Odds and Ends:
We are halfway through the first trimester! It is hard to believe! We had our first Panther PRIDE awards today and Ana S. won the Empathy Award. We are so proud of each of our students this year! Way to go!
Parent Teacher Conferences:
An email containing a link to Sign Up Genius will be sent home on Tues. 10/10 for Fall Conferences. I am looking forward to meeting with you to discuss your child's progress so far in 3rd grade!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Fri. 10/13: Spelling: List 3 test and 3 spelling activities due
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue our unit on Folktales. We are exploring theme and main idea, as well as continuing to use text evidence for character traits.
*Spelling: We are in week 2 of our current list. Some students have already completed all 3 assignments. Please check in with your child to see what they have finished. All 3 activities are due 10/13. They should select one activity from each column of the spelling menu.
*English: We are learning and adjectives and nouns. We will continue to work on writing as we focus on descriptive writing.
*Social Sciences: We began our unit on the history of Downers Grove. We will be learning all about the history of our town as we prepare for a field trip coming up in Nov. More details to come soon!*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are focusing on multiplication. We will work on connecting repeated addition to multiplication and different ways we can show our thinking.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
