Week of 9/10/12 - 9/14/12

We are truly getting into our 3^rd grade curriculum and are starting quizzes and tests. Watch the blog for news in each subject!

When sending an envelop to school, please indicate your child's name, grade, my name and what you are sending.
Also, please check your child's planner everyday this quarter.  I'm seeing a lot of signatures - thank you!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: This week, we will be taking a pretest on LESSON 3 on Monday.  The cursive worksheet is homework on Monday. On Tuesday, depending on what group your child is in (challenge or non-challenge) the homework will either be 2 challenge activities or ABC order.  The final test is on Friday.

English: We will continue working in unit 1 - the Sentence.  There is a D.O.L. quiz on Thursday, 9/13.  Your child has a study guide in their homework pocket in their binder.  This quiz focuses on capitalizing beginning of sentences, adding punctuation to end of sentences, abbreviating days of the week correctly and capitalizing proper nouns.

Reading: Our exploration of the strategies continues as we focus on making connections, questioning and summarizing this week.  Students will find out an interesting way to summarize nonfiction text.  Please make sure your child is reading nightly and keeping track of their reading on their September calendars!

Social Studies: We will go in groups on a treasure hunt throughout the building to practice our direction skills.

Science: We will be working in chapter 9 on the weather cycle.  On Thursday, there will be an open book/open note graded review.  We will take this review together so I can model how to use the book to find answers.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: I've been enjoying getting to know your children! We will continue to work on chapter 1, focusing this week on place value, writing numbers in standard and expanded forms, and problem solving. Due to MAPs testing, there will be no math on Wednesday. There is a test planned in my classroom for Tuesday, 9/18, on chapter 1.

Important Dates:

9/10/12 – Reading MAPs test (11:45-12:45)

9/28/12 – School Improvement Day, early dismissal (11:00 PV)

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza