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3a Newsletter Week of January 7 2019

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NEWS FROM 3A

WEEK OF JANUARY 7 , 2019


Happy New Year! Welcome back. I hope your holidays
were filled with family, friends and fun. I wish you a new
year filled with many blessings! Thank you so much for all
of your generous and thoughtful gifts! They were so greatly
appreciated! I am returning to school refreshed and excited to get back to
We emphasize the spiritual,
work!
intellectual, and physical
development of each
This semester will be filled with lots of school activities, so we will have to be
very conscious to get in as much instructional time as we are able. Please con-
individual.
tinue to bring students to class on time and to make sure that they miss as little
of school as possible. Let’s get busy!

MATH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS


Students will use estimates to This week's words have the schwa sound. We
help them add and subtract with 3 will resume our regular test schedule: Thurs-
or more digits. We will continue working on day-Dictation Test; Friday-Spelling Test. In
the next set of multiplication tables: the 4’s. language, we will focus on pronouns, adjec-
Students will have the opportunity to practice tives and adverbs as well as revisit all of the
the 4 times tables through the use of wrap grammar we have studied to this date. We
arounds, flash cards and centers. We will also will continue to work on writing skills in-
begin working on time, money and measur- cluding poetry. In reading, students will con-
ment. Fractions will be coming up as well. tinue working on main idea and author’s pur-
Please practice their basic addition and sub- pose. We will finish up our theme of Inspired
traction facts with them. They will need to by the Sea. Students will also work on read-
have a good grasp of these facts in order to do ing informative selections. Tutoring for read-
well in adding and subtracting greater num- ing is available on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30.
bers and regrouping. Tutoring for math is
available on Mondays from 3:30-4:30.

HANDWRITING
ALL work will need to be done in cursive. We will double our efforts in class to
practice words and connections as well as send home assignments for practice.
SCIENCE-Students will compare the amount of time it takes
each planet to orbit the sun and identify the characteristics of
comets. We will also researching their chosen planet for their plan-
et project.
RELIGION-This week students will learn about prayer. This
week’s Word of the Week is descended-move or fall down-
ward. This Week’s Good News comes from Luke 3:15-16, 21-
22.
SOCIAL STUDIES-This week students will learn about different
kinds of communities: urban, suburban and rural. They will also
be learning about different kinds of maps.

REMINDERS
The only drop off is on Stanton Street. The Arizona parking lot is not a
drop off. Parents need to park and walk students to the school at the
crosswalk if they are using the parking lot. The lot behind the gym and
the church is also not to be used to drop off students. Thank you, in ad-
vance, for your cooperation!
We are collecting Price’s bottle caps and Box Tops for Education. Please
help us out by sending these items in when you purchase milk or other
products with box tops for education.
We are also collecting soda pop tops. Please send those in when you
have the opportunity.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
January 6 Feast of the Epiphany
January 7 Teacher in-service
January 8 Classes resume
January 9 Students must be in Mass attire (whether we will have Mass or Children’s Liturgy is
TBA); we are hosting the principals’ meeting on this day as well

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