Happy Catholic Schools' Week!

Dear Third Grade Parents,

This is going to be an exciting week of celebrating our wonderful Catholic School, Stella Maris Academy!  The week will be filled with some fun activities.  I can hardly wait for the international lunch.  I am certain you will have the full report of each day.

Please be sure to go over this week's Curriculum Update to see all we hope to learn this week.

Curriculum Update for the Week of January 26, 2015:

Religion:  Finish Chapter 12- God calls some men to be priests or deacons;  the Sacrament of Holy Orders;  Chapter 12 Quiz on Friday

Math:  Subtract across zeros;  discuss methods of subtraction; ungroup to subtract; Relate addition and subtraction

Reading:  Whole Group:  Read and discuss the story "The Legend of Damon and Pythias";  Complete comprehension activities together and independently; Guided Reading Groups:  Read and discuss group novels- The Courage of Sarah Noble, Stone Fox, The Lion, the Witch and The Wardrobe;  "Who Was... "  Book Report due on Tuesday;  Read Aloud:  Alice's Adventure's in Wonderland

Language Arts:  Grammar:  Contractions- its and it's, they're, their, there; Vocabulary Workshop:  Begin Unit 3- match the meaning, synonyms and antonyms

Science:  Continue chapter 5- How we describe features of the Earth's surface, landforms, volcanos and earthquakes

Social Studies: Finish chapter 6- the story of a community; discover your community's history;  Read Aloud-  Little House on the Prairie;  Junior Achievement Session #2 on Tuesday afternoon

Art:  Continue to analyze Picasso's use of abstract, geometric shapes and balanced composition in The Three Musicians;  Create a Cubist collage of musicians using shapes to build figures and bright contrasting colors to show mood

Music:  Continue to learn and study how to read music;  learn and practice playing the recorder

Thank you, Parents for checking in each week to see what is going on in the Third Grade.  Don't forget, permission slips for our class field trip to Old Town went home last Friday.  The payment and permission slips are due on January 29th.

I hope all of you have a wonderful week.  I look forward to seeing many of you throughout the week as we celebrate Catholic Schools' Week.  Thank you for all you do to help make Stella Maris Academy the BEST school in  San Diego!!!!!!!  Take care and God bless.

Sincerely,
Ms Eileen Griffin
Your Third Grade Teacher