October 2025

 



October is always the busy month for the Grade 3.  Provincial assessments are conducted during this month for both Reading and Numeracy. 

We are still learning and making sure that the daily routine have been followed. But we want to make sure that we are practicing the routine, until everybody gets it correctly and properly. Grade 3 is considered to be the "transition year". 

New things have been learned this year. They have tests in almost every subject. It is very important for them to copy the dates written in their agenda for tests and other important information. Parents, please make sure that you check and sign their agenda everyday. The Grade 3's need to be responsible in bringing home duotangs for the subject/s that they need to study. 

In Religion, we learned about God's Love. We have short units as well about the Ten Commandments, The Creation, and St. Gerard Majella. We already participated for the nine days novena for St. Gerard. October is also the month of the Rosary, we are doing a decade of the rosary every Friday. The grade 3's did the first one. The next lesson we are doing is the learning about the importance of prayer in our lives. We will learn the five Finger Prayer. 

In Spelling, we will be including themed spelling words. Spelling Pre-test is every Monday and the test is Friday. After the Spelling Pre-test, they will be writing down their mistakes 10 times and 5 times during the Spelling Test. This kind of routine will help develop rote memorization.


In Language Arts, we started reviewing about Alphabetical Order skills. We will need this skill to prepare us to use the dictionary. In  Grammar we are learning about Types of Sentences. We are also doing Phonics, the beginning and ending sounds, hard and soft sounds of the letters. We do journal writing as well. 

In Math, we are continuously focusing on strengthening their mental math skills through a variety of activities in addition, subtraction and other lessons. We will be reviewing Place Values, Reading and Writing numbers, Ordering of Numbers, Skip counting. Soon we will talk about Fact Families. 

In Science, we are continuously learning about the Plants: what is a plant and why it is important. We are now doing the Needs of the Plant, parts of the plants and we will be doing a few experiments about the different lessons about plants. 

In Social Studies, we started with Citizenship lesson and how can we become good citizens. We also have short lessons about Respect, Seven Grandfather Teachings and the Legend of Turtle Island.  Next, we will learn their Rights and Responsibilities as a Citizen and so much more. We will also learn the importance of Canada's national anthem and Remembrance Day. to know Canada more, its provinces, territories, capitals and abbreviations. 

In French, we are learning the Basic Conversations in French. We are spelling and pronouncing the words properly. 

Also, since days are getting colder most especially in the morning, please make sure that they are wearing proper outdoor clothes and please provide extra mittens and socks. 

Thank you very much. 

Dates to Remember: 

October 1-3 - NUT DAY - Wear Orange 
October 13 - No School - Thanksgiving Day
October 14 - School Mass - Early Dismissal 
October 16 - Picture Day and Feast of St. Gerard
October 17 - Wine donation due  
October 24 - Halloween Fun Dance 
October 31 - Halloween Day Wear Orange or Black

Take care. 


Mrs. Francisco

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