Dear 3rd Grade Parents,
Please take a look at this week's highlights:
Vocabulary/Spelling: Definitions are due tomorrow for PSIA Words #181 to 200. No dictation sentences this week. Test is crossword puzzle format on Friday.
Reading: We are learning all the parts and terminology of a Shakesperean sonnet! The kids have been so eager to learn higher level Language Arts concepts from being exposed to the narrative elements of Shakespeare's plays. This week, we will discuss the following concepts: number of lines in a sonnet, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme, and identifying quatrains. Encourage your child to look over class notes (and keep them handy in class for reference) for an upcoming quiz.
Math: We are learning and reviewing Division With Remainders (with two digit quotients). We are spending quite a bit of time reviewing our math multiplication and division facts, as many of us have forgotten them! We're back to Math drilling in class as well as spending some time in computer lab so that I can assist them with their ALEKS issues. I thank you all for your patience as we continue the last quarter finishing up our MyPie charts.
English: We are almost done with our Pronouns lessons (Possessive Pronouns). Our next lessons are on Adjectives. We continue to do grammar reviews in class with songs and class work.
Religion: As we continue our Lenten journey, we have had the privilege of welcoming faith-filled guest speakers who have shared so many wonderful insights to our 3rd graders. This week, Ms. Pati Tinajero (former junior high Religion teacher at HFN and 3rd grader Antonio's aunt) featured a hands-on Stations of the Cross experience in class. 3rd graders learned briefly about the lives of saints (and how they, too, can live their own lives like saints). Then we took advantage of the beautiful warm weather to re-enact the Passion of Christ using the Blindfold Stations of the Cross. Students were blindfolded and led outside by the adults. Together, they carried plywood (as symbolic of the cross), heard the stories of each station, and reflected on the last hours before Jesus' death. Today we wrote in our reflection journals about the experience, and they have learned so much! Ask your child about it and see what he/she has to say!
Notes:
1. 3rd Quarter ends today. 4th quarter begins.
2. Report cards out next Monday.
3. Early dismissal (noon) next Thursday April 5th for Holy Thursday.
4. No school next Friday April 6th for Good Friday.
Blessings,
Mrs. Pia Villanueva-Pulido
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