01/10 – 01/14

Dear Third Grade Families,

Happy and Blessed New Year! Hope you all had wonderful holidays. Here are the information you need for the week of 01/10 – 01/14. 

Word Study (Focus: Words with aw, al, au, and o)
Study the following words and words similar to it – talk, cross, awful, law, cloth, cost, crawl, chalk, also, raw, salt, wall, lawn, always, soft, small, often, strawberry, officer, jaw, saw, sauce, offer, launch, August, caught, author, almost.

Target Vocabulary
Complete daily practice. Upload all completed work in Google Classroom Thursdays on/before 7pm
** (Monday) Arrange the words in ABC order. Cursive twice (red notebook)
** (Tuesday) Write a sentence for each vocabulary word in cursive. (red notebook)
** (Wednesday) Use different colors to write your vocabulary words twice (red notebook)
** (Thursday) Video record with eyes closed. Spell words out loud.
— genius – extraordinary intellectual power, especially seen in creative ability
— signal – a sound, motion, or other sign that sends a message 
— electric – powered by electricity, a form of energy caused by the motion of electrons and protons
— laboratory – a place where scientists work and do experiments
— gadget – a small, useful machine or device
— experiment – a test to find out or prove something
— invention – an original device, system, or process
— occasional – happening from time to time

Social Studies: Art Project
Materials
** Milk / Juice Carton — Measure 3 inches down the side of the carton, At 3 inches, draw a line around the entire carton. Then, cut along the line and separate the top and bottom. Discard the bottom. Bring the top on/before Thursday, January 13.
** Cardboard (size 6×6)

ASSESSMENTS
** Friday, January 14
— Word Study
— Target Vocabulary
— Social Studies

PACIFIC TOXICOLOGY on Monday, January 10
With Pacific Toxicology making it easier than ever to test at school each Monday morning from 7:30-8:30 am, please make it a REGULAR WEEKLY HABIT to sign up for your child(ten) to be tested every Monday on campus on the Sign up Genius link below.  If you have previously registered them on line and given your personal info to Pacific Toxicology, you can sign up using the Sign Up Genius link below each Thursday after the first time. 

Here is the link to the Covid-Test sign up on Sign Up Genius.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4FA4AE22A5F5CE9-covid19

Next week Monday, January 10, is our first day back after our 3 week holiday vacation and students are highly encouraged to get COVID-tested to ensure everyone’s safety. 

If you have NEVER signed up to test on campus, here is the info for First-timers to register by this Thursday 12/9 One and done): 
You will have to register all your child(ren) individually using the link below.
https://hipaa.jotform.com/212005922364144

PLEASE NOTE:
When parents and staff are registering for the test for the first time, you must indicate the account number (1890) in the “entity or organization name” field of the form. Do not put St. Anthony of Padua School.

See you next week! Thank you and God Bless. 

​​​​​​​-Ms. Garcia