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      3rd Grade News January 2-5 This Week’s Focus Memory  - No Memory This Wee Religion - This week we start Unit 5 over The Lord’s Prayer with lessons 49-51 Language Arts - See the attached sheet. Spelling – Consonant Patterns wr, kn, gn, st, mb Handwriting – This week we continue learning our cursive capital letters. Math -This week we start learning about division with chapter one lessons 5, 6, and 7.  We will also be taking timed multiplication tests on Wednesday. Science - We kick the new year off with chapter 7 learning about machines. Thank you for the wonderful Christmas presents.  I pray that your break was a restful one, in which you got to contemplate the amazing gift of our Savior, Jesus. We will be starting an art project in the new year that will require some help from you.  Attached is a flyer about the supplies we will need for this project. In Christ, Mrs. Hines Upcoming Tests 1-5    L.A. Test Spelling Upcoming Events 1-3 1:00 Dismiss 1-8 Parent Me

        3rd Grade News December 11-15 This Week’s Focus Memory -Matthew 1:21-22 and John 3:16 Religion - This week we continue Unit 4 with lessons 44-47 Language Arts - See the attached sheet. Spelling – Suffixes Handwriting – This week we continue learning our cursive capital letters. Math -This week we finish chapter 3 with a test on Tuesday.  We will then be practicing our multiplication until Christmas Break. Social Studies - This week we are finishing up chapter 3 on how geography affects our community.  Students will create a brochure for one of the places that we studied in class.  We will finish the unit with a test on Friday. This week we have the Christmas Luncheon on Wednesday afternoon.  I am still in need of drivers for this trip.  I need transportation for 9 more kids.  If you are available to help please let me know. Next week is also our Christmas concert at school.  Doors open at 6:00.  My classroom door will not be open until 6:15, so please keep your studen

      3rd Grade News December 4-8 This Week’s Focus Memory - Third Article of The Apostles Creed Religion - This week we continue Unit 4 with lessons 40 - 43 Language Arts - See the attached sheet. Spelling – Spellings of /j/, /s/, /k/ Handwriting – This week we continue learning our cursive capital letters. Math -This week we will work on our, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 times facts. Social Studies - This week we continue unit 3 on how geography affects communities. Every year the third grade class goes over to St. Stephen’s Church in Atkins for a Christmas Luncheon with the Ladies Society.  We will be going over to Atkins on Wednesday, December 13th.  We will need drivers for this trip, so if you can help in this way please let me know as soon as possible. Your child might have shared with you a change I have made in the classroom recently.  I was not getting a chance to go over papers with students at school after they had been graded.  To try to make up for this fact I have star