Dear Parents and Families,

Thank you so much for attending curriculum night.  It was wonderful to see you all again.  I hope it was helpful and I encourage you to continue to reach out with any questions you have as the year progresses.  I also encourage all parents, but especially new families, to mark their calendars for September 9^th to learn more about Spalding and Singapore in depth.

I can not believe we are already entering the 4^th week of school.  I can not believe that by the end of next week we will have been in school already for a month!

Parents this week students will be taking a computerized test called Galileo.  This is a benchmark test that matches the AZ Merit test and helps us know which areas will need the most focus.  Please encourage your child to do their very best.  This is data, just like the beginning of the year tests, so remind your child that it will not impact their grade if they are stressed!  We will be taking the tests on Wednesday and Thursday morning.  There is an English Language Arts test, as well as a math test. 

Heads up that next weekend is R&R so there will be no homework.  Remind students to work hard this weekend and next week so they can really enjoy this weekend knowing they “earned” it!

Upcoming Assessments:

Monday: none

Tuesday: Little House quiz, chapters 7-12

Wednesday: none

Thursday: none

Friday: none

Here is the plan for the upcoming week:

Literature:  We are continuing to read Little House.  We will be having a quiz on chapters 7-12 on Tuesday.  A study guide came home today (Friday, August 28^th).  The study guide should be completed over the weekend and turned in on Monday.  Monday night students will get the study guide back and will be able to study for the test on Tuesday!

Writing/Grammar: We will be reviewing sentence structure, as well as nouns and verbs.  We will also begin using our texts, “The Story of the World”, which we will be reading to practice summarizing and other skills.

Spalding:  In Spalding we will be finishing up our rule pages and beginning our word list.  We are going to start with our word list.  Every night the students will be expected to practice each word we went over in class twice.  The students should not simply copy the word and markings.  The assignment is for the parent (or older family member) to read each word and have the student write the word and complete the markings.  Each word should be practiced twice.  Go through each word once, and then go over each word a second time.  Although we are jumping into our word list, we are not having a spelling test this week.  We will begin our regular routine soon!  I will keep you updated.

Poetry:  We are continuing to work on Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”.  Poetry recitations will be on Friday.  Each student will be expected to recite the poem in front of the class.  I look forward to seeing each student’s first recitation.  We will continue this practice throughout the year and I am excited to see their growth!

History:  We are continuing our unit on Geography.  We will discuss the regions of the United States, elevation and political maps, and map keys.

Science:  We will continue our exciting unit on animal classification.  Next week we will discuss vertebrates and invertebrates.

Math:  In math we will be continuing or adventure with bar models.  The students should be bringing their textbooks home to help them with this new concept and to show you all how they work!  We will work on part-whole models as well as comparison models, estimation, and  comparing numbers, and word problems.  

Best,

Ms. Caro 

Curriculum Night!

Curriculum Night

Dear Parents and Guardians,

I am greatly looking forward to seeing you on curriculum night to take you through a typical day in the life of a 3C scholar. I am sharing some curricular material with you below so you will have it for reference.

Third Grade Curriculum Map

Core Knowledge

Shurley English

Singapore Math

Spalding Cursive

Spalding Phonograms

Writing With Ease

I will see you on Thursday evening!


Best,

Kellie Caro 

Dear Parents and Families,

It has been another wonderful week in 3C!  I am so lucky to have the opportunity to teach your children this year.  I am amazed by them everyday.  Here is an update for what is coming up in week 3 for third grade:

Assessments

Monday: Math (Please use the review in your student’s workbook to study.  You might also want to review exercises 1-6 in their workbook). 

Tuesday: Science (On the scientific method) Please see the study guide that is coming home tonight- Friday August 21^st.

Wednesday: None

Thursday: None

Friday: None

Subjects

Spalding:  We are going to continue to fill in our Spalding rule pages.  There is no homework for Spalding next week, but if your scholar needs to practice handwriting and/or phonograms please continue to do this at home.  All work in all subjects are now to be done in cursive.

Grammar/Writing: We will begin working on summaries using Writing with Ease.  We will also be reviewing proof reading and punctuation rules

Literature:  We will continue to read Little House on the Prairie.  Ask you scholar some questions at home.

Here are some example questions?

What happened in the chapters this week?

What part was your favorite?  What part was your least favorite?  Why?

Which character is your favorite? Why?

What do you think is going to happen next?

Which virtues have you seen the characters showing? 

Poetry:  Please continue to have your scholar practice the poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Robert Frost.  Recitations will be on Friday September 4^th.

Math:  After our quiz on Monday we will moving into the next unit which covers adding within 100.  We will begin learning bar models!

Science: On Monday we will do another fun experiment to demonstrate the scientific method.  Tuesday is our assessment (quiz).  Then we will be jumping into our next unit- animal classification!

History:  We will be continuing our unit on Geography.  We will be discussing directions, maps, borders, and capitals. 

Wish List!

Parents we are already low on tissues!  If you are able, we would love some extra tissue boxes for our sniffling noses. 

Please reach out if you have any comments, questions, or concerns. 

Best,

Ms. Caro 

Dear Parents and Guardians,

This blog post is to inform you that the third grade team is altering its quiz schedule for the week. In order to see that our scholars go into their assessments with confidence we are taking an extra day for them. Our literature quiz will now be on Thursday of this week and our history quiz will be on Friday; going into next week we will give our Science quiz on Tuesday. Please reach out to me with any questions or concerns.

 

Best Regards,

Ms. Caro 

Dear Archway Families,

 

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Appreciatively,

 

The Archway Arete Team

Dear 3C Parents,

You are cordially invited to our Curriculum Night event, taking place next Thursday, August 27th from 6:00pm - 7:55pm. 

The purpose of this event is to acquaint you with the school's curriculum and individual classroom procedures across all grade levels.  We will specifically discuss 3rd grade curriculum and procedures. This will also be a chance for me to answer your questions about our curriculum and policies.  I look forward to seeing you there! 

Schedule

K-2 Curriculum Night: Thursday, August 20

3-5 Curriculum Night: Thursday, August 27

Curriculum Night Schedule

6:00-6:25	Welcome and opening remarks by Mr. Gillingham and Ms. Pantalena
	A-L	M-Z
6:30-7:10	Homeroom	Specials in MPR
7:15-7:55	Specials in MPR	Homeroom

Sincerely, 

Ms. Caro 

Dear Parents and Families,

I can not believe we have already finished the first week of school!  This was a very exciting week.  I have thoroughly enjoyed getting to know each and every child in 3C.  Thank you again for allowing me the opportunity to teach your scholar this year.  I am a very lucky teacher!

I wanted to remind parents that the assessments we took this week were pre-tests to give teachers baseline data. These assessments will not be factored into the students’ grades.

Week 2

Assessments

Monday-none

Tuesday-none

Wednesday-Little House on the Prairie, look for a study guide on Tuesday (the questions are the same ones we have been doing for comprehension as we go through the book so students will already be familiar)

Thursday- Geography, look for the study guide which will come home on Monday

Friday-Science Quiz

We will have a math assessment next Monday, August 24^th.

Poem

Recitation will be on Friday September 4^th.  Students are expected to recite the poem on that day.  The criteria will be as follows:

Posture (stand tall, face forward, no fidgeting, arms hanging loosely at sides)

Voice (volume, consistent speed, inflection and intonation)

Confidence (absence of ums and pauses, eye contact, complete recitation)

Please help your scholar practice at home!

Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening

BY ROBERT FROST

Whose woods these are I think I know.   

His house is in the village though;   

He will not see me stopping here   

To watch his woods fill up with snow.   

My little horse must think it queer   

To stop without a farmhouse near   

Between the woods and frozen lake   

The darkest evening of the year.   

He gives his harness bells a shake   

To ask if there is some mistake.   

The only other sound’s the sweep   

Of easy wind and downy flake.   

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,   

But I have promises to keep,   

And miles to go before I sleep,   

And miles to go before I sleep.

Subject Overview

Literature

We will continue reading Little House on the Prairie.  On Wednesday we will have a

quiz on chapters 1-6.  By the end of the week we will have finished chapter 7 “The

Wolf Pack”.  Ask your student to summarize what they have been reading in class

with you.  Here are some other questions you can ask your scholar:

What is your favorite part?

Which character is your favorite?  Why?

Do any of the characters show a core virtue?  How do they show it?

What have you learned from reading the book so far?

What do you think is going to happen next?

Were you able to make any personal connections to the story? 

Spalding

We will continue working on cursive hand writing and will begin our Spalding rule

pages. 

Grammar/Writing

We will be discussing synonyms, antonyms, and analogies this week. 

Science

We will continue discussing the scientific method. We are going to cover

independent and dependent variables, conduct another experiment, and prepare for

Friday’s quiz.

History

We will continue on the topic of geography.  We will go into latitude and longitude

as well as the Equator and Prime Meridian.  Then we will review and study for

Thursday’s quiz. We will begin looking at the compass rose and discussing

directions after our quiz. 

Math

We will continue with the important topic of place value.  Students will deepen their

understanding of numbers by manipulating, comparing, ordering, and rounding

numbers up to 10,000.