Hello third grade families! We are starting our 3rd term off strong this week, followed by a Valentine's Day party on Friday. We would appreciate any yummy snacks or treats that you can bring. Our party will take place after lunch, in the morning we will be testing. Each student is going to make their own Valentine's Day box to pass their cards out into; The class students are below- 

Peyton

Presten

Warren

Lilly 

London

Gabriel

Troy

Rachel

Ezekiel

Arianna

Lyla

Kyara 

Lily 

Below is also the new spelling words for this week. 

List 19

1. United States 

2. Australia

3. Canada

4. Mexico

5. Japan

6. England 

7. Africa

8. Spain

9. Germany

10. Iceland

11. Brazil

12. Egypt

13. North America

14. South America

15. Atlantic Ocean 

16. Pacific Ocean

17. Japanese

18. English

19. Spanish

20. Chinese 

21. geography- the study of the earth 

22. continents- large bodies of land 

23. globe- a round map of the earth

24. foreign- from another country 

25. atlas- a book of maps 

Welcome back! I hope you all enjoyed your week off. We are approaching the end of the term so it is very important for any students that have zero's on assignments to get those finished and turned in before Feb. 7th. We are diligently working on our Pilgrim's Progress project for reading and its so much fun. If your student could bring a poster board that would be awesome. Below is list 18 for your spelling words. We will not be completing a reading log for homework for a while. Thank you so much for all your help. 

List 18

1. nonstop

2. nonfiction

3. nonsense

4. disagree

5. disappear

6. impossible 

7. improper

8. illegal

9. illogical

10. research 

11. react 

12. unusual 

13. inactive 

14. starlight 

15. moonlight 

16. twinkle 

17. comet 

18. planets

19. universe 

20. earth 

21. creation- all that God made 

22. design- to plan or create 

23. enormous- very, very large 

Hello third grade families. As we go into our 17th week of school I just wanted to tell you (parents/ guardians) that I am so grateful for you all, and am so proud of your students. As a class; we tested AMAZINGLY in Science last week! Thank you so much for helping your students excel and studying with them. This next week we have a lot to get done, so attendance is key. We are finishing our Pilgrim's Progress book and will be writing our Book Report together. We are down to two weeks left before the end of the second term, so any missing assignments will need to be turned in before then for credit. Below is the new list of spelling words (practicing at home really helps).  Don't forget to read the newsletter in the link to the right. > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

1. peaceful

2. wonderful

3. careful

4. grateful

5. truthful

6. spotless

7. fearless

8. helpless

9. wireless

10. endless

11. presents

12. holly

13. December 

14. Christmas 

15. Savior

16. Lord Jesus 

17. Emmanuel 

18. angels 

19. Bethlehem

20. shepherds

21. multitude- a crowd

22. tidings- news

23. decree- order or command 

Hello third grade families. What a great first week back from our Christmas break. Your students are doing amazing and we are getting a lot done. We have started our book called Pilgrim's Progress and will be doing our 2nd Term book report together. Since we are doing so much reading in class, until we finish Pilgrim's Progress we won't have a nightly reading log to complete. If you can focus on studying spelling words with your student that will be a HUGE help. Thank you for all that you do for the success of our class and your student's. Have an amazing week! 

List 16-

1. squeeze 

2. frequent

3. childhood

4. anchor

5. sandwich 

6. monkeys

7. deliveries

8. families

9. written

10. knuckle

11. kneel 

12. blanket

13. jacket

14. tickle

15. pitcher

16. trophy

17. dolphin

18. answer

19. psalm

20. listen

21. adequate- enough

22. reverent- showing respect, awe, and love

23. island- land surrounded by water 

Hello third grade families. Welcome back! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Savior. We are right back to work for the next couple weeks. I am so proud of how well your students are excelling and testing. Thank you for all your extra help with the study guides and practicing spelling words with your students, it truly helps. Below is this weeks list of Spelling words and don't forget to look at the Newsletter flyer link to your right. 

SPELLING LIST 15 

1. boardwalk

2. folktale

3. answer

4. sword 

5. listen 

6. would 

7. should 

8. often 

9. psalm

10. yolk

11. halfway 

12. doubt 

13. calm

14. thumbprint 

15. December

16. January 

17. February 

18. fireplace 

19. wintertime 

20. snowstorm 

21. debt- something that is owed 

22. hymn- a praise song to God 

23. island- land surrounded by water 

Hello third grade families. WOW!! I cant believe Christmas break is almost here. I hope you all enjoyed the Christmas program. Thank you for participating and making the program so enjoyable and fun. This upcoming week we will be testing in most subjects. Your students have a History study guide to study for their upcoming test on Tuesday. On Friday we will be having half a school day- curriculum will take place in the morning and then after lunch we will have our Christmas party. Students are welcome to bring treats and wear their pajamas. Below is our Spelling words for the week. Our next book report will be done in class on Pilgrims Progress. This will be completed February 7th. CCA will be closed Dec. 23,24,25 for christmas and Jan. 1st for New Years Day. Our off- week is Dec. 23- Jan. 3rd for Christmas break. Daycare will be available during the off weeks (except the days the school is closed).  Thank you so much for all you do as guardians. We are so grateful for you. 

WEEk 14 

1. pitcher

2. switch

3. catcher

4. kitchen

5. stretching 

6. speech 

7. beach 

8. branch

9. torch 

10. French 

11. arch 

12. touch 

13. nephew

14. prophet

15. orphan 

16. trophy 

17. dolphin 

18. graph

19. photographer 

20. gopher

21. autograph- a signature 

22. purchase- to buy something 

23. drench- to soak  

Hello third grade families. Thank you all for the amazing time and participation with the Eagle Cruise field trip. We all had so much fun and i loved seeing the excitement on all the students faces. This up-coming week we have a lot of new concepts and are finishing the week with Testing. Everyone seems to be doing very well. Below is the new spelling list. Thank you so much for all the hard work in helping your students learn their words. Please don't forget to click the link to the right of this page to see the flyer. Thank you all for everything you do. 

1. turkey

2. basket

3. blanket

4. cloak

5. creek

6. crackers

7. jacket

8. clockwise

9. cricket

10. tickle

11. bucket

12. Mayflower

13. Pilgrims

14. courage

15. Thanksgiving Day 

16. praise

17. holiday

18. Plymouth 

19. feasting 

20. cranberries

21. gratitude- thankfulness 

22. freedom- liberty

23. reverent- showing respect, awe, and love 

Welcome back! I hope everyone enjoyed their break and Thanksgiving. This up-coming week we are right back to our regular schedule, followed by our EAGLE CRUISE FRIDAY. We need all permission slips and money turned in by Tuesday, Dec. 3rd. Parents and other family members may attend. Cost is $10 per person. CCA school and daycare will be closed DEC. 23-25 for Christmas. Christmas break is Dec. 26- Jan. 3rd.  Please read over the principals note for any other updates I missed and click the link to the right for our class flyer. 

EAGLE CRUISE INFO:

THIS Friday, November 6th, is our annual Eagle Cruise!

We will be departing at 9:15am and heading to the CDA resort. There is free parking located at the CDA library next to McEuen Park. The cruise leaves at 10:00am.

IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DRIVE, please let me know. 

Looking forward to a fun filled Friday

WEEK 12 Spelling words 

1. wrist

2. wrapper

3. wrinkle

4. wrench

5. wrong

6. written

7. knotted

8. kneel

9. knit

10. knight

11. knead

12. knew

13. knuckle

14. gnaw

15. gnash

16. gnu

17. waterfall

18. grandparents

19. zookeeper

20. wildlife 

21. scamper- to run quickly 

22. wrath- anger

23. knack- talent or ability 

Snack needed for CCA daycare :) Thank you in advance for helping

NO SCHOOL Nov 25-29 (Off-Week)

SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CLOSED Nov 28-29 for Thanksgiving...

God bless and enjoy a week of giving thanks!

Hello Third grade families. Thank you all so much for the amazing parent- teacher conferences, it was a pleasure to talk with all of you. I am very excited for the second Term. We have a lot of fun activities planned and goals to be accomplished. Just a reminder that CCA will be closed Nov. 28-29, we also have a off-week Nov. 25-29th, but daycare is available for the day's CCA isn't closed.  Below is Week 11's spelling list. Thank you all for everything and don't forget to click the link on the right for the weekly flyer. God bless you all. 

WEEK 11 

1. valleys

2. monkeys

3. journeys

4. pulleys

5. trolleys

6. holidays

7. pathways

8. highways

9. trays

10. deliveries

11. pennies

12. stories

13. ladies

14. puppies

15. libraries

16. cherries

17. families

18. countries

19. hobbies

20. cities

21. prepare- to make ready 

22. serene- calm

23. hazard- risk; danger 

Hello third grade families. As we go into our 10th week of school, we have a different schedule this week. REMEMBER Monday there is NO SCHOOL or DAYCARE! Thank you to all our veteran's that have served or are currently serving, you are greatly appreciated! This week we will be sticking with our daily schedule on Tuesday and Wednesday, then on Thursday and Friday there is No-School but daycare is available. I will post the finalized schedule for Parent- Teacher conferences below along with Week 10 spelling word list. We will be practicing these words in class on Tuesday and Wednesday, but we WILL NOT be having a Test. This weeks class store was a HUGE success and it was so much fun to see everyone so excited for it. I have sent home a permission slip for our Eagle Cruise field Trip coming up on Dec. 6th, If you can come and drive it would be a huge help, if not no worries. The cost is $10 per person and it's going to be a lot of FUN! Thank you so much for all that you do to help your students succeed and our school excel. Bless you all. 

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES 

WED. Nov. 13th 

3:30-4:00 Alayna Slayton 

4:00-4:30 Tallulah Lowry 

THURS. Nov. 14th 

8:00-8:30 Lill & London Fletcher 

8:30-9:00 Peyton Alexander 

9:00- 9:30 Troy Haynes 

10:00- 10:30 Presten Denison 

10:30- 11:00 Ezekiel Heckman 

FRI. Nov. 15th 

8:00- 8:30  Rachel Hayton 

9:00- 9:30 Kyara Thomas 

9:30-10:00- Warren Everett 

11:30- 12:00  Gabriel Gruhlke 

12:00- 12:30 Lyla Taylor 

WEEK 10 SPELLING WORDS 

1. childhood

2. chapter

3. teacher

4. cheerful

5. cheese

6. sandwich

7. chapel

8. chief

9. chef

10. parachute

11. ache

12. Christian

13. character

14. anchor

15. chorus

16. stomach

17. school

18. echo

19. choir

20. orchestra 

21. chore- a small job

22. approach- to come near 

23. scheme- a plan or plot 

Hello third grade families! WOW!! I am so proud of the amazing book reports and projects your student's accomplished. Great job everyone. This 9th week of school is going to be regular curriculum and finishing up subjects for the end of the 1st Term. I am looking forward to our parent- teacher conferences on Nov. 14th and 15th. Just a reminder There is no school on November 11 (daycare is closed as well),14, and 15th (daycare is available). Also November 22nd is our "Thanksgiving Feast", we would love to have you join us. Below is the spelling list for week 9. Thank you so much for all you do as guardians. YOU are appreciated! 

Week 9

1. quotation

2. quite

3. questions

4. quench

5. quail

6. quiet

7. quickly

8. earthquake

9. quill

10. squeeze

11. squirrel

12. squirm

13. squid

14. liquid

15. equals

16. frequent

17. aqua

18. aquarium 

19. banquet

20. quarters

21. adequate- enough

22. quarrel-to argue 

23. inquire- to ask about 

Hello third grade families. What a busy last week, I cant believe we are already going into our 8th week of school! I am so amazed at how well your students are all doing. Don't forget to check the Principal's note for this week and also the flyer )the link is to the right of this page). Also, if you have any questions on the book report that is due on Friday, please don't hesitate to ask. I have given the students a "summary helper" to give them ideas on what to write. They do no need to turn the helper in, just the summary that they write on their own paper. The box project has the students writing a summary and putting it on the box. If they chose " the box" as their choice, they don't need to write two summary's, just the one for the box.  Below is the spelling list for the up-coming week. 

WEEK 8 

1. choice 

2. moisture 

3. spoil

4. annoy

5. airplane 

6. maybe

7. praise

8. miracle

9. parable

10. cookie 

11. collie

12. Hawaii

13. serve

14. native

15. active

16. wolves 

17. loaves

18. bridge

19. smudge

20. knowledge

21. brittle- easily broken 

22. proclaim- to declare

23. voyage- a long trip across water 

Hi third grade families. I am so pleased with how well each one of your students are doing. This week we added a bunch of new concepts. So our little minds are exploding with information and we are having a lot of fun. In math we added division and we seemed to do alright with it. I noticed the ones having a hard time were mainly because they are still having a hard time with multiplication. So any help at home with multiplication factors (up to 12) would be amazing. This week we have a Language Test on Tuesday the 22nd and Friday we have our History Test. I will make a study guide to help your student be prepared. Also if you get a big stack of "graded papers" this will help you observe where your student may need help and where they are excelling. Thank you so much for helping us excel in class and for everything you do. YOU ARE AMAZING! 

Week 7 

1. pledge

2. judge

3. fringe

4. bridge

5. smudge

6. hedge

7. dodge

8. plunge

9. badge

10. knowledge

11. wheelbarrow 

12. sunshine

13. beehive

14. farmhouse

15. windmill

16. haystack 

17. tractor

18. weathervane 

19. northeast

20. southwest

21. wage- the payment someone earns

22. advantage- a help or benefit

23. trudge- to walk slowly and heavily 

Hello third grade families. I hope you all enjoyed your "off- week". This up-coming week will be filled with a lot of fun. On the 18th we will have our first field trip to the Prairie Farms pumpkin patch (weather permitting). Feel free to join us if you're available.  Cost is $8 and due by Wednesday. Don't forget to check the flyer to the right for more info, just click WEEK 6 link. Below is week 6's spelling words. 

1. knives

2. leaves

3. shelves

4. yourselves

5. wolves

6. thieves

7. giraffes

8. scarves

9. loaves

10. football

11. peanuts

12. hayride

13. scarecrow

14. raincoat

15. pumpkins

16. bountiful

17. orchard

18. acorn- the seed of an oak tree 

19. harvest- the gathering of crops 

20. weather- the condition of the air 

Hello third grade families. I am so amazed at how much we have already accomplished in such a short time. Your students are so SMART!!! Here is the up-coming weeks spelling words and don't forget to click the link to the right to see our weekly flyer. Thank you! 

Mrs. Padula 

Spelling List #5

1. above 

2. cursive

3. olive

4. native

5. forgive

6. active

7. creative

8. glove

9. captive 

10. playground

11. skateboard

12. crosswalk

13. friendship

14. arithmetic

15. science

16. language

17. history

18. adjective- word that describes a noun

19. observe- to watch carefully

20. relative- a family member 

**We add a silent e to the end of the word, even though the preceding vowel may not need it. 

Hello families, we are already to week 4 and everything seems to be going very well. I have attached the weekly flyer in the link to the right. Below is the 4th week spelling words. 

1. cookie

2. magpie

3. collie

4. brownie

5. pie

6. untie

7. ski

8. safari

9. macaroni

10. Hawaii

11. moonlight

12. firefly

13. butterfly

14. slippery

15. splatter

16. balloon

17. scribble 

18. timpani- large drums

19. appear- to be seen 

20. prairie- grassland with few trees 

Hello third grade families. I can't believe we are already at week 3. It is going fast. We have a lot coming up this week. We will have our first Language Test on Tuesday and our first math quiz on Thursday. Your students have done an amazing job at studying their spelling words and staying on track in class. i am so pleased with our class. Just a reminder our weekly homework will be our reading log (completed mon-thur) and our spelling words written 3x each. All homework is due on Friday's. Thank you so much for all your help making our students excel to their best potential. 

WEEK 3:

1. Bible

2. parable

3. miracle

4. disciple

5. tumble

6. scramble

7. drizzle

8. icicle

9. eagle

10. sprinkle

11. strawberry

12. ladybug

13. milkshake

14. spring

15. summer

16. autumn

17. winter

18. struggle- a difficult task

19. valuable- worth much

20. brittle- easily broken 

Hi third grade families. We had an amazing first week. I wanted to let you know I have sent home all the work from this previous week with your student. So please take a look so you can see what we have learned. Their grades have been logged into Jupiter grades as well.

In Math we are learning the place value up to one thousand, telling time, two digit addition, addition with carrying, two-digit subtraction, linear measures and rounding to the nearest ten. In language we have learned about sentences; declarative,interrogative, exclamatory and imperative. We have went over capitalization and inserting the right punctuation. I am going to put the spelling list here for this week. Remember to click the link to the right of this page for the weekly flyer. Thank you

***PICTURE DAY CHANGE Sept, 19 

SPELLING WEEK 2

1. choice

2. voice

3. rejoice

4. boiling

5. toiled

6. spoil

7. moisture

8. soy

9. annoy

10. decoy

11. Sunday 

12. Monday

13. Tuesday

14. Wednesday

15. Thursday

16. Friday

17. Saturday 

18. voyage-a long trip across water

19. loyal-faithful and true

20. employ-to hire for a job 

Hello third grade parents. I am so excited to teach your children this year. I have attached a link on the right of this page with our weekly newsletter on it. Please read through it, as it will be posted weekly with upcoming studies and events. I encourage you all to check out the principals note weekly as well to stay updated on the school. Every week I will leave a copy of your students spelling words right here for easy access in-case they lost their hard copy that gets sent home at the beginning of the week. As we come into our classroom on Tuesday, please put your students supplies right on their desk and we will sort through it all. I will be sending home a class expectation letter and some "parent homework" for you as well this week. I pray each one of your families is blessed with Joy and Peace from our Lord. 

Spelling List Week 1 

1. praise

2. braid

3. faith

4. airplane

5. stairway

6. today

7. daydream

8. maybe 

9. backpack

10. homework

11. bookshelf

12. notebook 

13. lunchbox

14. spelling

15. August

16. September

17. October

Vocabulary Words

18. frail-weak 

19. plain- flat land with few trees

20. proclaim- to declare