming field trips. I’m excited to add a new field trip this year up to WWU science building to tour the fossil exhibit and have found a grad student to share his knowledge with us. We will head up to WWU, have lunch on campus, play a game together (pray we have good weather), and then head into our tour from 1-2 on Thursday, October 29th. We also have our field trip to the fairgrounds on November 3rd at noon. We will need drivers for both of these field trips, so please check your busy calendars. Permission slips will be coming home on Wednesday.
Academics
Literacy -Mrs. Clark and I explored mixing students in reading groups this week and overall it went well. We are working hard to meet the needs of all of our students and it’s so nice to have a partner teacher. Students read a story about animal coverings, explored the concepts of main idea and supporting details, inferences, and the skill of asking questions. Good readers ask questions while they read! Our writing is following the writing process with their favorite fall activity. Our grammar is past, present, and future tense verbs.
Math -We used our geometric shapes on our calendar collector to explore different types of angles. In addition, we are collecting water in milliliters each day, tracking data with liters, and even looking at fractions (250 ml is 1/4 of a liter). We continue to look at addition and subtraction strategies in adding greater numbers.
Social Studies -Geographers worked their way through five stations and are becoming experts! We have two fun projects coming up putting everything together. The first will be a balloon globe! It’s fun to see them work with the challenge of looking at a three dimensional shape and how to space out continents, while labeling hemispheres, equators, continents, oceans, and a compass rose.
Science -This week we made cast fossils!
Religion -This week we completed our chapter on God’s Creation and learned about angles and things that are visible and invisible. Students also spent time preparing for mass. Next week we will dive into our saint research and the process of completing their first powerpoint presentation based on their research.
PE –This week in PE students continued to practice their over hand throw through games called Mat Ball and King Pin. Both games involved teamwork, strategy and throwing accuracy.
Music -Continuing Secret Chicken by remembering and notating rhythmic patterns to decode the secret word of the day, Performing our 16-beat rhythm compositions in rondo form, working in small groups and collaborating to create movements for the A section and incorporating individual compositions into the B, C, and D sections.
Art -Students continued working on their Catrina cats by painting bones inside their silhouettes. We learned why bones and joints are important in our bodies and explored how colors and patterns can transform our artwork.
