NEWS FROM 3A

WEEK OF MARCH 19, 2018

Thank you, parents, for all of your help in making our
booth at the bazaar successful! We were the first ones to
get approved by the health inspector. It was lovely to see the camaraderie and
teamwork.
Science fair is on Friday, March 23. Students may bring in their projects by
We emphasize the spiritual, Thursday, March 22.
intellectual, and physical There will be a limited amount of homework this week so students may pre-
development of each pare for the science fair.
individual. Take note of these dates: March 29-April 6 Easter Break. There will be an ear-
ly dismissal day on March 28 with no after school care.

MATH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS

This week we will add working with
fractions and geometry to the topics
that we will be working besides our
usual multiplication and division. Students will be
able to have some fun with tangrams and finish up
their cases as place value detectives. We will also
begin practicing the rest of the times tables from the
6’s to the 12’s. There will be a quiz on the 6’s on
Tuesday of next week. They have the use of wrap
arounds to help them memorize their times tables.
Please work with them at home. Please continue to
practice their basic addition and subtraction facts with
them. They will need to have a good grasp of them in
the future. Tutoring for math is from 3:30-4:30 on
Mondays.
This week’s unit is on words
that have added –ing. In Lan-
guage, we will continue work-
ing on verbs and their tenses as
well as subjects and predicates.
In Reading, we have begun a new unit on The Peo-
ple, The Preamble and The President. We will learn
about the preamble to the Constitution and we will
learn about immigrants and what the Church says
about what we should do for immigrants. Students
will also work with chronological order and time-
lines. Students will be presenting their probe books
this week. Tutoring for reading begins on Tuesdays
from 3:30-4:30.

HANDWRITING
Students will practice Pp as well as copying paragraphs and poems for further
practice.
 SCIENCE-Students will identify what meteorologists do and the
composition of the planets’ atmospheres. Students should bring in
their science fair projects by Thursday, March 22. The Science Fair is scheduled for
March 23.
RELIGION-This week students will complete the chapter on being called
to holiness and begin the next chapter on celebrating the sacraments.
This week’s Word of the Week is treachery-betrayal of trust; deceptive
action or nature. This Week’s Good News comes from Mark 14:1-
15;47.
SOCIAL STUDIES-This week students will learn about who immigrants
are, where they came from and how we should treat them according to
our faith. They will also learn about migration in the United States.

REMINDERS
Parents, please remember to use the crosswalk when walking your children across Arizona for safety’s
sake.
We are still collecting pop tops for Ronald McDonald House. We have filled five large collection boxes and
have nearly filled a sixth one! Help us out by sending in pop tops (soda tabs)! We could win a class party!
Thank you to all who have sent in tops! We are doing an awesome job!
We are also collecting box tops and Prices’ bottle caps. Help us out by sending these items in whenever you
buy products with the box top label or Prices’ products!
Please send in any prayer intentions that you may have so that we can pray for them during our morning an-
nouncements and during our Friday rosary. Don’t forget to send your children with their rosary on Fridays!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
March 21 Confessions 3rd grade
Eye exams for students
March 22 Mass 8th grade/Students are required to wear Mass attire
Stewardship envelopes due
March 23 Stations of the Cross @ 8:30
Science Fair for grades 3K-5
March 25 Palm Sunday
March 28 Home & School meeting @ 7:45 only
Early release @ 1:00/Spirit Dress
NO AFTERSCHOOL CARE
March 29-April 6 Easter Break
April 8 Classes Resume