Friday, March 28, 2014

Week of April 7-11

Important:



Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Math
We will begin a new chapter: Chapter 9.  We will focus on lessons 1-4 next week. Homework will become almost nightly. Please be checking that has been done. Late slips will be written if it is not done, which will lower student’s grades.

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.

Reading
We will be starting a new basil story called, Two Days in May. We will be listening to the story and working with the story while doing Daily 5.

English
We will begin unit 5 next week. We will focus on lessons 1-3.

Social Studies
We will be continuing to learn about Chicago.


Science
We will be doing a great space project. Students have been assigned a planet and a partner and are doing research to recreate the planet.  The Space test will be on Tuesday 4/15.


Have a wonderful Spring Break!

Friday, March 21, 2014

Week of March 24-28



Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Math
We have started a new chapter: Chapter 11 Measurement. The chapter test will be on Friday 3/28.

Spelling
We will be back to doing spelling this week. 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.

Reading
We will be using our Reading block to continue learning about Chicago. We will focus this week on the Chicago Fire.

English
Students have been recreating their biography person this week and they will give a one minute speech about their person. The leprechaun final essays are due on Monday.

Social Studies
We will be continuing to learn about Chicago.


Science
We have started our space unit and we will be focusing on lesson 3 planets this week.


Have a great weekend!

Friday, March 7, 2014

Week of March 10-14


Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.


ISAT testing will continue next week; we will have one more Reading test and 2 Math tests.

Spring conferences are Tues-Thurs.  If you have not signed up for a conference and would like one, please email me by Monday, 3/10.

All third grade will be watching "Despicable Me" on Friday in celebration of ISATS. It is rated PG. Please email me if there is a problem with you child watching this movie. 


Math
We will start a new chapter: Chapter 11-Measurement. The times and divide by 12’s test will be on Friday. 3/14. Please be reviewing these facts because they are usually the hardest for students.

Spelling
No Spelling

Reading
We will continue preparing for our last Reading ISAT. We will also be doing a leprechaun trap project. Students will be creating a trap to catch a leprechaun. The trap will be due at school on Friday 3-14. We will then be writing how and why we built the trap that we did.

English
We started our biography unit. Students will continue to work on making a snapshot photo album of their person as well as a poster about their person.

Social Studies
We have started Chicago! We have learned about the history of Chicago and the lakes and rivers. We will continue to learn about the first settlers and the railroad systems.


Science
We will start our chapter 10 Space unit this week. We will begin with lesson 1.


Have a great weekend!