December 17-21

Important Dates:

12/18: Whole school Elf movie at the Tivoli

12/19: Unit 2 Math test

12/20: Spelling test and 3 activities due

12/21: 3rd grade bowling (am), 3rd Grade Movie Marathon (pm), Last day before break

Spelling:

• A new list of words went home.  The test will be on 12/13 THURSDAY and the 3 activities will also be due Thursday.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We will be doing some activities with the reading The Night Before Christmas. 

Social Science:

• We are well into our first unit of science. We are trying to answer the big question of how does a floating train work. We are in still in chapter 2 of this unit and will continue after break. 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We are finishing up unit 2: Multiplication. The test will be on Wednesday 12/19. A study guide went home and is due back on Monday, 12/17. The test is on Wednesday, 12/19.

Have a wonderful weekend and one week and counting!

December 10-14

Important Dates:

12/18: Whole school Elf movie at the Tivoli

12/19: Unit 2 Math test

12/21: 3rd grade bowling (am), 3rd Grade Movie Marathon (pm), Last day before break

Spelling:

• A new list of words will go home Monday, December 10.  The test will be on 12/13 THURSDAY and the 3 activities will also be due Thursday.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We will continue our culture and traditions unit. We will be reading The Keeping Quilt and talking about traditions, as well as writing a reader's response. We will create our own class quilt of our own traditions too. 
• We will finish off the week by close reading The Night Before Christmas. 

Social Science:

• We are well into our first unit of science. We are trying to answer the big question of how does a floating train work. We are in chapter two of this unit. We learned all about force and touching and non-touching forces. We are thinking and learning about magnets and how they work to cause a force. 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We are finishing up unit 2: Multiplication. The test will be on Wednesday 12/19. A study guide will go home on Wednesday, 12/12 and due back on Monday, 12/17.

Have a wonderful weekend and two weeks in counting!

November 19-30

This blog is for Thanksgiving week and the following week!

Trimester 1 ends Friday, November 16!

Important Dates:

11/21-11/25: No school due to Thanksgiving break

Spelling:

• A new list of words will go home Monday, November 26.  The test will be on 12/7 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We are beginning our second unit in reading called Culture and Traditions!
• This is a favorite of students, it will involve culture day later in the trimester. 
• We will finish up the last week of November with some reader's theater on the myths. We will also be working a lot in stations.

Social Science:

• We are well into our first unit of science. We are trying to answer the big question of how does a floating train work. In chapter one we are investigating how the train rises. We have learned that force is involved. We will continue with this after break and then move onto chapter 2: all about how the floating train moves. There is no chapter test as we learn, however we will have some graded things along the way. 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We have started unit 2: All about multiplication strategies. The students seem to really "get this" chapter and are excited to do it. We will not have the unit test until the last week of December. 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and remember there are soooo many things to be thankful for! 

Week of November 5-9

We had a blast at our Halloween party! Thank you to the families that either donated or helped out, we couldn't have done it without you! Pictures were uploaded to the homeroom app.

Important Dates:  

11/21-23 No school

11/30- November reading log is due

Spelling:  

• A new list of words will go home Monday.  The test will be on 11/16 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We have finished up our haunted house writing and it was spooktacular!
• We will work next week on Myths and more informational reading along with finishing up adjectives.  

Social Science:

• We have finished with our social studies unit and will transition to Science. We will start with balancing forces. A parent letter will go home to explain about the new program as well as a science parent night November 6 from 6-7. (see link) Next generation Science Parent Night

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We will be having our unit 3 test on Friday, November 9th. A study guide went home Friday and will be due back on Wednesday, November 7th.

Week of October 29-November 2

We will finish off this week and be in November! The holidays are just around the corner!

Important Dates:  

10/29- No school for students
10/31- Halloween Parties 1-1:50 and parade (all are welcome) 1:55-end of day
11/1- Downers Grove Test (study guides went home 10/25)
11/1- October Reading log is due

Spelling:  

• A new list of words have gone home.  The test will be on 11/2 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We will be working on finishing our final drafts of our haunted house writing. 
• We also will be focusing on reading informational texts and finding relationships.
• The October Reading Log will be due 11/1.

Social Science:

• We are finishing up our DG unit with a test on Thursday, 11/1. A study guide went home on 10/25.

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We will focus this week on learning more strategies for subtraction and moving on to addition strategies. 
• Many useful tips and tricks are in the math google classroom if you would like to take a look!

Have a terrific weekend and enjoy your 4 days!

Week of 10/22-10/26

Conferences will be taking place this week. Please check your sign up time. 

Important Dates:  

10/22 - Conference Week

10/24 - Students earned a marble party and voted on cap out day (Bring sleeping bag, wear PJ's, bring small stuffed animal, and we will be watching the Witches)

10/25- DG Field Trip (please dress for the weather)

10/26- No school

Spelling:  

• A new list of words will be going home on Monday.  The test will be on 11/2 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We will continue to learn about adjectives and work on writing the rough draft of our persuasive haunted house story. Some students will start the final draft this week.
• We will also continue focusing on reading informational texts and sequencing the events and talking about the cause and effect relationships.
• The October Reading Log will be due 11/1.

Social Science:

• We have read so much about the history of DG and will take our field trip Thursday! We are super excited to see all the things we have been learning about! 

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We are continuing to dig deep into subtraction strategies and rounding. This can be difficult for students since this may be new. Please don't stress. It is an introduction and they will continue this in 4th grade. There are many resources on math classroom to assist. 

Have a terrific weekend!

Week of October 15-19

Conferences will be starting this week and go into week of October 22-25.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  

• A new list of words went home.  The test will be on 10/19 and the 3 activities will also be due.  If you would like to study the words at home with your child, you can open to the Spelling folder and work on some activities on the menu. Please just make sure the activities and menu go back into that folder because we will work on them throughout the 2 weeks!

Reading/English:

• We will continue to learn about adjectives and start writing the rough draft of our persuasive haunted house story. 
• We will also be focusing on reading informational texts and sequencing the events and talking about the cause and effect relationships.
• The October Reading Log will be due 11/1.

Social Science:

• We have begun our DG unit. The students seemed mesmerized by the historical information and the idea that we will be going on a field trip to see these things. If you haven't done so already, please send in the permission slip to go.

Math (For families in my math class only):

• We are digging deep into more addition and subtraction strategies and rounding. There will be a multi-digit and rounding checkpoint on Monday. You can review rounding to the tens and hundreds place. 

Important Dates:  

10/22 - Conference Week

Have a terrific weekend!