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 
