Week of 2/1/16 - 2/5/16

We had a very successful marble party Wednesday; a great big thank you to Kyle’s parents for buying us pizza and chocolate chip cookies!  What a treat.

Congrats to Izzy and Wesley for making it to the 3rd grade spelling bee.  Wes will be moving on to the district bee on 2/11.

Our Matter Matters in-school field trip takes place on Tuesday afternoon.  It will be a scientific learning experience!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:  Students should be sorting their words every night.  Six activities need to be completed by Friday, 2/5.  The test will be on 2/5 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re starting The Matchbox Diary this week.

We’re starting fiction novels this week.   Students are required to complete a book report as they did with their mystery novels.  These will mostly be done in class during our daily stations. The final products are due on or before March 1.   Also, a new February log will be coming home on Monday!  

Read to Succeed sheets for Great America tickets are due on Monday!!

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re continuing the study of matter. The next graded review (lesson 3) will be on Thursday.  The final chapter test on matter will be on Tuesday, February 9.  A study guide will come home next week some time.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ve begun Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.  We’ll specifically work on multiplication and division story problems.

Important Dates:

2/2 - Matter Matters field trip (in class)

⅔ - Early Dismissal (11:35 for PV)

2/11 - Valentine’s Day party

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

Have a great weekend!

Week of 1/25/16 - 1/29/16

Today marks the halfway point of Trimester 2, which means we are about halfway through third grade!   Can you believe it??  Please make sure you check your child’s grades on line.  

Coming up next week:

Spelling:  Students will receive their next group of words on Monday.  They should be sorting their words every night.  Six activities need to be completed by Friday, 2/5.  The test will be on 2/5 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re finishing up  When Lightning Comes in a Jar, by Patricia Polacco.  

We’re finishing up our mystery novels this week.   Rather than an Independent Reading Contract, students are required to complete a book report.  These will mostly be done in class during our daily stations. The final products are due on February 1.   Also, keep reading for the January log!  

Read to Succeed sheets for Great America tickets are due on or before February 1.

Congratulations to Izzy and Wes who will represent our class in the third grade spelling bee on Wednesday.

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re continuing the study of matter. We are starting Lesson 2 on Tuesday which discusses the states of matter.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  Our assessment on Unit 4 will be on Tuesday, 1/26.  We’ll go over the pre-assessment together on Monday.  We’ll then begin Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.   Today marks the halfway point of trimester 2; please make sure you’re checking your child’s math grades on line!

Important Dates:

2/2 - Matter Matters field trip (in class)

2/3 - Early Dismissal (11:35 for PV)

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

Have a great weekend!

Week of 1/18/16 - 1/22/16

We are finished with our second round of MAP testing.  We’ll test one more time in the spring.  Now let’s get through the rest of January!! Before you know it, we’ll be celebrating Valentine’s Day!!

We celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday on Monday.  We talked about this great, peaceful man today.  Enjoy your 3-day weekend in his honor!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Students each received a new spelling list/color.  They should be sorting their words every night.  Six activities need to be completed by Friday, 1/22.  The test will be on 1/22 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re finishing up The Keeping Quilt. by Patricia Polacco and introducing  When Lightning Comes in a Jar, also by Polacco.  

We’re reading mystery novels this month.   Rather than an Independent Reading Contract, students are required to complete a book report.  These will mostly be done in class during our daily stations.  Also, keep reading for the January log!  

Read to Succeed sheets for Great America tickets are due on or before February 1.

Tuesday will be our practice spelling bee and Wednesday we’ll compete for a winner and a runner up who will then compete with the other 3rd grade winners.  There is no studying involved with this Bee!!   We truly want our Bee to reflect what our students already know.

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re continuing the study of matter.  We’ll be finishing up the rest of lesson 1 on buoyancy and taking notes this week.  On Thursday, students will take a graded review (quiz) which will be open book/open notes.  If your child still owes $7.50 for the in-school field trip, please send it in as soon as possible.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’re continuing Unit 4, focusing this week on fractions.  So far, it looks like our assessment on this unit will be on Tuesday, 1/26.

Important Dates:

1/15 - Early Dismissal (11:35)

1/18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Bday - day off!

2/2 - Matter Matters field trip (in class)

Have a great 3-day weekend!

Week of 1/11/16 - 1/15/16

Happy New Year!   It was a wonderful 2 week break but I am happy to be back in a routine!  I hope you are all feeling the same way.

Good news!  Emily’s Mom and Dad put my name into a drawing at Marquette Bank in Bolingbrook to win a $200 gift card for classroom needs and…………… (drumroll...)  We won!!   I promise to put it to good use.  

MAP testing is next week; Tuesday is reading and Wednesday is math.  Please make sure your child gets a good breakfast and brings a healthy snack to school.  Also, a good night’s sleep is a must!!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   On Monday the students will each receive 2 copies of their spelling words.  One they will cut up for sorting purposes, the other will remain in their spelling pocket.  Menu 1 (pink) will be coming home on Monday, also, and remember, only 6 activities need to be completed by 1/22.  The test will be on 1/22 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re finishing up The Keeping Quilt. by Patricia Polacco.  A vocabulary quiz will take place on Monday.  Please make sure your child reads through their vocabulary slides on Classroom (chromebooks.)  

We’re reading mystery novels this month.   Rather than an Independent Reading Contract, students are required to complete a book report.  These will mostly be done in class during our daily stations.

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!

Science:   We’re beginning the study of matter.  We’ll be reading and taking notes this week.  On Monday, an interesting homework assignment will be coming home.  Be on the look out!!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’re continuing Unit 4, focusing this week on multi-step problems, unit fractions, and comparing and ordering fractions.  There will be a measurement checkpoint on Tuesday.

Important Dates:

1/12 - Reading MAP test

1/13 - Math MAP test

1/15 - Early Dismissal (11:35)

1/18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Bday - day off!

Have a great weekend!