Quarter 4 Week 7

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The summer is fast approaching, and with it the end of the school year! While we in the French team are excited for the break, we’re even more eager to gear up for next year—and a major part of gearing up is taking care of our books.

Unlike other class materials, which go home with our scholars, the French activity book will live on campus during the summer. In the next five weeks, we will be labeling and collecting these books for safekeeping. We want our Les Loustics program, which serves students for 2 consecutive years, to be ready and waiting for scholars when they return. During the summer, we invite scholars and families to use their French notebooks and online resources to review all material taught throughout the year.

If you plan to move to another Great Hearts Academy, especially one which follows the Les Loustics program, please contact the French team by email before the end of May to request your books. If you plan to change school networks, or if your child will not be using Les Loustics level 1 or 2 at their academy, we ask kindly that you donate it to Arete where it will surely serve a child in need. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation in this matter.

The French Teachers,

Madame Gebara

Monsieur Gaudin

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The Field Trip is Monday!

Language Arts: We will read Ch. 17-20 in Little House this week. For writing we will practice a thank you letter. In Grammar, we learn compound subjects and verbs. There will be a short conjunction quiz on Friday. Look out for 15 spelling words on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a Friday test per usual.

Math:  This week we will continue our length unit.  There will be a quiz on Tuesday covering inches, feet, and yards.  We will review Wednesday and Thursday for a cumulative assessment on Friday.  

Science:  This week we will continue our Solar System Unit.  We will be studying the lunar cycle and on Friday students will fill out a study guide for a quiz on the following week.      

History: We will continue studying the Middle Colonies this week! We will focus on New York and Pennsylvania.

Quarter 4 Week 6

Dear Parents and Guardians,

The summer is fast approaching, and with it the end of the school year! While we in the French team are excited for the break, we’re even more eager to gear up for next year—and a major part of gearing up is taking care of our books.

Unlike other class materials, which go home with our scholars, the French activity book will live on campus during the summer. In the next five weeks, we will be labeling and collecting these books for safekeeping. We want our Les Loustics program, which serves students for 2 consecutive years, to be ready and waiting for scholars when they return. During the summer, we invite scholars and families to use their French notebooks and online resources to review all material taught throughout the year.

If you plan to move to another Great Hearts Academy, especially one which follows the Les Loustics program, please contact the French team by email before the end of May to request your books. If you plan to change school networks, or if your child will not be using Les Loustics level 1 or 2 at their academy, we ask kindly that you donate it to Arete where it will surely serve a child in need. Thank you for your understanding and your cooperation in this matter.

The French Teachers,

Madame Gebara

Monsieur Gaudin

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Language Arts: We will read Ch. 14-16 in Little House this week. For writing we will summarize Ali Baba and the Forty Theives. In Grammar, we review conjunctions, adverbs, and prepositions. There will be a short conjunction quiz on Friday. Students will be expected to circle the conjunction in a sentence and underline the words it joins. Then they will diagram one sentence with a conjunction. Simple! Look out for 15 spelling words on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a Friday test per usual.

Math:  This week we will continue our length unit.  There will be a short quiz on kilometers on Tuesday.  Later in the week we will discuss inches, feet, and yards.

Science:  This week we will continue our Solar System Unit.  We will be learning about days/nights, seasons, eclipses, and tides!     

History: We will be studying the Rhode Island Colony and begin the Middle Colonies this week!

Quarter 4 Week 5

Dear 3C Families,

I am so proud of our scholars for the hard work on AZ Merit last week. I am looking forward to getting back to our usual routine this week. There is still a lot to learn before the end of the year!

Best,

Mrs. Bowers

Language Arts: Now that Az Merit is over, we are back to the old grind! We will pick up spelling again, review the grammar principals, and work on writing summary paragraphs for story excerpts. We continue Little Houses and will be sprinkling in little crafts each week.

Math:  We will continue our length unit this week. Students will take a quiz on Wednesday on conversions, adding, and subtracting centimeters and meters.  On Thursday and Friday we will learn about another unit: kilometers!

Science:  This week we will continue our Solar System Unit.  We have a quiz on Thursday on the planets! Earlier in the week we will review with a fun reader’s theater activity.      

History: We will be studying Plymouth and the pilgrims this week!

Quarter 4 Week 4

Language Arts: AZ Merit reading and math is on Monday and Tuesday. This will be the last week with no spelling words, as we will continue the week after AZ Merit. We continue on with Little House and will do some literature related crafts/games this week to relax post-test!

Math:  This week we will be taking the AZ Merit on Monday and Tuesday.  Therefore, we will not have any new math lessons on Monday or Tuesday.  On Wednesday we will do an area/perimeter activity. Then on Thursday we will begin our unit on weight.  

Science:  We will continue our Astronomy unit this week and learn about the planets in our solar system.  The students will be creating a fun booklet with their favorite facts about each planet. At the end of the week we will also take a look at other extraterrestrial objects.       

History: We will continue our study of the southern colonies and we will be having a short quiz on Friday.

MIM Field Trip

Dear 3C Parents,

At the end of the month we will be taking a field trip to the Musical Instrument Museum.  This year we are going to be going on a STEM tour with museum guides.  This will help students relate our sound unit to music!

We are looking for 5 chaperones to join us on this exciting field trip.  Names will be chosen randomly, but we are going to be giving priority to parents who did not get to join us on the science center/Pompeii field trip. 

Here is the important information you need:

Date: Monday, April 30^th

Time: leave campus @ 8:30am, plan to return about 1:30pm

Location: Musical Instrument Museum 4725 E Mayo Blvd. Phoenix

Please note that parents must have fingerprint clearance to chaperone.

Parents will be able to ride with the students on the bus for this field trip.

The third grade team can’t wait for this fun trip!

Best,

Mrs. Bowers