Mrs. Burland's Bulletin
October 30th - November 3rd

I really enjoyed meeting with each of you for conferences.  It was so nice to sit down and talk with you about your child.  If you ever have any questions, please feel free to contact me at any time.  

Downers Grove Field Trip: The class is looking forward to attending our Downers Grove field trip (11/2), which includes a tour of historical sites, the Downers Grove History Museum, and Giordano's pizza (optional). Make sure students dress according to the weather! 

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:00-1:50 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 1:55 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 Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science: We will finish our study of the History of Downers Grove. Students received a study guide today (10/26). There will be a History of Downers Grove Test on Friday, November 3rd. 

Spelling:  We will continue our Words 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 9th.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, November 9th. 

ELA: We have finished our haunted house papers where students tried to convince a movie producer to buy their haunted house. It is descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. The final draft is due on Tuesday, October 31st. Students were given a rubric/checklist to go over their writing.  

This week we will continue to work on identifying cause and effect with good fit articles during Daily 4. The October Reading Log will be due on Wednesday, November 1st. 

Math: We will finish the study of unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication and early division. Look for a study guide to come home this week. There will be a test in the week of 11/6. They will take a multiplication by 9 test on Wednesday, November 1st.

Things to Remember:
Friday 10/27: No School

Monday 10/30: There is no school due to a Teacher's Institute Day.

Tuesday 10/31: The haunted house final draft is due. Happy Halloween! We will have our class party at 1:00 p.m. and the parade at 1:55 p.m.

Wednesday 11/1: There will be a multiplication by 9 test. The October Reading Log is due.
Thursday 11/2: We will go on our Downers Grove field trip!
 Friday 11/3: There will be a History of Downers Grove Test.

Friday 11/9: There will be a spelling test and the 3 activities are due.

Mrs. Burland's Bulletin
October 23rd - October 27th

The class is looking forward to attending our Downers Grove field trip (11/2), which includes a tour of historical sites, the Downers Grove History Museum, and Giordano's pizza (optional). Below is a picture of one of the sites we will stop, Pierce Downer's House! 

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:00-1:50 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 1:55 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.

Fall Conferences are geared toward meeting with students' homeroom teacher.  I look forward to meeting with you on Monday (10/23), Tuesday (10/24), and Wednesday (10/25). Winter Conferences will be geared toward meeting with math teachers. 

The Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science: We will continue our study of the History of Downers Grove. We will complete our study this week. Look for a study guide to come home. There will be a test in the week of 10/30. 

Spelling:  We will continue our Words 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 Thursday, October 26th.  The spelling test will also be on Thursday, October 26th. We will not have school on Friday, October 27th.

ELA: We will continue our descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. The students are trying to convince a movie director to buy their haunted house! We will also work on identifying cause and effect with good fit articles during Daily 4. 

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 25th. 

Things to Remember:

Monday 10/26: Teachers will be holding conferences with parents from their homeroom.
Tuesday 10/27: Teachers will be holding conferences with parents from their homeroom.

Wednesday 10/25: There will be a multiplication by 8 test. Teachers will be holding conferences with parents from their homeroom.
Thursday 10/26: There will be a spelling test and the 3 activities are due.
Friday 10/27: No School

Mrs. Burland's Bulletin
October 16th - October 20th

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:00-1:50 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 1:55 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.

Fall Conferences are geared toward meeting with students' homeroom teacher.  I look forward to meeting with you on Monday (10/23), Tuesday (10/24), and Wednesday (10/25). Winter Conferences will be geared toward meeting with math teachers. 

The Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science: We will continue our study of the History of Downers Grove. Students will read about Israel Blodgett. 

Spelling:  We will continue our Words 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 Thursday, October 26th.  The spelling test will also be on Thursday, October 26th. We will not have school on Friday, October 27th.

ELA: We are going to  work on descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. The students will try to convince a movie director to buy their haunted house! We will also work on identifying character traits with good fit articles during Daily 4. 

Math: We will finish the study of unit 2, module 2 on arrays and ratio tables.  Students will take a checkpoint and then we will begin unit 2, module 3 on multiplication stories and strategies. They will take a multiplication by 7 test on Wednesday, October 18th.  Students will have two and a half minutes to complete 26 problems.   

Things to Remember:

Wednesday 10/18: There will be a multiplication by 7 test.

Mrs. Burland's Bulletin

October 9th - October 13th

Remember Monday, October 9th is Columbus Day and there will be no school.  Please plan accordingly.

Halloween: 

The Halloween party and parade 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.

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 Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science: We will continue the study of the history of Downers Grove.

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 11th.  They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems.   

Spelling: We will continue our Words 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 13th.  The spelling test will also be on Friday, October 13th.  

English Language Arts: This week we will be working descriptive language writing, character traits, theme, and cause and effect. These are all important reading and writing skills. We will also continue our Daily 5 Program.

Please make sure your child is reading! October logs are due by November 1st.

Things to Remember:
Monday 10/9: There is no school today due to Columbus Day!
Wednesday 10/11:  There will be a multiplication by 6 test. 

Friday 10/13: There will be a spelling test and 3 activities are due.