Week of 10/2

Odds and Ends: 

We had a great time celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday! Thanks for bringing apples in to share- the applesauce was delicious! 

Pictures: Lifetouch will be at Prairieview on Tuesday, October 3rd  for retakes. If you would like your child's picture retaken, please return the original picture package with your child on or before Oct 3rd (retake day). Lifetouch will re-photograph free of charge and provide you with new pictures in a few weeks. Students who were absent on the original picture day should have received an order form to have their picture taken Tues. 10/3. Questions? Please call the office at 630-783-5100.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Mon. 10/2: New spelling word sorts handed out: Test and Activities: Fri. 10/13
Reading: September Calendar Due

*Wed. 10/4: Social Studies: Hemispheres Quiz

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue our study of folktales as we explore theme using fables. A new reading calendar for October was sent home. That is due anytime before 10/31.

We are continuing to edit and revise our personal narratives. We are learning how to have great hooks (starting sentences), use dialogue, and having fabulous zingers (ending sentences).

*Spelling: Students will receive list #3. All 3 activities and the test will be on Fri. 10/13.

*Social Sciences: We are continuing to learn about the globe as we study hemispheres. The quiz will be on Wed. 10/4. A study guide was sent home. You can also look at the worksheets stored in their Social Studies folder to help them prepare.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:  We will begin Unit 2 an introduction to multiplication. We will work on strategies to solve and multiplication facts. We are also working on fact fluency for addition and subtraction. Every day we will be practicing our fast facts. Starting next week Friday, the addition fast fact will be taken for a grade Following addition will be subtraction facts and then we will begin multiplication facts. A note will be sent home explaining the fast facts. Thanks!

Have a great weekend, 
Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 9/25

Odds and Ends:

Happy Birthday, Johnny Appleseed! We will be celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday on Tuesday, September 26th.  Please have your child bring in a peeled, cored apple cut into slices or chunks to be used to make our own homemade applesauce in class that day. I will provide the rest of the necessary ingredients. Thanks!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Tues. 9/26: Johnny Appleseed's Birthday

*Wed. 9/27: Early Dismissal
ELA: Quotation Mark Graded Review

* Friday 9/29: Scholastic Book Order for Sept. Due
Spelling: Word List 2: Test and 3 activities due 
Math: Unit 1 Test 


A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue our study of folktales and we explore fables. We will focus on context clues to decode difficult words, character traits, and story elements in our small groups. We will also celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday on Tuesday!

*English: We are learning about quotation marks and capitalization rules. We are learning how to use these in our personal narratives. We will continue to write and revise our personal narratives.

*Spelling: We will continue to work on our word list 2 this week. The test and 3 activities are due 9/29. Please check in with your child to see how many activities they have finished already.

*Science:  We haven't started our science unit yet.

*Social Studies: We continue our study of maps and the world with our next unit on hemispheres. We will focus on the poles, equator, prime meridian, and hemispheres.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working on word problems with addition and subtraction. Student's have learned how to use PAL (showing their problem (equation), answer, and label). A practice test was sent home today and is due on Tues. 9/26. We will have our Unit 1 test on Friday. 9/29. The practice test also acts as their study guide. 

Have a great weekend enjoying this warm SUMMER like weather!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 9/18

Hello Families of 3rd Graders,

We had a wonderful week together learning and exploring new topics and technology. Enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend together! I will be celebrating my daughter's 2nd birthday! (pictured here is the birthday girl!)

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Mon. 9/18: New Spelling Word Sorts Sent Home

Wed. 9/20: Social Studies: Continent and Ocean identification Quiz

Fri. 9/29: Spelling: Test and 3 Activities due

A LOOK AHEAD: 

*Reading and Language Arts: We will continue our study of Folktales with close reading of complex text. We will focus on getting the big "gist" or main idea of a complex text and then read it more than once to look for character traits and various story elements.

We will continue our narrative writing with writing "true" stories and learning about story starters, endings, using dialogue, and details to make our writing come alive.

*Spelling: We are beginning a new word sort for the next 2 weeks. A spelling menu will be given to the students on Monday as well and time will be set aside in class to complete 3 activities (one from each column of the menu) in the 2 week block. Please check in periodically with your child to see how they are progressing on their assignments. They should be using See Saw or Google Docs to complete their assignments. I sign their menu when I approve the See Saw post, indicating what assignments are completed.  The test will be on Fri. 9/29.

*Science: We have not started science yet but we did start talking about the steps to the scientific method. Pictured here are the students testing out their hypothesis, learning the difference between a guess and a prediction, and following the steps to an experiment. 

*Social Studies:  We are working on learning about location of the continents and oceans. We are also working on researching WOW facts about a continent or ocean (ask your child which one they got) and making Google Slides about our facts to present to the class. We will take our quiz on identifying continents and oceans on Wed. 9/20. The students will need to know the location of all of the continents and oceans, but we will have a word bank for spelling. 


*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will continue to work on addition and subtraction strategies, focusing on strategies the students can use with mental math and to make difficult problems more manageable. Below are pictures of the students doing a length scavenger hunt around the classroom. We later used these numbers to work on problem solving and addition strategies.  

Have a GREAT weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 9/11-9/15

Hello Families of 3rd Graders,

Fall is in the air! Enjoy the weekend together!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

Mon. 9/11: Magazine Drive Kick off Assembly

Thurs. 9/14: Band Concert

Fri. 9/15: Spelling Test and word activities due

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading and Language Arts: We will begin our unit on Folktales this week in our first Unit, Tales as Old as Time.  We will also continue working on our Daily 5 stations.

We will begin our writing unit on Narrative writing. Your child will be bringing home a composition notebook on Tuesday to decorate with personal pictures or pictures from the internet showing things they love. This will provide the students with ideas of what to write about!

*Spelling: We will continue to work on the first word sort. An activity menu was given to students this week. We will work on the activities in class, but depending on their time management in class, some of the assignments will need to be completed at home. 

We are using See Saw and Google Docs to complete and turn in the activities. You should have received an email to view your student's work on See Saw. 

The test will be on Fri. 9/15. 

*Science: We are not starting science yet.

*Social Studies: We will begin our study of continents and oceans this week.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will work on length with a fun classroom scavenger hunt. There will be a short check point on addition and subtraction on Monday, 9/11. 

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen

Week of 9/4

Hello Families of third graders!

Happy Labor Day weekend to everyone! Thank you to all of the parents who came out to Curriculum Night! If you were unable to attend or would like to revisit our slide presentation, please email me and I will send home a paper copy with your child. There seems to be a technical "glitch" sharing the link on our blogs, but I would be happy to get you a copy if you weren't here or just need to revisit what I shared with you all. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Mon. 9/3: No School: Happy Labor Day!

*Thurs. 9/7: Social Studies: Directions/Compass Quiz

*Fri. 9/15: Spelling Test #1

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Spelling: On Tuesday, your child will be bringing home a word sort. We will do various activities at school with these words. Your child may continue these activities at home with their spelling menu if work is not completed in class. The activities and test are due on Friday, Sept. 15th.

*Reading and Language Arts: We will continue focusing on various reading skills using fun literature. We will work on various strategies as we use these texts to model our thinking and learning. We will work on our Daily 5 stations.

A September reading calendar was sent home Thursday of this week. Please initial the box when your child reads 20 minutes a night. The calendar will be due for a grade on Oct. 2nd. A new calendar is sent home every month.

*Social Studies: We are learning about the compass and directions. A study guide was sent home today for the quiz on these topics on Thurs. 9/7.

*Science: We are not starting science yet.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: Welcome to the math section of my blog. If you were unable to attend Curriculum Night and need a handout on Bridges math, please let me know and I will send one home with your child. We'll be focusing on addition and subtraction tables this week. There is no homework this weekend.

Enjoy the long weekend! Mrs. Olsen