Tales of the Third Grade EVERYTHING

Hello Third Grade Families,

Happy Catholic Schools Week!!!!!  There are MANY fun activities to do this week!!!  Please put the RED and WHITE game on your calendars!!  The kids have been learning to play volleyball and are super excited to show off their skills!  We play at 9:40 to 10:10.

Our PBIS winner this week was Maximilan Przeradzki.  Congratulations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Don’t forget that Students have MANY different opportunities in the classroom to earn PBIS tickets everyday.  Some of the ways are FULLY completing and turning in homework NEATLY and ON TIME.  Following ALL directions and NEATLY completing classwork assignments the same day.  Memorizing multiplication facts 0 to 12 (the students get 1 ticket for each set of facts memorized.)  There will be many more opportunities added through the year.

Preparations for the annual Spring Auction is underway.  The OLDEST or ONLY kids in school brought home an incentive flyer filled with LOTS of fun challenges and prizes if goals are met.  We read through the flyer and the list of incentives in class and the students were really excited with the possibilities.  The first Challenge is to have EVERY St. Cletus family register for the fundraiser by January 31st.  When we meet this goal the school children will take part in a special event.  Families should register for the event using this website: palooza2023.givesmart.com.  Once on the site click on Become a #Cardinalpalooza VIP.   So that I can keep track of the students / families who have signed up from third Grade the students will be bringing home a paper to be returned to school by the 30th.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fun things to remember ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Monday, January 30th:  Be sure to create a family page for the auction.  Wear your favorite teams jersey with your dress uniform.

Tuesday, January 31st:  8:00 am Mass.  Bring a can of soup to donate to the food pantry to show our school souper!!!

Wednesday, February 1st:  Teacher Appreciation Day!!  Students dress in SC Spirit Wear.  

Thursday, February 2nd:  It’s Ground Hog Day!!  Student Appreciation Day!! Students are able to DRESS DOWN according to the uniform code.  NO HOMEWORK!!  Milk and Cookies will be provided for enjoyment!! We will work with our 1st grade buddies to create a stain glass valentine window hanging.    

Friday, February 3rd:  All Day School wide Red and White Volleyball game.  Third Grade is playing from 9:40 to 10:10.  Check with your child to see what color they should wear today.  If they are not sure please let me know and I’ll find out for you.  I have list the teams at the top of this newletter.   

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ What we are doing in class this week ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Religion:  This week we will be making valentine cards for a nursing home in the area.  We will also be learning about the four sign of the Church and what they mean in our Religion.  The four sign are ONE, HOLY, CATHOLIC and APOSTOLIC.  

Science:  The students will continue presenting their CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY projects to the class.  So far we have heard about Cars from Maxwell Jones,  The game of Hockey from James Domzal, and Washing Machines from Nico Distasio.  Thank you all for helping your child get the projects in on time they really made our room shine for open house,

Math:  The class will begin Chapter 5 and learn strategies to help enhance their multiplication skills.  Please continue to work with your child on memorizing their multiplication tables.  During the week the students will use numbers to describe Patterns.  The class will also use arrays, the multiplication table and the Distributive Property to find an unknown factor.

Spelling:   Our words this week are a review from the past five units.

Phonics:   The class will finish unit 3 with a review of syllables, consonant blends and digraphs, as well as r – controlled vowels.

Reading:   This week the students will begin reading a historical story about life in Alaska as they read about “The Athabascans.”  This story can be read at home as well with access through GOOGLE CLASSROOM.