Mrs. Romay's 3rd Grade
EFL / Gifted & Advanced Teacher
updated on 9/27/26
FOR YOUR INFORMATION...9/14/26-10/2/26
Testing - i-Ready
Reading: Tuesday, 9/15/26 - Wednesday, 9/16/26
Math: Tuesday, 9/22/26 - Wednesday, 9/23/26
Makeups: Week of 9/28/26
School Pictures:
Wednesday, 9/30/26
**Check the red folder for order form
**Complete picture envelope and return it to me regardless of how you paid
**See Class Dojo message with details
**Students must be in full uniform on picture day
Hispanic Heritage Day
Friday, 10/9/26
Students can dress up representing their country of origin wearing guayaberas, dresses, or jerseys representing a Hispanic country.
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WHAT ARE WE LEARNING?
Reading/Language Arts
U1W5-6: National Landmarks and Memorials
Essential Question: How do landmarks help us understand our country's story?
Genre: ArgumentativeText
Read Aloud: America's Landmarks and Memorials
Shared Read - RWC Book: Protecting Our Parks
Anchor Text - Anthology Book: Preserve and Protect
Paired Selection - Anthology Book: 5 Questions for George McDonald
B.E.S.T. Literature Library Additional Text Connection: Revolutionary Friends
Tested Comprehension Skills:
✓ Determine the Central Idea and Details and Author's Claim/Argument
✓ Identify the Text Structure: Captions, Maps, Side Bars
✓ Compare and Contrast
✓ Summarize the text
(BI-WEEKLY PROGRESS MONITORING READING TEST ON THURSDAY, 10/2/26)
Spelling:
-WEEK 1-2 Words: Long o sound
lsold, crow, grown, proclaim, dispose, golden, arrow, slope, provoke,
program, potato, bone, foe, float, coast, roast, coal, coated, toad (TEST ON FRIDAY, 9/25/26)
Academic Vocabulary:
-WEEK 1-2 Words: grand, monument, traces, landmarks, clues, massive, national, carved (TEST ON FRIDAY, 9/25/26)
Vocabulary Strategy: Multiple Meaning and Compound Words
Grammar: Subjects/Predicates review (QUIZ ON FRIDAY, 9/25/26)
Writing: Opinion
Math
Chapter 3 - More Multiplication Strategies
Study multiplication 3-4 x table (QUIZ ON FRIDAY, 9/25/26)
Extra Practice on IXL: 15 minutes daily / Next leaderboard ends on Tue., 10/6/26
Science
Wrapping up Topic 1 - How to be a scientist / The Scientific Method
Starting Topic 2 next week - The Universe
Science Fair Projects - Packet was sent home on Monday, 9/28/26.
The link for the packet in English and Spanish is this my website.
We will be doing a class project that follows the same order in which their individual assignments are due.
Below is the timeline of important dates. If you would like to turn in an assignment early, please do so anytime. Late assignments will receive a zero. Each packet will be checked and returned to the student so that they can move on to their next assignment.
Assignment #1 - Due on Wed., 9/30/26
Assignment #2 - Due on Wed., 10/7/26
Assignment #3 and 4 - Due on Wed, 10/14/26
Assignment #5-6 - Due on Wed., 10/21/26
Assignment #7 - PowerPoint with video, Due on Wed., 10/29/26
Science Fair Judging - November
Science Fair Boards - TBA
District Science Fair Competition - TBA (Usually late January or early Feburary, 2027)
Looking forward to some GREAT projects!
Social Studies
Chapter 2 - Cartography/Map Skills
National Landmarks and Memorials
Español
Lectura/Cuento: "Un Jardín Para Todos"
Pregunta Esencial: ¿Cómo contribuyen las personas de diferentes culturas a una comunidad?
Género: Narrativa de no ficción
Ortografía: Sonidos c, s,
casa, sandía, cantar, sartén, comer, segundo, ciudad, zafiro, saludar, zapato (TEST ON WED., 9/23/26)
Vocabulario: guanaco, hogar, morada, orgullo, sendero, tradición, vigilar
(TEST ON WED., 9/23/26)
No words this week. We will focus on Reading fluency and comprehension.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
Before and After School Care
*Contact Nivia or Janessa in the After-School Care office for more information.
Meals
*See chart below for lunch costs.
*Please bring a water bottle daily. Students are able to refill their bottles throughout the day.
Parental Involvement
*All school volunteers must register online every year.
*This will be required for participating in certain school events.
3rd Grade Teacher Mrs. Fatima Romay [email protected]
Class Dojo from 8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Special Areas
Art – Mr. David [email protected]
Mondays 12:05-1:05 p.m.
(bring crayons and colored pencils)
Music – Mrs. Favasoli [email protected]
Tuesdays: 12:05-1:05 p.m.
(bring black folder and recorder)
Physical Education – Coach White [email protected]
Thursdays and Fridays: 12:05-1:05 p.m.
(bring a water bottle)
sold
crow
grown
proclaim
dispose
golden
arrow
slope
provoke
program
potato
showed
bone
foe
float
coast
roast
coal
coated
toad