Please continue to check your students assignment notebook each night and initial the box in the corner. Also, please clean out “Keep at Home” folder each night and check the “Homework” folder with your child to see what needs to be completed and brought back to school. Thanks for your cooperation and help!
OLSAT Tests:
Every year the third graders take the OSLAT tests. The Otis-Lennon School Ability Test is designed to measure abstract thinking and reasoning abilities that are relevant to school achievement. My class will be taking this test on September 19th.
Upcoming Events:
*Mon. 9/17: Magazine Drive Kick Off! Look for your child's magazine packet tonight.
*Tues. 9/18: Early Dismissal: 11:00 am
*Wed. 9/19: OLSATs
*Thurs. 9/20: Smile! Picture Day (please send in your money by today)
*Fri. 9/21: Math: Chapter 2 Test
Spelling: List 3 Test
A Look At Our Week
Miss Carlstrom's Math Class: We will continue to work on subtraction facts and problem solving from Chapter 2. The Chapter 2 test will be on Friday, Sept. 21st. Those students who missed only 1 question on the pretest will not take the post test. They will take their pretest grade as their final test grade (95 or 100%) Your child will be taking the test if they have a study guide on Monday.
Science: We had our first open book review on the skeletal and muscular system. I am proud of all of the students hard work. They did very well. We will begin looking at the circulatory and nervous systems next week.
Spelling: Next weeks spelling words are words that are spelled with "ou". We will have a pretest on Monday and the final test on Friday. Keep up the good work studying! The students are doing a great job on their work!
Reading: We have finished reviewing all of our reading strategies and now we are going to apply all that we have learned. We started a new chapter book called The Chalkbox Kid. We will be working on reading this book and completing a comprehension journal in class.
Reading Project: An assignment sheet on our first monthy reading book project was sent home on Friday. Your child has chosen a fiction chapter book to read. When they finish, they will need to complete an "Advertise-A-Book" poster by Friday, October 26th. They should read this book each night for 20 min (Don't forget to write it down in their reading logs!). They will also be given time in class to read the book. I will provide them with the paper for the poster when they are ready to begin. The students are very excited to read their books!
English: We will continue to work on sentences this week, with a focus on the subject and the predicate of the sentence. This is often a hard concept for the students, so please review with them at home. Look out for a graded review of the 4 types of sentences early next week. Your child can use the 4 types of sentences review in their English folder to help them review.
