Week of January 5 to January 9

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

When we return from break, we will be MAP testing on Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep and big breakfast. The MAP Math test will be the following Tuesday.

Homework Update:

As we approach our winter break, we thought it would be a great idea to post a note about 3rd grade homework.  Although it varies by class, as a team we usually assign homework in at least one subject every day (less so on Fridays as we are mindful of busy weekends and time with family).  

Please know that additionally, the students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes each night and can always be writing daily in a journal.  These activities are optional for most classes, but will certainly help your student continue to work on their skills.  We will be sending home a list of writing prompts (with a self-editing checklist) to help get your student inspired to write as well as a Common Core aligned reading extension menus for students to use in conjunction with their "good-fit" books at home.  

Please know that homework is personal and what/how much your family can work on varies.  We as a team understand this and while we continue to send home "manageable" workloads for 3rd graders, you always have the option to extend with the aforementioned activity options.  Thanks for supporting your students and the efforts they put into their learning here at Prairieview School.  Have a wonderful winter break and Happy New Year!

The Third Grade Team

Spelling:  We will not be having spelling the week we return. Instead we will work on Prefix/Suffix all week and there will be a test over it on Friday.

ELA:  We will starting our new book Year of the Dog while also comparing The Keeping Quilt.

Social Studies:  We will start learning about Modern Day DG.

Science: We will start a new chapter. Chapter 11 Matter.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will start chapter 6 the week we return.

Have a wonderful holiday and a happy NEW YEAR!!

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Monday 12/15= Bowling from 9:00-10:55 at Brunswick zone.

Tuesday 12/16= Half day dismissal at 11:00

Friday 12/19= We are going to the Tivoli for our winter movie!!

Spelling:  We will not be having a final test this week, instead students will be graded on the story they write.

ELA:  We will be close reading the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Social Studies:  Downers Grove and will have a test on DG on Wednesday 12/17.

Science: During Science this week we will be learning about how other countries celebrate Christmas in groups and making posters to share out to the class.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have a test on chapter 5 on Wednesday 12/17.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of 12/8-12/12

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We are starting a new unit on traditions. We will be close reading music lyrics. We will also introduce pronouns to the students.

Social Studies:  We had a wonderful time on our DG field trip! We are finishing up Downers Grove and will have a test on DG on Wednesday 12/17.

Science: We have our Science test on Tuesday 12/8.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will continue our chapter 5 and have a test on chapter 5 on Wednesday 12/17.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

November 24-25

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

We are  only in school Monday and Tuesday next week.

Spelling:  No spelling due to the short week.

ELA:  We will finish up writing our turkey disguise stories this week and share out. Also there will be a verbs graded review on Tuesday.

Social Studies:  We will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer. The field trip will be on December 5th.

Science: We will be focusing on Social studies these 2 days.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our chapter 4 test on Tuesday 11/25.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week November 17-21

11/17/14

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling:(Lesson11)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue centers. The students move to different groups. At the teacher table students will learn a skill. This week we will irregular verbs. We will also be writing out turkey stories in class.

Social Studies:  We will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer. The field trip will be on December 5th. Please make sure your child turns in the permission slip with $7.00 if they want pizza.

Science: We will finish up lesson 2 the water cycle this week and have an open book quiz on Friday.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will finish chapter 3. The test will be on Tuesday, November 18th.  We will then start chapter 4 and test on chapter 4 on Tuesday 11/25.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of November 10-14

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

If you would like to order  the book Girl With a Cape, the orders are due back on Monday.

If you do not wish to sell the coupon book please bring it back to school.

Friday we will be having an assembly to meet the author of Girl With a Cape!

Spelling:(Lesson10)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue centers. The students move to different groups. At the teacher table students will learn a skill. This week we will focus on Verbs, and cause and effect. The students will be taking a nouns quiz on Monday. They will be getting a worksheet to complete over the weekend to help prepare for the quiz.

Social Studies:  We have begun our Downers Grove unit and will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer.

Science: We will begin chapter 9 lesson 2 this week. All about the water cycle.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will continue with chapter 3. The test will be on Tuesday, November 18th.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

November 3-7

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

No school Monday 11/3

No School Tuesday 11/4

Spelling:There will be no spelling this week due to the 2 days off.

ELA:  We will continue centers. The students move to different groups. At the teacher table students will learn a skill. This week we will focus on nouns in the subject and writing singular, plural, and common nouns. We will then use our reading of Ivan to find nouns.

Social Studies:  We have begun our Downers Grove unit and will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer.

Science: We will finish up with chapter 9 lesson 1 next week!

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will continue with chapter 3. We will focus on subtracting across zeros. We will be having a subtracting across zeros checkpoint on Friday.

Have a wonderful 4 day WEEKEND!

October 27-31

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Halloween Party on Friday 10/31. Please have your child bring their costume in a bag to school. We will change into the costumes at 12:50. The costumes should be something they can slip over their clothes as well as no weapons.

Spelling:There will be no spelling pretest or test for the week of Halloween. There will just be some Halloween activities for the students to work on.

ELA:  We will continue centers. The students move to different groups. At the teacher table students will learn a skill. This week we will focus on nouns, common and proper, and plural nouns. We will then use our reading of Ivan to find nouns.

Social Studies:  We have begun our Downers Grove unit and will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer.

Science: We will start chapter 9-the water cycle this week. We will begin with lesson one.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We have started our 3 unit-addition and subtraction. Students have done a great job so far with addition.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

October 14-17

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

No school  Monday 10/13

Spelling: (Lesson 8)  The pretest will be on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue centers. The students move to different groups. In one group students are continuing to Read Ivan. In a different group, students will be reading closely with different text. In the last groups students are using their descriptive and persuasive writing to get a monster to buy their haunted house.

Social Studies:  We have begun our Downers Grove unit and will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer.

Science: We will wrap up chapter 4 this week and there will be a final chapter test on chapter 4 on Tuesday 10/21.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be testing on chapter 2 on Wednesday 10/15. The tests are challenging, so please be reviewing the study guide with your child at home. We will spend all Tuesday reviewing for the test.

October 6-10

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Early Dismissal October 10th at 11:00

Zoo permission slips: Please have them turned in by 10/8. I have many requests for chaperones and I will try to take as many as we can.

Spelling: (Lesson 7)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We are doing centers. The students move to different groups. In one group students are continuing to Read Ivan. In a different group, students are reading Two Days in May and Night of the Pufflings and related the stories to our big idea of: Standing up for what you believe in. In the last groups students are using their descriptive and persuasive writing to get a monster to buy their haunted house.

Social Studies:  We will start our new unit on Downers Grove! This is a very fun unit for students.

Science: We will start chapter 4 lesson 4 this week. The test will be the following week.  

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We have started unit 2. We will be working on lessons number sense with addition and subtraction. The test will be some time next week!

9-22-14

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling: (Lesson 5)  The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We are continuing read our favorite novel “The One and Only Ivan”. We will do a lot of close reading which means we are digging deep into the text.   

We will start our descriptive writing unit! Eventually this will lead to a fun essay explaining why someone would want to buy your haunted house!

Social Studies:  We are finishing continents and oceans this week. The test will be on Tuesday 9/23.

Science: We will continue focusing on lesson 2, types of ecosystems as well as making our own ecosystem.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our first Math test on chapter one on Wednesday 9/24. The textbook was sent home and can be used for studying. Students can bring it back to school on Wednesday.

Important Dates:

9/25 - Early Dismissal