Week of 1/6/14 - 1/10/14

I hope you all have a joyous and healthy holiday. Enjoy your families and keep them close; I know I will. See you all in 2014!!

We will come back in January to MAP testing.  Please make sure your child gets plenty of rest and eats a good healthy breakfast & snack.  Our days for testing are shown below.

Coming up next week:

Spelling: Lesson 15.   Pretest on Monday, cursive due on Tuesday.   Challenge activities OR ABC order due on Thursday.   Test Friday for all those using the regular words.   No test for “challenge” words.

English: We will do some writing this week.  We will also work on prefixes/suffixes.

Reading:  This week we start a new story from our basals, The Night of the Pufflings.

Social Studies:  We will begin Chapter 3, “People Move From Place to Place” after the winter break.  Please look out for the letter regarding Culture Day!  Our first Graded Review for lesson 1 will take place on Monday (open book/notes, of course!)

Science:   We’ll start Chapter 12 on Energy.  Our first graded review will be on 1/13.   

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ll be MAP testing this week so Tues/Wed. will be non-math days.  The rest of the days we will be finishing up our chapter on multiplication/division by 2, 5, & 10.   The test will take place on Tuesday, 1/14.

Important Dates:

12/20 - Tivoli Field Trip to see The Tale of Despereaux

12/20 - Last day of school before holiday break

1/7 - Reading MAP test

1/7 - Matter Matters field trip

⅛ - Math MAP test

1/15 - Early Dismissal Day (11:00)

1/20 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Bday - No school

Have a great holiday!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 12/16/13 - 12/20/13

Can you believe we are entering our final week before the holiday break?  This is probably my favorite week of the school year.  Our bowling field trip is Thursday morning.   You may send money with your child, but please make it a small amount.  $5.00 goes a long way!   If your child is having a snack at the bowling alley, please send a very light lunch from home that day.  Trust me, they all come back to school stuffed!!  We are also heading to the Tivoli for a wonderful movie treat Friday afternoon.  We are so thankful to Mrs. Schultz!   Stay warm this weekend, everyone!   

Coming up next week:

Spelling: Holiday Words! -- Pretest on Monday.   Test on Friday.  Cursive HW due Tuesday (They will use a sheet of notebook paper.)  Students will write a story using all the words (15) and that will be due on Thursday.   No Friday test for challenge students!

English: We will do some writing this week.

Reading:  We will celebrate Christmas Around the World.  Each child will be assigned a different country (England, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Mexico, or Italy.)   They will present their groups’ posters on Thursday.  We will learn so much!  

Social Studies:  We are once again taking a social studies break this week.  We will begin Chapter 3, “People Move From Place to Place” after the winter break.

Science:   Our test is scheduled for chapter 11 on Tuesday, 12/17.  Please make sure you send in your permission slip/money for our in school field trip happening on Tuesday, 1/7.  

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  we started our next unit on multiplication and division patterns.  There will be a quiz on Lessons 1-5 on Friday.

Important Dates:

12/17 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

12/19 - 3rd graders go bowling!

12/20 - Tivoli Field Trip to see The Tale of Despereaux

12/20 - Last day of school before holiday break

1/7 - Matter Matters field trip

Have a great weekend and stay warm! Mrs. Klacza

Week of 12/9/13 - 12/13/13

We made it through a week with Mini Man, our Elf on the Shelf.  Has your child told you about him? He has been naughty AND nice.   Can’t wait to see what shenanigans he’ll get into this week!

We have also won a good behavior “marble” party!   It will take place on Thursday; we’ll be watching The Santa Clause.   Please make sure your child has returned his/her permission slip.

Coming up next week:

Spelling: Lesson 14 -- Pretest on Monday, Test on Friday.  Cursive HW due Tuesday.  ABC order OR 2 challenge activities due on Thursday.   No Friday test for challenge students!

English: We will continue our unit on verbs with irregular verbs and contractions with the word “not.”  On Friday, 12/13, we will have our verbs test.

Reading:  Our reading activities this week will rely on Christmas and other holiday stories, such as Twas the Night Before Christmas and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Social Studies:  We are once again taking a social studies break this week.  We will begin Chapter 3, “People Move From Place to Place” after the winter break.

Science:   We will reread Lesson 3 on physical vs. chemical change on Monday and take an open book and note graded review on Thursday. A test is scheduled for chapter 11 on Tuesday, 12/17.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  The division unit test will be Tuesday, 12/10.  On Wednesday, there will be a good behavior celebration during class!   If anyone wants to send in a healthy treat to share with the class, that would be great!   There are 14 students.   On Thursday we will start on next unit on multiplication and division patterns.

Important Dates:

12/12 - Good Behavior/Marble Party

12/17 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

12/19 - 3rd graders go bowling!

12/20 - Last day of school before holiday break

Have a great weekend and stay warm! Mrs. Klacza