Service to those in need

In Religion, we talked about yesterday's gospel and how we are called to serve the poor.
As a reminder to us to always be mindful of those in need, the students in 3G have agreed to bring one canned food item to mass each Thursday for the rest of 3rd grade. There is a food drop for St. Vincent de Paul, and unfortunately, sometimes it is empty or the food pantry runs low.

Students can simply bring in a can of veggies, peanut butter, or a box of Jiffy mix each week so that we are continually caring for the poor, as Jesus taught us. This is not mandatory, but any donation will be greatly appreciated.

Homework

Math: p. 111  #6 - 20, even. Do not estimate.

Handwriting - complete F & G

Religion - create a flyer (using the construction paper I gave you) reminding people to do as Jesus did (feed the poor, clothes the naked)

Weekly IXL: Sept. 30

Math: 15 minutes

D. Subtraction

 Any section in D.

LA: 15 minutes

FF. Context clues

Determine the meaning of words using synonyms in context

Reading and Math

We’re reading If You Made a Million, so we incorporated our math lesson into reading and learned about interest, earning money, arrays, multiplication, and comparing money.

Prayer Angels

We got a visit from the prayer angels this morning. What a great way to start the day. God is good!

Teachers make mistakes, too.

Last night for HW, the students were supposed to do the even problems on p. 105. We did some of the odd ones together in class (so typically we do the opposite for HW). When I assigned it (and wrote it on the board), I told them even. When I posted it on the blog, I typed odd. That was my mistake.

If you or your child are ever in doubt, they should know the correct one to do, especially since most of the odd ones were already done in their spirals.

They wanted me to tell you all that they were right, and I was wrong! ;)  Regardless of whether they did odd or even, they got practice. We'll go over all of them in class today.

Thank you,
Ms. Ghio

Homework

Math - p. 105 ODD only #1 - 31.
Show your work when estimating.
Pay attention to the directions.Sometimes you will round to the nearest DOLLAR, sometimes to the nearest CENT. Think! Think! Think!

REMINDER

We still need clear 2 liter soda bottles.

Thank you

3G Mass Duties tomorrow

Don't forget -- we have mass duties, so we'll be heading over to the church at 8am. If you are late, please have your parent walk you over to the church. The classroom will be locked.

It’s National Comic Book Day!!

To celebrate, we incorporated comic books and comic strips into our math, writing, and reading lessons.

We solved a mixed methods word problem, and then illustrated the story told in the problem.

Next we practiced our drawing conclusion and inferencing skills using comic strips.

Finally, we practiced writing, sequencing, and illustrating as we created our own, unique comic book! Our author’s presented their masterpieces, too.

Homework

Math - Khan Academy 10 mins  (review second grade skills, subtraction/regrouping or another where you need help).

Study your spelling words.
Review Grammar notes on nouns.

Nouns

A common noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

Person: boy

Place: home

Thing: chocolate

Idea: peace

A proper noun is a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea.

Capitalize each important word in a proper noun.
Example: Fourth of July

Some types of proper nouns are:

Holidays                                                    Schools

Businesses                                                 Street Names

People’s name                                        Brand names

Titles of books                                          Types of animal (part of it) 

                                                                   (German shepherd)

Titles of movies                                        Countries

Restaurants                                              States

Cities

Our Noun Hunt

We're going on a Noun hunt!

Spelling words: Vowel sounds

-ou and -ow :  out, proud, loud
- oi and -oy :  oil, toy, choice

Homework

Grammar - noun Padlet

Padlet: Nouns

IXL: Week of Sept. 23

Math: 15 minutes

Section D -- subtraction (any section)

Grammar: 15 minutes
Run-ons, fragments, or order words: HH. 5, 6, or 10  (sentences)

Compound Sentences

We reviewed compound sentences, by building them!

Needed!

We need eight clear, 2 liter bottles for an upcoming project. Please make sure it is thoroughly rinsed and cleaned. Thank you!

Homework

Math - p. 106 #1 - 28 (odd only)
Grammar - test over compound sentences and conjunctions

YES!!!!

God is good!! We took time from our studies to play in the rain!!!

Phonics Facts to help decode words

We have 26 letters in our alphabet. Do you know how many sounds there are? 

 

Forty-four!!! That’s a lot of different sounds to learn. 

When we decode words, we apply our knowledge of letter-sound relationships to pronounce the written words. Periodically, I’ll be posting Phonics Facts to help you and your child practice phonemic awareness (identifying the specific sounds that letters or group of letters make(s).)

For example: 

What sound does sh- make? 

Shhh, as in ship, show, and sheep.

The word sheep has five letters, but how many sounds does it make? 

Answer: Three sounds. 

1. Sh

2. ee

3. p

This is phonemic awareness. 

Tentative Test Schedule: Week of Sept. 23

Tuesday: Grammar test over compound sentences
Friday - Religion Chapter 4 and spelling pre-test

IXL: Week of Sept. 23

Math: 15 minutes
Section D -- subtraction (any section)

Grammar: 15 minutes
Run-ons, fragments, or order words: HH. 5, 6, or 10  (sentences)

Homework

IXL - due Monday

RQ — due Sept. 30

Digging a little deeper — figuratively and literally

Today we learned even more about plants by exploring their roots systems. We learned why roots are important and the difference between a root and a tap root. Instead of just looking at pictures, we went outside and started pulling up plants (weeds and saplings, mostly).

Here are some things to think about:
Will you be eating any roots at dinner?
If you could have roots, what kind of roots would you want?
Talk to someone in your family about roots.