Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
Math
We will begin a new chapter: Chapter
9. We will focus on lessons 1-4 next
week. Homework will become almost nightly. Please be checking that has been
done. Late slips will be written if it is not done, which will lower student’s
grades.
Spelling
The
pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child
gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have two activities. If they
get more than do they will have the regular work.
Reading
We will be starting a new
basil story called, Two Days in May. We will be listening to the story and
working with the story while doing Daily 5.
English
We will begin unit 5 next
week. We will focus on lessons 1-3.
Social Studies
We will be continuing to learn about Chicago.
Science
We will be doing a great space
project. Students have been assigned a planet and a partner and are doing
research to recreate the planet. The Space test will be on Tuesday 4/15.
Have a wonderful Spring Break!
Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
Math
We have started a new chapter:
Chapter 11 Measurement. The chapter
test will be on Friday 3/28.
Spelling
We will be
back to doing spelling this week. The pretest will be on Monday and the final
test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be
challenge and have two activities. If they get more than do they will have the regular
work.
Reading
We will be using our Reading
block to continue learning about Chicago. We will focus this week on the
Chicago Fire.
English
Students have been recreating
their biography person this week and they will give a one minute speech about their
person. The leprechaun final essays are due on Monday.
Social Studies
We will be continuing to learn about Chicago.
Science
We have started our space unit
and we will be focusing on lesson 3 planets this week.
Have a great weekend!
Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
ISAT testing will continue next
week; we will have one more Reading test and 2 Math tests.
Spring conferences are Tues-Thurs.
If you have not signed up for a
conference and would like one, please email me by Monday, 3/10.
All third grade will be watching "Despicable Me" on Friday in celebration of ISATS. It is rated PG. Please email me if there is a problem with you child watching this movie.
Math
We will start a new chapter: Chapter
11-Measurement. The times and divide
by 12’s test will be on Friday. 3/14. Please be reviewing these facts
because they are usually the hardest for students.
Spelling
No
Spelling
Reading
We will continue preparing for
our last Reading ISAT. We will also be doing a leprechaun trap project.
Students will be creating a trap to catch a leprechaun. The trap will be due at school on Friday 3-14. We will then
be writing how and why we built the trap that we did.
English
We started our biography unit.
Students will continue to work on making a snapshot photo album of their person
as well as a poster about their person.
Social Studies
We have started Chicago! We have learned about the history of Chicago and the
lakes and rivers. We will continue to learn about the first settlers and the
railroad systems.
Science
We will start our chapter 10 Space
unit this week. We will begin with lesson 1.
Have a great weekend!
Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
ISAT testing will begin next
week and continue through March 13. We will have 3 Reading tests and 3 Math
test. Because we know the importance of these tests, homework those two weeks
will be lighter. I would love if parents would like to donate healthy foods so
students can have a variety of snacks before the test.
Spring conferences are
approaching. They will be the week of March 10th. The sign up genius
has gone out. These conferences are on an as needed basis and will begin with
Math students first.
Math
There will be a fraction
review on Monday. The following days we will be doing stations and review the
concepts we have learned in preparation for ISAT’s.
Spelling
No
Spelling for 2 weeks.
Reading
We continue preparing for
ISAT’s. We will be reading many stories and answering questions as well as
writing more extended responses.
English
We started our biography unit.
Students will continue to work on making a snapshot photo album of their person.
Social Studies
We have started Chicago! It is so exciting learning about this city!
Science
We will finish up chapter 14.
Instead of a traditional test, we will have an open book test on Friday March 7.
Have a great 3 day weekend!
Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
No school Friday, February 28, 2014.
ISAT testing will begin the week of March 3 and continue
through March 13. We will have 3 Reading tests and 3 Math test. Because we know
the importance of these tests, homework those two weeks will be lighter. From
now until the tests we will be doing a lot of preparation so the students feel
well prepared. As the tests approach, I would love if parents would like to
donate healthy foods so students can have a variety of snacks before the test.
Spring conferences are approaching. They will be the week of
March 10th. The sign up genius will go out on Wednesday. These
conferences are on an as needed basis and will begin with Math students first.
Math
We will continue our chapter on Fractions. We will also have our times and divide by
9’s test on Thursday. Please be practicing 9’s this week.
Spelling
We will be on List 21 this week. The Pretest is on Monday
and the final test will be on Thursday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on
the pretest they will have 1 challenge
activity and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on
Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work.
(Cursive sheet and one assigned activity)
The homework is due on Thursday.
Reading
We will be preparing for ISAT’s. We will be reading many
stories and answering questions as well as writing more extended responses.
English
We started our biography unit. Students have been reading
through picking out important details about the person. They will then be
making a scrapbook to show the person’s life.
Social Studies
We will begin our Chicago unit! This is a very exciting unit to study!
Science
We will begin next week with lesson 3 of chapter 14.
Have a great weekend!
Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
No school Monday, February 17,
2014
ISAT testing will begin the week
of March 3 and continue through March 13. We will have 3 Reading tests and 3
Math test. Because we know the importance of these tests, homework those two
weeks will be lighter. From now until the tests we will be doing a lot of
preparation so the students feel well prepared. As the tests approach, I would
love if parents would like to donate healthy foods so students can have a
variety of snacks before the test.
Spring conferences are
approaching. They will be the week of March 10th. The sign up genius
will go out in a few weeks. These conferences are on an as needed basis and
will begin with Math students first.
Math
We will continue our chapter
on Fractions. We will also have our
times and divide by 8’s test on Friday. Please be practicing 8’s this
week.
Spelling
We will be on
List 19 this week. The Pretest is on Tuesday and the final test will be on
Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 1 challenge activity and the cursive sheet,
they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words
wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and one assigned activity) The homework is due on Thursday.
Reading
We will be preparing for
ISAT’s. We will be reading many stories and answering questions as well as
writing more extended responses.
English
We have finished our autobiography
study and will begin biographies. Students will get to check out a biography
from the library. They will then have the chance to read through picking out
important details about the person. They will then be making a scrapbook to
show the person’s life.
Social Studies
Our chapter 3-culture test will be on
Thursday 2/20. A study guide went home today.
Science
We fell behind in Science so we
will focus on lesson 2-light this week.
Have a great three day weekend!
Important:
Please continue to sign your
child's assignment books.
Next Tuesday we will be
celebrating our 100th day of SCHOOL! WOO HOO!
Friday is Valentine’s Day. We will
be having a party starting at 1:30. Currently we still need one person to volunteer
to help out with a game. If you are interested
please email me.
Students may bring in Valentine’s
Day cards for the class, however please just have them write their name only on
them. This way we can put one in each person’s bag and they will not be
specifically addressed.
Math
We will be moving to chapter
10:Fractions. We will start by making fraction rulers and talking about
Fraction words. We will then focus on lesson 1 of fractions.
Spelling
We will be on
List 18 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday.
If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet,
they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words
wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned
activities) The homework is due on
Thursday.
Reading
We will be continuing to work
with the story Night of the Pufflings.
There is a vocabulary quiz over the
words on Wednesday 2/12. We will also be working with the story to
write extended responses in preparation for ISAT’s.
English
We have started writing our own
autobiographies in class. We will continue writing them this week. When we
finish our rough drafts, we will be typing them on google docs.
Social Studies
We will continue our chapter 3 culture chapter this week. The final test is
scheduled for Feb. 20th.
Science
We have started chapter 14: Heat,
light, and Sound. We will focus on lesson 2:light this week.
Have a great weekend!
