3rd & 4th Grade Newsletter

Foothills Christian School October

1-5, 2018

Mrs. Ramich’s 3rd and 4th Grade

Weekly Newsletter

Reading Read 150 minutes a week.

Our reading focus this month will be: Charlotte’s Web • Study of the author: E.B. White • Note taking organization techniques • Language focus on Capitalization • Using detail from the story

Math

Grammar/Writing

Bible Verse

Social Studies/Science

3rd grade Math: Multiplying by 4’s and 5’s. 4th grade Math: Basic multiplication facts practice

This week we will be reviewing abbreviations and end marks. Students will be concentrating with punctuating their writing. We continue to practice on proper cursive handwriting, using HWT (Handwriting Without Tears)

Science: The study of Insects and Spiders! Designing a new insect. Social Studies: Explorers-where they explored in the United States and what countries did they originate from.

Specials

This year our specials will be: Tuesday: PE-9:40-10:30 Tuesday-Thursday: Reading Buddies with Kinder-12:45-1:05 Wednesday: Music-12:35-1:25 Thursday: Singing-8:30-9:00 Art-1:15-2:00 Friday: Chapel 12:35-1:15

Ephesians-2:8 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith-and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God.

Newsletter Continued

Spelling List-3rd grade

1. icy 2. only

3. keys 4. yield 5. busy 6. grief 7. chief 8. equal 9. valley 10. honey 11. sleepy 12. pieces 13. snowy 14. secret 15. beyond 16. monkey 17. believes 18. brownie HFW: against; favorite

Homework

Spelling List-4th

grade

Upcoming Events/Dates to

Remember

Website/email/text

Reading: Read 30 minutes M-F (total 150 minutes) Math: See Homework folder Bible Verse: Memorize for Friday Spelling: Complete at least 4 activities on the spelling list. Pre-test Thursday; Test Friday

1. idea 2. piece 3. belief 4. either 5. secret 6. money 7. reason 8. receive 9. chimney 10. breathe 11. enemies 12. beaches 13. seasonal 14. keyboard HFW: southern; northern Spelling Vocabulary Words: decode; dehydrate, preseason, prearrange

***Please bring a flash drive/thumb drive to

school for your child’s work on the computer.

Scholastic Book Order is due: 10/22 Oct. 9th: Pumpkin Farm Oct. 10th: Science Fair Question Due Oct. 25th & 26th: No school! Nov. 3rd: Science Fair

School website: foothillschristian.com/360-420-9749 Mrs. Ramich’s email: kramich@foothillschristian.com/425-330-2274