April 3-7

This week starts our PARCC testing. We will be testing Math the first week and ELA the following week. Please make sure your child gets a good night's sleep, a healthy breakfast, and a good snack!Chromebooks need to be fully charged every night and ear phones should be brought to school daily! 

We had a great time at the Shedd Aquarium! Thank you to our parent volunteers!

Social Studies: This week students will continue to study the Chicago Fire. They will write a story about the Chicago Fire from Cow O'Leary's point of view!

Science:   We’ll be taking a brief hiatus from Science.

Spelling: Students will receive a new spelling list. The 4 activities will be due on Thursday, April 13th. They will also have their spelling test on Thursday, April 13th. There is no school Friday, April 14th.

Reading & Language Arts:  We are continuing  The One and Only Ivan.  After Spring Break, we’ll be focusing on continuing the reading and discussion using our Ivan packet.

Math: We will be finishing up our unit 6. A study guide will go home on Wednesday and be due back the following Wednesday, April 12. The test is scheduled for Monday, April 17th.

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

Week of February 27-March 3

Week of 2/27/17 - 3/3/17

We had a delightful week in third grade starting with an in-school field trip on Tuesday about matter. A scientist from High Touch, High Tech came in and taught us all about the three states of matter.    

Also, We had culture day! We were able to learn so many new things about each other's culture! I hope the students had fun!

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:  New spelling words will be going home on Monday.  I am asking that 4 activities be completed: one from each column and another of the student’s choice.  This assignment will be due on or before March 10.  

Reading & Language Arts: We will begin reading about Chicago as part of an ELA/Social Studies time. We will start with the history of the land and be filling out an "Eyewitness Chicago" packet using text dependent questions. We will also continue stations.

February reading logs are due February, 28th.  A March log will be going home Wednesday.

Social Science:  We have begun our Space chapter. This is a favorite among the students. We will finish up lesson 1 with a notes sheet and an open book quiz.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We have finished unit 5 and we will be starting unit 6 this week. We will focus on the question, what are quadrilaterals and its attributes. The times 7 test will be on Thursday, since Friday is a half day and we will not be meeting for math!

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

February 20-24

We had a great time at the Valentine's party! Thank you to the parents that volunteered to come or drop something off, we really appreciate it!

We’ll be having an in-school field trip on Tuesday that we like to call “Matter Matters.”  Scientists from High Touch, High Tech will be coming in to teach us all about the states of matter.  

I hope you all have a wonderful, long weekend with your family.  

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:  Your child will need to hand in 4 activities from the Menu on or before Friday, 2/24.  The test will also be on Friday.

Reading & Language Arts:  We continue our unit Culture and Traditions.  We’ll be presenting our “Culture Day” projects this week.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  

Keep working on reading logs for February!

Social Studies:  We will start up soon!

Science:   We just finished our matter test and we will start space this week!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We will be finishing up unit 5 this week. The test is on Wednesday, February, 22. The study guide is a great tool to help study! We will not be having a times test due to no school on Monday.

Important Dates:  

2/17 & 2/20 - Days off for conferences and Presidents’ Day

2/21 - Matter Matters in school field trip

3/3 - End of Trimester 2 and Early Dismissal

Have a great 4-day weekend!

Week of February 13-16

Our Valentine’s Day party will be on Tuesday. Thank you in advance to the many wonderful parents who are volunteering to come on in and also those who are donating for the party! You can have your child sign their name on each valentine. We have 22 students in the class.

We’ll be having an in-school field trip on Tuesday, 2/21, It is all about Matter! Scientist will be coming in and doing some experiments with us!

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:  New spelling words will be coming home on Monday. Your child will need to hand in 4 activities from the Menu on or before Friday, 2/24.

Reading & Language Arts:  We will be continuing our culture and traditions. A letter will go home on Monday explaining a presentation that students will doing. They will be reading 3 chapters from their culture day paper, then they will explain how this country is connected to them, and finally they can bring in 2 showcase items.

We will also be finishing up our immigration scrapbooks that will be displayed at open house!

Keep working on reading logs for February!

Social Studies:  We just finished out culture and immigration test and we will be taking a break from social studies. We do have Mr. Blocker coming in every week for Jr. Achievement!

Science:   We will be finishing up our matter unit and taking our test on Thursday, 2-16. A study packet went home already.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We will continue Unit 5, Multiplication, Division, and Area.  The Chapter test will be on Tuesday, February 21st. The study guide will go home on 2-13 and be due back on 2-16.

The X6 test will be on Thursday, February 16th as well.

Important Dates:  

2/14 - Valentine’s Day (party)

2/13 & 2/15 - Math Conferences

2/17 & 2/20 - Days off for conferences and Presidents’ Day

2/21 - Matter Matters in school field trip

3/3 - End of Trimester 2 and Early Dismissal

Week of Feb. 6-10

The 100th day of school is coming!!   We’ll be celebrating on Monday with some fun activities.  The year is flying by!!   Here’s an update on what’s going on next week.

Coming up Next Week:

Spelling:  Students should be working on their spelling homework by choosing one activity from each column, and one “extra” activity of their choice, any column.  The homework is due on or before Friday, 2/10. The test will also be on 2/10.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We continue our unit Culture and Traditions. I’m in the process of grading the country reports.  We’ll be starting on our “Culture Day” activity soon.  A letter and other information will be coming home shortly.

February Logs have come home.  The Six Flags Great America “Read to Succeed” sheets are due on Monday.  This activity is totally optional.

Social Studies: We have finished reading our culture chapter in reading. The test on Chapter 3 will be on Tuesday 2-7. The study guide is due on Monday 2-6.

Science:   We will be finishing our last lesson on Chapter 11 matter this week. The chapter test will be the following week. A study guide will come on soon.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We are working a lot on multiplication and division stories. We are actually writing our own that students are going to solve this week! Also, the X4 test will Friday, 2-10. A practice sheet will be sent home on Monday.

Important Dates:  

2/14 - Valentine’s Day (party)

2/13 & 2/15 - Math Conferences

2/17 & 2/20 - Days off for conferences and Presidents’ Day

3/3 - End of Trimester 2 and Early Dismissal

Have a great weekend!