Hi parents!
What a great year we are having so far! Here is brief update to let you know what is coming around the corner for our kids:
Grade 3:
Religion: We are going to start talking heavily about the Passion of Christ (they will be memorizing the Stations of the Cross!) and about sacrifices in the Old and New Testaments.
Language Arts: We are really focusing on verbs in this chapter! Main verbs, helping verbs, linking verbs...lots and lots of verbs. You'll start to see these in the sentence diagrams your students are bringing home, as well. Students will be investigating writing fairy tales, plays, and letters. They will also be learning more of our Core Knowledge sayings and phrases.
Math: We will be finishing up division and getting into fractions; additionally, we will begin some geometry by discussing the various types polygons.
Grade 4: 4th grade math will be finishing up division (4 digit dividends with 1-digit divisors) and will begin to get into comparing fractions.
Grade 5: We are finishing up decimal division and are going to start exploring adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators; also, we will be discussing the different types of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Don't forget that our Valentine's party is on the 13th, followed by parent-teacher conferences that night (3 p.m.) and NO school Friday the 14th - more teacher conferences (8a.m.-12p.m.). I hope to see you at conferences!
God bless!
P.S. I'm memorizing the book of Philippians this year. I thought I'd share with you my favorite verse so far: "I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all..." (Phil. 1:3). I am SO grateful for our wonderful CCCS community!
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Monday, November 11, 2013
Happy November!
Hi Parents!
It is hard to believe that we are almost halfway done with 2nd quarter! Time is FLYING by. What a great year it has been so far! I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Lark and Mrs. Boone for organizing our Halloween party and our beautiful class auction project! What a huge success!
Here are some upcoming things we will be working on:
3rd grade Religion: the layout of the liturgical year, feasts and Holy days, the meaning of Advent, The Divine Mercy chaplet, memorizing the Act of Contrition, and how to make a great examination of conscience and have a good confession, and the different parts of the Mass (the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist)
3rd grade Lanugage Arts: common and proper nouns, elements of poetry, research skills, singular and plural nouns, writing fairy tales, using maps, magazines, and the internet to do research, irregular plural nouns, presenting research, and making advertisements. We will also be making the transition to full-time cursive writing this month!
3rd grade Math: Multiplication!! PLEASE be working on basic multiplication facts at home with your child! It is so critical that you help me with this!
4th grade Math: multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1- and 2-digit numbers. As I'm sure you've noticed, we're using both an expanded and standard algorithm for this (YouTube has some great videos about these, if you're not sure. Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yP1PPLZt0Q). I'm teaching both, because they both have value - please let your child do it however he or she feels comfortable!
5th grade Math: dividing using 2-digit divisors, and then we'll be getting into multiplying and dividing with decimals. Tough stuff!!
For 3rd grade reading, see Mrs. Gieck's blog: http://cccsfourthgrade.blogspot.com/
For 3rd grade science/social studies, see Mrs. Nuvolini's blog: http://www.cccsfifthgrade.blogspot.com/
Have a blessed month!!
-Ms. Corbett
"When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!” - Fulton J. Sheen, a favorite author of mine :-)
It is hard to believe that we are almost halfway done with 2nd quarter! Time is FLYING by. What a great year it has been so far! I want to extend a HUGE thank you to Mrs. Lark and Mrs. Boone for organizing our Halloween party and our beautiful class auction project! What a huge success!
Here are some upcoming things we will be working on:
3rd grade Religion: the layout of the liturgical year, feasts and Holy days, the meaning of Advent, The Divine Mercy chaplet, memorizing the Act of Contrition, and how to make a great examination of conscience and have a good confession, and the different parts of the Mass (the Liturgy of the Word and the Liturgy of the Eucharist)
3rd grade Lanugage Arts: common and proper nouns, elements of poetry, research skills, singular and plural nouns, writing fairy tales, using maps, magazines, and the internet to do research, irregular plural nouns, presenting research, and making advertisements. We will also be making the transition to full-time cursive writing this month!
3rd grade Math: Multiplication!! PLEASE be working on basic multiplication facts at home with your child! It is so critical that you help me with this!
4th grade Math: multiplying 2- and 3-digit numbers by 1- and 2-digit numbers. As I'm sure you've noticed, we're using both an expanded and standard algorithm for this (YouTube has some great videos about these, if you're not sure. Try this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yP1PPLZt0Q). I'm teaching both, because they both have value - please let your child do it however he or she feels comfortable!
5th grade Math: dividing using 2-digit divisors, and then we'll be getting into multiplying and dividing with decimals. Tough stuff!!
For 3rd grade reading, see Mrs. Gieck's blog: http://cccsfourthgrade.blogspot.com/
For 3rd grade science/social studies, see Mrs. Nuvolini's blog: http://www.cccsfifthgrade.blogspot.com/
Have a blessed month!!
-Ms. Corbett
"When a child is given to his parents, a crown is made for that child in Heaven, and woe to the parents who raise a child without consciousness of that eternal crown!” - Fulton J. Sheen, a favorite author of mine :-)
Sunday, October 13, 2013
Hi all,
Wow! What a great first quarter! Here are some upcoming things for this week:
-Spelling: New spelling list for this week! We will have the test on NEXT Friday, the 25th.
-Religion: We are learning the 10 Commandments. Students will be expected to have them memorized by Friday the 25th.
-Language Arts: We are working on writing/editing descriptive paragraphs and imperative and exclamatory sentences.
-Math 3: Adding 3 digit numbers. Homework: 3.1 is due Monday and 3.2 is due Tuesday.
-Math 4: Adding and subtracting whole numbers. Homework 4.2 is due Monday and 4.3 is due Tuesday.
-Math 5: Division. Homework 4.1 is due Monday and 4.2 is due Tuesday.
Hope you had a blessed weekend. I'm looking forward to chatting with you at conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. No school Friday!
-Miss Corbett
Wow! What a great first quarter! Here are some upcoming things for this week:
-Spelling: New spelling list for this week! We will have the test on NEXT Friday, the 25th.
-Religion: We are learning the 10 Commandments. Students will be expected to have them memorized by Friday the 25th.
-Language Arts: We are working on writing/editing descriptive paragraphs and imperative and exclamatory sentences.
-Math 3: Adding 3 digit numbers. Homework: 3.1 is due Monday and 3.2 is due Tuesday.
-Math 4: Adding and subtracting whole numbers. Homework 4.2 is due Monday and 4.3 is due Tuesday.
-Math 5: Division. Homework 4.1 is due Monday and 4.2 is due Tuesday.
Hope you had a blessed weekend. I'm looking forward to chatting with you at conferences on Wednesday and Thursday. No school Friday!
-Miss Corbett
Sunday, September 29, 2013
Welcome to third grade's blog! I will try to use this blog to help you keep track of some of the general concepts your students are covering in class with me. Please let me know if you have any questions :-)
Last Friday was a fun day for us: we got worn out at the Jog-a-thon, and then in the afternoon we went to the pre-k's carnival celebration so that we could spend some time with our buddy class. The 3rd graders were awesome at helping their buddies and playing with them!
Last Friday was a fun day for us: we got worn out at the Jog-a-thon, and then in the afternoon we went to the pre-k's carnival celebration so that we could spend some time with our buddy class. The 3rd graders were awesome at helping their buddies and playing with them!
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