Friday, September 7, 2012

Week of 9/10-9/14

Odds and Ends: 
We have had a super second week in 3rd grade! 
We are off to a great start together! 

*Scholastic Book Order: Our first Scholastic book order was sent home this week. Please have your orders in online or in the classroom by 9/21. I will have the online portion up and running by tomorrow. Thank you for your patience!

*MAPs testing: We will take our reading MAPs test on Wed. 9/12 at 8:05. This will conclude our fall MAPs test.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Mon. 9/10: Spelling: List 3 pretest

*Tues. 9/11: Magazine Drive Kick Off Assembly

*Wed. 9/12: Social Studies: Directions Quiz
Band Concert
MAPs testing : Reading

*Thurs. 9/13: English: DOL #1 Graded Review

*Fri. 9/14: Spelling: List 3 Test
English: Ch 1: Types of Sentences Test


A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 


*Reading: We will continue to preview strategies that we will focus on for the year!

*English: We are working on subjects and predicates this week. The ch. 1 test is scheduled for Fri. 9/14.We are also working on D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language) in which students fix and edit incorrect sentences. We are focusing on capital letters in the beginning of sentences, end marks, and capitalizing proper nouns. The graded review will be on Thurs. A review guide will be sent home Monday.

*Spelling: This week we will work on list 3. The pretest will be on Monday. 3 homework assignments will be given on Monday and due on Thursday. The final test will be on Friday.

*Social Studies: We are working on directions and compass roses during map skills. The directions quiz will be on Wed. Then we will move onto continents and oceans.

*Science: We will begin ch. 9 : Weather and the Water Cycle. We will begin by looking at the water cycle.

*Math: We are off to a great start in math! We will focus on place value up to 6 digits. We will be learning how to write the standard, word, and expanded form of  these numbers.

Thank you for checking out my blog! Have a great weekend!
Mrs.  Olsen