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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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October 14, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading:
Read 15 minutes every night.
 
Math: Test tomorrow!
 
$1 Dress Down tomorrow!

October 13, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 min.
Work on book report.
 
Math: No homework
 
Please check your child's backpack for iReady test results!

Week at a Glance

October 13th - October 15th
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 2 Week 3 Wolf Island (realistic fiction)

OBJECTIVES:

  • Learn more about themes concerning interactions by analyzing illustrations in realistic fiction
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing 
  • Use elements of informational text to write a how-to-article
  • Students will learn how to identify compound words

Math:

Monday-Wrap up Chapter 3 Subtraction


Tuesday-Chapter 3 Review  

Pgs. 179-181 Together pg. 179, Ind pgs. 180-81 (offer guidance/help) Go over answers.  

Homework: review for test


Wednesday Chapter 3 Subtraction Test!

-Fun Math-Halloween pgs./Centers



Religion: Unit 1 Session 5-Celebrating Ordinary Time

Objectives:

  • Discuss how we grow in God’s love during Ordinary Time.
  • Explain that in Ordinary Time, we are grateful to belong to our church community.
  • Discuss how we grow in community by being Christ to the world.
  • Define community and missal.

Social Studies: 

Objectives:

  • Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various geographic areas, including the local community.
  • Compare and contrast different regions in terms of their geographic characteristics.
  • Use map tools: scale, grid, key (legend), symbols, title and compass rose.

Reminders: 


  • Conferences are October 16-Please sign up for a time to come chat!
  • No School October 17!
  • Please-Charge your chrome book every night! Bring your Clever badge back!
  • Bring a healthy snack each day!
  • Wednesday is $1 dress down.
 

October 9, 2025
 
Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Work on book report (Due Oct. 20th)
Practice Spelling Words
Math: Pretest worksheet

October 8, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Work on book report. (Due Oct. 20th)
Practice Spelling words
Listen to Weird Friends in Google Classroom
 
Math: No homework

October 7, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes.
Work on book report due October 20th!
 
Math: Lesson 7, pages 175-176 (odds)

October 6, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Lesson 6, pages 169-170 (evens)

Spelling Unit 2 Week 2

Spelling Unit 2 Week 2:


  1. morning
  2. format
  3. explore
  4. cardboard
  5. soared
  6. darkness
  7. alarm
  8. adore
  9. target
  10. absorb

Bonus Words: bargain, argument, departure


Vocabulary:


predators- animals that live by eating other animals

protection- safety

immune- not affected by something, such as an illness

species- a group of living things that are the same most ways

emerges- comes out of a hidden place




Reading, Spelling and Writing: 

Unit 2 Week 2 Weird Friends (Informational Text)

OBJECTIVES:

  • Learn more about informational texts and analyze the structure of an informational text.
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing 
  • Use elements of informational text to write a how-to-article
  • R-controlled vowels

Math: CHAPTER 3 SUBTRACTION

Students will be able to-

  • Lesson 5-subtract 3 digit numbers with re-grouping 
  • Lesson-6 subtract 4 digit numbers with re-grouping
  • Lesson-7 Subtract across zeros
  • Fluency Practice-subtraction


Religion: Finish Session 4-Jesus is With Us 

Objectives: 

  • Retell Jesus’ miracle of the loaves and fishes
  • Pray the next part of the Apostles’ Creed
  • Explain the meaning of Jesus’ different names
  • Define Scriptures

Social Studies: 

Objectives:

  • Locate key geographic features on a map of Earth: the equator, the prime meridian, the four hemispheres, the five oceans, and the seven continents
  • Use map skills to locate a state and country on the map.
  • Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various regions.
  • Work on state brochures.

Reminders: 


  • Conferences are October 16-Please sign up for a time to come chat!
  • No School October 17!
  • Book reports due October 20!
  • Please-Charge your chrome book every night! Bring your Clever badge back!
  • Bring a healthy snack each day!
  • 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 1, 2025

October 1, 2025
 
Homework:
Reading: Read for 15 minutes
Math: Lesson 5, pages 163-164 (odds)
 
Practice spelling words!

September 30, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 min.
 
Math: Lesson 4, pages 157-158 (evens)
 

September 29, 2025

Spelling Unit 2 Week 1:


  1. total
  2. digit
  3. talent
  4. human
  5. minus
  6. defend
  7. finish
  8. equal
  9. salad
  10. famous

Bonus Words: library, mishap, spiral


Vocabulary:


patterns- sets of things that repeat in order

nature- parts of the world that are not made by people: land, mountains, trees, etc.

repeat- to say or do something the same way again

sequence- the order of something

symmetry- the appearance of something that is the same on both sides

Week at a Glance

September 29th - October 2nd
 

Reading, Spelling and Writing: Unit 2 Week 1 Patterns in Nature

OBJECTIVES:

  • Learn more about informational texts and identify the main idea and details in an informational text
  • I can develop knowledge about language to make connections between reading and writing 
  • Use elements of informational text to write a how-to-article
  • I will understand Singular and Plural noun

Math: CHAPTER 3 SUBTRACTION

Students will be able to-

    • Lesson 2- estimate differences using rounding to the nearest ten or hundred
    • Lesson 3- determine whether an estimate or an exact answer is needed to solve a problem 
    • Check My Progress
  • Lesson 4 Model subtraction with re-grouping

Session 4-Jesus is With Us

Objectives: 

  • Retell Jesus’ miracle of the loaves and fishes
  • Pray the next part of the Apostles’ Creed
  • Explain the meaning of Jesus’ different names
  • Define Scriptures

Social Studies:

  • Identify and describe the physical features, climate, and natural resources of various geographic areas, including local communities.
  • Compare and contrast different regions in terms of their geographic characteristics.
  • Use map tools: scale, grid, key (legend), symbols, title, and compass rose.
  • Pick a state and create a brochure to describe its physical features, climate, and natural features.

  • Friday, October 3rd-NO SCHOOL!  Staff in training!
  • Please-Charge your chrome book every night! Bring your Clever badge back!
  • Bring a healthy snack each day!
  • 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.

September 23, 2025

Homework:
 
Reading: Read for 15 minutes.  Listen to The Golden Flower in Google Classroom
 
Math: No homework, test tomorrow.