Third Grade News, 1/9

January 8, 2025

Happy Epiphany!  What a joy to focus on the greatest gift of all!  May we seek the Savior as the wise men did so many years ago. I hope that everyone has enjoyed the Christmas break and is looking forward to the blessings of this new year!

Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!  Thank You!
I would like to thank you for the generous Christmas gifts, cards, prayers, support, and messages of Christmas cheer.  I am overwhelmed by your generosity!

We are off and running in 2025 (even with our snow days)! January will be a busy month. This week we are getting back into routine and focusing on reviewing first-semester concepts and the end of the Christmas season and moving into the season of Epiphany. Next week we will continue our unit on plant science, learn more about Asia in social studies, and finish unit 3 in reading. In math, we continue to work with multiplication facts.

Parent/Teacher conferences are coming up quickly. Thank you to those who have already chosen a conference time. These conferences are mandatory. Report cards will be shared during conferences. Please sign up using the link below. If you are not able to meet during the times I have available, please let me know as soon as possible so we can schedule a conference. Conference Sign Up Link

The last week of December was uncommonly warm, but January is looking very different! It is now winter after all. Please make sure that your child is ready for the colder weather as well. We will go outside for recess whenever possible to get fresh air. (We will not go outside when the temperatures drop into the lower teens or the wind chill is in the single digits. I don’t want to be out then either!) We will, however, go out when it is freezing temperatures. Hats, gloves or mittens, and a warm coat are important – even when we are only outside for 15 minutes.

Spelling Words for Thursday, January 16:  3.5    (irregular plural nouns)

wolveskniveschildrensheepheroes
scarvesgeesecalvesloavesvolcanoes

Sentence:    We can serve the Lord with a happy heart!

Memory for January 15:

The First Article: Creation
I believe in God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. 
What does this mean?  (Part 1)
I believe that God made me and all creatures; that He has given me my
body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my
senses, and still takes care of them.

Next Week:

  • Friday, January 10:
    • Spelling Test
  • Saturday, January 11
    • Open House, 9 a.m. – noon
  • Wednesday, January 15:
    • Memory and Chapel
  • Thursday, January 16
    • Spelling Test
    • Early Dismissal
    • Parent/Teacher Conferences
  • Friday, January 17:
    • Parent/Teacher Conferences

Important Upcoming Dates:

  • 1/20 – No School – Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • 2/5 – Early Dismissal – Teacher Inservice
Third Grade News – 4/3

Third Grade News – 4/3

Serve-a-thonAt Hope Lutheran School, we are called to serve others as the hands and feet of Christ. This year, we are excited to do our Serve-A-Thon, which is like our traditional Walk-A-Thon, as a way to actively live out our faith by reaching out and making a...

Spelling words for 4/11

Spelling words for 4/11

from Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #3) curdshirkthreshercurriedhewedgiltshockwhetstonetroughskettle Sentence: When the sap is done boiling, it turns to maple syrup.