Week of 5/20/13 - 5/24/13

We are approaching our last “full” week of 3^rd grade. I can't believe how fast the year went.  We are oh-so-close to winning another good behavior marble party!!   I'll keep you posted :)

Our 2^nd grade pen pals will be visiting us on Tuesday. We enjoyed the letters they wrote and can't wait to meet them.

Enjoy this beautiful weather!    Go Blackhawks!!!

Coming up this week:

Spelling: One more, final lesson to go!! Lesson 27 is a list of 4^th grade frequently misspelled words. We'll pretest on Monday, final test on Friday. The only homework will be to write all the words in cursive, on notebook paper, 2 times each. They will be due on Wednesday.

English: We will be focusing on quick writes this week. Most of the students love receiving a “prompt” and responding to it in their writing journals. The sharing is my favorite part!

Reading: Poetry week! Students have received a sheet of vocabulary words and will be quizzed on Monday.

Social Studies: This week, we will go back to our textbooks and study chapter 9, “Communities at Work.” We'll learn about saving and spending money; what a great topic for soon to be 4^th graders!!

Science: We are technically done with all our units of study. We will read and discuss Energy this week (chapter 14.) I'm not sure what this will entail, but it should be fun!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: This week and the next we will be exploring some of the units we didn't dive into as much as I would have liked. Look out for money, fractions, and simple problem solving.

Important Dates:

5/21 - 2^nd graders visit us

5/27 – Memorial Day (day off)

6/4 – Prairieview picnic

6/5 – Last Day of School (Summer begins!)

Have a great weekend!! Mrs. Klacza