Week of 10/7/13 - 10/11/13

Happy October! It doesn't seem like Fall yet, but it soon will. The students have been working hard as we settle in to our 3^rd grade routine!!

There will be a good behavior Marble Party on Tuesday! Woo Hoo!! The students have worked hard to get compliments from other teachers in the hallway AND from me within the classroom. It was a group effort and I'm very proud of them. If you'd like to send in a healthy treat for the class to share on Tuesday, we'd love it! Email me if you wish to do so. I am going to bring something as well.

Coming up this week:

Spelling: We will be taking a pretest on LESSON 7 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 of the regular spelling words. The homework assigned on Tuesday will be due on Thursday.  The final test is on Friday. The students will only be tested on the regular spelling words; challenge words will not be tested.

English:  We continue our study of Nouns this coming week. There will be a short quiz on Wednesday on lessons 4-7 (plural nouns.) Then on to possessive nouns. The chapter 2 test is planned for Wednesday, 10/16.

Reading: We will be finishing The Balad of Mulan with a short, open book quiz on Monday. We've been inferencing all over the place this week, in fact, the students had to use their skills to guess what was inside my school bag! We will start the story The Keeping Quilt later in the week.

Social Studies: We will start our next unit on Communities this week. After we've studied our textbooks, we'll move on to our Downers Grove unit. This is always so much fun; there is so much history to be learned!

Science: Chapter 4, Ecosystems. Lesson 4 will be read and discussed. On Wednesday, we will have a “graded lesson review.” Students will be allowed to use their textbooks and any notes we take on this lesson. Remember, the textbook is on line!!! The Science test for Chapter 4 will be on Friday!!!! Students should review the chapter, the quick studies, graded lesson reviews, and any other notes they have. This will NOT be an open book test.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We will finish Chapter 2 on the addition properties and will have a short “check your progress” quiz on Monday on Lessons 4-7. Students may use their books and flashcards to help them with this quiz. The final Chapter 2 test will be on Thursday. We will take “pretest” on Wednesday and go over the answers together. Check your child's binder and see what it looks like. The test will have the same format.

Important Dates:

10/14 - Columbus Day (day off)

10/17 – Book Fair

10/31 - Halloween Parade & Party

Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza