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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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Week at a Glance

March 9-13

Reading, Spelling and Writing: 

Unit 5 Week 3: A Safety Plan: In Case of Emergency- Poetry

Objectives: 

  • I can learn more about informational texts and analyze the text structure in a procedural text.
  • I can use language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use knowledge of the sounds and shape of poetry to write a poem.

Math: Chapter 10:

  • Test Monday
  • Explore and model unit fractions.
  • Read and write fractions that name part of a whole
  • Use models to represent fractions that name part of a set.
  • Draw a diagram to solve problems.

Religion: Mary is Holy

Objectives:

  • Describe how Mary responded to the shepherd’s news.
  • Identify Mary as the Mother of God and the Mother of the Church.
  • Describe the Rosary as a way of honoring Mary.
  • Discuss the prayer of the Magnificat.
  • Define Annunciation, Communion of Saints, Rosary, and Visitation.


Social Studies: Choices in a Free Market

  • Identify the interests of buyers and sellers in a market with respect to price.
  • Explain the effects of supply and demand on prices.
  • Predict what will happen to prices when supply or demand changes.
  • Analyze reasons for high and low prices of goods and services in the local community.

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.

Homework

Thursday, March 5
Reading: Listen to this weeks story in Google classroom.
Math: Practice math facts
 
Spelling Menus due tomorrow!

Homework

Tuesday, March 3
Homework:
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch. 9, Lesson 9, pages 555-556 (odds)

Homework

Homework:
Tuesday, March 2
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch.9 Lesson 8, page 549-550 (even)

Week at a Glance

Reading, Spelling and Writing: 

Unit 5 Week 2: Earthquakes, Eruptions, and Other Events that Change Earth- Poetry

Objectives: 

  • I can learn more about informational texts and analyze text features in an informational text.
  • I can use language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use knowledge of the sound and shape of poetry to write a poem.

Math: Chapter 9:

  • Write, then find the value of expressions.
  • Represent one and two step word problems using equations with a variable.
  • Represent and solve two step word problems using equations with a variable.
  • Use logical reasoning to solve problems.
  • Test Monday

Religion: Ten Commandments

Objectives:

  • Discuss and learn the Ten Commandments 

Social Studies: Finish slideshows and present to class. (In class assignment)


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.

Homework

Thursday, February 26
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch.9, Lesson 7, pages 543-544 (even)

Homework

Wednesday, February 25
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch. 9, Lesson 6, pages 533-534 (odds)

Homework

Tuesday, February 24
Homework:
Reading: Read Ones and Zeros and answer questions.
Math: Ch.9, pages 531-531 (evens)
 
Dress Down for our class tomorrow!

Homework

Monday, February 22
Homework:
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch. 9 Lesson 4, pages 523-524 (evens)

Week at a Glance

February 23-27 
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: 

Unit 5 Week 1: Deep Down and Other Extreme Places to Live- Opinion Writing

Objectives: 

  • I can learn more about informational texts and analyze text features in an informational text.
  • I can use language to make connections between reading and writing.
  • I can use knowledge of the sound and shape of poetry to write a poem.

Math: Chapter 9:

  • Apply the Associative Property of Multiplication to find products.
  • Write expressions using the four operations.
  • Write, then find the value of expressions.
  • Represent one and two step word problems using equations with a variable.

Religion: Ten Commandments

Objectives:

  • Discuss and learn the Ten Commandments 

Social Studies: Unit 3, Lesson 9 Understanding our Economy

Objectives:

  • Explain how goods and services are bought and sold at market.
  • Analyze how scarcity forces people to make decisions and that decisions have benefits and costs.
  • Describe the free market economy of the United States.

Reminders: 


  • DRESS DOWN MONDAY!
  • 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.

Homework

Thursday, February 19th
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch.9, Lesson 3, pages 513-514 (odds)

Homework

Wednesday,  February 18, 2026
Homework:
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Ch. 9, Lesson 2 pages 511-512 (evens)