Spelling

Please practice spelling words every night for the practice tests on Wednesday and the regular tests on Friday. Make flashcards, have a spelling bee, or draw pictures of your words.  Students receive a list for home every Monday.  Please check your child's homework folder.

Reading:   

  Please try to read every night.   If there is an activity please check to see if that is done.

Math:

Students always need to work on 2 and 3 digit addition and subtraction with regrouping.  Students should also be working on multiplication and division facts.

For extra math AND reading practice go to www.studyisland.com.

Language: 

Third grade students are always studying the parts of speech.  This includes:  nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, conjunctions, and interjections. Any activity that involves these words would be helpful.

Writing:  

Third grade writing activities involve the four-square writing organizer.  Our writing activities will focus on Social Studies, Science, and special occasions.

Social Science:

The first half of the year Social Science units are:  Solar System taught by Mrs. Koleno.  Washington D.C (Mrs. MacTavish), Pennsylvania (Miss Houser), Map Skills (Ms. Spencer), Great Americans (Mrs. Cantolina)

The second half of the year the units are:  Environment (Mrs. Koleno), Weather( Mrs. MacTavish), Rocks/Minerals (Miss Houser), Magnets/Electricity (Ms. Spencer), Body Systems/ Nutrition (Mrs. Cantolina)

Solar system Web Sites

http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/planets/

http://www.kidsastronomy.com/solar_system.htm

http://www.kidzone.ws/planets/index.htm

http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/kids/index.cfm

http://www.apples4theteacher.com/starwarp2.html

http://www.frontiernet.net/~kidpower/astronomy.html

Home Activities

Below are a few activities to try at home.  These activities will help reinforce what we do at school.

Parent Power
A Major Ingredient in the Recipe for Educational Success

Education research has made it clear that parents who are actively involved in their children's learning at home help their children become more successful learners in and out of school.  Here are some reading, writing, math, and science Home Learning Recipe activities.  Parents of young children in pre-kindergarten through third grade will find them to be easy and enjoyable ways to work with the school-using materials they have at home to build their children's skills.

Story Endings

Improve listing skills and imagination by reading a story aloud to your child and stopping before the ending. Ask the child how the story will turn out. Then finish the story and discuss the ending with child.

Weigh Me

Teach estimating skills. Ask your children to make guesses about the weight of several household objects-a waste basket, a coat, a full glass of water. then show children how to use  a bathroom scale to weigh the objects. Next, have them estimate their own weight, as well as that of other family members, and use the scale to check their guesses.

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