Week of April 21-25

Back to a full week of SCHOOL!!

Thank you for donating to the treasure chest! We have been running low, if you would like to donate treasures, please feel free to send them in whenever.

Math:

We will be finishing up chapter 9 this week and the test will be on Thursday, April 24.

Reading: 

We will focus this week on friendly letter writing. We will be writing a letter and sending it to a friend. Please have students bring in a stamp by Thursday.  

Spelling: 

This week we will be working with number words.  There will be a pretest on Monday and we will have the final 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.

English:

We will be finishing up unit 5 correct sentences. The test will be on Friday 4/25. A study guide went home.

Social Studies:

We will jump back into working on our Chicago book and packets. The next Chicago quiz (#2) will be scheduled for Tuesday, April 22.

Science:

We have finished our fun Space unit! We will take a short break from Science and work on exciting projects to go with our Chicago unit!

Have a 3 day GREAT Weekend!

Week of April 7-11

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!

Week of March 24-28

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!

Week of March 10-14

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!

Week of March 3-7

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 10^th. 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!

Week of Feb. 24-27

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 10^th. 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!

Week of February 17-21

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 10^th. 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!