Friday, February 1, 2013

Miss Pellin's Post
February 4th to February 8th



On Thursday, February 14th we will celebrate Valentine's Day. When buying Valentine's Day cards, please do not pick out ones that include candy.  Students will not be able to pass out any candy.  Also, there are 25 students in the class. 

Congratulations Gabrielle for winning the third grade Spelling Bee! 

The Fifth Week of 2013 at School:
Science: We will finish our study of chapter 11 on matter.  There will be a test in the week on Thursday, February 7th.

Social Studies: We will continue the study of chapter 3 titled People Move from Place to Place.  Also, we will be celebrating Culture Day on Monday, February 11thTuesday, February 12th, and Wednesday, February 13th. 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 that was sent home with your child.  The culture day planning sheet is due on Monday, February 4th.  Students will not be able to bring in food to pass out due to allergies.  Instead they can bring in pictures of food items.  

Math: There will be a chapter 14 test on Monday, February 4th.  Then we will move on to chapter 15.  Also, we will begin division next week.  The division program is different from the multiplication program.  Students will focus on dividing by one number each week.  Students should first learn their division by 2 facts.  They will be given a division fact sheet on Monday to study from.  The division by 2 test will be on Friday, February 8th.  There will be 26 problems on the test and it will need to be completed in two minutes.  

Spelling: 
In lieu of spelling, we will be studying prefixes, suffixes, and root words.  There will be a prefix quiz on Friday, February 8th.  

Reading: This week we will begin reading Seal Surfer while making connections.  There will be a comprehension check on Wednesday, February 6th and a vocabulary test on Thursday, February 7th.  

English: This week we will study adjectives.  


Things to Remember:
Monday 2/4:  The culture day planning sheet is due.  There will be a math ttest
Wednesday 2/6:  There will be a comprehension check.
Thursday 2/7:  There will be a vocabulary test.
Friday 2/8: We will have a prefix quiz.  There will a division by 2 test. 

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