Week of 6/2/14 - 6/6/14

I can’t wait for our box top pizza lunch today!  Thank you Mr. Simpson for organizing the food and drinks and for bringing it all in!   

We have one more full week and then our shorter “final” week.  It’s been just flying by, at least for me!!

Coming up the week:

Spelling:  We are officially done with spelling!   

English:  The students have been working on a special persuasive writing project.   They will be sharing them this week.  

Reading:  Each student has been assigned a reading group and a mystery novel.  They’ve planned out the reading so that each day there is a portion of the book to read.  They will meet in their groups daily to discuss and read.

Social Studies:  We are basically done with social studies; however, there may be small activities that pop up.  

Science:  The students will each be creating a poster on an animal they would like to research.  The poster will include the animal’s food chain and other interesting facts and pictures.  

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ll begin our FINAL unit on on graphing and data (chapter 12.)   We’ll specifically study picture graphs, bar graphs, and line graphs.  

Important Dates:

5/28 - Box Tops Pizza Pary

6/9 - Bowling Field Trip (Lots of junk food eaten that day; have your child bring
in a sack lunch)

6/11 - Field Days & Picnic

6/12 - Last Day of School!!

Have a great weekend!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 5/26/14 - 5/30/14

Happy Memorial Day everyone!   So far the weather looks awesome so go out and enjoy a wonderful 3-day weekend with family and friends!!    

Good News!!    Our class had the highest amount of box tops in 3rd grade (second highest amount at PV) and we won a pizza party!!    We will have it on Friday, 5/30, so no lunch is required that day.  Thank you Mr. Simpson for being in charge of box top collections - it is a great fundraiser for our school.  

Coming up the week:

Spelling:  This week our spelling list will consist of summer words.  There is no challenge work.  If a student gets 0 or 1 wrong on Tuesday’s pretest, he/she will have the same homework as everyone else, but will be exempt from Friday’s test.  I’ll assign the homework as we go…   This is our last week of Spelling!!!    

English:  We will continue working on persuasive writing this week.

Reading:  We will have our Egypt test on Wednesday,  5/28.  I’ll then be choosing some novels to finish our year up.   Students will be grouped and each group will have a different novel to read and discuss.

Social Studies:  We are basically done with social studies; however, there may be small activities that pop up.  

Science:  We’ll start Chapter 5 on how living things depend on one another.  There will not be a final test on this chapter, rather, the students will create a poster as a culminating project.  Lesson 2 graded review (open book) will be on Tuesday and Lesson 3 will be on Thursday.  

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Our chapter 13 test date will be Wednesday, 5/28.  We’ll then begin our FINAL unit on on graphing and data (chapter 12.)   

Important Dates:

5/26 - Memorial Day (day off)

5/28 - Box Tops Pizza Party 

6/11 - Field Days & Picnic

6/12 - Last Day of School!!

Have a great 3-day weekend!  Go Hawks!!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 5/19/14 - 5/23/14

I hope you all have a sensational weekend!  My son and future daughter-in-law will be coming home from Seattle for a long weekend AND their shower on Sunday and I am so excited!!   Weather is warming up and our Blackhawks are on fire!!!   

Coming up the week:

Spelling:  This week our spelling list will consist of some more fourth grade words.  There is no challenge work.  If a student gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong on Monday’s pretest, he/she will have the same homework as everyone else, but will be exempt from Friday’s test.  I’ll assign the homework as we go...

English:  We will continue working on persuasive writing this week.

Reading:  We will be continuing our Egypt unit this week, studying Cleopatra specifically.  I’m looking at 5/28 as a test date for our unit.

Social Studies:  The chapter 9 final test will be on Tuesday, 5/20.   

Science:  We’ll start Chapter 5 on how living things depend on one another.  There will not be a final test on this chapter, rather, the students will create a poster as a culminating project.  

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We will continue chapter 13 on area and perimeter.  I’m looking at 5/28 as our unit test date.

Important Dates:

5/26 - Memorial Day (day off)

6/11 - Field Days & Picnic

6/12 - Last Day of School!!

Have a great weekend and Go Blackhawks!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 5/12/14 - 5/16/14

Happy Mothers’ Day to all you wonderful moms out there who do such a fine job each and every day!!   At the end of today we will be officially finished with this year’s MAPs testing.  Please continue to check your child’s grades because we are not done with third grade!! Our Junior Achievement representative will be coming on Thursday afternoon. Also, don’t forget we have an early dismissal day on Friday!

Coming up the week:

Spelling:  This week our spelling list will consist of some fourth grade words.  There is no challenge work.  If a student gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong on Monday’s pretest, he/she will have the same homework as everyone else, but will be exempt from Friday’s test.  I’ll assign the homework as we go...

English:  We will be working on persuasive writing this week.

Reading:  We will be continuing our Egypt unit this week.  We are comparing the text in several Egypt books we have, specifically two books on ancient Egypt and one on Tut’s mummy, and will find out all about King Tut this week.  

Social Studies:  We will continue chapter 9 this week.  There will be a Lesson 3 open book/notes quiz on Thursday.   The chapter 9 final test will be on 5/20.

Science:  Our science test will occur on Tuesday.   We’ll play our “numbered heads together” review game on Monday. We’ll then start Chapter 3 on Animals.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Chapter 13 on area and perimeter begins this week!  Our first quiz on lessons 1-4 will be on Friday.

Important Dates:

5/16 - Early Dismissal (11:00) 

5/26 - Memorial Day (day off)

6/11 - Field Days & Picnic

6/12 - Last Day of School!!

Have a great weekend and Go Blackhawks!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 5/5/14 - 5/9/14

It was great seeing so many of you at our Open House last night!   I hope you enjoyed seeing all the work your child has done throughout our year.  I’m very proud of them!!

This coming week we will be MAPs testing for the final time in third grade.  Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast and gets a good night’s sleep, particularly before our testing days of Wednesday and Friday.  Also, I must emphasize how important a healthy snack is DAILY!  We sit and eat every morning and it helps the children focus and feel good!

Coming up the week:

Spelling:  This week our spelling list will consist of the second half of the students’ and teachers’ names.  There is no challenge work.  If a student gets 0, 1, or 2 wrong on Monday’s pretest, he/she will have the same homework as everyone else, but will be exempt from Friday’s test.  I’ll assign the homework as we go...

English:  We will be working on narrative writing this week.

Reading:  We will be continuing our Egypt unit this week.  We are comparing the text in several Egypt books we have, specifically two books on ancient Egypt and one on Tut’s mummy.

Social Studies:  We will continue chapter 9 this week.  There will be a Lesson 2 open book/notes quiz on Tuesday.  

Science:   This week we will continue the unit entitled “Getting Ready for Science.”  It focuses on Inquiry Skills and the Scientific Method.  There will be an open book/notes graded review on Lesson 3 on Wednesday.   It looks like our science test will occur on Tuesday, 5/13.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Our chapter 14 Geometry test will take place on Tuesday.  We will review on Monday.  We will then back peddle a bit and begin chapter 13 on perimeter and area.  

Important Dates:

5/7 & 5/9 - MAPs testing for Klacza

5/16 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

5/26 - Memorial Day (day off) 

6/11 - Field Days & Picnic

6/12 - Last Day of School!!

Have a great weekend & Go Blackhawks!   Mrs. Klacza