End of Week 5 (e-mail)

Hello Parents,

We have a 3-day weekend!  Monday, September 7 is a holiday.  We have ended our 5th week of 3rd Grade!  Woo hoo!  Your children are so kind and delightful – they are also very respectful and hardworking.

Some information:

  • We are about mid-way through the 1st trimester.  Individual progress reports will not be sent home; however, you can see your child’s grades on Synergy ParentVue and StudentVue.
  • I will email a PDF copy of the Progress Report upon request.
  • I am doing my best to stay on top of missing assignments and redos; but it does take me some time to check, verify, and then enter the new/missing grades.
  • If you would like to schedule a Parent/Teacher Conference, I am available after school and can be available before school if needed.
  • We will take the Chapter 4 math test during the week of September 16th (likely on September 16th).
  • We go off-track on Wednesday, September 16th!  We return back on-track on Monday, October 5th.
  • Heads-up:  When we return back on-track, students will complete their first book report and oral presentation of the book.
  • I will provide them with the format/requirements for the both the book report and presentation prior to going off-track in case they (or you) would like to work on it when we are off-track.
  • Students should be memorizing the multiples (skip counting) of numbers 2 through 7.  (We will finish to 12’s when we return from off-track.)
  • To memorize, they can use their blue Skip Counting sheet, and touch each number while saying it to activate more senses.  They can also write them down several times.
  • I recommend to memorize one set of multiples  before moving on to the next.
  • Memorizing the multiples will aid in the transition to memorizing the multiplication facts, which is expected by the end of third grade.
  • In spelling, we have moved on from short vowel review to long vowels.  This past week, the students have been working with the long vowel spellings of vowel_e.
  • Next week in Spelling, students will work with the other long vowel a sound spellings.
  • Most spelling work is done through Spelling City.
  • In reading and writing, we have been working with narrative stories and writing.  We have been looking at the text structure and “signal words”, also known as transitions.
  • We started Social Studies with oceans and continents videos and work.

As always, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or comments.  I hope that you have an enjoyable weekend.

Sincerely,

Tracy Wetzel