March 20-24

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  

We are coming up to the final week before Spring Break.  It’s also Spirit Week!! AND, we are visiting the Shedd Aquarium on Friday!!  Please make sure your child brings a totally disposable lunch/brunch on that day.  We’ll be eating super early, 10:00 a.m., (this is the only time we could get into the Shedd lunchroom) so students don’t need a morning snack since we won’t have time to eat it here at school.  We are so lucky to be able to see our beautiful city and take in the Shedd for free!   

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:   Spelling HW is due on Friday, 3/23 as well as the test since we will be at the Shedd all day on Friday~!

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ve started  The One and Only Ivan and the children are very excited about it!  This week, we’ll be focusing on continuing the reading and discussion using our Ivan packets.  

March reading logs will be due after Spring Break.

Social Studies:   We will continue reading about the Chicago fire and doing some cool activities to go along with out learning!

Science:   We have finished up our space chapter and there will be a chapter test on Thursday March, 23. A study guide will go home today.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class: We are half way through our geometry unit and will continue. We will be taking our X11 test in Thursday.

Important Dates:  

3/24 - Shedd Aquarium field trip

End of day 3/24 - Spring Break begins

4/14 & 4/17 - non-attendance days (Easter)

4/27 - Open House

Week of March 6-10

Week of 3/6/17 - 3/10/17

A note from the 3rd grade teachers:

Dear 3rd Grade Prairieview Families,

We wanted to send a reminder home about chromebook expectations as around this time of year a refresher can be helpful.  In school, the students only use their chromebook as an instructional tool to enhance their education.  They use applications such as Google Classroom (and the links uploaded within) and Google Drive for activities/projects as well as learning websites (Lexia, Raz-Kids, Splashmath, Prodigy, and Xtra-Math) for Core Reinforcement.  There is also a site called “Symbaloo” that has many more educational and approved “apps” the students can spend their time enjoying at home.  Though we understand that regulating chromebook time/sites at home is a parent/guardian responsibility, we would encourage you to monitor what games/sites are being viewed at home so that they are educational in nature or school/age appropriate.  There are some games out there that are intriguing for 3rd graders but inappropriate and are not permitted be accessed on the school issued chromebooks.  If they do not fall into one of the categories underlined above, they are not sanctioned by the third grade teachers.  Thank you in advance for your support at home with ensuring that these engaging tools are used for their intended reason only - so that “Learning Never Stops”.  

The Third Grade Team

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:  The Menu homework is due on or before Friday.  There will also be a test on that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll be focusing on our Chicago unit (cross curricular with Social Studies.)  We’ll also focus on comprehension skills using various literature pieces.

March reading logs have gone home.  They will be due after Spring Break.

Social Studies:   We continue reading about the beautiful city of Chicago.  This week we’ll focus on the founding of Chicago, the waterways, and the Industrial Boom.  There will be a quiz over what they learned so far on Friday, March 10th. A study guide is going home today and students should use their packets to study!

Science:   We have finished up lesson 1 in space and we will start lesson 2 this week. The focus is on the moon!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class: We are heavy into unit 6. Students have been learning all about different quadrilaterals and we will continue with that this week. Our X8 Test will be on Friday.

Important Dates:  

3/3 - End of Trimester 2 and Early Dismissal

3/24 - Shedd Aquarium field trip

End of day 3/24 - Spring Break begins