Week of November 13-17

Coming Up Next Week:

Thank you to our volunteers who came on our DG trip! We had a blast!

Friday is the end of Trimester one! Time is flying this year!

Spelling:   We are working on our sorts and menu activities in class. The test will be on 11/17. We will be working on the activities in class.

Reading & Language Arts:  We will continue our study on Myths by reading about King Midas. We will also continue to review our reading skills of cause and effect and sequencing. For language arts, we will be focusing on verbs this week!

For writing: Students will be bringing home a blank turkey and will need to "disguise their turkey". The turkey will be due back on Wednesday 11/15. We will be doing an informational writing piece in school next week about how to disguise your turkey and why the farmer shouldn't eat him.

Please make sure your child is reading! November logs are due on or before November 30.

Social Science:  We have finished up learning about Downers Grove and had a fabulous field trip! We love putting our learning into action! We will be switching over to science this week. We will be starting a unit called Power of Plants!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class: We are deep into our unit on rounding and multi-digit addition and subtraction. We have the test scheduled for 11/30!

Important Dates:  

November 11th-Veteran's Day

November 17th-End of Trimester 1

November 22-26-Thanksgiving Break, No school

Week Of October 23-26

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:   We are working on our sorts and menu activities in class. The test will be on 10/26. We will be working on the activities in class.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll be continuing our haunted house “persuasive” writing pieces this week. These will be spooky scary stories!  

Please make sure your child is reading! October logs are due on or before October 31.

Social Science:  We will be continuing our unit on Downers Grove history this week!  There will be a short quiz on this information once we are done with our packets. We will be going on November 9th. We can't wait!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We will be finishing up multiplication this week! The test will be on 10/26 and a study guide will be due back on Wednesday 10/25.

Important Dates:  

Week of 10/23 - Homeroom Conferences

10/27 - Day off (Conferences)

10/30 - Teachers’ Institute (Day off for students)

10/31 - Halloween party and parade

Week of October-16-20

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:   A new set of words to sort will be coming home on Monday. The test will be on 10/26. We will be working on the activities in class.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week, we’ll be working on character traits and theme.  These are very important reading skills.  We’ll also be starting our haunted house “persuasive” writing pieces.  

Please make sure your child is reading! October logs are due on or before October 31.

Social Science:  We will be continuing our unit on Downers Grove history this week!  There will be a short quiz on this information once we are done with our packets.A permission slip went home today for our Downers Grove field trip. We will be going on November 9th. Please turn in the permission slip on or before 10/20.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We will be be continuing with multiplication using tables and inches. The test is scheduled from 10/26 and a study guide will go home on Friday 10/20. It will be due back on Wednesday 10/25.

Important Dates:  

Week of 10/23 - Homeroom Conferences

10/27 - Day off (Conferences)

10/30 - Teachers’ Institute (Day off for students)

10/31 - Halloween party and parade

Have a great weekend!!

Week of October 10-13

We are halfway through the 1st trimester of third grade! Hopefully, grades are being monitored on line.  If you are having problems doing so, please call the office. Have a wonderful Columbus Day weekend! I’m hoping the weather will cooperate!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  We are working on 3 activities in class to help practice our spelling. You can also be practicing at home for our test which will be Friday.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week, we’ll be working on using better descriptive language when writing, character traits, theme, and cause and effect.  These are all very important reading and writing skills.  

Please make sure your child is reading! October logs are due by October 31st.

Social Science:  We will be continuing our unit on Downers Grove history this week! This unit leads to a really fun field trip visiting historical places all around our town.  

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We have begun digging into multiplication. We have worked on repeated addition and arrays. A checkpoint will be on Thursday. NOTE: We will send home worksheets for homework, but they are just for extra practice. They do not need to be turned back in unless you want to.

Important Dates:  

10/9 - Columbus Day

Week of 10/23 - Homeroom Conferences

10/27 - Day off (Conferences)

10/30 - Teachers’ Institute (Day off for students)

10/31 - Halloween party and parade

Have a great 3-day weekend!!

Week of October 2-6

Lifetouch will be at Prairieview on Tuesday, October 3rd for retakes. If you would like your child's picture retaken, please return the original picture package with your child on or before Oct 3rd (retake day). Lifetouch will re-photograph free of charge and provide you with new pictures in a few weeks. Students who were absent on the original picture day should have received an order form to have their picture taken this Tuesday. Questions? Please call the office at 630-783-5100.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:   New word lists will be given out on Monday. Please study these words with you child. We will be working in class on various activities to helped with spelling and understanding of the words. The test will be on Friday, October 13th.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week, we’ll be working on theme/setting/plot and visualization.  We’ll be comparing a couple of stories in a series and also “visualizing” a funny witch and a crazy monster.  This should be fun!

 A new October log is coming home today.  These are worth 10 points.

Social Science:  We will be starting our unit on Downers Grove history this week! This unit leads to a really fun field trip visiting historical places all around our town.  

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class: We are starting Unit 2 “Introduction to Multiplication.”

Important Dates:  

9/27 - Early Dismissal

10/9 - Columbus Day

Week of September 18-22

Week of 9/18/17 - 9/22/18

Happy Friday everyone!   I just want to remind you all to check your child’s assignment notebook (planner) every night and sign it.

 COMING UP THIS WEEk

Spelling:   A new spelling “sort” will be coming home on Monday. Please be practicing the spelling of those words at home. In class we will work on 3 activities from the menu. I will send home the menu on Friday 9/29 if any of the 3 activities are not done.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week we will continue writing in our composition books, focusing on narratives.  We’ll also be “close reading” Rumpelstiltskin.  

Please remember to keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days) on the pink reading log.  They will turn it in on or before September 29th.

Social Studies:  There will be a short quiz on 9/21 on Continents and Oceans.  I sent home a study guide on Thursday. Our next section of study will be hemispheres.

Science:   We won’t be starting science yet.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ll really be focusing on double digit addition and subtraction this week. I am tentatively looking at Friday, 9/29, as the date for our Unit 1 assessment.  I’ll keep you up to date on that test.

Important Dates:  

9/26 - Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday

9/27 - Early Dismissal

10/9 - Columbus Day

Week of September 11-15

Happy Friday everyone!   I just want to remind you all to check your child’s assignment notebook (planner) every night and sign it.  This is a handy form of communication and also a way for your child to get a punch in their punch card!

Spelling:  We have been working on activities in class. They have submitted them for seesaw when they are complete. 3 assignments should be done by Friday. Anything that is not done will be sent for homework over the weekend. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their 2 words.

Reading & Language Arts:  This week we will start informally writing in our composition books; we’ll be focusing on narratives.  We’ll also start our first reading unit, Tales as Old as Time.  

Please remember to keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days) on the pink reading log they brought home yesterday.  They will turn it in on or before September 29th.

Social Studies:  Our first graded quiz was a success!  This week, we’ll start a unit on oceans and continents.  I’m looking at 9/19 as a tentative quiz date for this information.  There will, of course, be a study guide coming home next week.

Science:   We won’t be starting science yet.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  This week we’ll be focusing on subtraction.  There will be a quick checkpoint quiz this coming Monday on addition and subtraction.

Important Dates:  

9/27 - Early Dismissal

Have a great weekend!!