Welcome to 3rd Grade!

Hello all!

It's great to be a 3rd grader at Prairieview!  I am really enjoying getting the year started.  We are all becoming a class community.

Please remember that this Thursday, September 3rd, is Curriculum Night for 3rd grade.  Please plan on being at school from 6:30 until 8:00 pm.  The 3rd grade team will be sharing the nitty gritty details of 3rd grade, and we will be giving a presentation about the Chrome Books.  Students will be able to take the Chrome Books home once their parents or guardians have participated in the Chrome Book presentation.

Since this is your student's first year at Prairieview, here is a link to the Prairieview Handbook.  Please review the rules of Prairieview with your child.

http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/pdf/handbooks/PVstudnhdbk15-16FINAL.pdf


Please feel free to come to me with any questions or concerns.  My e-mail address is jikens@ccsd66.org.

I'm looking forward to seeing you all on Thursday night!

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!

PARCC testing will be Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.

It was sooo great to see so many families at open house! We loved sharing all our hard work with you!

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 2 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 with fables and folktales this week. We have started our letters to the 2nd graders. We will also start learning about poems.

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.

Science: We will finish lesson 3 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be Testing on Chapter 13 on Friday, May 8 along with our divided times test for 3’s.

Week of April 27- May 1

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!

MAP’s testing will begin this week. We will have the Reading test on Tuesday and the Math test on Wednesday. Please make sure your child has a goodnight’s rest and healthy breakfast!

Open House will be on Thursday, April 30 from 6:30-8:00. We have many projects to show off and there will be a book fair! Come join us!

The online book fair opens 4/25. Visit this link for more information:

http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=prairieviewelementaryschool15

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 2 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 with fables and folktales this week. In addition we are learning about friendly letter writing and starting our letters to the second graders!

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.

Science: We will be making a planet project this week!

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be Testing on Chapter 12 Monday, April 27. We will then start chapter 13. Our first Divided times test will be Friday, May 1st.

April 20-24

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!

This is our last week before spring break!

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

ELA:  Students will be working on fables this week. We will be reading several kinds of myths. Students will also be working on creating a story from the cow’s point of view.

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.

Science: We will be working on Chapter 10 lesson 3 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will be starting on chapter 12 next week. This will be time. It is a short chapter so there will be an assessment on Monday, April 27.

Week of April 13-17

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!

This is our last week before spring break!

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

ELA:  Students will still be working in small groups and completing their menus. The completed menu is due April 30th. In addition we will use reading block to continue working with Social Studies and Science.

Social Studies:  We have begun our Chicago unit!

Science: We will be working on Chapter 10 lesson 3 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our chapter 11 geometry quiz on Thursday 4/16. It is a shorter chapter. The X12 test will also be on Friday.

Week of March 23-27

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!

This is our last week before spring break!

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 2 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 Unit 3: Folktales and fairy tales. We will be close reading Mulan this week. In addition we will be working on our autobiographies.

Social Studies:  Our chapter 3 culture test will be on Wednesday 3/25.

Science: We will start chapter 10 lesson 2 on planets this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our chapter 10 fractions test on Friday 3/27. It is a shorter chapter that will continue with fractions  The X11 test will also be on Friday.

March 16-20

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!

Half day on Thursday March 19. Dismissal is at 11:00

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

ELA:  We have begun Unit 3: Folktales and fairy tales. We will be close reading Rumplestiltskin this week. In addition we will be working on our autobiographies.

Social Studies:  We will start chapter 3 lesson 4 this week, learning more about immigration and culture.

Science: We have started our space unit! We will be working on lesson 1 this week.

Math Class (Only for students in MY MATH CLASS):  We will have our chapter 9 fractions test on Wednesday, March 18. The X10 test will be on Friday.