Idioms

Elements of a Paragraph

Guide Words

November News!

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. 

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!

Saint Study!

Hello Families! 
In your Tuesday Folder this coming week, you and your child will receive a packet about our Saint Study Project that we will be working on over the course of the next several weeks. Please review this information carefully with your child. It outlines what should be expected over the next month while we construct our reports in class and practice for our presentations. The most important thing you can do at home is to research the list of Saints that are given and choose some that your child might be interested in doing. Please return this form no later than Friday, September 29th. If your child has no preference as to which Saint they research, they do not need to return the list of Saints to class and we will choose one for them. Your child will be given their Saint by the end of the day on September 29th. Please take time to look up some information about their Saint so they will be prepared to work on it in class. We are so excited for this project. It is one of the most exciting things we do all year. If you would like to look at some places to research Saints, or look at some examples of costumes, please refer to the Resources section. Thank you so much! I am looking forward to working on this project with your children.

Types of Sentences

Hello Parents! We have been working with different types of sentences in English. Your children have these definitions in their spiral notebooks, but in case you want a reference at home, here is a chart with the same information. Hope this helps!

Shurley Parent Booklet

Hello Parents! We are continuing this year with the Shurley Method Program as part of our English Curriculum. We have begun discussing the proper elements necessary to a sentence's structure, as well as synonyms and antonyms. We will soon begin classifying each part of a sentence with the appropriate part of speech. I am including a link to a Parent Help Booklet for Level 3, so that you may see how the program will work this year and how you can add extra support at home for your child. I hope this helps throughout the year!
SHURLEY PARENT HELP BOOKLET

Different Kinds of Connections in Reading

February News

December News

Saint Report

Hello Families!
We had a great week in 3rd grade on our Saint Reports. We've ended the week with all students being able to utilize their resources to complete their 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!

Saint Study!

Hello Families! 
In your Tuesday Folder tomorrow, you and your child will receive a packet about our Saint Study Project that we will be working on over the course of the next several weeks. Please review this information carefully with your child. It outlines what should be expected over the next month while we construct our reports in class and practice for our presentations. The most important thing you can do at home is to research the list of Saints that are given and choose some that your child might be interested in doing. Please return this form no later than Friday, September 30th. If your child has no preference as to which Saint they research, they do not need to return the list of Saints to class and we will choose one for them. Your child will be given their Saint by the end of the day on September 30th. Please take time to look up some information about their Saint so they will be prepared to work on it in class. We are so excited for this project. It is one of the most exciting things we do all year. If you would like to look at some places to research Saints, or look at some examples of costumes, please refer to the Resources section. Thank you so much! I am looking forward to working on this project with your children.

Adjectives and Adverb Practice

We are focusing on identifying adjectives and adverbs in sentences this week. Here are a couple of games that might help your child practice:

• Grammar Blast! (Adjective/Adverb)
• Adverb Game
• Adjective/Adverb Trail Game
• Adjective/Adverb Millionaire

September News!

Shurley Parent Booklet

Hello Parents! We are continuing this year with the Shurley Method Program as part of our English Curriculum. We have begun discussing the proper elements necessary to a sentence's structure, as well as synonyms and antonyms. We will soon begin classifying each part of a sentence with the appropriate part of speech. We are also very fortunate this year to have Mrs. Guebara, who is also our librarian, serve as a Shurley Method Specialist and provide an intervention period twice a week for the class. This extra time will enhance their knowledge of the subject. I am also including a link to a Parent Help Booklet for Level 3, so that you may see how the program will work this year and how you can add extra support at home for your child. I hope this helps throughout the year!
SHURLEY PARENT HELP BOOKLET

May News!

Summer Reading

Summarizing

We've been learning about summarizing in Reading.

Many students confuse summarizing and retelling the story. While a retell is a play by play of all the sequential events in the story, a summary is a brief overview of the story as a whole. Covering the beginning, middle, and end of the story allow the summarizer to grasp all the main ideas. Here is a good tool to help weed out unnecessary detail...