Welcome back from fall break! I hope everyone had a relaxing and fun break. The second trimester begins this week. I am looking forward to meeting with parents this week for conferences to discuss your child's progress so far in 3rd grade. Thank you for being on time...15 minutes passes by quickly! You can expect report cards to be sent home Tuesday of this week. Please keep the report card at home, but sign and return the envelope to school with your child. Thank you!
*New Late Slip Policy: The homework grade (late slips) will be 5 points instead of 10. Each late slip will result in a point deducted from the subject areas homework grade. Thank you for signing the sheets so we can keep this line of communication about your child open!
* Reminder: The holiday service project is still going on in the classrooms. All gifts, gift cards, and donations are due by Wednesday, December 5th. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Thank you and check back here later in the week for more updates!
~Miss Carlstrom
Monday, November 26, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Classroom Issue 11
Odds And Ends
* Congratulations 3rd Graders! We won the Box Top competition for 3rd grade after the first count! We will be awarded with a pizza party in the classroom on Tuesday, November 27th! Way to go! Keep up the good work and keep collecting and turning in those box tops!
*HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT: Two notes were sent home on Friday explaining our school wide holiday service project. Each classroom is assigned a family to "sponsor" this holiday season, as well as work to collect gift cards and money for the Lutherbrook Foundation, a safe home for abused children. As a class, we will be working to make the holidays bright for a family struggling with cancer. Our family includes Madison, a 3 year old girl with cancer, and her 14 year old sister and mom and dad. We will be collecting gifts for the individual family members and entire family, as well as monetary donations and gift cards for Lutherbrook through Wednesday, December 5th. Please see the note in your child's binder for details explaining these special and incredible projects. Any questions, please contact me. Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness!
*CONFERENCES: Thank you for sending in your confirmations about conferences. I will look forward to meeting with you the week of 11/26-11/28. Please remember to be on time for your conference as time is precious and 15 minutes can go fast!
*YEARBOOK ORDERS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $9.00 and the deadline for your orders is Monday, December 3, 2007. No orders will be accepted after that date. This is the only time this year to place your yearbook order. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 15th and there a few extra envelopes available; please try not to lose them. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $9.00. It is very important that you put the information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is. Thank you!
Upcoming Events:
*Tues. 11/20: English: Chapter 5 Open Book Test
End of 1st Trimester
*Wed. 11/21-Fri. 11/23: No School! Happy Turkey Day!!
*Mon. 11/26: Class Resumes: Welcome Back
Parent Teacher Conferences
*Tues. 11/27: Parent Teacher Conferences
Report Cards Sent Home
*Wed. 11/28: Parent Teacher Conferences
*Fri. 11/30: No School
*Math: We are working on chapter 3 in the textbook, adding and subtracting greater numbers. We will continue to work on exact and estimated answers, as well as learn some "tricks" to add and subtract greater numbers.
*Science: Our next unit will be Space. More information to come! =)
*Social Studies: We completed Chapter 1, Communities. The students did a wonderful job learning so much new information. We loved playing Jeopardy in class to prepare for the final test. Our next unit will cover 3 new cities as we learn more about rural, urban, and suburban communities.
*Spelling: There will be no spelling next week. We will resume on Monday with list 12. There will be no pretest that week due to no school on Friday, 11/30.
*Reading; This week we finished reading Mulan and practicing our inference skills. We made our own rap to remember how to inference..."It's what you read plus what's in your head". =) We will continue to practice making inferences, as this is a tricky skill to apply to our reading. We have also been working on our Illinois workbook, lesson 3, which covers various reading strategies. The children will take a graded review of this information on Monday, 11/19. After Thanksgiving break, we will be traveling back in time as we explore Ancient Egypt. We will be reading and learning all about the ancient civilization of Egypt.
*English: This week we have been reviewing Chapter 5. The skills in this unit have been taught since September in our weekly DOL's. The students have been working to review the different grammar and conventions skills. We will continue to review on Monday. Tuesday, 11/20 the students will take an open book test covering Ch. 5. Since we have been using these skills every day this year and spent a lot of time practicing in class, the students are well prepared to apply their knowledge. Not much time needs to be spent at home studying...we have done a lot in class! Our next unit will be narrative writing and main idea.
Thank you for reading our classroom blog! I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing, and fun Thanksgiving break with your friends and family! Happy Turkey Day! =)
~Miss Carlstrom
* Congratulations 3rd Graders! We won the Box Top competition for 3rd grade after the first count! We will be awarded with a pizza party in the classroom on Tuesday, November 27th! Way to go! Keep up the good work and keep collecting and turning in those box tops!
*HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT: Two notes were sent home on Friday explaining our school wide holiday service project. Each classroom is assigned a family to "sponsor" this holiday season, as well as work to collect gift cards and money for the Lutherbrook Foundation, a safe home for abused children. As a class, we will be working to make the holidays bright for a family struggling with cancer. Our family includes Madison, a 3 year old girl with cancer, and her 14 year old sister and mom and dad. We will be collecting gifts for the individual family members and entire family, as well as monetary donations and gift cards for Lutherbrook through Wednesday, December 5th. Please see the note in your child's binder for details explaining these special and incredible projects. Any questions, please contact me. Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness!
*CONFERENCES: Thank you for sending in your confirmations about conferences. I will look forward to meeting with you the week of 11/26-11/28. Please remember to be on time for your conference as time is precious and 15 minutes can go fast!
*YEARBOOK ORDERS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $9.00 and the deadline for your orders is Monday, December 3, 2007. No orders will be accepted after that date. This is the only time this year to place your yearbook order. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 15th and there a few extra envelopes available; please try not to lose them. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $9.00. It is very important that you put the information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is. Thank you!
Upcoming Events:
*Tues. 11/20: English: Chapter 5 Open Book Test
End of 1st Trimester
*Wed. 11/21-Fri. 11/23: No School! Happy Turkey Day!!
*Mon. 11/26: Class Resumes: Welcome Back
Parent Teacher Conferences
*Tues. 11/27: Parent Teacher Conferences
Report Cards Sent Home
*Wed. 11/28: Parent Teacher Conferences
*Fri. 11/30: No School
*Math: We are working on chapter 3 in the textbook, adding and subtracting greater numbers. We will continue to work on exact and estimated answers, as well as learn some "tricks" to add and subtract greater numbers.
*Science: Our next unit will be Space. More information to come! =)
*Social Studies: We completed Chapter 1, Communities. The students did a wonderful job learning so much new information. We loved playing Jeopardy in class to prepare for the final test. Our next unit will cover 3 new cities as we learn more about rural, urban, and suburban communities.
*Spelling: There will be no spelling next week. We will resume on Monday with list 12. There will be no pretest that week due to no school on Friday, 11/30.
*Reading; This week we finished reading Mulan and practicing our inference skills. We made our own rap to remember how to inference..."It's what you read plus what's in your head". =) We will continue to practice making inferences, as this is a tricky skill to apply to our reading. We have also been working on our Illinois workbook, lesson 3, which covers various reading strategies. The children will take a graded review of this information on Monday, 11/19. After Thanksgiving break, we will be traveling back in time as we explore Ancient Egypt. We will be reading and learning all about the ancient civilization of Egypt.
*English: This week we have been reviewing Chapter 5. The skills in this unit have been taught since September in our weekly DOL's. The students have been working to review the different grammar and conventions skills. We will continue to review on Monday. Tuesday, 11/20 the students will take an open book test covering Ch. 5. Since we have been using these skills every day this year and spent a lot of time practicing in class, the students are well prepared to apply their knowledge. Not much time needs to be spent at home studying...we have done a lot in class! Our next unit will be narrative writing and main idea.
Thank you for reading our classroom blog! I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing, and fun Thanksgiving break with your friends and family! Happy Turkey Day! =)
~Miss Carlstrom
Friday, November 9, 2007
Classroom Issue 10
Odds and Ends
SPECIAL PROJECT:
A worksheet is being sent home on Monday for a special class project. Please fill this form out with your child and return it to school on Tuesday, November 20th. Thank you !
THANK YOU to all of the parents who sent in delicious, healthy snacks for Friday's health fest. We really enjoyed the healthy snacks as we practiced healthy habits all day long!
BOX TOPS: Our classroom is currently in the lead in box top collections!! Let's keep up the great work on this project that helps out Prairieview school. The next collection date is November 15th, so please send in any box tops before then to go towards the next count. Ask your family members and neighbors who don't have students at Prairieview to save their box tops for our collection. Thank you !
FALL CONFERENCES: A confirmation of the time and date of your child's conference was sent home this week. If you have not yet confirmed the date and signed the bottom portion, please send it to school with your child on Monday. Any conflicts will be rescheduled and a new date and time will be sent home next week. I appreciate your timely response and look forward to talking with each of your about your child's progress so far in 3rd grade. Conferences will be held Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday after school the week of November 26th.
Upcoming Events:
*Mon. 11/12: Reading: Mulan Comprehension and Vocabulary Test (open book)
*Wed. 11/14: Social Studies: Chapter 1 Study Guide Due
*Thurs. 11/15: Turn in Box Tops by today!
English: DOL Quiz #5 (quotes)
*Fri. 11/16: Spelling: List 11 Test
Social Studies: Chapter 1 Test
SPIRIT DAY: Support your favorite sports team by wearing their team colors or jerseys!
A LOOK AHEAD AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: A great big THANK YOU for all of the hard work of the students (and parents!) as we worked effortlessly on problem solving and t-charts over the last 2 weeks! I know it is a very challenging skill for the students, but their hard work paid off and their progress in problem solving and writing t-charts was tremendous. We will take a break from problem solving for awhile and start Chapter 3 next week, Addition and Subtraction with Greater Numbers.
*Science: We will take a break from science until after Thanksgiving break, when we begin our next unit on Space.
*Social Studies: We are wrapping up our chapter on communities. We will continue to learn about Denver, Wilmington, and Astoria next week and learn about a new community, Timbuktu. The study guide was sent home on Friday and included a game on the 3 cities, Denver, Wilmington, and Astoria. We played the same review game in class, so they should be familiar with the format and facts about each city. The study guide is due on Wed. 11/14. The final chapter 1 test will be on Friday, 11/16.
*Spelling: We will work on List 11 this week, words with double consonants in the middle. There will be a pretest on Monday and final test on Friday.
*Reading: We will finish up our work on Mulan early next week. The students will take an open book test on the story on Monday. This test also includes the vocabulary words the students have been working with all week. If they want to practice the words this weekend, they have flashcards in the reading section of their binders. The students will be introduced to reading extended responses this week. They will learn all about our "triple decker answers". Look for a packet sent home early next week so you can see what that means. We will also be focusing on making inferences this week.
*English: We finished up our unit on Nouns and I am proud of all of the hard work! We will be reviewing Unit 5 (through DOL we cover Unit 5). The final DOL quiz will be on Thursday. We will review all of the concepts from Unit 5 this week and it is tentatively planned to have an open book test on Unit 5 on Tuesday, November 20th. We will also be working on various reading strategies from our Illinois workbook lesson 3 this week.
Have a great weekend! Enjoy the beautiful fall weather! ~Miss Carlstrom 
Friday, November 2, 2007
Classroom Issue 9
Happy Fall!!
Odds and Ends
Friendly Reminder:
Please remember to check and initial your child’s assignment notebook each night. Your child should get into the habit of cleaning our his/her binder (keep at home section ONLY) each night to help keep organized and share his/her work with family at home. By looking through the binder and assignment notebook, your child will be forming great study habits that will help them become independent, responsible, and organized students. Thank you!
Please remember to check and initial your child’s assignment notebook each night. Your child should get into the habit of cleaning our his/her binder (keep at home section ONLY) each night to help keep organized and share his/her work with family at home. By looking through the binder and assignment notebook, your child will be forming great study habits that will help them become independent, responsible, and organized students. Thank you!
THANK-YOU: A great BIG thank-you to all of the parent helpers at the Halloween party on Wednesday. We had a great time playing games and having fun together. We could not have done it without the help of Mrs. Patera, Mrs. Paskvan, Mrs. Rovella, Mrs. Tonietto, Mrs. Charles, and Mrs. Gonzalez. THANK YOU!!!
Also, thank-you to the Imgruet, Armouti, and Sarros family for donating disposables cameras and prizes for our prize box. You can always send in gently used toys, etc as well. We appreciate your generosity!
Independent Reading Folders: Our next reading party will take place on Thursday, 11/8. Please have your completed reading log pages turned in NO LATER than Wednesday, 11/7 to attend this party. Thank you!
**In preparation for a Thanksgiving art project, our classroom is collecting empty toilet paper tubes. Please send in any of these tubes to school with your child. Thanks!
Upcoming Events:
*Tues. 11/6: After school Roller Stating Party 4-6 pm...See you there!
*Wed. 11/87 Reading: IL WB Lesson 2 Graded Review
Science: Health Test
Science: Health Test
*Thurs. 11/8: English: Chapter 2 Nouns Test
*Fri. 11/9: Health Fest: send in healthy snacks! Don't forget a pillow, stuffed animal, and toothbrush/toothpaste =)
Spelling: List 10 Test
Miss Carlstrom's Math Class: Make A Table /T-chart Quiz
SPIRIT DAY: Friday is School Spirit Day...show your support by wearing PV gear or 
gold and green! Go Panthers!
gold and green! Go Panthers!*Miss Carlstrom's Math Class: We are becoming Terrific T-chart writers! Your child brought home a packet explaining t-charts this week. I hope you had a chance to read over the information. We will continue to work on t-charts next week, with a quiz over the 3 types of tables (we have learned 2 so far in class) tentatively scheduled for Friday, 11/9. We will learn the last "type" of table on Monday and review the 3 tables the rest of the week before the quiz. The quiz will consist of doing 3 problems (reviewing each of the types of tables) and then choosing one problem to write a t-chart on. Keep up the hard work!
*Science: We are finishing up our health and nutrition unit. We went over the study guide today in class and your child's health chapter test will be on Wednesday, 11/7, instead of the 
previously mentioned date, Tues. 11/6. We will review in class next week before the test. Your child will be encouraged to take home the textbook Monday and Tuesday night to help them study. A note went home today explaining our "Health Fest" taking place on Friday, 11/9. This fun "fest" helps us to celebrate healthy choices and lifestyles and makes a great end to our health unit. We are looking for families to donate healthy, nature made snacks for that day. Please send the snacks/drinks to school on Friday. Your child can also bring a pillow and stuffed animal for our 5 minute nap and his/her toothbrush/toothpaste to brush our teeth after lunch. Thanks!
previously mentioned date, Tues. 11/6. We will review in class next week before the test. Your child will be encouraged to take home the textbook Monday and Tuesday night to help them study. A note went home today explaining our "Health Fest" taking place on Friday, 11/9. This fun "fest" helps us to celebrate healthy choices and lifestyles and makes a great end to our health unit. We are looking for families to donate healthy, nature made snacks for that day. Please send the snacks/drinks to school on Friday. Your child can also bring a pillow and stuffed animal for our 5 minute nap and his/her toothbrush/toothpaste to brush our teeth after lunch. Thanks!*Social Studies: We will be finishing up our city brochures this week. The students will be given time in class on Monday to work on their brochure. Any unfinished work will be sent home to be turned in no later than Friday, 11/9. Please refer to the rubric for the brochures in your child's social studies folder to see what the expectations are for this project. We will begin lesson 2 of the chapter this week, getting a closer look at 3 U.S. cities.
*Spelling: We will back to our typical spelling week, working on List 10, words that end in double consonants. There will be a pretest Monday and the final test on Friday. Keep studying those words..the lists are getting more challenging!
*Reading: We will begin a story from our anthology, Mulan. This story will help reinforce the students inferencing skills, as well as build vocabulary skills. We will be making flashcards of the vocabulary from the story on Monday. These flashcards will be kept in your child's binder. Please review them each night! In our Illinois workbook, we tore out all of the Lesson 2 pages and they can be found in your child's English or Reading section of their binder. The students will review the concepts in this lesson (appositives, antonyms/synonyms, find meaning of words in context) and a graded review will be on Wednesday, 11/7.
*English: The students are continuing to learn about nouns. We will focus on possessive nouns next week. The students will receive their study guide on Tuesday and the final Nouns chapter 2 test will be on Thursday, 11/8. Our next English unit will be a writing unit.
Thank you for checking out my blog! Happy November! Have a wonderful weekend!
~Miss Carlstrom
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