1. Reminders from the office:
3rd Grade Newsletter
P-G Elem.
Aug. 28-Sept. 1
Math
Monday- Number Patterns
Tuesday- Round to the Nearest ten or hundred
Wednesday- Estimate Sums
Thursday- Mental Math Strategies for Addition
Friday- Use Properties to Add
Specials
Monday- Art- 12:00-12:40
Music- 12:40-1:10
Tuesday- Library- 1:00-1:30
P.E. 2:55-3:30
Wednesday- Keyboarding- 2:15-2:45
Thursday- P.E. 12:25-1:00
Guidance- 2:30- 3:00
Friday- Music- 12:40-1:10
Science: How Do Scientists Investigate?
Social Studies: Mapping Our World
Spelling Words
1. crop
2. plan
3. thing
4. smell
5. shut
6. sticky
7. spent
8. lunch
9. pumpkin
10. clock
11. gift
12. class
13. skip
14. swing
15. next
16. hug
Challenge Words
17. hospital
18. fantastic
Lunch Menu
*See back of newsletter
Reminders/ Notes
*We had a great first two days of school!
*Reminder if you haven’t sent the $6 for Weekly Reader’s, please send it with your child. Make checks to Platte-Geddes School.
*If you ever need to get ahold of me, please me at
*Reminder- Mr. Kemnitz would like students to keep a pair of P.E. shoes here at school.
*If your child would like to bring a change of clothes (shorts and a t-shirt) for P.E. he will be giving them time to change before class. *This is not required but optional.
P.E. will be on TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS! 
Reminders from the office:
*Please stop and pay for school lunches if you haven’t done so
*Please let us know if you did NOT receive Mrs. Knecht’s s or the school reach phone call. We want to make sure we have correct s and phone numbers so when we do utilize this, everyone will be getting it.
*If your child is sick, please call preferably before 8:30
*If your child needs to leave school early, they HAVE TO be picked up in office.
Reading/Language Arts
Essential Question: How is learning at school different from learning at home?
Writing: Narrative Writing
Comprehension: Story Structure/Summarize
Phonics: Short Vowels
Vocabulary Strategies: Context Clues
Grammar: Simple Sentences