Week of March 21-24

Coming up next week:

Spring officially began today so we are going to kick-off Spring Break with a "Think Spring Spirit Week" next week:

Monday 3/21 Spring Training Day - Cubs vs. Sox - support your favorite team and wear something Cubs or Sox.
Tuesday 3/22 Shades Day - wear your sunglasses and hat to school.
Wednesday 3/23 Think Spring Day - wear spring colors (yellow, pink, light blue, green, etc.)
Thursday 3/24 Comfy Clothes Day -Wear your most comfortable clothes to school - including pajama pants if you wish.
Friday 3/25 - No School

Spelling:   Three spelling activities need to be completed by 3/24 and the test will also be 3/24.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our third and final reading unit:”Stand Up for what You Believe In!”   We started reading The One and Only Ivan (together) this trimester.  The story is wonderful and I encourage parents to read it as well.  

For Read to Self, students are working on RAZZKIDS. This is something they can do at home on their Chromebooks for their 20 minutes.

We also  will be finishing our chapter on Immigration!

The students did an excellent job on their leprechaun traps. The class is now turning their Leprechaun Trap Planning sheet into a 3 paragraph informational/explanatory paper!

March reading logs are due 3/24,

Social Studies:  We will be continuing our Chicago unit.  We will continue learning about the history of Chicago.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’re continuing Unit 6 on Geometry.  This coming week we’ll be working with shapes and finding their perimeter and area! The test will be after spring break.

Week of March 14-18

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Three spelling activities need to be completes by 3/18.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our third and final reading unit:”Stand Up for what You Believe In!”   We started reading The One and Only Ivan (together) this trimester.  The story is wonderful and I encourage parents to read it as well.  

For Read to Self, students are working on RAZZKIDS. This is something they can do at home on their Chromebooks for their 20 minutes.

Leprechaun traps are due on Wednesday.  We’ll then write the “informational” piece with step by step directions on how they built it.  I can't wait to see them!

March reading logs are due 3/24,

Social Studies:  We will be continuing our Chicago unit.  We will continue learning about the history of Chicago.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’re continuing Unit 6 on Geometry.  This coming week we’ll be working with quadrilaterals and starting perimeter.  A checkpoint quiz is scheduled for Wednesday, 3/16.  They will need to know about polygons, quadrilaterals, and parallelograms.

Week of February 22-26

Coming up next week: 

Spelling:   Three spelling activities are due on Friday along with the test.

Reading & Language Arts:  We have begun studying immigration and culture in reading. Student were all assigned a country that they are from. They have a planning sheet that they should be working on. When they finish the planning sheet, they will then put the information on google slides and present the information to the class. A packet is going home. Please take a look at it to assist your child.

February reading logs are also due on 2/29.

Social Studies:  We will be continuing our Chicago unit this week.   We’ll focus on the early history of Chicago and the first Chicagoans.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Thank you to those parents who came in for a math conference with me.  It was wonderful getting to know you.  

Our Unit 5 assessment (multiplication & division) will be on Thursday, 2/25.  Our x4 test will be on Friday, 2/26.  We’ll then move on to Unit 6 focusing on geometry.

Important Dates:

¾  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

3/24 - Last day of school before Spring Break

3/25 - 4/1 - Spring Break

Have a great  weekend!

Week of February 15-19

I hope you all have a wonderful 4 day weekend!!  

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Three spelling activities will be handed out on Tuesday and due Friday.

Reading & Language Arts: We will focus on culture in small groups and making a culture scrapbook. We will also be reading a story called Matchbox Diary that relates to our culture unit.  

We started our Pen Pal project with third graders from Dubai!  My students started the letter writing (totally on chromebooks) with information on our American culture.  It will be interesting to find out how they celebrate the various cultures in the Middle East!  

Social Studies:  We will be starting our Chicago unit on Tuesday.   We’ll focus on “What is Chicago?” and the flag of Chicago and its significance.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’ll continue Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.  We’ll specifically work on division this week.  Please make sure you child is doing Xtramath each night. We will test on X3's on Friday.

Important Dates:

2/11 - Valentine’s Day party

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

¾  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

 

Have a great, long weekend!

Week of February 11-15

 Happy 100 Days of School!  Ask your child what they look like in 100 years...they can show you!!  

Our Valentine’s Day party will be on Thursday.  We will be passing out Valentine's. Please have your child keep the to part of the valentine blank and just write their name on the from portion.

Coming up next week:

Spelling:  The same words will go home on Monday.  Students should be sorting their words every night.  3 activities need to be completed by Friday, 2/14.  The test will be on 2/14 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re working on an opinion writing piece about if you can have any animal teeth what would you want. Students have read about various animal's teeth and will pick their favorite and write about it. We are also typing friendly letters to Miss Wyse's students in Dubai! Ask you child about that!

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!  We’ll be starting our Chicago unit soon!

Science:   We have finished our study of Matter and took the test. We will be doing a very short study on culture and then move to our Chicago unit.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’ll continue Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.  We’ll specifically work on multiplication and division story problems.  There will be a short check up quiz on Wednesday,

Important Dates:

2/11 - Valentine’s Day party

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

3/4  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

 

Have a great weekend!

Week of January 25-27

Today marks the halfway point of Trimester 2, which means we are about halfway through third grade!   

Coming up next week:

Spelling:  Students will have 3 more activities next week and the test will be on Friday, January 29.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  Students menus are due January 29th along with their January reading log.

Read to Succeed sheets for Great America tickets are due on or before February 1.

Congratulations to Allison and Jessica who will represent our class in the third grade spelling bee on Wednesday.

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re continuing the study of matter. We are finishing Lesson 2 and starting lesson 3.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Our assessment on Unit 4 will be on Tuesday, 1/26.  The pretest/study guide was sent home today.  We’ll then begin Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.   Today marks the halfway point of trimester 2; please make sure you’re checking your child’s math grades on line!

Important Dates:

2/2 - Matter Matters field trip (in class)

2/3 - Early Dismissal (11:35 for PV)

Week of January 19-22

We are finished with our second round of MAP testing.  We’ll test one more time in the spring.  

We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday on Monday.  We talked about this great, peaceful man today.  Enjoy your 3-day weekend in his honor!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Students will receive a new list of words on Tuesday. The three activities are die on Friday. The test will be the following week.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re finishing up The Keeping Quilt. by Patricia Polacco and introducing  When Lightning Comes in a Jar, also by Polacco.  

Students should continue working on Menus. They will be due on January 29th.

Tuesday will be our practice spelling bee and Wednesday we’ll compete for a winner and a runner up who will then compete with the other 3rd grade winners.  There is no studying involved with this Bee!!   We truly want our Bee to reflect what our students already know.

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re continuing the study of matter.  We will begin lesson 2 this week.  If your child still owes $7.50 for the in-school field trip, please send it in as soon as possible.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’re continuing Unit 4, focusing this week on fractions and measurement.