Mrs.

Grays
3rd Grade Newsletter

Week of January 11-16, 2016


bible
spelling words
memory verse
Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each
1.
daughter 9. bought

other, just as in Christ, God forgave you.
2. caught
10. thinnest challenge words

Ephesians 4:32
3. faster
11. hawk
16. squawk
4. August
12. taught

17. happier
5. talk
13. chalk

student
of the week for patience
6. lawn
14. earlier

7. fought
15. auto
megan
oury

8. yawn


This Week in Class:
Forgiving
Bible:
Spelling City: This is a great resource to practice your spelling test on Friday..

Math: Time, timed test 9s and 10s
Make sure your student logs on and uses the games for studying. There is a way

for the kids to take a pretest and print it. This is an acceptable way for them to
Reading: Mr. Poppers Penguins, Book clubs

take their pretest. Just have them print and then a parent signature.
Language: Comparative and Superlative
Chapel is Wednesday at 9:00

adjectives,
capitalization and abbreviation
Telling Time: http://www.abcya.com/telling_time.htm is a great website/game to

help the kids practice telling time. Telling time is proving to be very difficult for
Writing: Penguin Research
many students. On an analog clock or watch, ask them a few times a day What

Science: Matter
time is it? and then also ask them How many minutes until we..? or How many

minutes is it before the next hour? or What time will it be in..? If you can ask
Art: Meet the Masters
any or all of these questions a few times a day, this will really help them

understand elapsed time.
Check out the Spelling City links on Weebly to

Mr. Poppers Penguins: We are having a great time reading and learning about
practice your spelling words.
penguins! We even received our own Captain Cook straight from the South Pole.

We are moving right along with Multiplication

(news_and_notes)

Timed Tests. There are a few students who are

struggling and have not passed multiple tests.
Please continue practicing EVERYDAY! I will also be
giving tests at recess to help them pass.

The Non-Fiction Book Project is due on

WEDNESDAY The directions and rubric are on
mrsgraysthirdgrade.weebly.com if you need
another copyJ

Every night one lucky student will be able to bring him home. We will continue our
Book Clubs this week. We have been practicing how to make good thick discussion
questions and how to have a polite discussion in our groups.

In a couple of weeks, we will be working on a couple of STEM projects to

go with our Poppers unit. We are looking for empty toilet paper or paper
towel rolls and boxes of sugar cubes. If you can donate any of these we
would appreciate it J

Homework and Stuff

monday
P

Homework

School

P.E.

tuesday

wednesday
Chapel 9:00
9s and 10s Timed
Test

thursday

friday

Music
Computers

P.E.
Bible Verse Test
Spelling Test Unit 3-2
9s and 10s Timed Test

Math pg. 169

Spelling pre-test
SIGNED
Sticky note Questions
Study for tests

Turn in checklist and signed

pretest!
Turn in Sticky Note
Questions

Math Quiz
Library Books Due

Minimum Day
Sticky note Questions
Make sure and write
THICK Questions
Math Pg. 164

Sticky Note
Questions
Math Pg. 166
Book Project
due tomorrow

Sticky note
Questions
Math pg. 167