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3a Newsletter Week of September 17 2018

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NEWS FROM 3A

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2018


Our second annual Irish Gala will be upon us before we know
it. I will include information about this event in my weekly e-
mail. Students will be preparing a piece of art for the gala. Please help us to make our
Gala a success!
There will be a movie night on Friday, September 21. The film Coco will be screened
We emphasize the spiritual, and delicious concessions will be available. Please join us for this family fun time!
intellectual, and physical Volunteers are needed to help out, as well. Let us know if you can help.
development of each
This year’s theme for Halloween is movie musicals. Our movie is Singin’ in the Rain.
individual. I will be sending more info regarding this in the future.

MATH ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS


Students will continue to put to- This week’s spelling unit is words with the
gether the multiplication section abstract vowels of ou and oi. All students are
of their interactive math notebook. We will do either using the Musketeer list or the Ami-
more skip counting, work with equal groups go’s list. No students are using the Caballero
and learn about arrays as strategies for multi- list which is from the textbook. We will use
plying numbers. We will also make some the textbook to help with phonics as well as
flash cards for the 2 and 5 times tables. Stu- language activities. In language, we will
dents will learn how to utilize wrap-arounds learn more about plurals, verbs, complete
to help them practice their times tables. sentences and kinds of sentences. In reading,
Please practice their basic addition and sub- students will be reading different genres of
traction facts with them. They will need to fiction as well as recognize main ideas and
have a good grasp of these facts in order to do supporting details. They also be given their
well in adding and subtracting greater num- probe book assignment this week. Tutoring
bers and regrouping. Tutoring for math is for reading is available on Tuesdays from
available on Mondays from 3:30-4:30. 3:30-4:30.

HANDWRITING
Students have begun to practice some cursive letters and will begin
copying poems and phrases from the board for more practice.
SCIENCE-This week students will describe and show the moon’s
movement around the earth and the characteristics of the
moon.
RELIGION-Students will learn that Jesus will come again and
will be able to describe Jesus’s story of the Last Judgment. This
week’s Word of the Week is –slave-person who performs duties
for others. This Week’s Good News comes from Mark 9:35.
SOCIAL STUDIES-This week students will learn about the geog-
raphy and history of different communities starting with El Paso
and continuing with Astoria, Oregon and Timbuktu, Africa and
compare them.

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!
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
September 17 IOWA makeup test day
September 18 Lifetouch pictures-wear Sunday Best
September 20 Mass 6th grade-Mass attire required
September 21 Movie Night-Join us in watching the film Coco and enjoy delicious
concessions!
September 26 Home & School meeting @ 7:45 in cafeteria
September 27 Mass 5th grade-Mass attire required
September 28 Spirit Dress/Early Release @ 1:00; After school only until 5:00 p.m.

HAVE A BLESSED
WEEK!

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