Friday, November 15, 2013

Week of 11/18/13 - 11/22/13

We had a lovely 4-day week and looking forward to a busy one this upcoming week, as well.  Our field trip to Downers Grove is Friday.   Please make sure your child is dressed according to the weather because some of it will be outdoors.  Your child may bring spending money for the Main Street stores, but please do not send in more than $10.00.   Typically, students bring in about $5!    If you have any other questions about that day, email me.   We also end our first trimester this coming week.  Can you believe we are one-third of the way finished with third grade?   Lasthly, an important reminder from Mrs. Spakausky:
Prairieview School-Community Service Project
Animal Assisted Therapy Program-Edward Hospital
Prairieview School, in Downers Grove, (3rd, 4th and 5th Graders) is proud to have an opportunity to sponsor an Edward Hospital therapy dog.  The students are looking forward to sponsoring, Kodi.
Prairieview School will take donations until November 19th!
If you want to learn more about this Animal Assisted Therapy Program go the the following link:  httpwww.edward.org/animalassistedtherapy
Coming up this week:
Spelling: We will be taking a Lesson 12 pretest on Monday.  Cursive homework for everyone is due Tuesday and the ABC order OR 2 challenge activities are due Thursday.  The test will be Thursday due to the DG field trip on Friday.


English: We will begin our next unit in the English textbook on Verbs.   


Reading:  We have begun our novel study this week.  Some of the students will be reading Hey, New Kid!, Others will be reading Top Secret.   Students will be working in a Book Buddies packet to make predictions, summarize, work on cause & effect, and infer.


Social Studies:  We will continue to study current day Downers Grove.  There will be an open note quiz on DG history on Tuesday.   An open note test on EVERYTHING will be coming up, not sure when yet, but I’ll keep the students informed (Probably 11/25 or 11/26.).  


Science:   We’ll start studying Matter (chapter 11) this week.  Our first lesson review (open book/notes) will be on Wednesday.


Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Students should be prepared for a unit test on multiplication Tuesday.  A study guide is being sent home today.  Division is next!


Important Dates:
11/20 - Teachers’ Institute (11:00 dismissal from PV)
11/22 - Downers Grove Field Trip (With Miss Millbrandt’s class) 
11/27 - 11/29 - Days off for Thanksgiving


Have a great weekend! Mrs. Klacza


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