Miss Pellin's Post
January 9th to January 13th

The students took matter into their own hands when the scientists from High Tough High Tech visited our class today. In a program called Matter Matters©, the scientists helped the students discover all states of matter including gas, liquid, solid, and even plasma. In the pictures above students watched the transformation of solid to gas happen right before the students' eyes - sublimation! 

Spelling Bee:  We will have a Spelling Bee in our classroom on Thursday, January 12th.  You will find a list of spelling words that will be used for the spelling bee in your child's binder.  The winner will compete against the winners in the other third grade classrooms at a later date. 

Scholastic Book Orders: 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.

Market Day:  Prairieview will be in charge of Market Day on Saturday, January 7th.  If you would like to volunteer please be at Lakeview at 8:00 a.m. on January 7th. 

The Nineteenth Week at School:

Science: We will continue the study of  chapter 9.  We will be discussing the the water cycle in lesson 2.   

Social Studies: We will focus on science this week.

Math:  We will continue the study of measurement (Chapter 20).  We have covered all of the multiplication facts from x2 to x9, but there may be a few your child needs to review and memorize.  Students will be tested on all these facts on Thursday, January 12th. 

Spelling:  We are on list 12: words with the vowel sounds plus r.  A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

Reading: Students will write an extended response on the story Nights of the Pufflings.  We will also continue working on distinguishing fact and opinion. In addition, we will read different passages and discuss the strategies of comparing and contrasting. 

 English: We will begin the study of verbs in unit 3.  Students will also work on writing an autobiography. 

Things to Remember:

Thursday 1/12:  There will be a multiplication test.  We will have our class Spelling Bee.

Friday 1/13:  There will be a spelling test.

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