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!!