Newsletter

LABOR DAY- I hope you and your family had a great holiday!

PERFORMING ARTS- Please return the Performing Arts permission form ASAP.

CATO ENVIRONMENTAL FIELD TRIPS- Please return the yellow and green permission forms ASAP. Remember, the money covers FIVE field trips…two away from school and three in school. If you would like to chaperone either of the away field trips, please attach a note to the permission form. I will draw names when all permission forms have been returned.

CLASS T-SHIRTS- For the first time, we are ordering class t-shirts in third grade. Our class color is royal blue. If you would like to order a class t-shirt, please send $10 tomorrow with your child’s t-shirt size. This is optional.

ACCELERATED READER- We are starting the fourth week of third grade…WOW! As of today, your child has _______out of 10 AR points. Every student needs 10 AR points by the end of the nine weeks. Please help your child meet this important goal.

READING LOG- Please remember to fill out the reading log. It is due every Monday. Students are expected to read at least 4 out of 7 nights every week.

MULTIPLICATION FACTS- Have you started memorizing your multiplication facts yet????? This is one of our most important standards. Please start learning those facts!

SIGNED PAPERS- When stapled papers come home, parents need to sign EVERY page. Students need to correct any questions that they missed. Misspelled words should be written FIVE times each. Misspelled words should also be added to the “Tab Words” section of the spelling composition book.

SUBJECT MATTER
SPELLING- Core Words- few, those, always, show, large Bonus Words-know, no, very, vary, to, too, two, there, their, they’re, read, red / Long vowel sounds / Cloze Review on Friday / Practice using homophones correctly in sentences

ENGLISH- Continue working on the four types of sentences. Test on Wednesday / Introduce subjects and predicates

READING- Discuss elements of fairytales and folktales using various versions of Cinderella / Read AR books / Work on drawing conclusions and main idea

MATH- Comparing numbers / Rounding / Review test on Friday

SOCIAL STUDIES- Reading a map / parts of maps / map scales