Week of December 18- December 22

Though this week is short, much learning is still taking place inside or classroom!  We are very excited for winter break, but are striving for diligence and integrity through the very end.

This week in Spalding we will add 20 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Wednesday, December 20.

In math this week we will complete our math unit on Multiplication and Division.  We will have a Test on Wednesday. 

Language arts this week includes a seminar discussion on The Little Prince as well as a special poetry lesson taught by Mrs. Arbogast.

This week dismissal is at 12:00 each day and lunch is not served at school.  Scholars must be picked up by 12:30.

We have no school for Winter Break December 21 through January 7.

When we return to school on January 8 we are excited to begin project week and will be studying the human skeletal system.  Be looking for more information to come about that when we return from break.

Thank you for your continued commitment to excellence and dedication to our school!

Week of November 27 - December 1

We had a wonderful trip to the Arizona Science Center and Pompeii exhibit today!  Thank you to all of our parent volunteers!  You made the day splendid for each and every scholar! 

This week in Spalding we will add 20 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Friday, December 1st.

In math this week we will complete our introduction to the multiples of 6. We will have a quiz on Thursday. On Friday we will introduce Multiples of 7. On Wednesday we will also have our mid year Map Testing for math.

Language arts this week will center around grammar.  Students will be learning about the direct object in a sentence.

We will begin The Little Prince on Thursday.  If you have not sent this book to school yet, please do that now.

This week are studying Roman life in History.  We were able to visit the Arizona Science Center today and see the Pompeii exhibit, which was wonderful!

Winter Concerts are upon us!  I am so excited to hear all that our students have been working so hard on!  Third grade's concert is on Tuesday, December 5th at 5:00 pm.  Students are to arrive by 4:30.  Ukulele Club member should arrive at 4:15. All concerts are being held at King of Kings Church, 3095 N. 140th Ave., Goodyear. Please remember that participation in concerts is required and does comprise 10% of your scholars Music grade this quarter. Concert dress is required and is described in the handbook as seen below:

"Concert dress is white and black. Boys wear a white collared shirt, a tie, with black dress slacks, black dress shoes, and black dress socks. Girls wear a white blouse with a black skirt or black dress slacks and black dress shoes or a modest black dress. Open-toed shoes and reasonable heels are permitted."

Are you looking for a way to bless our classroom?  We are in need of new dry erase markers for the students.  If you would like to help provide fine tip and chisel tip markers, please send them to school with your student.  Thank you!

A Look Ahead:

December 5: 3rd Grade Winter Concert - 5:00
December 18-20: Half Days. 12:00 Dismissal
December 21 - January 7: Winter Break

Week of November 20 - 24

We have a short school week but much to accomplish!

This week in Spalding we will add 20 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Wednesday, November 22.

In math this week we will begin learning the multiples of 6.

Language arts this week will center around writing.  We will create a key word outline, rough draft, and final draft for a one paragraph writing assignment.

We will finish The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe this week!  I cannot believe how quickly we have blown through this book! This week we will have a comprehension quiz over chapters 12-16 on Wednesday.  Please look for review questions on Tuesday evening.  Our next literature book will be The Little Prince.  Pleas sent it to school this week.

This week we will continue in our Science unit on Astronomy. There will be a quiz on Tuesday.

Field Trip permission slips are due tomorrow, November 21, with payment!  Please make sure they are turned in!

Are you looking for a way to bless our classroom?  We are in need of new dry erase markers for the students.  If you would like to help provide fine tip and chisel tip markers, please send them to school with your student.  Thank you!

A Look Ahead:

November 21: Field Trip permission slips due

November 22: Half Day
November 23-24: Thanksgiving Break
November 28: Field trip to the Science Center

Week of November 13 - 17

This week brings lots of excitement as we anticipate the Usborne book fair on Wednesday through Friday and Historical and Literary Figure at on Friday!

This week in Spalding we will add 21 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Friday, November 17.

In math this week we continue to wrestle with division with remainders and will move into dividing numbers in the hundreds. As you help your students with homework, please consider providing manipulatives for them to group as they visualize the problems, this can be as simple as a box of crayons or some raisins.

Language arts this week will center around grammar.  We will introduce helping verbs and continue with diagraming sentences. We will also continue to orally narrate a summary of a selected reading.

We are thoroughly enjoying reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe together in class and have been able to have so many wonderful discussions based around the happenings in this story. I was very pleased with all of the insights into character and thoughts about actions that the scholars expressed in our seminar discussion last week! This week we will have a comprehension quiz over chapters 9-12 on Thursday.  Please look for review questions on Wednesday evening.

This week we will continue in our Science unit on Astronomy.

A Look Ahead:

November 15-17: Usborne Book Fair

November 17: Literary and Historical Figure Day
November 21: Field Trip permission slips due
November 22: Half Day
November 23-24: Thanksgiving Break
November 28: Field trip to the Science Center

Week of November 6 - 10

This week promises to be full of learning and every busy!

As we move into colder weather in the dessert, please remember to refer to the student handbook for appropriate dress.  In class, only sweaters purchased from Anton Uniforms or Dennis Uniforms with a school patch may be worn.  Other sweaters or jackets may be worn outside.  Young ladies may wear white or navy tights.  Black and gray are not acceptable and leggings may never be worn at school.

This week in Spalding we will add 19 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Thursday, November 9th.

In math this week we are moving into division with remainders. As you help your students with homework, please consider providing manipulatives for them to group as they visualize the problems.

Language arts this week will center around writing and editing. The scholars are learning to create a key word outline from which they will then write a one paragraph summary. We will also introduce editing and rewriting.

We are thoroughly enjoying reading The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe together in class and I hope you are able to enjoy it as you read and discuss with your scholars at home also.  This week on Thursday we will be having a seminar discussion over what we have read thus far.  Scholars have been provided with questions to consider and discuss with parents as they prepare for this seminar day.  We will also be having a comprehension quiz over chapters 5-8 on Wednesday.  Please look for review questions on Tuesday.

In history we continue our study of Ancient Rome and are specifically learning about the Punic Wars this week.  We have hand many wonderful class discussions about this rich time in history and look forward to many more this week.  There will be a history quiz on Thursday.

A Look Ahead:

November 9: Bard Poetry Competition
November 10: No School

November 15-17: Usborne Book Fair

November 17: Literary and Historical Figure Day

Week of October 23-27

Welcome to the second week of our second quarter of school! It's hard to believe that the year is already on quarter past! Our class has grown academically and as a community. Each day the scholars come together, learn together, play together, and grow together as a united community.

Thank you to each of you for taking time from your busy lives last week to come to conferences.  I enjoyed meeting with each of you and getting to know each of you a little bit better as we join together in teaching your amazing children.

As we look ahead to this week in Spalding we will add 29 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Friday, October 27. New this quarter the scholars will also receive a handwriting grade on each Spalding test. Only the phonogram section of the test will be graded for handwriting. Please continue to encourage your student to practice beautiful and careful letter formations as we continue to seek all that is true, good, and beautiful in our daily learning.

In math we will continue with leaning multiplication facts and also begin division this week. Please continue to spend 10 minutes each night practicing the multiplication facts for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10. We will have a math test on Friday.

Language arts this week will center around our reading of the second selection of "Mr. Revere and I." Through this text we will practice reading fluency, comprehension, summarization, and descriptive writing skills! In Grammar this week we will continue out study of adjectives and sentence diagramming.

We will finish reading Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights in literature this week. The scholars have enjoyed reading of Aladdin and Princess Badr-al-Budur and are anxious to hear the ending of the story!  We will also begin our next literature book, The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe this week.  Please send this book to school with your scholar by Thursday.

In history we will return to our study of Ancient Rome.  We have hand many wonderful class discussions about this rich time in history and look forward to many more this week.

Finally, Astronomy is the topic of our Science lessons this week.  We will continue to wonder about the amazing world around us as we learn about our solar system.

A Look Ahead:

October 26: Parent Singapore Night from 6:00-7:00.  This is a wonderful opportunity to come learn more about our Singapore mathematics instruction.
November 3: Half Day

Week of 10/2 - 10/6

This week we in Spalding we will add 20 new words to our Spalding notebooks!  We will have a spelling and phonogram test on Thursday, October 5.

We will continue subtraction with regrouping and two step word problems in math. Please encourage your scholars to draw a bar model, write an equation, and end with a sentence for every question in a story problem  We will have a unit test on Thursday.

In Grammar this week we will continue out study of adjectives. There will be an adjective and diagramming quiz on Thursday.   In Language Arts we read the second part of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." With this we will write a 4-6 sentence summary.

We will continue reading Aladdin and Other Tales from the Arabian Nights in literature. We have had some wonderful class discussions about these tales so far!

We will also continuing our study of Rome in history this week.  We are excited to delve further into this rich time in history and look forward to some wonderful class discussions.

If you have not done so, please sign up for parent conferences!  This is a terrific opportunity to discuss your goal for your scholar and for me to share more personally how they have grown this first quarter. Sign Up Here!

A Look Ahead:

October 6: End of Quarter One - No School
October 9-13: Fall Break
October 16-20: Half Days all week for parent conferences.  No lunch will be served at school