Miss Pellin's Post

January 19th to January 23rd

Remember that on Monday, January 19th there will not be school due to Martin Luther King's birthday.  Please plan accordingly.  

Six Flags’ Read to Succeed logs are due on Friday, January 3oth.

Spelling Bee:  We will have a Spelling Bee in our classroom on Friday, January 23rd.  You will find a list of spelling words that will be used for the spelling bee in your child's binder.  The winner and runner-up will compete against the winners in the other third grade classrooms on January 28th.  

We had the pleasure of having Mr. Arnold come to our class to discuss his job as a community leader and superintendent.  The students had the opportunity to ask him different questions about his job!  

Matter Presentation:  We are fortunate to invite scientists from "High Touch-High Tech to Prairieview.  They will lead students through many experiments involving the different states of matter on Friday, February 6th.  Please send in $7.50 for this presentation by Wednesday, January 21st.

The Twentieth Week at School:

Science: We will continue the study of matter in chapter 11.  

Social Studies:  We will continue the study of chapter 3 on customs and immigration. Culture Day will be celebrated on Wednesday, January 28th and Thursday, January 29th.  Each student should be prepared to share something about his or her cultural heritage with the class.  Please take a look at the Culture Day packet which was sent home on Wednesday, January 14th.  The Culture Day planning sheet which was sent home on Wednesday and will be due on Tuesday, January 20th.    

Math:  We continue the study of topic 6 on multiplication.  This chapter focuses on multiply by 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.  

Students have already started taking timed multiplication tests.  All students have passed their multiplication by 2's test and will now take their multiplication by 5's test.  They have 3 minutes to complete 24 problems.  Students will have 5 days to pass each multiplication test which they  take daily.  If they pass in less than 5 days then they will move on to a new fact.  Students should be practicing their facts every night.  They will be tested on facts in the following order:

-5's
-10's
-3's
-4's
-5's
-6's
-7's
-8's
-9's
-11's
-12's

Spelling:  This week there will not be a spelling list.  Students will study suffixes.  There will be a suffix quiz on Friday, January 23rd.  

Reading: We will continue our unit on traditions.  This week students will continue to discuss The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco and talk about the traditions in the story. They will be tested on vocabulary words from The Keeping Quilt on Thursday, January 22nd.  Then we will read When Lightning Comes in a Jar by Patricia Polacco and compare the two stories.  In addition we will compare and contrast good fit articles and/or books.  

English: Students will begin writing an autobiography.

Things to Remember:

Monday 1/19:  There will be no school due to Martin Luther King's birthday.
Tuesday 1/20:  The Cultural Day Planning Sheet is due.

Thursday 1/22:  There will be a vocabulary test. 
Friday 1/23:  We will have the class Spelling Bee.  

Wednesday 1/28:  It is Culture Day!
Thursday 1/29:  It is Culture Day!