Happy Halloween!

See you tomorrow for All Saints Day!

Saints and Superheroes Day

Tomorrow is Saints and Superheroes Day! Dress up as your favorite Superhero or Superhero of Faith! It's a great opportunity to get another use out of your Saint costume. Just be sure to have it all ready to go for Wednesday! Have a great day and see you all tomorrow!

Prepositional Phrases

We've been learning about prepositions and object of the prepositions in class and how they create prepositional phrases. Here is a brief reminder that a preposition must have an object of the preposition with it to create a prepositional phrase.

All Saints Day Liturgy and Wax Museum: Wednesday, November 1st!

We are SOOO excited for All Saints Day! Our students have worked so hard and are ready to celebrate our Superheroes of Faith. I'm so proud of them! Remember to finish up your costumes and keep practicing those reports! Parents, families, and guests: We hope you can find time to visit our Museum on Wednesday. While we do have a special spot reserved for our parents and families at 11:00, you are free to come anytime between 9:20 and 11:20 to see your sweet "Saint." Can't wait to see you all!

Regrouping Twice with Subtraction

Today we went over regrouping twice with subtraction. The students did well. Here is something to help remember if you need to regroup or not.

Subtraction with Regrouping

Here's a practice game for subtraction with regrouping. Hopefully this will help you with the skill. 
Subtraction with Regrouping Game

Workshop Opportunity

Garden City Field Trip Information

Hello Parents!
We have a field trip planned for next week to the Garden City Community Center and St. Lawrence Cotton Field and Cotton Gin. This trip will allow the students to explore various aspects of agriculture, as well as show them how cotton is grown, picked, cleaned, and distributed. It is a wonderful, well-planned trip that all past 3rd grade students have loved. 

We will take a charter bus and the trip will take the whole school day. This trip is of no cost to your child. We simply ask that they come in their uniform (with a jacket, depending on the weather), show up NO LATER than 7:40, and return their permission form from Tuesday folder. Lunch is also provided that day, so there is no need to send a lunch with your child.

A few important things to know as we plan to go:

• We MUST leave the school no later that 8:30 a.m. It will take us a while to get to Garden City, and the program starts promptly at 9:30 a.m. We are sharing the trip with the Garden City Third Graders, and a late departure will cause them to wait and get us off schedule, also making it more difficult to be back to school in the afternoon on time. Please make plans to have your child here between 7:30 - 7:40 a.m. so we have enough time to take care of Tuesday folders, take a restroom break, and board the bus.
• You are more than welcome to join us on the trip, however due to such a large third grade class this year, we only have enough room to accommodate the students, and three teachers on the bus. The charter bus only seats 50. If you would like to attend, we'd love to have you meet us in Garden City at the Community Center. Students must ride the bus to and from the event.
• Please look at the weather forecast before we leave. We spend most of the day indoors, however one portion of the trip is outside, and we do not want your child to be uncomfortable.
• We should arrive back at school no later than 3:30 p.m. If you are picking up your child, the best course of action is to NOT go through the carpool line. The best option it to park in the lot across from the church office and wait for us to arrive there. If your child is attending after school, we will walk them back to school and send them to their appropriate after school teacher.
• Please have your children ONLY bring their Tuesday Folder on this day for us to take care of before we leave. They will not need their backpacks as we will be gone all day.

We are looking forward to a wonderful trip! It should be a fun, enjoyable, and educational experience for all!

W

Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites

A Lesson in Math... and Social Studies. Happy Sunday!

Thank You!

What a pleasure it was to meet with each of you these past two days. Thank you all for taking the time to meet with me to discuss your child's progress. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting with each of you. Thank you for all your help and support with your child's education.

Topic, Main Idea, and Supporting Details

Saint Song

3rd Graders,
Here is a link to the new song that we will be singing for our "All Saints Day" Mass. Listen and get familiar with it. We will keep practicing in class.
I Sing a Song of the Saints of God

Red Ribbon Week: Next Week!

Comet Animation

Hey everyone! Here's a cool animation that shows just how comets move in our Solar System.
Comet Animation

Saint Reports Complete!

We are all done constructing our Saint Reports! Thank you parents for all your efforts in research and writing. Students, you did a great job and worked very hard! Now, we just need to focus on practicing our reports and costumes.

I hope the costume planning is going well. I've already heard that some students have begun or even finished their costumes! That's great! If you have any issues with your costume, PLEASE don't hesitate to let me know and we can come up with a solution. 

I'm so excited for this project and the students' progress. Please let me know if you need any help or have any questions regarding the project. I note will go home in Tuesday folder with our schedule for that morning. 
Here are a few tips for practicing an oral presentation:

• Make eye contact frequently - Make sure your eyes leave your paper occasionally to engage your audience
• Speak clearly (slowly) - Don't rush your report. The audience is interested in learning about your Saint. Speaking clearly and slowly allow them to understand you better.
• Speak at a good volume - No, you don't have to strain your voice, but make sure you are speaking loud enough for your audience to hear.
• Practicing saying your report MANY times - It may feel tedious, but the more you say it the more comfortable you feel speaking, and it helps you to not stumble over difficult words. 

Parent-Teacher Conferences: Early Release Days

Don't forget that Thursday and Friday are early release days for Parent/Teacher Conferences. Looking forward to meeting with all the parents this week!

Poinsettia Fundraiser

Football Game Tomorrow!

Comets

This is an awesome site that explore Comets, and even meteors which will be our next topic. Enjoy!
Comets and Meteors

Football Game: October 18th

Free Dress for Harvey: October 18th

Planet Orbit

Hey kiddos! Click the link for a simple animation that shows approximately how the planets orbit the sun. Notice the difference of the time is takes to orbit as you move farther away from the sun.
Planet Orbit Animation

Box Tops

Saint Report

Hello Families!
We are making amazing progress on our Saint Reports. We've all been able to utilize classroom resources to begin the rough draft. Our goal for this coming week is to finish and finalize the draft to prepare for writing the full report. We will edit and correct any mistakes that we see and prepare to write the final draft. We hope to complete the full report by early next week so that we may utilize the next few weeks before All Saint's Day to practice. By now, I hope you and your children are beginning to think about how you might want to do your costume. Remember: Costumes do not have to be expensive or elaborate, just an appropriate depiction of the Saint's typical outfit. If you refer to the resource section, I will include some good websites for research and also some useful sites that show how some Saint costumes have been made. I will also include a few pictures of our students' costumes from years past. Thank you for all of your help with this project! We're having a lot of fun learning more about the Super Heroes of our faith! Good Luck!

Parent/Teacher Conferences

I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you for Parent/Teacher Conferences. This is a great time to discuss the strengths of your child as well as set goals for the future A notice is being sent home in Tuesday Folder with your scheduled time. If this doesn't work, please call the office as soon as possible so we may reschedule. Also, conferences mean that we will have an early release on October 19th and 20th of next week. Thanks everyone! Looking forward to seeing you all.

Book Fair Starts Today!

The Book Fair starts today! There are several opportunities for you and your children to purchase books. Tonight is the Family Night. Your child must be accompanied by an adult. Students can also purchase books at school starting on today. There will be opportunities to go to the fair this week between the hours of 9:00 - 3:00 IF they have money to purchase books. Parents may also come during those hours, just be sure to sign in at the office first. You and your child may also go after Hot Dog Day on Friday, but again, students may only go to the fair if they have money to purchase merchandise and are accompanied by an adult. The Book Fair closes on Friday at 2:00. Hope you are able to find some great things to read at the fair! Have a wonderful week!

School Mall

Two-fer Saint/Halloween Costumes

This is a great site with some ideas on how to get two uses out of your Saint costume (well for some students). Hope it helps! If any of you are needing help or ideas for your costume, please give me a shout! We've seen some very creative ideas in past years and might have a way to get crafty with your costume!
http://www.catholicallyear.com/2015/10/twofer-costumes-for-halloween-and-all.html

I have also included some pictures of items I've found at Walmart and Dollar Tree (for a very inexpensive price) that would be great for some costumes...

Shields and Armor for those Saints that are protectors or members of armies (i.e. Saint George, Saint Joan of Arc, Saint Sebastian, Saint Michael the Archangel, etc.)

 Egyptian Girls' Accessories for those Saints that were from Egypt/Rome or those described as "Goddesses"  (i.e. Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Saint Sarah)

Archery Items for those Saints that are Patrons of Archery or were Soldiers that primary dealt with bow and arrows (i.e. Saint Sebastian, Saint Christopher)

Also, please feel free to visit the RESOURCES section for some pictures of previous costumes for ideas. 

Book Fair Volunteers Wanted

Regrouping Twice with Addition

Hey kiddos. Here's a link to a video that reteaches regrouping twice when adding. If you want some extra instruction and practice. Hope it helps! 
Regrouping Twice with Addition

Pet Blessing Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the Feast Day of St. Francis: Patron of Nature and Pets. We will have a Blessing in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis. Please feel free to join us and bring your family pet for the prayer service at 2:45. Leashed or caged pets are welcome to attend. If you are unable to bring your family pet, just send a photograph or drawn picture! After the service, we will head to dismissal. If you would like to take your child with you after the blessing, you are more than welcome to. Please just make sure to find me at our line up spot (the students will know where it is) so I can check your child out. 

Holy Cross Catholic High School Golf Tournament

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