Welcome to 3rd grade! I’m looking forward to another great year. We’ve been in school for one month now and things are moving along. The students are settling in to my expectations and schedule. I’m getting to know each one of them and their strengths.
If you have not registered for Engrade please remember to do so. This will keep you up to date on your child’s grades. You will notice is they are missing any assignments, if they fail an assignment, or how great they are doing.
In Religion we started with discussing the Family of God. In this unit we talked about God’s creation and the Church community. We have discussed why it’s important to be a member of God’s Church community. Our next unit we’ll be starting next week will be on responding to God.
In reading we finished our first theme selection on Adventures. We will be doing the theme skills test toward the end of the week. Our next themed reading series will be Celebrating Traditions. If any family member has a special tradition they celebrate please come join our class and share your tradition. Keep up the homework reading. Remember it will count as part of their reading grade at the end of each quarter.
Spelling is moving along good. Please remember to do the Dear Parent activity at home with your child. This activity is part of the spelling test. I do not give pre-test on Monday and test on Friday. The way this program is set up, there are many mini lesson that I do throughout the week. Some weeks there is one lesson and sometimes there might be three lessons. So, the spelling test may not fall on Friday’s.
ADDITION - This is what we are on now. We started with place value and rounding. The caught on really good with rounding. We started doing column addition. There will be one lesson where I will introduce the calculator. I do not allow the calculator during math lesson, but this one lesson they get to use it. So when they bring their work home and say Mrs. Punjak said, “I can use a calculator”, it’s true for the one lesson. Practice the math facts daily with your child.
What is a sentence? What makes up a sentence? What kind of sentences are there? These are a few of the questions we answered in Language the last month. We will be finishing up the unit shortly and moving on to nouns.
A few Notes:
MAPS testing today and Thursday this week for 3rd grade. Next week Tuesday they will have their last MAPS test. Make sure they get a good nights rest and eat a good breakfast these days.
On Oct. 23rd, 3rd grade will host the Liturgy. We will be celebrating Native American Mass – Saint Katerie. Please come join us.
Each child needs to remember to bring their own snack for break each day.
I will be looking for a Room Parent who can help in the classroom if needed on special occasions and to help with calling other 3rd grade parents. This job can be split between two parents.
Monday, September 30, 2013
Friday, April 05, 2013
Happy 4th Quarter
It’s been a while since I last posted. So, I’ll try to sum up what has been going on.
For religion we learned and discussed about the 40 days of Lent, Holy Week and Easter. We are finishing up the unit on The Body of Christ. The next unit we will cover talks about The Catholic Church.
We have been working hard with a few Reading Writing Workshop lessons. We finished our research paper. The students enjoyed this so much they asked if they could do another one. I think we’ll have time at the end of the year; I just might throw another in. We just finished up writing about descriptions. On Monday we will start reading them to the class. We are starting our last theme in the reading series on smart solutions. This is a fun theme.
Oh math is going great. I love when the kids catch onto multiplication and division. The only thing they need to do is keep reviewing facts. It seems like when they get to 4th grade they have forgotten all their facts. Whenever you’re in the car traveling, doing dishes, folding clothes, (assuming your child helps you) practice the facts. We will be starting double division shortly. This gets a little hard for some kids. I only need to introduce it, so I don’t spend a lot of time drilling them on how to do long division
In spelling we are just moving along. We are learning new sight words, homophones, homographs, different letter sounds, syllables and many other spelling skills.
In language we just finished up the unit on verbs. We have started the next unit on adjectives. Adjectives are fun because they are describing words. I try to get the kids to use as many adjectives in all their writing and even when their telling me a story.
A few short notes:
Wednesday, April 10, 3rd grade will be hosting the Liturgy. Please join us if you can.
I will be taking some time off during April to spend with my daughter and their first child, my first grandchild. I have a sub all lined up and she will do a great job with the students. I ask that you just remind your child to be respectful and kind to the sub-teacher.
May is usually time for field trips. Thursday, May 30th, 3rd and 4th grade will being going to Hayward. I am also working on our annual trip to Cable Museum. No date has been set for this yet. Third grade usually goes to UMD Planetarium, but with Ms. Sukanen teaching science I’m not sure we’ll get there. If not I will definitely include them next year.
It’s been a while since I last posted. So, I’ll try to sum up what has been going on.
For religion we learned and discussed about the 40 days of Lent, Holy Week and Easter. We are finishing up the unit on The Body of Christ. The next unit we will cover talks about The Catholic Church.
We have been working hard with a few Reading Writing Workshop lessons. We finished our research paper. The students enjoyed this so much they asked if they could do another one. I think we’ll have time at the end of the year; I just might throw another in. We just finished up writing about descriptions. On Monday we will start reading them to the class. We are starting our last theme in the reading series on smart solutions. This is a fun theme.
Oh math is going great. I love when the kids catch onto multiplication and division. The only thing they need to do is keep reviewing facts. It seems like when they get to 4th grade they have forgotten all their facts. Whenever you’re in the car traveling, doing dishes, folding clothes, (assuming your child helps you) practice the facts. We will be starting double division shortly. This gets a little hard for some kids. I only need to introduce it, so I don’t spend a lot of time drilling them on how to do long division
In spelling we are just moving along. We are learning new sight words, homophones, homographs, different letter sounds, syllables and many other spelling skills.
In language we just finished up the unit on verbs. We have started the next unit on adjectives. Adjectives are fun because they are describing words. I try to get the kids to use as many adjectives in all their writing and even when their telling me a story.
A few short notes:
Wednesday, April 10, 3rd grade will be hosting the Liturgy. Please join us if you can.
I will be taking some time off during April to spend with my daughter and their first child, my first grandchild. I have a sub all lined up and she will do a great job with the students. I ask that you just remind your child to be respectful and kind to the sub-teacher.
May is usually time for field trips. Thursday, May 30th, 3rd and 4th grade will being going to Hayward. I am also working on our annual trip to Cable Museum. No date has been set for this yet. Third grade usually goes to UMD Planetarium, but with Ms. Sukanen teaching science I’m not sure we’ll get there. If not I will definitely include them next year.
Tuesday, March 05, 2013
February Blog
February
Here we are starting, February, the 6th month of school. That means only 3 months to go! I’m very excited to be back teaching. I really missed teaching them. Yeah I was in the room but I love teaching. This group of students is awesome. They really want to learn. Thanks to all of you for doing such a great job with them.
This month is a very busy month. Here are the up coming events you need to be aware of.
Feb. 7th - Parent/Teacher Conferences. Hopefully I will see everyone that evening.
Feb. 12th – Spelling Bee
Congratulations to our 5 contestants from 3rd grade who qualified for the Spelling Bee; Nakiah, Jason, Morgan, Ross, & Ethan
3 – 5 grades 10:15 – 11:30
6 – 8 grades 12:30 – 1:45
Feb. 13th - Ash Wednesday Mass
Please join us if you can.
Feb 13th – Field trip to Marengo Valley School. I will need drivers. This is the description we received for the presentation.
While her life was tragically cut short during the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, Rachel Joy Scott’s shining example of kindness and compassion was not defeated that day. Come hear the inspiring true story of one girl’s dream being fulfilled over a decade after her death. The presentation is a powerful reminder of the little tings we can do every day to make our world a better place.
Feb. 14th - Valentine Party in the afternoon. Have your child buy or make valentine cards for each student in the class. The class list is attached. If you would like to send in a small treat or drink it would be appreciated.
Feb. 15th – Early release day
Feb. 18th – No School
Feb. 19th – 3 – 8 grades going to “Little Prince” at the Chequamegon Theater. This will be a walking field trip. The cost will be $2.00 per student. The field trip slip will be coming home next week.
I am very proud of these 3rd graders learning their multiplication. They are catching on very quickly. Now I need your help in memorizing the facts. Have them learn the facts 0 – 5 to start. Practice, practice, practice.
Here we are starting, February, the 6th month of school. That means only 3 months to go! I’m very excited to be back teaching. I really missed teaching them. Yeah I was in the room but I love teaching. This group of students is awesome. They really want to learn. Thanks to all of you for doing such a great job with them.
This month is a very busy month. Here are the up coming events you need to be aware of.
Feb. 7th - Parent/Teacher Conferences. Hopefully I will see everyone that evening.
Feb. 12th – Spelling Bee
Congratulations to our 5 contestants from 3rd grade who qualified for the Spelling Bee; Nakiah, Jason, Morgan, Ross, & Ethan
3 – 5 grades 10:15 – 11:30
6 – 8 grades 12:30 – 1:45
Feb. 13th - Ash Wednesday Mass
Please join us if you can.
Feb 13th – Field trip to Marengo Valley School. I will need drivers. This is the description we received for the presentation.
While her life was tragically cut short during the Columbine High School shooting on April 20, 1999, Rachel Joy Scott’s shining example of kindness and compassion was not defeated that day. Come hear the inspiring true story of one girl’s dream being fulfilled over a decade after her death. The presentation is a powerful reminder of the little tings we can do every day to make our world a better place.
Feb. 14th - Valentine Party in the afternoon. Have your child buy or make valentine cards for each student in the class. The class list is attached. If you would like to send in a small treat or drink it would be appreciated.
Feb. 15th – Early release day
Feb. 18th – No School
Feb. 19th – 3 – 8 grades going to “Little Prince” at the Chequamegon Theater. This will be a walking field trip. The cost will be $2.00 per student. The field trip slip will be coming home next week.
I am very proud of these 3rd graders learning their multiplication. They are catching on very quickly. Now I need your help in memorizing the facts. Have them learn the facts 0 – 5 to start. Practice, practice, practice.
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