Weekly Update for the Week of January 30th

January 27, 2012

Dear Parents,

Good Afternoon! Just an up-date on the latest news in the third grade.

This Sunday all third grade families are invited to attend the 9:00 a.m. Mass as we start the celebration of Catholic Schools Week. This is a wonderful opportunity to thank God for the many blessings of our school community. The children are encouraged to be a part of the choir. They should meet Mr. Joseph at 8:45 by the piano. The third graders are to wear their school uniforms to Mass on Sunday, but may wear non-uniform dress on Monday. Listed below are all the activities that will take place during the week.

Monday-Children are asked to bring pre-packaged goods for Alexandria House. This House provides shelter for moms and their children until they are ready to move into permanent housing. The third graders will put together a care package for one of the nine families now in residence at Alexandria House. Our Junior High students will deliver all the care packages to the families!

Tuesday-It is non-uniform dress for all students as we celebrate the children of our school. The children may also wear a crazy hat to school. A movie along with popcorn will be shown to all of the children

Wednesday-On this day we celebrate our Country. Third graders are encouraged to wear red-white-and- blue accessories. A guest speaker will address all the children.

Thursday-Open House! A Parent Meeting will be held in the Parish Hall from 6:00-6:30 prior to Open House. Enjoy as your third grader shows you his/her accomplishments.

This next week finds us starting new Units of Study and finishing up Units of Study

Religion-In our new chapter children will discover that Jesus is the Light and learn ways to be a light to one another. The Chapter test will be given on Thursday. The Chapter covers pp. 75-79.

English-We will finish our Unit on Verbs. The Unit Test is scheduled for Tuesday, January 31.

Reading-The Vocabulary test for Unit 7 will be given on Tuesday. The Reading selection this week will focus once again on identifying the theme of a story and predicting events as the story is read.

Math-This week the children will learn to find the perimeter, area, and volume of a figure. A quiz on pages 312-319 will be given on Wednesday.

Social Studies-We will begin our Unit on the Movement West.

Science-We will continue our study of Chapter 4. A quiz on pages 110-119 will be given on Thursday.

I look forward to seeing you on Sunday and again on Thursday evening for Open House!

Sincerely,
Ms. Maguire