April Showers Bring May Flowers!
Odds and Ends
* Upcoming Field Trips: We will be taking our first spring field trip on Monday, April 21st to Downers Grove and Giordano's pizza. If you have not yet turned in your child's permission slip, please do so by Wed. 4/16 so I can place the pizza order. The cost for pizza is $7.
A permission slip was sent home today about another upcoming trip to the Field Museum in Chicago on Monday, April 28th. The cost for the field trip is $2. If your child wants McDonald's lunch on that day, please send them with $6...otherwise send a completely disposable lunch with them to school that day. We will be taking 5 parent chaperones. There is a spot on the permission slip to fill out if you are interested in joining us. This is on a first come, first serve basis, so please turn your permission slips in early! I will contact the 5 first parents.
*Egypt Unwrapped: I am still collecting money for this in school program. The cost is $4.50. Please send your money if you have not already. This will take place on May 7th. Thanks!
*Open House: Prairieview welcomes you and your family to our Spring Open House on Thurs. 4/17 from 6:45-8:30pm. Come to see your child's classroom and visit the book fair. Hope to see you there!
*Prize Box: Thank you again to the Rovella family for donating to our prize box! Donations always welcome!
*Lunch Tickets: Just a quick reminder about buying lunch tickets. Please purchase a weeks (or more) worth of tickets at one time. Monday is the best day to do this. Please send a check or cash in an envelope with your child's name, my name, and how many tickets you need. If you child needs to purchase one ticket the day of, please send them with the exact amount ( $2.25). If your child needs to borrow a ticket, they must pay for it the next school day. Thank you for your cooperation.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Thurs. 4/17: Open House: 6:45-8:30...Come dressed in your favorite Chicago gear : )
Science: Animal Dioramas Due
*Fri. 4/18: My Math Class: 4's division timed test
Spelling: List 26 test (review week)
SPIRIT DAY: Fri. 4/18: Rock Band Day! Support your favorite musician!
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Math: The students have finished up their graphs that they worked on as a cooperative group. We enjoyed seeing each others graphs and answering the quizzes. Thank you for all of the hard work on your geometry projects. I am impressed!! They look awesome! We will continue to share these projects on Monday. We will continue with Chapter 7 next week. The final chapter test is scheduled for Tues. 4/22. We will also work on 4's division next week.
*Science: Most of the class is finished typing and illustrating their wonderful animal books. The animal diorama's are due Thurs. 4/17. We will be sharing them in class with a short (1-3 min) presentation. We will finish ecosystems this week. The final chapter test is scheduled for Wed. 4/23. More info. about the test will be sent home next week. Our next and final science unit will be SPACE!
*Social Studies: We Love Chicago! We are working on many fun and interesting activities about past and present Chicago. These projects will be on display for open house. The 3rd grade theme is CHICAGO, so your child and your family can come to open house in their favorite Chicago gear =) The teachers will be dressed for the part! Our next unit will be Downers Grove. We will focus on the history of Downers Grove so we have some background knowledge for our Monday, 4/21 field trip.
*Reading: We are continuing to work on biographies, as well as learn about each other as we work on some "autobiographical" activities. Your child should have chosen a famous person by now and almost be done with the book. The goal is to have the book completed by Monday so we can begin our in-class assignment. Your child will be receiving information about the next activity in class. The one part that they have to do at home is to come up with a costume and/or props for their famous person. During the week of April 21st, your child will need to dress up as their famous person and present the book we make in school to the class. What fun! More details coming next week...
*English: The students are still working on expository writing. They will be given a choice of prompts next week to write on for a grade.
*Spelling: Next week is a review week (list 26). Your child should be taking home their workbook each night to study the previous weeks rules. The lists and spelling rules they should focus on are 19-25. There will be no pretest, but a final review test will be on Friday.
Thank you for checking in this week. Have a great weekend!
~Miss Carlstrom
