Miss Pellin's Post
October 31st - November 4th

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Monday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:10-2:10 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 2:10 p.m.

2. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

3. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves. 

4. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.

5. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

Conferences are geared toward meeting with students' homeroom teacher.  I look forward to meeting with you on Tuesday, November 2nd and Wednesday, November 3rd.

The Eleventh Week of 2016 at School:
Social Studies: We will begin studying the history of Downers Grove. 

Science: We will focus on social studies.

Spelling:  Students will be given a new list of words along with a homework sheet with a list of activities.  Students should complete 3 activities from their homework sheet and turn them in on Friday, November 18th.  Some of activities listed cannot be turned in.   Please initial next to the activity name so that I know the activity was completed if needed.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, November 18th.  

ELA: This week students will work on finding text evidence in order to answer questions from a passage. This will help students write reading responses. Students will also work on reading fluency.

The October reading log is due on Tuesday, November 1st.

Math: We will finish the study of unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication and early division. The unit 2 test will be on Wednesday, November 2nd. The study guide will also be due on Wednesday, November 2nd. They will take a multiplication by 9 test on Thursday, November 3rd.  

Things to Remember:
Monday 10/31: Happy Halloween! We will have our classroom parties and a parade!
Tuesday 11/1: The October reading log is due.

Wednesday 11/2: There will be a unit 2 math test and the study guide is due.
Thursday 11/3: There will be a multiplication by 9 test. 

Miss Pellin's Post
October 24th - October 28th

Wednesday, October 26th is an early dismissal day. Please plan accordingly.

Our Halloween party will take place on Monday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:10-2:10 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 2:10 p.m.

Conferences are geared toward meeting with students' homeroom teacher.  I look forward to meeting with you on Tuesday, November 2nd and Wednesday, November 3rd.

The Tenth Week of 2016 at School:
Social Studies: We will begin studying the history of Downers Grove. 

Science: We have finished the study of the water cycle in chapter 9. Students have received a study guide. The chapter 9 test will be on Tuesday, October 25th.

Spelling:  Students were given a list of words along with a homework sheet with a list of activities.    Students should complete 3 activities from their homework sheet and turn them in on Friday, October 28th.  Some of activities listed cannot be turned in.   Please initial next to the activity name so that I know the activity was completed if needed.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, October 28th.  

ELA: This week students will work on finding text evidence in order to answer questions from a passage. For English, we are going to continue to work on descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. The students will try to convince a movie director to buy their haunted house!

Math: We will continue the study of unit 2, module 3 on multiplication stories and strategies.  Then we will work on unit 2, module 4 on early division and remainders. They will take a multiplication by 8 test on Wednesday, October 26th.  Students will have two and a half minutes to complete 26 problems.   Students who pass on Wednesday, October 26th will receive the full amount of points (13/13).  If students don't pass the test on the first day, they will take the test the next day and receive 12/13 if they pass.  Students will continue taking the test each day until they pass and one point will be taken off each day.  

Things to Remember:
Tuesday 10/25: There will be a chapter 9 science test.

Wednesday 10/26: There will be a multiplication by 8 test. It is an early dismissal day.
Friday 10/28: There will be a spelling test and the 3 activities are due.

Miss Pellin's Post
October 17th - October 21st

Conferences for students' homeroom teacher will be held in the first week of November.  Sign ups will be coming out soon.

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Monday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:10-2:10 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 2:10 p.m.

2. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

3. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves. 

4. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.

5. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

The Ninth Week of 2016 at School:

Science: We will study weather in chapter 9, lesson 3.  Look for a study guide to come home this week.  There will be a test in the week of October 24th.  

The students watched the water cycle in progress during a class experiment.  First, the water evaporated when it was boiled.  Ice cubes were placed in the pie pan in order to cool down the air.  This caused the water vapor  to condense on the bottom of the pie pan. As the condensed water started to build up, it fell like precipitation.  

  

Spelling:  We will continue our Ways Their Way program.  Students will be given their list of words along with a homework sheet with a list of activities.    Students should complete 3 activities from their homework sheet and turn them in on Friday, October 28th.  Some of activities listed cannot be turned in.   Please initial next to the activity name so that I know the activity was completed if needed.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, October 28th.  

ELA: Students should finish writing their fractured fairytales of Cinderella by Monday, October 17th. They should use the fairytale requirements sheet to help them. The story is 5 paragraphs long. Furthermore, we will be continuing myths and reading stories about the Greek Gods.

Math: We will continue the study of unit 2, module 2 on arrays and ratio tables.  Students will use base ten blocks, the distributive property, and ratio tables to solve multiplication problems.   They will take a multiplication by 7 test on Wednesday, October 19th.  Students will have two and a half minutes to complete 26 problems.   Students who pass on Wednesday, October 19th will receive the full amount of points (13/13).  If students don't pass the test on the first day, they will take the test the next day and receive 12/13 if they pass.  Students will continue taking the test each day until they pass and one point will be taken off each day.  

Things to Remember:
Monday 10/17: Fractured fairytales are due.

Wednesday 10/19: There will be a multiplication by 7 test.

MISS PELLIN'S POST

October 10th - October 14th

Remember Monday, October 10th is Columbus Day and there will be no school.  Please plan accordingly.

Halloween: 

The Halloween parade and party will be on October 31st.  

Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume:

1. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

2. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves. 

3. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating. Also, costumes should not include fake blood.

4. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

On Thursday, October 13th there will be a book fair and taffy apple sale from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

A message from Mrs. Cushing, our P.E. teacher:
If your child would like to be part of the Prairieview P.E. Bulletin board, please take an "action" picture of your child showing some type of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY that they are involved in outside of school. Please get these in as soon as possible. I will accept pictures as they come in. Any questions? Please contact me at tcushing@ccsd66.org. Thanks!

We are halfway through the 1st trimester of third grade! Time sure flies! Feel free to check your child's grades online. If you are having problems doing so, please call the office.

The Eighth Week of 2016 at School:

Science: We will study chapter 9, lesson 2 on the water cycle. We will also conduct an experiment where we can see the water cycle in motion.  

Social Studies: We will focus on science.

Math: We will continue our study of unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication and early division. We will continue building multiplication arrays and ratio tables.  Students will also take a multiplication by 6 test on Wednesday, October 12th.  They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems.   Students who pass on Wednesday, October 12th will receive the full amount of points (13/13).  If students don't pass the test on the first day, they will take the test the next day and receive 12/13 if they pass.  Students will continue taking the test each day until they pass and one point will be taken off each day.  

Spelling: We will continue our Ways Their Way program.  Students have already received a list of words along with a homework sheet with a list of activities.  Students should complete 3 activities and turn them in on Friday, October 14th.  One of the activities listed cannot be turned in.   Please initial next to the activity name so that I know the activity was completed if needed.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, October 14th.  

English Language Arts: Students will finish writing their fractured fairy tales. They need to 5 paragraphs long. Students received a fractured fairytale requirements page to help guide them.  We will also study adjectives and discuss how adjectives can make our writing more interesting.

This week we will begin studying Greek myths. We will continue our Daily 4 program.

Things to Remember:
Monday 10/10: There is no school today due to Columbus Day!
Wednesday 10/12:  There will be a multiplication by 6 test. 
Thursday 10/13:  There will be a book fair!

Friday 10/14: There will be a spelling test and 3 activities are due.