May 4-8

Odds and Ends

*Food Drive: Congratulations to the 3rd graders for collecting the most food in our food drive! We all showed wonderful character as we reached out to help those in need in our community.

*Shoe Collection: We will still be collecting old gym shoes until May 8th.

*Summer School: Check out the summer school brochure on the district website (http://www.ccsd66.org/) to see if your child is interested in any fun summer classes! I will be teaching a class titled "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" which will be all about fun ways to help protect Mother Nature! I will also teach a class called "Center Cass on Stage" about acting and getting things ready behind the scenes. We will have an end of summer school play!

*Field Trip: The Chicago boat tour field trip will be on Tuesday, June 2nd. We will only be able to take 4 parent chaperons per classroom with us on this trip. Each chaperon will be required to pay an additional $6 charge. You will need to be able to meet us at Prairieview at 9am on June 2nd. You'll ride the buses down with us, and you will be responsible for a group of 4-5 students (including your own.) The buses will return to Prairieview at approximately 2pm. If you are interested in this job, please email me. Space is limited, so the first 4 parents to email me will be awarded the job. As was the case last year, chaperons often cancel. If you are not one of the first 4 to email me, you will be put on a waiting list in the order in which you have emailed me. Please keep in mind that space is very limited. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

UPCOMING EVENTS

*Wed. 4/6: Math: Chapter 18 Fractions Test

*Fri. 4/8: Spelling Test List 25

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK

*Reading: We will continue to work on reading and writing poetry. We will also be working in small guided reading groups to work on fluency and inferences.

*English: We will continue to work on narrative writing and adjectives. The unit 4 adjective test is scheduled for Wed. 4/13.

*Spelling: We will be on list 25. There will be a packet due on Friday and test on Friday.

*Science: We will continue to work on ch 11: matter. We will focus on chemical and physical changes. The test is scheduled for Thurs. 4/14. A study guide will be sent home next week.

*Social Studies: We are finished with our Egypt unit and moving onto Sweet Home, Chicago! We will begin our Chicago unit next week, beginning with early settlers of the area.

*Math: We are working hard on fractions! We will review this week. The test is scheduled for Wed. 4/6. Look for a practice test coming home on Monday! Our next chapter will be ch 19: Decimals. We will work on 9's division next week.

Enjoy the weekend! Go Cubbies!
Mrs. Olsen

April 27- May 1

Odds and Ends

*Food Drive: 3rd is in first place! Keep sending in your cans and boxed foods. Drive ends April 27th!

*Gym Shoe Collection: Please send in any old gym shoes. We will donate them if they are in good condition or they will be turned into athletic material. Gym shoe drive ends May 8th.

*Box Tops: All box tops due by May 1st!

Upcoming Events

*Tues. 4/28: Character Counts Assembly: Imagination Station

Social Studies: Egypt Test

*Fri. 5/1: Spelling: Test list 24

Math: 8's division test

A Look At Next Week

*Reading: We will work on reading, analyzing, and writing poetry. Poetry book project is due Friday, 5/8. Your child should have their 3 poems chosen (2 were chosen in class). We will be focusing on fluency and expression while reading in this unit as well. A poem was sent home on Friday for you student to practice reading or singing each night. We will read this in small groups on Friday. This will be a weekly activity.

*English: We will focus on narrative writing and adjectives. We will also begin our pen pal letters to 2nd graders at Elizabeth Ide.

*Spelling: We are on list 24. Packets and test will be on Friday. Keep up the good work!

*Science: We are working on matter. We will be starting lesson 2.

Lesson 1 concepts covered so far:

matter: what is it?

mass

volume

density

buoyancy

*Social Studies: We will finish with Egypt this week, with the test on Tues. A study guide was sent home earlier this week and we have spent several days playing review games. We are Egypt Experts!

*Math: We are working on fractions. We will continue with equivalent fractions, compare and ordering fractions and adding and subtracting fractions. We will also work on 8's division next week.

Have a great weekend. Enjoy the WARM weather

~Mrs. Olsen

April 20-24

Odds and Ends

*Open House: It was so great to see so many of your at our Spring Open House. The student's were very proud to show off their hard work! Thank you for visiting!

*Old Gym Shoe Drive: We will be collecting old, worn gym shoes for the Nike Go Place's Program and as part of our Character Counts program. The shoes that are in good condition will be re-used. The other shoes are recycled and made into running track material and other athletic equipment. We will be collecting shoes April 20-May 4th.

*Food Drive: We are still collecting non-perishable food for the Woodridge Food Pantry. We will be collecting food through the 27th.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Fri. 4/17: Movie Night at PV 6:30-8:45: Bedtime Stories (Fast Pass tickets were sent home today with students who signed up to attend.)

*Tues. 4/21:

Math: Test ch 16 and 22

Roller Skating Party: 4:00-6:45

*Fri. 4/24: Math: 7's division

Spelling: Test List 23

Early Dismissal

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading: We will be finishing up our biography unit. Your child will be presenting their scrapbook on Wed. 4/22 or Thurs. 4/23. Ask them what day they chose to present. They should dress up like their character and/or bring props to represent their character. I will hand back the graded biography scrapbooks on Monday. Our next unit will be Poetry. The monthly book project will be explained on Monday. It is a poetry unit. It will be due on Fri. 5/8.

*English: We are working on narrative writing and adjectives.

*Spelling: We will be on list 23. There will be a pretest on Monday and test on Friday. The packet will be due on Friday. Please make sure your child does all of their spelling work in cursive. Thanks!

*Science: We will be working on ch 11: Matter.

*Social Studies: We are finishing up our unit on Egypt. The final test will be scheduled for Tues. 4/28. A study guide will be sent home early next week. Our next unit will be

"sweet home" Chicago!

*Math: We have been working on ch 16 (3-D figures, face, edge, corners) and ch 22 (area, perimeter and volume). We will have a combined test on these chapters on Tues. 4/21. The next unit will be ch 18: fractions. We will also work on 7's division next week.

Thank you for checking out our blog this week. Enjoy the WARM weather this weekend!

~Mrs. Olsen

April 13-17

Odds and Ends

*Food Drive: Thank you to those who have sent in non-perishable food for our school food drive. We will be collecting food for the next several weeks, so please continue to send it in! 3rd grade hopes to collect the most food in the school!

*Open House: The Prairieview Open House will be on Thursday, Apruil 16th 6:30-8:00. Stop by to see your child's classroom and visit the rest of the school for this special event!

UPCOMING EVENTS

*Fri. 4/10: No School: Happy Easter!

*Thurs. 4/16: Open House

*Fri. 4/17: Spelling Test List 22

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK

Mrs. Olsen's Lanuage Arts:

*Reading: I was very impressed with all of the board games the students created! The students could sell them in stores! We had a great time playing them and they will be on display at open house. We hope to play them again soon in class. We will work on our biography unit. Please make sure your child has completed their chosen biography book by Wed. 4/15. We will work on a "scrapbook" in class and they will eventually do a presentation where they dress up like their person! More info coming soon!

*English: We will work on narrative writing and adjectives.

*Spelling: We will work on List 22 this week, words ending in y. There will be a pretest on Monday and a graded test on Friday.

Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies:

*Science: We will begin a new unit on states of matter.

*Social Studies: We are working hard on our Egypt unit. This will be the focus of our open house. There will be a vocabulary quiz on Thurs. 4/16 on the Egypt words (your student received the list and definitions this week).

Math:

*Math: We are working on more geometry skills. We will focus on the following:

3-D shapes

perimeter

area

volume

These is covered in chapter 16 and 22. We will take a combined test on both of these chapters...date TBA. We will also work on 6's division next week. Remember to study fact families and connect division facts to already known multiplication facts!

Happy Easter! Enjoy the long weekend with family and friends!

~Mrs. Olsen