GRADE 3 - SUPPLY LIST

2008-2009 School Year

 

4                             Tablets of third grade manuscript paper (See attached sheet)

8                              Composition notebooks with sewn binding (100 pages)

1                              1 inch hardcover binder with inside pockets

1-pkg                     dividers set of 4

1-pkg                     hole reinforcements

2-pkg                     loose leaf paper (wide rule)

1                              Small package page protectors

2                              hardcover 2 pocket folders

2-pkg                     #2 pencils (No mechanical pencils)

1                              pencil sharpener with receptacle for shavings

2                              yellow highlighters

1                              12 quart solid blue or white wash tub (Dollar Tree has them)

1                              large plastic see through supply box (shoe box size)

1                              small pencil case

2                              pkg. Crayola Crayons (16 count)

1                              Crayola Broadline Markers (Classic Colors)

1                              large eraser

4                              Glue pens

1                              Pointed school scissors with protective case

1                              Variety pack construction paper (large pkg.)

4                              Pkg. 3X5 index cards (lined)

1                              Pkg. plain card dividers

1                              3X5 index card file box

4                              9X12 Manila Clasp envelopes (for weekly test papers)

3                              Large Boxes of Kleenex

3                              Rolls of Paper Towels

5                              Large book covers (Book Socks available at uniform sale or school office)

1                              Back sack for desk.  They are available at the uniform sale (July 30).  You

                                may use the one from last year if it is still in good condition.

1                              Agenda – It can be purchased at the uniform sale during the summer or on the first day of school. ($17.00)

1                              Handy Caddy for supplies-purchase at school - $6.00

 

Please label all supplies with your child’s first and last name in permanent marker. 

Students will receive 7 workbooks that will need to be covered in contact paper.

 

Items for large supply box:                                                         Items for small pencil case:

Hole reinforcements                                                                      1   pack pencils

1   highlighter                                                                                     1   highlighter

Crayons                                                                                                     eraser

Markers                                                                                                               pencil sharpener

Scissors

Glue

Index cards

1   pack pencils

Hole reinforcers

 

 

Dear Parents,

 

As educators we have become increasingly aware over recent years of the necessity of promoting a balance between the time children spend watching the visual media (movies, television, videos, video games) and reading. With such a large and varied array of new and exciting gadgets and activities, it is no wonder why children choose to spend less and

less time with books.

 

One of the goals of the curriculum at St. Anthony School is to foster a love of reading. We are convinced that the majority of our children in grades 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 seldom read

unless there is an assignment, and quite often not even then. Time after time, however, we have witnessed children reluctantly begin to read a book for a book report, become "hooked", and really enjoy finishing the book.

 

We may very well wonder, then, why children do not develop a habit of reading for fun. We believe that the competition for a child's leisure time among the elements of the passive visual media has made reading as a pastime an event of times past.

 

Therefore, in an effort to promote the concept of reading for pleasure among our students, St. Anthony School has established a summer reading program. Each student entering grades 3,4,5,6,7, and 8 is required to read two books from a list selected by the reading teacher. Students must read these two books carefully. They will be tested on the contents of these books at the beginning of the school year. The grades earned on these tests will become the first two reading grades of the year.

 

Sincerely,

 

Marie K. Cannon

Principal

 

Please keep this list for your use all school year. If it is lost a new one must be purchased.