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Welcome to Third Grade with Mrs. Fisher!

This is my third year teaching at St. Joseph Catholic School.  I have lived in Vernon Hills for 20 years.  I have five kids, two girls and three boys.  I enjoy cooking, gardening, DIY projects, walking my dog, and spending time with my kids.   I attended Northeastern Illinois University and University of Phoenix.  I earned my Bachelor’s Degree in Early Childhood Education with an endorsement in Structured English Immersion for PreK-12.  I was a third grade student teacher and a substitute teacher at St. Francis de Sales School in Lake Zurich. I volunteered at St. Mary School in Buffalo Grove for five years. I am so happy to be a part of the SJCS community!
 

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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Homework:
Reading: Read 15 min.
Read A New Star and answer questions on the back.
Math: Lesson 5, pages 275-276 (odds)

Spelling Unit 3, Week 1

Spelling Unit 3, Week 1


  1. prepay
  2. nonstop
  3. nonfiction
  4. disagree
  5. preapprove
  6. indirect
  7. imperfect
  8. impolite
  9. insecure
  10. incorrect



Bonus Words: impossibly, indefinite, disqualify


Vocabulary Words:


abandon- to leave behind

appeared- showed up or came into view

enormous- oversized, huge

interfered- became involved in an unwanted way

stationary- not moving

Monday, November 10th

Homework:
Reading: Read for 15 min.
Math: Lesson 4 pages 269-270 (evens)
 

Week At A Glance

November 10th - November 14th
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 3 Week 1 Below Deck: A Titanic Story (Historical Fiction)

Objectives:

  • Learn more about historical fiction and analyze plot and setting in historical fiction.
  • Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading fiction and writing historical fiction.
  • Use elements of narrative text to write a historical fiction story.

Math: Chapter 5 Understand Division

Objectives:

  • Relate Division and Multiplication.
  • Divide using related multiplication facts.
  • Use models to solve problems.
  • Review
  • Chapter 5 Test Friday


Religion: Unit 2 Session 7- Following Jesus

Objectives:

  • Explain what Jesus wants us to do in order to follow him.
  • Discuss how God calls us to follow the Ten Commandments
  • Explain how being generous helps us follow Jesus
  • Identify ways to show love for God.
  • Define conversion

Social Studies:

Objectives:

  • Identify and describe the diverse environments of North America that were home to a variety of Native American groups.
  • Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how Native Americans adapted to their natural environment.
  • Describe traditions of Native American groups.
  • Unit 1 test Review

Reminders: 


  • Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)
  • Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.
  • Please send your child with a water bottle every day.
  • Please make sure your child’s chrome book is charged every night.

November 5, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 min.
Nature's Patchwork in Google classroom
 
Math: Lesson 3, pages 261-262 (odds)
 
-Practice spelling
-Science paragraph

Spelling Unit 2 Week 5:


  1. I’ve
  2. let’s
  3. can’t
  4. aren’t
  5. didn’t
  6. won’t
  7. couldn’t
  8. wouldn’t
  9. you’ve
  10. doesn’t

Bonus Words: would’ve, should’ve, o’clock


Vocabulary:


interdependence: animals and plants that depend on each other for survival.


camouflage: a disguise that hides something from view.


adaptations: changes in plants or animals that help them survive in the habitat.


food chain: some animals eat other animals that, in turn, eat other animals or plants.


Biodiversity: the range of many kinds of plants and animals in a habitat.

November 3, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 min.
Math: Lesson 1, pages 249-250 (all)
Science: Paragraph- Energy Changes form due Thursday

Week At A Glance

November 3rd - November 6th
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 2 Week 5 Nature’s Patchwork Quilt (Informational Text)

Objectives:

  • Learn more about informational texts and explain the author’s purpose in an informational text.
  • Develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • Use elements of an informational text to write a how-to article.

Math:

Objectives:

  • Explore two meanings of division.
  • Model division as equal sharing.
  • Use models to relate division and subtraction
  • Explore how division and multiplication are related.


Religion: Unit 2 Session 6-Jesus, our Lord and Savior

Objectives:

  • Explain the meaning of the good soil and the seed in Jesus’ parable.
  • Explain why Jesus told parables
  • Describe ways we can serve God’s kingdom
  • Discuss how Saints Benedict and Scholastica served the Kingdom of God
  • Define monastery: a place where a group of monks work and pray together

Social Studies:

Objectives:

  • Identify and describe the diverse environments of North America that were home to a variety of Native American groups.
  • Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how Native Americans adapted to their natural environment.
  • Describe traditions of Native American groups.
  • Unit 1 test Thursday November 6th.

Reminders: 


  • Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)
  • Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.
  • No school Friday

Spelling Unit 2 Week 4:


  1. dispute
  2. expose
  3. mistake
  4. compete
  5. translate
  6. include
  7. explode
  8. despite
  9. subscribe
  10. reptile

Bonus Words:  incubate, stipulate, confinement


Vocabulary Words:


habitat: the natural home of a plant or animal

solitary: single or alone

multiplied: increased greatly in number

Week at a Glance

October 27th- October 31
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 2 Week 4 Welcome Back Wolves! (Persuasive Text)

Objectives:

  • I can learn more about themes concerning interactions by analyzing the text structure of persuasive texts.
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing
  • I can use elements of an informational text to write a how-to article

Math:

Objectives:

  • Problem-Solving Investigation: Make a Table
  • Use Multiplication to Find Combinations
  • Review
  • Test Thursday


Religion: Unit 2 Session 6-Jesus, our Lord and Savior

Objectives:

  • Explain the meaning of the good soil and the seed in Jesus’ parable.
  • Explain why Jesus told parables
  • Describe ways we can serve God’s kingdom
  • Discuss how Saints Benedict and Scholastica served the Kingdom of God
  • Define monastery: a place where a group of monks work and pray together

Social Studies:

Objectives:

  • Identify and describe the diverse environments of North America that were home to a variety of Native American groups.
  • Discuss the ways in which physical geography, including climate, influenced how Native Americans adapted to their natural environment.
  • Describe traditions of Native American groups.

Reminders: 


  • Spelling menus will be due every Friday (Choose 3 activities-time given in class to do. Students will finish at home if necessary.)
  • Students are expected to have done 40-45 minutes in each Reading and Math for I-Ready practice lessons every week! They are given plenty of time in class throughout the week, but can finish at home if the goal is not met.

October 22, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read The Market and answer the questions.
Read for 15 minutes
 
Math: Lesson 3, pages 209-210 (all)