Mr. van der Westhuizen 3rd Grade

  Hi Parents, With one day’s rest we are back in school! This week we are starting our exam weeks, and most of the students looked prepared. We started our oral exam. Thank you for all the help. The students are doing well in the oral exam. The listening exams will be on Wednesday, and next week, will be our written exam. The homework I am giving is review homework. The homework follows a suggested review schedule but the students are welcome to review in their own way. It is up to the students how they prefer to review. They can practice vocabulary by writing it out, but it is not expected from them. If you have any questions, please let me know. Warm regards Teacher Steph  HOMEWORK Monday Read a Froggy Fable. Review words 1-16 of week one. Tuesday Read a Froggy Fable. Review words 1-16 of week two. Wednesday. Read The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Review words 1-16 of week three. Thursday. Read The Life Cycle of a Pumpkin Review words 1-16 of week four.

  Hi Parents, Oh no! We had to work on a Saturday! 😉 Today, I've returned yesterday's unit test. It was a difficult unit test, but the class's average has improved. The average for the first test was 60%. Their average for yesterday's test is 70%.  I asked the students to prepare for the listening, oral, and written exam. For the oral exam the students must practice reading p. 61 in the Reading Street Reader. (The thick story book.) On exam day they will read to me one by one, and I will ask them questions about p.61. I will return all the tests they've written on Monday. If you have any more questions, feel free to ask. Warm regards,  Mr. van der Westhuizen 

  Hi Parents,     Thank you fot coming to the parent's day. It was great to see you face to face. I hope you all had a great weekend. The students have written a quiz on Fiday and I've returned the quiz. The average of the quiz was 75%. Everything is still new in 3rd grade. I'm sure the class average will get better. Thank you for all the help from home.   Please find the homework for the week underneath.  Warm regards,  Mr. van der Westhuizen Homework: Monday Write the words 5 - 8 of week 4 five times. Write the definition. Sign your test. Exam Notice Tuesday Write the words 9 - 12 of week 4 five times. Write the definition. Read "Life Cycle of a Pumpkin" p. 62 - p. 69 Wednesday. Write the words 13 - 16 of week 4 five times. Write the definition. Read "Life Cycle of a Pumpkin" p. 70 - p. 75 Thursday. Study for the unit test: 

  Hi Parents, I can't wait to see all of you tomorrow. I think it will be a great opportunity to discuss how we can help the students to perform to best of their ability.  This week we finished week 3, and we have written week 3's quiz. Next week I will give out the notice for the exam scope. The homework for this weekend is to write the first 4 words of week 4 five times, and then they also have to write the definition of each word.  Have a great weekend. Warm regards, Teacher Steph.

  Hi Parents, Can't believe it's Monday again. I hope you all had a great weekend. I've returned all the quizzes and some students did very well. This Friday we are writing our unit test. I will send some links for WordWall to help review.   Please find the homework for the week underneath.  Warm regards,  Mr. van der Westhuizen Homework: Week 9 Monday Write the words 5 - 8 five times. Write the definition Sign your test. Tuesday Write the words 9 - 12 five times. Write the definition Read  Read "The Night the Moon Fell" p. 128 - 135 Wednesday Write the words 13 - 16 five times. Write the definition Read "The Night the Moon Fell" p. 136 - 143 Thursday Study for the Unit Test.

 Hi Parents, It was a long week and the students worked really hard. Today we wrote our first unit test. I will return the tests on Monday. For homework this weekend the students have to write the first 4 words of week 3  five times, and they have to write the meaning of the words.  Have a great weekend. Warm regards, Teacher Steph.

Hi   Parents, I hope that you've had a wonderful weekend. We have started with the vocabulary of week two's words since we are writing the unit test this Friday. Please find the homework for the week underneath. Warm regards, Teacher Steph Monday 1.  Write words 1 - 5 five times:  2. Write  the definitions  for these words. Tuesday 1.  Write words 6 - 10 five times:  2. Write  the definitions  for these words. Wednesday 1.  Write the last 5 words five times:  3. Write  the definitions  for these words. Thursday 1.  Read "Froggy Fable"  2. Study for the unit test.