Ocean Knoll Third Grade Website

The Jog-a-thon will be on Thursday, January 26, 2012. Please make sure you turn your permission slips in by January 17th. Each student MUST turn in a permission slip in order to participate. Happy jogging!

Dear Parents,

We are looking forward to the Lux Art Institute Valise Project that will take place in our classrooms.

They will be presenting Animal Tales<http://luxartinstitute.org/Education/The-Valise-Project/Valises/Animal-Tales> by Jean Lowe and doing a bookmaking project.

Here is the schedule:

Thursday, December 15 – Animal Tales valise presentation + bookmaking project (painting backgrounds)
Friday, December 16 – Bookmaking project (painting details)

8:05 – 9:05 am          Mr. Hodgson Room 14

9:15 –10:15 am         Mrs. Voaklander Room 8

10:30 – 11:30 am      Mrs. Ebert    Room 13

For the project we will be doing a bookmaking project that uses acrylic paint. Please have your children wear or bring an old shirt as this paint will stain clothing. We encourage students to bring in a favorite book to use as inspiration for their project. Please have students bring in their book by next Thursday.

All parents are welcome to observe and/or help out with the project.

Thank you,

The Third Grade Team

Third grade will be going on a field trip to Mira Costa College on Friday, November 18th. We will be traveling by bus, and lunch will be provided. Please make sure you get the Permission Slips returned to class by Tuesday, November 15th. Thanks!

Students will start brining home their nonfiction books to read this week. Please make sure they are reading their nonfiction book every night. Review the directions for the book report with your child to make sure they understand what is expected of them. Make sure they work on their report a little each day to ensure it is finished by the due date. Have fun with it!

Check out the Reading Counts Book List online. Enter a title and find out how many points the book is worth.

Just a reminder that the first 30 point science project is due on Thursday, September 15. We are looking forward to seeing and hearing about your exciting science choices!

Check the Homework/Newsletter page for up-to-date homework and newsletter information.

Thank you for taking the time to visit us on Back to School night! We are excited about the wonderful year ahead we will be sharing with you and your children.

Dear Families,

The students had a great start to the year. We have been doing many “Getting to know you” activities. For the next two weeks we will be assessing students in Language Arts and Math.

This week we are starting our first language arts theme, “Off to Adventure”. Our first story is Lost and Found. Skills we will work on are: identifying complete sentences, abc order, and spelling with the short vowel sounds i, e, and a. They will have their spelling test this Friday. The third grade team uses sentences to assess students on new words, “No Excuse Words”, and punctuation. Please study the whole sentence.

In math we have started a place value unit. We will be working with numbers up to 99,999.  Our first Social Studies unit is on Patriotic Symbols, such as the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, and the Capitol Building. We will also introduce them to the three branches of government.

Sincerely,

The Third Grade Team

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Please Note:

• Monday, Sept. 5, Labor Day – NO SCHOOL!

• Please return the PTA packet as soon as possible.

• Back-to-School Night, for parents only, is this Thursday, August 25 at 5:45.

• Please be sure to send a healthy snack every day!

HOMEWORK

Monday:

• Practice Spelling Sentences
• Problem Solving  (extra credit)
• Sums Through 18
• Do the Responsibility sheet each day

Tuesday:

• Fruity Graph
• Cursive
• Study spelling

Wednesday:

• America’s National Bird
• Line Patterns

• Study spelling

Thursday:

• Line Patterns
• Take a practice spelling test

Read for 20 minutes each night.