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October 3rd - October 7th

Thank you so much for sending in apples for Johnny Appleseed's birthday!  Also, thank you to the parents who sent in extra supplies as well!


Scholastic Book Orders:  Book orders are due on October 12th.  There are directions attached to the order forms for purchasing the books online, but this is not a requirement.   Our class code is J9D78.


The Seventh Week of 2011 at School:

Science: We will finish the study of chapter 4 on ecosystems.  There will be a chapter 4 test on Friday, October 7th.  Students will receive a study guide on Monday, October 3rd.

Social Studies: This week we will focus on science. 

Math: We will study place value and problem solving in chapter 1.  

Spelling: We are pretesting with List #6 on Monday of next week. Please remember that if your student receives a 90% or higher they will be working from the "challenge" list of words for their homework. All homework is due on Friday and if your student is taking the posttest, that will be Friday as well.

Reading: We will focus on the reading strategy inferencing.  The students will use basal reading stories, supplemental short stories, and possibly novels to extend their practice of understanding what they read.  Students will learn new vocabulary words from stories they are reading. We will also continue to work on an extended response where we use ideas from the text combined with our own ideas to answer a question.

English: We will continue the study of descriptive writing.
 
Things to Remember:
Friday 10/7: There will be a spelling test and a science test. 

Thursday 10/13: The vocabulary quiz has been moved to 10/13.

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September 26th - September 30th

Monday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. We will be having a celebration! Please send your child with a peeled, cored, and sliced apple to school on Monday, September 26th.  We will be making applesauce. 

Magazine Drive:  Students can turn magazine orders on Tues. 9/27 and Thurs. 9/29.

Scholastic Book Orders:  Today I sent home Scholastic book order forms.  There are directions attached to the order forms for purchasing the books online, but this is not a requirement.  Book orders are due on October 12th.  Our class code is J9D78.

Picture Day will be on Thursday, September 29th.

Friday, September 30th will be an early dismissal day.  Students will leave school at 11:00 a.m.  Please plan accordingly. 


The Sixth Week of 2011 at School:

Science: This week we will continue the study of chapter 4 on ecosystems.

Social Studies: This week we will focus on science. 

Math: We will finish the study of large number subtraction in chapter 4.  Students will receive a study guide on Monday and there will be a test on Friday, September 30th. 

On Wednesday, September 28th students will be tested on their basic math subtraction facts. Students will need to complete 40 subtraction problems in 2 minutes. Students will take practice subtraction tests in the days leading up to September 28th.  If students pass the test before September 28th, then they will not need to take it again.

Spelling: We are pretesting with List #5 on Monday of next week. Please remember that if your student receives a 90% or higher they will be working from the "challenge" list of words for their homework. All homework is due on Friday and if your student is taking the posttest, that will be Friday as well.

Reading: Next week we will continue to highlight summarizing and sequencing using materials differentiated for our classroom's various reading levels, and will be extending our knowledge through written responses.  We will also assess our third graders on their ability to sequence events from text.  Students will make their own comic, which involves squencing of events as well. 

English: There will be an English unit 1 test on Tuesday, September 27th.  Then we will begin the study of descriptive writing. 
 
Things to Remember:

Monday 9/26: It's Johny Appleseed's birthday celebration!
Tuesday 9/27: There will be an English unit 1 test. 
Wednesday 9/28:  There will be a subtraction math facts test.  There will be a vocabulary quiz.
Thursday 9/29: It is picture day.
Friday 9/30: There will be a spelling test and chapter 4 math test.  It is an early dismissal day.

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September 19th - September 23rd

Monday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. We will be having a celebration! A note will be sent home as a reminder on Monday, September 19th. Your child will be asked to bring in a peeled, cored, and sliced apple to school on Monday, September 26th to be used to make applesauce for the class. We are looking for donations of small bowls, plastic spoons, and apple juice. If this is something you are interested in helping with, please email me or send the items in any day before Monday, September 26th. Thank you in advance for your help!

The Fifth Week of 2011 at School:

Science: This week we will begin chapter 4 on ecosystems.

Social Studies: This week we will have a continents and oceans quiz on Tuesday, September 20th.  Students will need to identify where the 5 oceans and 7 continents are located on a map.

Math: There will be a test on chapter 3 on Tuesday, September 20th.   Then we will begin chapter 4 on subtraction. 

On Monday, September 26th students will be tested on their basic math subtraction facts. Students will need to complete 40 subtraction problems in 2 minutes. Students will take practice subtraction tests in the days leading up to September 26th.  If students pass the test before September 26th, then they will not need to take it again.

Spelling: We are pretesting with List #4 on Monday of next week. Please remember that if your student receives a 90% or higher they will be working from the "challenge" list of words for their homework. All homework is due on Friday and if your student is taking the posttest, that will be Friday as well.

Reading: Now we will start to put the reading strategies we have learned to great use while reading various types of literature. We will always be reviewing/using all of the strategies, but for the coming weeks we will highly focus on the strategies of sequencing and summarizing. The students will use basal reading stories, supplemental short stories, and possibly novels to extend their practice of understanding what they read. As a third grade we are really highlighting oral and written responses to what was read and will integrate this throughout.  We will also work on an extended response where we use ideas from the text combined with our own ideas to answer a question.

English: This week we will finish unit 1.  Look for a study guide to come home this week.  There will be a test on Tuesday, September 27th.  There will be a D.O.L. quiz on Monday, September 19th.

P.E.: There will be a soccer test on Thursday, September 22nd. Study guides will go home on Monday. 

Intramural Games Permission slips will be sent home on Monday. They are due back by Friday. More information can be found on the PE website.
 
Things to Remember:

Monday 9/19: There will be a D.O.L. Quiz.
Tuesday 9/20: There will be a chapter 3 math test.  There will be a continents and oceans quiz. 
Thursday 9/22: There will be a soccer test in P.E.
Friday 9/23: There will be a Spelling "list #4" test.

Monday 9/26:It's Johny Appleseed's birthday celebration! There will be a subtraction math facts test.

 Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065

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September 12th - September 16th

This week in social studies class went on a savenger hunt around the school using their cardinal directions. Each student did a great job finding their treasure!

The Prairieview magazine drive will kicked off on Monday, September 12th! Check in your child's binder for more information on the magazine
drive on this day.

Prairieview Elementary School is working on a quilt in order to remember and honor September 11th victims.  Take a look at the part of the quilt our class completed.

The Fourth Week of School:

Science:  We will focus on Social Studies.

Social Studies: We will begin the study of the continents.  Students will be assigned a continent and use laptops to find facts about their continent.  There will be a continent quiz on Tuesday, September 20th.  Look for a study guide to come home on Wednesday, September 14th. 

Math: We will finish the study of chapter 3, which deals with different addition properties, adding large numbers, rounding, and estimating.   On Tuesday, September 13th students will be tested on their basic math addition facts. Students will need to complete 40 addition problems (adding numbers ranging from 1 to 10) in 2 minutes. Many students have already passed this test during our practice tests in class and do not have to take it again.  Students will have a chapter 3 test on Tuesday, September 20th.  Look for a study guide to come home on Tuesday, September 13th.

Spelling: This week in spelling we will work on Lesson 3. This lesson will focus on words with more short vowels. We will pretest on Monday and pass out the homework which is due on Friday. On Friday we will have a test worth 20 points.

Reading: Next week we will continue to teach the students how to utilize the essential reading strategies. In our classes we will demonstrate how the application of these strategies will maximize student comprehension of a range of literary materials.

English: This week we will continue to work on unit 1.  We will discuss subjects and predicates.  We will also continue to work on Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.).  Duyring D.O.L. students edit sentences.  There will be a D.O.L. quiz on Monday, September 19th.  Look for a study guide to come home next week. 

Things to Remember:
Friday 9/16/11: There will be a spelling "list #3" test. 

Monday 9/19/11:  There will be a D.O.L. quiz. 
Tuesday 9/20/11:  There will be a chapter 1 math test. There will be a continent quiz. 

Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065

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September 5th- September 9th

It was great to meet each of you at curriculum night. Everyone had a great week in class. I have been very pleased with the effort!

This week we will have not have school on Monday, September 5th due to Labor Day. I hope you have a great Labor Day weekend! Classes resume on Tuesday, September 6th.

The Third Week of 2011 at School:

Science: This week we will focus on Social Studies.

Social Studies: There will be a direction quiz on Friday, September 9th. Students will receive a study guide on Tuesday, September 6th.  They should review the material on their study guide to prepare for the quiz.

Math:  We will study chapter 3, which deals with different addition properties, adding large numbers, rounding, and estimating.   On Tuesday, September 13th students will be tested on their basic math addition facts. Students will need to complete 40 addition problems (adding numbers ranging from 1 to 10) in 2 minutes.

Spelling: This week in spelling we will work on Lesson 2. This lesson will focus on words with short vowels. We will pretest on Tuesday and pass out a homework packet due Friday.  On Friday we will have a test worth 20 points.

Reading: This week we will continue introducing the reading strategies that we will be utilizing throughout the rest of the year using picture books. The strategies are predicting, inferencing, visualizing, monitoring/clarifying, phonics/decoding, summarizing (fiction and non-fiction), questioning, connecting, and evaluating.

English: This week we will finish our study of commands, statements, exclamations, and questions. We will then study subjects and predicates. We will also work on editing sentences for Daily Oral Language (D.O.L.)

Things to Remember:
Monday 9/5:  There will be no school. Enjoy a safe and happy Labor Day.
Friday 9/8:  There will be a spelling "list 2" test.  There will be a social studies quiz.

Tuesday 9/13:  There will be an addition test.

Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065