Week of September 10-14

Important Reminders:

• If you haven't joined our new homeroom app, please do it's a great way to see what your kids are doing in class!
• If you have not sent in a family picture (4X6) frame yet, please do
• You child is coming home with a reading log for September. Please keep it all month and initial each day that they read. It will be due back on October 1st. If you fill all 20 slots before then, they can bring it back early.

Reading/English:

• This week we will be starting our first unit on Folktales. We will be looking for the theme or message of various tales! 
• We also will be finishing up our final draft of our me bag writing. The presentations will be on Monday and Tuesday, September 17 and 18. We will pick days next week. They can be practicing at home toward the end of the week. 
• This week will be practicing grammar skills in class. Subject and predicate, Statement, questions, etc. 

Spelling:

• I will be giving out the students first lists. They can be practicing the words at home and the test will be Friday, September 21st. We will be working on activities in class. 

Social Science:

• We will move on to continents and Oceans this week. A quiz will be scheduled for the following week.

Math (For families in my math class only):

• There will be a short checkpoint quiz covering addition and subtraction, on Wednesday. This week we’ll be focusing on length, which will include a fun scavenger hunt. 

Week of September 3-7

Our first 5 day week is over! Time flies when we have fun!

Important Reminders:

• No school Monday 9/3
• If you haven't joined our new homeroom app, please do it's a great way to see what your kids are doing in class!
• If you have not sent in a family picture (4X6) frame yet, please do
• You child is coming home with a reading log for September. Please keep it all month and initial each day that they read. It will be due back on October 1st. If you fill all 20 slots before then, they can bring it back early.
• Bring Ziplock "Me Bag" Back to school on Wednesday (filled with 3 things about them)

Reading/English:

• This week we will focusing on reading strategies while reading high interest books. I will be modeling how to fill out organizers to help with reading. Some of the strategies we will talk about are: inferring, characterization, finding details, and cause and effect.
• We also will be starting our first writing activity. Students will be bringing home a note and bag. Please fill the bag with 3 things that represent them. In class, we will learn how to formulate good paragraphs while writing about our items. 

Spelling:

• We will start the following week.

Social Science:

• We have already started learning about directions. We will have our first directions quiz Friday, September 7. A study guide will go home today to help them prepare. 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We are starting our first lesson in unit 1. We will focus all about addition and subtraction strategies, such as doubles, doubles plus one, etc. You will see some sheets of homework come home to help reinforce this. 

Week of August 27-31

WOW! Our first week has flown by! We are ready for week two of 3rd grade. This is a one stop shop for you to check what we will be doing the following week.

Important Dates:
Tuesday 8/28: Math MAPS
Wednesday 8/29: Picture Day
Wednesday 8/29: Curriculum Night 6:30-8
Thursday 8/30: Reading MAPS
Monday 9/3: No School

Reading:
We will be continuing reading some books and talking about good reader strategies. We will also start stations this week. 

Spelling: 
We will do a spelling inventory this week and start spelling the following week.

Social Science:
We will start off the year learning all about the cardinal and intermediate directions and then the Continents and Oceans. We will have quizzes on these (TBD).

Math: (For my Math Class only)
We will start Math on Monday.

Week of January 16-19

We have completed our first week back from break. It is great to be back into the routine!

Some good winter weather rules for PV: With Winter almost upon us, here’s a quick note about recess: Children NEED boots to be in snow- snow pants are not required, but kids should know that if they get their clothes wet, they will be wet for the afternoon.... Snow/ice is not to be thrown for any reason at all.  They may roll it, or build with it, but not launch it, etc.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  Students have received their spelling words and the spelling test will be on Friday, January 19th.

Reading & Language Arts:   We are continuing with our culture and traditions unit by reading a story called The Matchbox Dairy. Students will be asked to bring in a small memorable item that they will write about.

We will be doubling up reading and Social Studies for a few weeks. We will be reading all about culture and traditions in our social studies book during part of our reading class.

January logs are due on 2/2.

Social Science: We started our next Science unit...all about weather! We will be finishing up unit 1 and 2 next week.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We have learned about mass, volume, and length. There will be a checkpoint on these concepts on Tuesday. We will then continue unit 4 by studying fractions.

Important Dates:  

1/15 MLK Day-No school

1/22 Winter F and P testing

Have a great weekend!!

Week of December 18-21

Some good winter weather rules for PV: With Winter almost upon us, here’s a quick note about recess: Children NEED boots to be in snow- snow pants are not required, but kids should know that if they get their clothes wet, they will be wet for the afternoon.... Snow/ice is not to be thrown for any reason at all.  They may roll it, or build with it, but not launch it, etc.

We are approaching our final week before winter break.  Lots of fun activities are in store for our Panthers!  Read below and find out!!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  We will resume after break!

Reading & Language Arts:   This week we’ll read and interpret The Night Before Christmas. It will be fun!

December logs are due on 12/21.

Social Science: We finished this section of Mystery Science. We’ll be starting our next Mystery Science unit when we return.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We have reviewed time, mass, and volume. We will continue after break with fractions and more measuring.

Important Dates:  

12/19 - PV goes to see Wonder

12/20 - 3rd grade goes bowling

12/21 - Last day of school before Winter Break

Have a great weekend!!

Two weeks and counting! Please remember to check assignment notebooks!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:   We will resume spelling after winter break!

Reading & Language Arts:   We have started our second unit in Reading: All about culture and traditions! We read the Keeping Quilt and will continue some activities with this text. The you tube link is on your child's classroom on the Chromebook if you are interested in the story. There will be a vocab quiz over the words in the book on Wednesday, 12/13.

December reading logs are due the last day of school 12/21.

Social Science: We have our first Mystery Science test on Thursday 12/14. A study guide went home. Students should study the vocab words along with their quizzes that are stapled to the study guide.

   

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  This week we will continue with measurement. We will be working on measuring mass with scales.

Important Dates:  

12/19 - PV goes to see Wonder

12/20 - 3rd grade goes bowling

12/21 - Last day of school before Winter Break

Have a great weekend!!

Week of December 4-8

Welcome to December!  The weather is starting to feel winter-like so please remember to have your child dress appropriately for the weather; we do go outside for recess.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:   The test is scheduled for Friday the 8th. Please review the words at home. We are doing activities in class.

Reading & Language Arts:   This week we will start out Trimester 2 culture and traditions unit.  Our first story is The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco.  It tells the story of a special family quilt that started in Russia and made its way to the United States in the early 20th century.  We will be making our own class quilt which will describe our own family traditions!

The December Log is coming home today!

Social Science: We continue Mystery Science which focuses on flowers. The test is scheduled for 12/12. A study guide will be going home next week.

   

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  This week we begin Unit 4 which focuses on Measurement & Fractions.

Important Dates:  

12/5 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

12/19 - PV goes to see Wonder

12/20 - 3rd grade goes bowling

12/21 - Last day of school before Winter Break

Have a great weekend!!