Week of February 2-6

Happy Groundhog Day!

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spring conferences are coming up the week of February 9.  These are by teacher request only. If you feel that you would really like to sit down with me and chat, please check out Sign up Genius.  If the spots are all taken, please know that I am always available via email or phone.  Have a great weekend!

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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 and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We will continue our Traditions unit. We will be reading The Tooth on a Roof story and making connections this week. We will also work in small groups.

Social Studies:  We have finished DG! We will start a new chapter Chapter 3 Culture. Culture day presentations will be the week of February 9th. The planning sheet is due Wednesday.

Science: We have started chapter 12 lesson 2 this week and will continue with this lesson.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be having the chapter 7 test on Wednesday February 4th and the X6 test will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of January 26-30

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

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 and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We have started our Traditions unit. We will continue reading The Year of the Dog as a whole group. In small groups we will continue to work with the story Lightening in a Jar. We will be finding how this story is similar to Keeping Quilt as well as writing responses to the story. We will continue or daily rotations as well.

Social Studies:  We have been working on our Modern day DG as well as learning about our government. Our Modern Day DG test will be on Wednesday 1/28.

Science: We have finished chapter 12 lesson 1 in Science. We will start chapter 12 lesson 2 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be starting chapter 7 this week and the X5 test will be on Friday.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of January 19-23

1/19/15

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Spelling:  The pretest will be on Tuesday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong they will be challenge and have one activity and cursive. If they get more than do they will have the regular work. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We have started our Traditions unit. We will continue reading The Year of the Dog as a whole group. In small groups we will introduce a new story called Lightening in a Jar. We will work on this story throughout the week and be connecting it to the story The Keeping Quilt.

Social Studies:  We have been working on our Modern day DG as well as learning about our government. Our Modern Day DG test will be on Wednesday 1/28.

Science: We have finished chapter 12 lesson 1 in Science. Due to the shorter week and spending some time learning about MLK we will not have Science this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be working on finishing chapter 6 this week and the chapter 6 test will be Friday 1/23, along with our times 4 timed test.

Have a wonderful 3 day WEEKEND!

Week of January 5 to January 9

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

When we return from break, we will be MAP testing on Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep and big breakfast. The MAP Math test will be the following Tuesday.

Homework Update:

As we approach our winter break, we thought it would be a great idea to post a note about 3rd grade homework.  Although it varies by class, as a team we usually assign homework in at least one subject every day (less so on Fridays as we are mindful of busy weekends and time with family).  

Please know that additionally, the students are encouraged to read for 20 minutes each night and can always be writing daily in a journal.  These activities are optional for most classes, but will certainly help your student continue to work on their skills.  We will be sending home a list of writing prompts (with a self-editing checklist) to help get your student inspired to write as well as a Common Core aligned reading extension menus for students to use in conjunction with their "good-fit" books at home.  

Please know that homework is personal and what/how much your family can work on varies.  We as a team understand this and while we continue to send home "manageable" workloads for 3rd graders, you always have the option to extend with the aforementioned activity options.  Thanks for supporting your students and the efforts they put into their learning here at Prairieview School.  Have a wonderful winter break and Happy New Year!

The Third Grade Team

Spelling:  We will not be having spelling the week we return. Instead we will work on Prefix/Suffix all week and there will be a test over it on Friday.

ELA:  We will starting our new book Year of the Dog while also comparing The Keeping Quilt.

Social Studies:  We will start learning about Modern Day DG.

Science: We will start a new chapter. Chapter 11 Matter.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will start chapter 6 the week we return.

Have a wonderful holiday and a happy NEW YEAR!!

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

Monday 12/15= Bowling from 9:00-10:55 at Brunswick zone.

Tuesday 12/16= Half day dismissal at 11:00

Friday 12/19= We are going to the Tivoli for our winter movie!!

Spelling:  We will not be having a final test this week, instead students will be graded on the story they write.

ELA:  We will be close reading the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas.

Social Studies:  Downers Grove and will have a test on DG on Wednesday 12/17.

Science: During Science this week we will be learning about how other countries celebrate Christmas in groups and making posters to share out to the class.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have a test on chapter 5 on Wednesday 12/17.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

Week of 12/8-12/12

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

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. All homework is due on Friday.

ELA:  We are starting a new unit on traditions. We will be close reading music lyrics. We will also introduce pronouns to the students.

Social Studies:  We had a wonderful time on our DG field trip! We are finishing up Downers Grove and will have a test on DG on Wednesday 12/17.

Science: We have our Science test on Tuesday 12/8.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will continue our chapter 5 and have a test on chapter 5 on Wednesday 12/17.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!

November 24-25

Important:

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

Thank you to those of you who have donated to the treasure chest! We really appreciate it! If you would like to donate extra toys/goodies from home to our treasure chest; that would be greatly appreciate it!

We are  only in school Monday and Tuesday next week.

Spelling:  No spelling due to the short week.

ELA:  We will finish up writing our turkey disguise stories this week and share out. Also there will be a verbs graded review on Tuesday.

Social Studies:  We will continue learning about the history of Pierce Downer. The field trip will be on December 5th.

Science: We will be focusing on Social studies these 2 days.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our chapter 4 test on Tuesday 11/25.

Have a wonderful WEEKEND!