Dear Families,
Our week was exciting and fun! You could almost smell Spring Break in the air. We had a fire drill this week and the students were so quiet that you could hear the birds chirping! What a blessing from God! God is good, all the time. All the time, God is Goood!
This Past Week:
This week we wrapped up our story of Moses and the Israelites wandering in the desert. We learned about the Bronze Snake, which was a foreshadowing of Jesus dying on the cross as our Savior. For Reading, we wrapped up our unit on Character studies. This Unit was so beneficial for the students. Third grade is where the students read to learn and they are learning. They are learning how Characters deal with conflict and life lessons. They learn what the theme is that the author intended. They learn how they can apply the lessons to their own lives. How Exciting! I would suggest you have conversations about your little reader’s books and characters and maybe you will want to read the book next! In Science, we will wrap up our Life Cycle and Traits unit.
Next week:
Christian Character Formation Project will be about Jesus Notices a Widow’s Giving. Our virtue is SELF-SACRIFICE: God’s power for you to give something up to help
others. We strive to answer the question: How can you give when you don’t have enough?
A peek ahead Lent continues on Wednesday night service. It is a joy to go worship our Lord in the middle of the week. In math we will focus on more aspects of Multiplication. Many students are well on their way up the quest to become a Multiplication NINJA. I WANT ALL MATHEMATICIANS TO BE MULITIPLICATION NINJAS BY EASTER BREAK. We will continue with our book clubs for one more week after break. We continue in our unit in Science: Life Cycles and Traits.
GRAFTON SUMMER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES are available this year from June 20th – August 4th. There are three sessions of fun filled learning and enrichment classes to choose from. REGISTRATION opens during Spring Break – Sunday, March 27th.
The entire Summer Learning Academy Course Brochure will be available no later than March 21 in the online school news and on the district website (www.grafton.k12.wi.us).
You will need to register your family on the SKYWARD site to be able to register. Registration for the enrichment classes is through Skyward Family Access and will open on Sunday evening, March 27, at staggered start times:
Grades 4K-2 at 5:00 pm, grades 3-5 at 6:00 pm, grades
Scholastic Book online order: RMQFW Due Date Monday, April 11. Then I will place all online orders.
Spelling City: To practice, have the students go to this link..https://www.spellingcity.com/users/jcspl
Upcoming Events:
MARCH:
28 Mo Classes Resume
APRIL:
1 Fri- The American Legion Drawing and Essay contest entries due
8-10 Fri-Sun Fine Arts Festival
10-15 Sun-Fri Holy Week
15 Fri Good Friday – NO SCHOOL
18 Mon Easter Monday – NO SCHOOL
29 Friday- 3-5 Musical
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Spelling #23– Week of 3/27
1. because
2. though
3. taught
4. bought
5. touch
6. would
7. author
8. could
9. enough
10. sausage
11. fought
12. should
13. faucet
14. daughter
15. brought
Challenge Words
- distraught
- afterthought
- auditorium
- overwrought
- laundry
Memory- Week of 3/27
Tuesday 3/29
Luther’s Morning Prayer-Part 1
I thank You, my heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, Your dear Son, that You have kept me this night from all harm and danger; and I pray that You would keep me this day also from sin and every evil, that all my doings and life may please You.
Thursday 3/31
“Calling his disciples to Him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others” (Mark 12:43).
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Tests- Week of 3/27
Monday-
Tuesday- Memory
Spelling Pretest
Wednesday-
Thursday-Memory
Friday- Spelling Test