3A Homeroom

Welcome Back!

Welcome to My 3rd Grade Page! Below you can find all our resources and a review of what we will be doing this upcoming week. If you have any questions, feel free to send me an email!

*iReady lessons due between 3/16 - 3/22

*Please let me and Ms. K know if your student will not be here any of the days this week!

What we are learning about this week (3/16):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Adverbs

*Adverbs Test Wednesday, Spelling Test Friday

Gold Math - identifying and naming fractions on a number line and line plots

*Test Friday - anyone not in school on Friday will be taking it on Thursday

Blue Math - identifying and naming fractions on a number line and line plots

*Test Friday - anyone not in school on Friday will be taking it on Thursday

Religion - Ch. 9 - All are Welcome in the Church

Science 1&2 - Weather & Climate - the water cycle and states of matter

Week of March 10

*iReady lessons due between 3/9-3/15

*We will be performing speeches on Friday this week!

What we are learning about this week (3/10):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Adverbs

*Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - identifying and naming fractions on a number line and line plots

Blue Math - identifying and naming fractions on a number line and line plots

Religion - Ch. 9

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - review

*Test Group 1:Wednesday, Group 2: Thursday - videos from all lessons on Google Classroom and study guides have been sent home

Week of March 3rd

*iReady lessons due between 3/2-3/8

*We will attend mass on Wednesday this week instead of Friday to celebrate Ash Wednesday. You are welcome to join us and get your ashes!

*Friday we will be having an author come visit our school!

What we are learning about this week (2/17):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Descriptive Writing of a Winter Wonderland

*Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - identifying and naming fractions

Blue Math - identifying and naming fractions

Religion - Lent

*Test Thursday - no review guide for this, but a Kahoot will be posted in Google Classroom for review and students are welcome to bring home their books to reread the section.

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - review

Week of Feb. 23

*iReady lessons due between 2/23-3/1

*Keep practicing speeches at home! We will need speeches memorized by this Friday!

What we are learning about this week (2/17):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Pronouns - subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns, pronoun-verb agreement

*Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - 2-step word problems with all operations

*Test Thursday!

Blue Math -2-step word problems with all operations

*Test Tuesday!

Religion - Growing with God

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - properties of magnets

Week of Feb.16

*iReady lessons due between 2/16-2/22

*No School on Monday!

*Keep practicing speeches at home! We will need speeches memorized by the last week of February!

What we are learning about this week (2/17):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Pronouns - subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns, pronoun-verb agreement

*Pronouns Test and Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - 2-step word problems with all operations

Blue Math -2-step word problems with all operations

Religion - Growing with God

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - properties of magnets

Week of Feb.10

*iReady lessons due between 2/16-2/22

*No School on Monday!

*Keep practicing speeches at home! We will need speeches memorized by the last week of February!

What we are learning about this week (2/15):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Pronouns - subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns, pronoun-verb agreement

*Pronouns Test Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - 2-step word problems with all operations

Blue Math -2-step word problems with all operations

Religion - Growing with God

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - properties of magnets

Week of Feb.3

*iReady lessons due between 2/9-2/15

*Early Release on Friday! Valentine's Day parties are on Friday as well. We have 16 students in class if you are sending in Valentines :)

*Keep practicing speeches at home! We will need speeches memorized by the last week of February!

What we are learning about this week (2/10):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Pronouns - subject and object pronouns, possessive pronouns

*Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math - 2-step word problems with all operations

Blue Math -2-step word problems with all operations

Religion - Chapter 8: Praying to the Holy Spirit and Understanding the Holy Trinity

*Test Tuesday - study guide went home last Wednesday

Science 1&2 - Force and Motion - patterns of motion

Week of Jan. 26

Happy Catholic School's Week! Check your email for the calendar of events to celebrate this week!

*iReady lessons due between 1/26-2/1.

*Keep practicing speeches at home!

What we are learning about this week (1/26):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Sentences - combining sentences using and, but, or, combining subjects and predicates

*Spelling Test Friday

Gold Math - Adding and Subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Blue Math -Adding and Subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Religion - Chapter 8: Praying to the Holy Spirit and Understanding the Holy Trinity

Science 1&2 - beginning force and motion/ Review Traits & complete study guide, all videos on Google Classroom!

*Group 1 Test on Monday. study guides went home last Thursday. Review posted on Google Classroom!

Week of Jan. 13

*iReady testing will be taking place this week. iReady lessons are not due for a grade this week and students cannot work on iReady lessons during this testing week.

*Before break, students received a copy of their approved speech for the speech contest. Please work on having students memorize their speech! More updates on when we will be performing speeches will come as we get closer.

What we are learning about this week (1/13):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Sentences - 4 types of sentences, subject, and predicate, command vs. statement, question words

*Sentences Test and Spelling Test Friday

Gold Math - Review finding areas of irregular shapes

*We will have a short 5-10 question quiz on this skill on Friday

Blue Math -Adding and Subtracting 3-digit numbers with regrouping

Religion - Chapter 7: Jesus Teaches Us How to Love

Science 1&2 - Review Traits & complete study guide *test next week, study guides will go home on Thursday

Week of Jan. 6

Welcome Back!

*iReady lessons are not due for a grade this week, however, they are strongly encouraged to be completed as practice at home this week!

What we are learning about this week (1/6):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Sentences - parts of sentences and types of sentences

Gold Math - Understanding and creating picture and bar graphs

*Test Friday

Blue Math - Understanding and creating picture and bar graph

*Test Friday

Religion - Chapter 7: Jesus Teaches Us How to Love

Science 1&2 - Traits in space vs on Earth

Week of Dec. 16

*We will be going to Candy Cane Corner on Tuesday from 11:20-12:00.

*Our Christmas party will be on Friday afternoon

*Quarter 2 ends this Friday!

*No iReadys need to be done this week :)

What we are learning about this week (12/16):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Writing a Personal Narrative

*Spelling test will be on Tuesday Dec. 17th

Gold Math - Understanding and creating picture and bar graphs

Blue Math - Understanding and creating picture and bar graph

Religion - Advent & Christmas Season

Science 1&2 - inherited traits & Natural Selection

Week of Dec. 9

iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 12/8-12/14.

What we are learning about this week (12/9):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Writing a Personal Narrative

*Spelling test will be on Tuesday Dec. 17th

Gold Math - Understanding and creating picture graphs

Blue Math - Understanding and creating picture graphs

Religion - Advent & Christmas Season

Science 1&2 - inherited traits & Natural vs. Artificial selection

Week of Dec. 2nd

iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 12/1-12/7.

What we are learning about this week (12/2):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Nouns -singular and plural possessive, collective nouns, irregular plural possessives

*Nouns Test Wednesday!

Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math -Finding Area with standard and nonstandard units, breaking apart shapes into smaller area

*Test Thursday

Blue Math - Finding Area with standard and nonstandard units, breaking apart shapes into smaller area

*Test Thursday

Religion - Jesus Forgives Us

*Test Tuesday - study guide went home last Thursday

Science 1&2 - inherited traits of plants and animals

Week of Nov. 11

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 11/10-11/16.

*3rd Grade is continuing our food drive during November! We will be taking a weekly trip to the food pantry in Religion so please continue to send in donations all month long!

*Our class will be leading mass this Friday! Come join us!

What we are learning about this week (11/11):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Nouns -singular and plural possessive, collective nouns, irregular plural possessives

Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math -Multiplication and Division word problems

*Test Monday

Blue Math - Finding Area with standard and nonstandard units

Religion - Jesus Forgives Us

*Test Tuesday - study guide went home on Thursday

Science 1&2 - Life cycles of plants and animals videos of the lessons are on Google Classroom!

*Test Monday for Group 1 - study guides went home Wednesday,

*Test Tuesday for Group 2 - study guides went home Thursday

Week of Nov. 3

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 11/3-11/9.

*No School Friday!

*3rd Grade will be doing a food drive during November. A flyer will be going home on Monday with specific items of need. Please bring donations throughout the month! We will be taking a weekly trip to the food pantry in Religion so please continue to send in donations all month long!

What we are learning about this week (11/3):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Nouns - singular/plural nouns, common/proper nouns, plural nouns that end in Y, irregular plural nouns

Spelling Test Thursday! Nouns Test Wednesday!

Gold Math -Multiplication and Division word problems

**Due to an assembly on Thursday our test will be moved to Monday of next week.

Blue Math -Multiplication and Division word problems

Test Thursday!

Religion - Jesus Forgives Us

Week of 10/28

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 10/27-11/2.

*Our field trip to the play is on Tuesday. Students should come to school in their normal uniform and bring a lunch.

*Thursday is Halloween. Please follow the guidelines sent out by Mrs. Keller. We will be having our Halloween party starting at 1:00.

What we are learning about this week (10/28):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Nouns - singular/plural nouns, common/proper nouns, plural nouns that end in Y, irregular plural nouns

Gold Math -Multiplication and Division word problems

Blue Math -Multiplication and Division word problems

Religion - Jesus Forgives Us

Science 1&2 - How do we know if a plant is a fruit or veggie?

Week of Oct. 21st

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 10/20-10/26

What we are learning about this week (10/14):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Writing descriptive Halloween stories, Starting Nouns - singular/plural nouns, common/proper nouns

Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math -Division - 4,5,6,7's

Blue Math -Division - 4,5,6,7's

Religion - All about All Saints Day

Science 1&2 - Why do plants help flowers grow - plant reproduction

Week of Oct. 14th

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 10/13-10/19

*No School Monday!

*Please make sure to turn in field trip forms and money!

What we are learning about this week (10/14):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Writing descriptive Halloween stories

Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math -Multiplying by 6's, 7's and 8's - practice at home on Google Classroom! Multiplying 3 numbers at a time and breaking up arrays into 2 smaller arrays

Test Wednesday!

Blue Math -Multiplying by 6's, 7's and 8's - practice at home on Google Classroom! Multiplying 3 numbers at a time and breaking up arrays into 2 smaller arrays

Test Wednesday!

Religion - Chapter 4 How to Pray

Test Friday!

Science 1&2 - Why do plants help flowers grow - plant reproduction

Week of Oct. 7th

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 10/6-10/12

*Quarter 1 ends on Friday! Please check Powerschool and turn in any missing assignments or test corrections by this Friday.

*Please make sure to turn in field trip forms and money!

What we are learning about this week (10/7):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Reviewing commas, apostrophes, writing out addresses, quotation marks - practice on IXL

Grammar Test Tuesday! Spelling Test Friday!

Gold Math -Multiplying by 6's, 7's and 8's - practice at home on Google Classroom!

Blue Math - Multiplying by 6's, 7's and 8's - practice at home on Google Classroom!

Religion - Chapter 4 How to Pray

Science 1&2 - How we get rid of mosquitoes - animal environments

Week of Sept. 30

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 9/29-10/5

What we are learning about this week (9/23):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Apostrophes in contractions and with possession, writing out addresses, quotation marks

Test Friday!

Gold Math -Multiplying by 3's, 4's, 6's, 7's - practice at home on Google Classroom!

Blue Math - Multiplying by 3's, 4's, 6's, 7's - practice at home on Google Classroom!

Religion - Chapter 3 Showing Love to Others

Test Wednesday! study guide went home on Wednesday last week!

Science 1&2 - Animal life cycles

Week of Sept. 23

*iReady Lessons! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 9/22-9/28

*Parent Teacher Conferences on Thursday and Friday. Early Release on Thursday and no school for students on Friday!

What we are learning about this week (9/23):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Commas - commas in a series, commas in direct address, commas in compound sentences

Spelling Test on Thursday this week!

Gold Math - Review Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 0,1,2,5,9,10

Test Wednesday! Facts practice on Google Classroom

Blue Math - Review Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 0,1,2,5,9,10

Test Wednesday! Facts practice on Google Classroom

Religion - Chapter 3 Showing Love to Others

Science 1&2 - Fossils Test Monday (Group 1) and Tuesday (Group 2) study guides went home on Wednesday and Thursday last week and review videos can be found on Google Classroom!

Week of Sept. 16

iReady Lessons are starting this week! Students must complete 2 Math and 2 Reading lessons from the dates of 9/15-9/21

*Spirit Day on Friday!! This week is themed dress down each day! Mon. - Tie Dye Day, Tues. - Rodeo, Wed. - Tropical, Thurs. - Sports, Fri. - Spirit Day!

What we are learning about this week (9/14):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Paragraph Writing - how do we write a paragraph?

Spelling Test on Friday!

Gold Math - Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 0,1,2,5,9,10

Blue Math - Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 0,1,2,5,9,10

Religion - Chapter 2 The Church Welcomes Us

Test on Tuesday! Study guide went home on Wednesday last week

Science 1&2 - Reviewing Fossils

Week of Sept. 9th

*Thanks for being patient with iReady Testing! The Reading iReady Test will take place on Monday and Wednesday this week. Ensure your student gets a good night's sleep and breakfast before school.

*Picture Day is Tuesday!

*Curriculum Night is on Thursday at 6pm!

What we are learning about this week (9/9):

*Check Miss K's page for reading and social studies updates :)

L.A./Spelling - Paragraph Writing - how do we write a paragraph?

Spelling Test on Friday!

Gold Math - Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 2's, 5's, and 9's

Blue Math - Multiplication with Skip Counting - multiplying by 2's, 5's, and 9's

Religion - Chapter 2 The Church Welcomes Us

Science 1&2 - Can You Outrun a Dinosaur? Understanding the clues fossils give us

24_25 Student Schedule

Name: Megan Cortese
Position: 3rd Grade Teacher
Email: Send email
Phone: 847-438-7921

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