Educating the Whole Child:
Mind, Body and Spirit.
Welcome to 3rd Grade!
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St. James the Apostle Catholic School
Dear St. James 3rd Grade Families,
Happy New Year! We have many fun and exciting lessons planned for this week. Unfortunately, we have not found a third-grade teacher, but we have a plan in place. I have developed all of the lesson plans for this week and next week. Ms. Balderamas, our new after school care team member, will be substituting for us for the entire week. She is energetic and enthusiastic about being with your children. She also knows sign language and is excited to share some lessons with the students. I will be checking in on them frequently. I am confident they will have a great time learning together.
If you have any questions, then please feel free to email me. We are going to have a great week!
Many blessings,
Dr. Grenardo
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Learning Objectives for Jan. 3rd - 7th
Reading/Vocabulary/Spelling – “Nights of the Pufflings” – Students will read an anthology about birds in the arctic, perfect story for cold weather
English – Adjectives – Students will learn to identify adjectives. Later, they will use different adjectives in a writing assignment to describe their cute puffling that they are going to make out of paper plates.
Religion – Students are going to learn about the Three Kings and make an Epiphany Blessing for your home.
Math – Students are going to begin multiplication!!! They will learn their zeros, ones, and twos times tables this week. So much fun!
Social Studies – Students are going to learn about voting and hold their own voting poll.
Science – Students are going to learn about different types of energy, starting with kinetic and potential energy – get out those racecar tracks!
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Homework for the Week of Jan. 3rd – 7th
Monday night
- Spelling - Write spelling words three times each in three different colors.
- Voyages Workbook pg. 77 - 5.1 Identifying Adjectives worksheet
- Math workbook – p. 40 Understanding Multiplication
Tuesday night- Spelling - Write spelling words in pyramid form.
- Voyages Workbook pg. 78 - 5.2 Adjectives before nouns worksheet
- Math workbook pg. 41 - Zero and Ones as Factors
Wednesday night- Spelling - Write your spelling words in ABC order.
- Voyages Workbook pg. 79 - 5.3 Subject Complements
- Math workbook pg. 42 - Multiplying by Twos
- Review 0, 1, 2 times tables for test tomorrow
Thursday night- Spelling - Have someone give you a practice spelling test.
- Voyages workbook pg. 79 – 5.4 Compound Subject Complements
- Math Test on 0, 1, 2 times tables - No math homework
Friday – Spelling, Vocab, and Comprehension Test on “Night of the Pufflings” found in Houghton Mifflin Reading book- No homework
Homework will be checked each day. Students will earn a spelling grade for the completion of all 4 homework spelling assignments, all 4 language worksheets, and all 3 math worksheets at the end of the week.
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Vocabulary and Spelling Words
- ashore – near the water
- burrows – holes in the ground for animals
- instinctively – done without thinking
- launching – sending up in the air
- stranded – in a difficult position
- uninhabited – no people
- venture – a journey
- island – land surrounded by water
- pufflings – bird in the arctic
- rescue – to save from harm
- arctic – northern region
- bobbing – moving up and down
- release – to let go’
- village – small town
- speckled – covered with spots
- stray – lost
- roaming – wandering without a plan
- nestles – snuggles
- flutters – flap wings rapidly
- surf – waves on the shore
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