Miss Pellin's Post
January 5th to January 9th

I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday! School will resume on  Monday, January 5th.  

Our class will take the reading MAPs testing on January 8th and the math MAPs test on January 13th.  Please talk to your child about trying their best! Also make sure they eat a good breakfast and get plenty of sleep.  Thank you!

The class had a great time at the Tivoli!  

The Eighteenth Week at School:

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

Social Studies: We will begin the study of chapter 3 on customs and immigration.  Also, we will be celebrating Culture Day on Wednesday, January 21st and Thursday, January 22nd.  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 will be sent home on Wednesday, January 7th.  The Culture Day planning sheet which will also be sent home on Wednesday and will be due on Monday, January 12th.  

Math:  We will begin topic 6 on multiplication.  This chapter focuses on multiply by 3, 4, 6, 7, 8.  

Now that we are done with addition and subtraction timed tests, we will move on to multiplication.  Students will start with multiplication by 2's.  They will have 3 minutes to complete 24 problems.  Students will have 5 days to pass each multiplication test which they will 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.  

Spelling:

There will not be spelling this week.  Instead we will study prefixes, root words, and suffixes.  

Reading: We will continue our unit on traditions.  This week students will read The Keeping Quilt and discuss the traditions in the story. Students will also receive a weekly words list.  They will be tested on the weekly words on Friday, January 9th.  December Reading Logs will be due on Monday, January 5th.  

English: Students will be writing about their New Year's resolution.  

Things to Remember:

Monday 1/5:  December Reading Logs are due.

Friday 1/9:  There will be a weekly words quiz. 

Monday 1/12:  The Cultural Day Planning Sheet is due.

Miss Pellin's Post
December 15th to December 19th

Our class will go on a bowling field trip on Monday, December 15th. Optional: Students can bring $5.00 if they would like to buy a snack at the bowling alley. Please send your child with a sack lunch on this day.

On Friday, December 19th, the third grade students will watch the movie Miracle on 34th Street at the Tivoli.

The Seventeenth Week of 2014 at School:

Science: We will focus on social studies this week.  

Social Studies:  We will finish the study of local government in chapter 12.  There will be an open book/open packet test on modern day Downers Grove and chapter 12 on Thursday, December 18th.  

We will also start a new unit, holidays around the world.  In this unit, students will work in groups and be given a country.  They will be doing research on that country and then make a poster to present to the class.  They will get to learn about how other countries celebrate this holiday. 

Math:  We will finish the study of topic 5 on multiplication facts using patterns.  Students received a practice test which is due on Wednesday, December 17th.  The topic 5 test will be on Thursday, December 18th.  

Students should continue to study their math facts each night.  

Spelling: This week students will be given a holiday list.  They will write a story using the words on the holiday list.  Their story will be graded.  Students will not be tested on the holiday list.  

Reading:  There will not be a Weekly Words Quiz this week.   We will continue our new unit called Traditions.  We will also be reading a lot of nonfiction text and learn different nonfiction reading strategies.  In addition we will discuss cause and effect.  

English: We will finish the study of verbs in unit 3.  There will be a test on verbs on Friday, December 19th.  

 

Things to Remember:
Monday 12/15: We will go bowling. 

Thursday 12/18: There will be a topic 5 math test and a modern day Downers Grove/Chapter 12 test.  

Friday 12/19:  We will go to the Tivoli.  There will be a verb test.

Miss Pellin's Post
December 8th to December 12th

In the picture above the class is standing in front of Pierce Downers house!  Thank you to all the parents who were chaperones for the Downers Grove field trip!

Our class will go on a bowling field trip on Monday, December 15th. You can send your child with money if they would like to buy a snack at the bowling alley. Please send your child with a sack lunch on this day.

The Sixteenth Week of 2014 at School:

Science: We will focus on social studies this week.  

Social Studies:  We will study local government in chapter 12 and relate it to the Downers Grove government.  

We will start a new unit, holidays around the world.  In this unit, students will work in groups and be given a country.  They will be doing research on that country and then make a poster to present to the class.  They will get to learn about how other countries celebrate this holiday. 

Math:  We will continue the study of topic 5 on multiplication facts using patterns.  This week we will focus on the study of the factors 0, 1, and 10.  We will also study patterns for facts and problem solving. 

Students will also take a timed test on subtraction on Friday, December 12th.  They will need to complete 30 problems in 3 minutes.  They will take practice tests leading up to Friday, December 12th.

Spelling: This week in spelling we will work on List 13.  There will be a pretest on Monday, December 8th.  The final test will be on Friday, December 12th.

Reading:  There will be a Weekly Words Quiz on Friday, December 12th.   We will continue our new unit called Traditions.  We will also be reading a lot of nonfiction text and learn different nonfiction reading strategies.

English: We will continue the study of verbs in unit 3.

Things to Remember:

Friday 12/12: We will have a spelling test and a weekly words quiz.  There will be a subtraction timed test. 

Monday 12/15: We will go bowling.

Contact Information: 

E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065