Third Grade News!
                   August 25-29, 2008




                
   
Book Order money due on Friday, 
August 29th.  Checks only made 
payable to Lucky Book Club.




 Dear Parents,

     WOW! I am certainly glad to see 
Tropical Storm Fay move away from 
Florida.  Now we can get back to the 
routine of school.  As you can see, we 
did get the chance to name our class 
mascot for the year.  Our mascot’s 
name is Bingo.  He will come home 
with a chosen student on Friday.  
Please take pictures and have your 
child write about what they did 
with Bingo over the weekend.  Think 
of the pictures and journaling as you 
would a scrapbook of the good times your 
child had with Bingo.  A lucky student 
will get to keep the  scrapbook at 
the end of the year along with Bingo.  


      Classroom Behavior Counts!

The students were introduced to our six 
classroom rules.  Please discuss and  
review the rules daily.  We 
want the children to know and understand 
what each rule means.  
     1.  I will show respect for myself, 
others and property.
     2.  I will keep my hands, feet and 
other objects to myself.
     3.  I will follow directions.
     4.  I will work quietly and not disturb others.
     5.  I will work and play in a safe manner.
     6.  I will listen carefully when others are speaking.



          Spelling Words

thing		ever		buzz
window	        kept		body		
bag		black		much		
rocks		scattered	
journey	        enormous
astonished	surrounded

     **Test on Friday, Aug. 29th**
These words correspond with the first 
story in our reading book.


              Weekly Overview


Religion-  In this, our first chapter, 
the children will learn about Jesus’ 
life and the ways he taught us to live 
as his followers.

Reading-  Students will read the 
story Grandfather’s Journey.  The story 
summary: A man grows to love the two 
different lands that he calls home as 
his life journey takes him back and forth 
between them.  The reading skills we will 
work on are:  introduction of story 
elements, vocabulary, comprehension, 
parts of a book and compound words.     
The students will share their summer 
reading projects as well.         
                                  
Grammar- We will introduce the topic of 
recognizing a sentence from an incomplete 
thought and recognizing statements from 
questions.

Writing- We will work on what makes for a 
good piece of writing?  We will discuss the 
elements of a story such as a beginning, a 
middle and an end.  We will discuss that 
writers write about what they know and we 
should do the same.

Phonics-  In unit 1 students will review 
the consonant sound associations in the 
initial, medial, and final positions.

Math- The first chapter in our book deals 
with the concept of understanding place 
value.  We will read and write 3 digit 
numbers in standard, expanded, and word 
name form, we will compare 2 and 3 digit 
numbers using <>, order 2 and 3 digit 
numbers from least to greatest and greatest 
to least and use skip counting to 
identify and complete number patterns.

Social Studies- The students will explore the 
various ways to describe where a 
community is found in relation to 
other parts of a state, country, 
continent, and hemisphere.  Students 
will also compare and learn to use a 
variety of maps to represent location.




If you have any questions, do not hesitate 
to contact me by e-mail or by phone.

Have a great  week!                                                      


Yours in faith,
Lisa Nuckles                                                                      
nucklesl@ollmelbourne.org

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