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Saint John of the Cross Parish School

Rooted in Faith Growing in Knowledge

Third Grade ~ May

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May News

May is a very busy month! On Monday, May 13 we will attend the May Crowning. There will be an Out of Uniform Day on Friday, May 17. We will see the play, “The Wizard of Oz” as a field trip to the Rialto Theatre in Joliet on Monday, May 20. Spotlight on SJC takes place Wednesday, May 22. There is no school Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. See weekly classroom newsletters and the school website for more information regarding these and other May parish school activities/events.

May Subject Overview
RELIGION

Blest Are We

Pentecost

Mary

Second Step

Family Life

LANGUAGE ARTS

Treasures Online Component access McGraw-Hill/Connect ED.

Treasures/Unit 6

Stone Soup

Strategy: Visualize

Skill: Make Inferences

The Strongest One

Strategy: Visualize

Skill: Summarize

Tales of the Trickster

Strategy: Generate Questions

Skill: Compare and Contrast

Cook-A-Doodle-Doo!

Strategy: Generate Questions

Skill: Compare and Contrast

One Riddle, One Answer

Strategy: Generate Questions

Skill: Character, Setting, Plot

Reading Clubs

MATH

Everyday Mathematics

Unit 9/Multiplication and Division

Unit 10/Measurement and Data

Rocket Folders/Multiplication and (Division) Fact Practice

SCIENCE

Science: A Closer Look/Life Science

Chapter 1/A Look at Living Things

Chapter 2/Living Things Grow and Change

SOCIAL STUDIES

Illinois

Western Springs

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Why SJC? |

  • 2012 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence
  • Catholic Academic Community
  • Technology… SMARTboards, laptop computers, iPads and iPod Touch devices
  • Preschool through Eighth Grade
  • Full and Half Day Kindergarten
  • Comprehensive Fine Arts Program, Band, Choir & School Play
  • Foreign Language Instruction
  • Service Programs and Experiences
  • No –cut Athletics for Boys and Girls Grades Fifth through Eighth Grade
  • Over Ten Extra-Curricular Activities for Enrichment and Competition
  • Extended Day Program