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Welcome to the Newman Catholic Third Grade website. Here you will find some
of the events and happenings taking place in the third grade rooms at Newman. It is also an excellent place to visit to check
assignments, brush up on skills, and view pictures of the students at work and play. The "Weekly Blog" will
recap the week for you ! We encourage you to visit often as our site is updated weekly (and sometimes more!).
Thank you!
Dates to Remember
March 15-19-
No School (Spring Break)
March 25- 12:30 Dismissal (Inservice)
April 2- No School (Good Friday)
School Links:
Newman Catholic K-8 Website
Elementary calendar
BIRTHDAYS If your child's birthday
is during the summer, we will be celebrating his/her birthday on their half birthday. Keep this in mind during the school
year.
Reading News:
Each Monday be looking for a vocabulary sheet to come home. This
is a half sheet of paper and has the vocabulary words on for the week. Quizzes over these words are on Friday.
In third grade we believe reading continues
to be a very important skill as it is often a determining factor in our understanding of other subjects. We use
the Harcourt Trophies series for our Language Arts program. Trophies provides students with a wealth of opportunities
to read a variety of high-quality nonfiction as well as fiction literature. Research
has shown that reading aloud to children contributes to their motivation, comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, knowledge base,
literary understanding, familiarity with literary terms, and a lifetime love of literature. Each Wednesday
your child should bring home their reading book. This would be an opportunity to help your child gain a love for
reading by reading the story selection for the week together and discussing it.
 Planner
This year your child will be using a planner. We believe this is a great first step in helping your
child become a more responsible student. The planners are designed to develop the skills of organization and
goal setting so work can be completed on time. In order for these things to be achieved, we need your help. Each
day, until your child becomes familiar with filling out the planner, we will help them. At the end of the day, any homework
that is finished will have a check mark placed by it. If it is not complete it may have a circle around it. Your
child's teacher will initial at the bottom. We ask that you look at the planner and sign it each evening.
Check with your child on any unchecked items in the planner to make sure he/she has completed these.
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