September 29-October 3

*Odds and Ends*

Thank you to all of the families that donated items for our Johnny Appleseed Celebration. We enjoyed the homemade applesauce and apple juice. Look in your child's binder for the recipe we used to try it out at home!

Magazine Drive:
The last turn in date in Tuesday, September 30th.

Goo, Glob, Guts:

Thank you all for turning in the money for our special in class activity. The students will enjoy this program on Tues. 9/30.

Scholastic Book Order:

Please remember to order books for the month of September! The orders are due in the classroom or online by 9/30. A new October order will be sent home next week.

*UPCOMING EVENTS*

*Tues. 9/30: Social Studies: Hemisphere Quiz

Last Magazine Turn In

Scholastic Book Orders Due

Goo, Glob and Guts Presentation

*Thurs. 10/2: Math: Rounding Quiz

English: Unit 1 'The Sentence" Test

*Fri. 10/3: Spelling: List 5 Test

Science: Body Systems Test

*A LOOK AHEAD AT NEXT WEEK*

Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Class:

Reading: We are continuing to work on prediction using our own personal experiences, illustrations, and text clues. Encourage your child to use these skills as they read at home. We will start a new novel Hey, New Kid as we work on prediction and review visualization. New vocabulary words will be sent home on Monday with a graded quiz on Friday.

English: The students will be finishing up Unit 1 in our English book...The Sentence. Please continue to review subject and predicate at home. This is a tricky concept for the students. The final unit test will be on Thurs. 10/2. A study guide will be sent home. The next unit is descriptive writing.

*Spelling: This week we will work on List 5, plural of vowel + y words. The pretest will be on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. Please practice the words each night!

Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies Class:

Science: This week we will finish up our Body Systems unit. We will spend all next week reviewing for our final test, which will be on Friday, 10/2. A study guide was sent home today, Please have your child complete it by Wednesday. Our next unit will be Health.

*Social Studies: Our map unit is almost over. We will take a quiz on hemispheres, the equator, the prime meridian, and the north and south poles on Tues. 9/30. Our next unit will begin next week as we explore our our backyard...Downers Grove. We will begin with history and location of Downers Grove.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

Math: We are working on rounding numbers. Students began rounding to the nearest 10. We will work with rounding to the nearest 100 and 1,000 next week. We will take a rounding review on Thurs. 10/2 to check for understanding. Ask your child about the 3 steps they take as they round a number. Maybe they will sing you our "Rounding March"!

Thanks for checking in! Happy Fall!

~Mrs. Olsen

September 22-26

Odds and Ends

*Picture Day: A reminder note was sent home this week about picture day. Picture day will be Thursday, 9/25. An order form will be sent home on Monday. Please turn in your order and money by Thurs.

*Goo, Glob, Guts: Please turn in your money ASAP! The cost is $6.50 for this in-school "field trip". It will take place on Tuesday, 9/30.

*Magazine Turn In: If your child is participating in the magazine drive, the first turn in day is

Tues. 9/23.

*DONATIONS NEEDED: To celebrate Johnny Appleseed's birthday, the following items are needed by Fri. 9/26. Thank you in advance for your help!

*100% juice Apple juice boxes (24)

* plastic bowls (24)

*plastic spoons (24)

IMPORTANT DATES

*Tues. 9/23: Reading: Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip Vocabulary Quiz

*Thurs. 9/25: Picture Day

*Fri. 9/26: Spelling: List 4 Test

Johnny Appleseed's Birthday :Please send in a peeled, sliced, and cored apple today!

A LOOK AHEAD!

Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Class:

*Reading: The students are working on the preview and prediction strategy. We read Yunmi and Halmoni's Trip as we worked on this strategy. There will be a short vocabulary quiz covering the 7 words from this story on Tues. 9/23. We will focus on this strategy as we read leveled readers next week. We will celebrate Johnny Appleseed's Birthday on Friday. Your child received a note from their homeroom teacher about bringing in a peeled, sliced, and cored apple into class on Friday 9/26. We will cook them in a crock pot to make homemade applesauce. We will also learn more about Johnny Appleseed and his important role in history!

*English: Ask your child about Mr. Morton! We are learning about subjects and predicates. We will continue to focus on this next week.

*Spelling: We will work on List 4 this week, plural words ending in s or es. There will be a pretest on Monday and a graded test on Friday.

Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies Class:

*Science: We will continue to learn about the human body. Up next: Respiratory and Digestive Systems!

*Social Studies: The students did a great job on our continent and ocean unit. We will focus on the hemispheres next, learning about the equator, prime meridian, and more!

Mrs. Olsen' Math Class:

Math: We have completed ch 1 in our textbook. We will continue to work on the concepts of place value through out the next chapter. Chapter 2 will cover ordering numbers, comparing numbers, and rounding! Keep practicing these skills as home as well!

Thank you for checking in this week. I hope you enjoy the beautiful weather this weekend and once again, GO CUBBIES =)

~Mrs. Olsen

September 15-19

Odds and Ends

*Thank you! It was great to see so many parents here at Curriculum Night! Thank you for coming out and learning more about 3rd grade. If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email me at any time.

*Picture Day: Picture Day is set for Thursday, September 25th. More information coming soon.

*Magazine Drive: Our school wide magazine drive will begin next week. Your child will be receiving information about it after our school assembly on Monday, September 15th. Be on the look out for the packet coming home on Monday.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Mon. 9/15: Magazine Kick Off Assembly

*Tues. 9/16: Early Dismissal at 11:00 am

*Wed. 9/17: Mrs. Olsen's math Class: Chapter 1 Test

Mrs.Olsen's English Class: DOL #1 Quiz

*Thurs. 9/18: Mrs. Olsen's Social Studies Class: Continent and Oceans Review

*Fri. 9/19: Mrs. Olsen's Spelling Class: Test List 3

A LOOK AHEAD!

*Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Class*

*Reading: The students are doing a great job at visualizing the stories we have read in Ten True Animal Rescues! They are finishing up their comic strips. We are done working on them during class, so any unfinished projects should be completed at home and turned in by Tuesday. Any turned in after Tuesday will result in points deducted from the final grade. Our next focus will be on making predictions.

*English: We will continue about sentences this week. We will focus on subject and predicate. We will also take our first DOL quiz on Wed. 9/17. A study guide will be sent home on Monday.

*Spelling: This week we will focus on List 3, words spelled with ou. We will take a pretest on Monday and the final graded test on Friday. The students are doing great on their spelling tests, so keep up the good work!

Mrs. Olsen's Homeroom (Science and Social Studies)*

*Science: The students are still learning about the human body. We have learned about the skeletal and muscular systems so far. Next week we will focus on the circulatory and nervous systems. At the bottom of my blog page are links to click to play some body games! Have your child take a quiz and see how well they do!

*Social Studies: The students did an excellent job on their directions unit. We will study continents and oceans next. There is a graded review scheduled for Thurs. 9/18. A study guide was sent home today. Look at the bottom of my blog page to see some fun games to review the continents and oceans!

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class*

*Math: We are continuing to work on greater numbers. We will work on 5 and 6 digit numbers. The students are learning about the expanded, standard, and written form of these numbers, as well as place value. On the bottom of my blog page, you can click on the links to find some fun place value games for your child to play and learn more. The test has been scheduled for Wed. 9/17. Our next unit will be rounding and comparing numbers.

Thank you for checking out my blog this week! Have a great weekend and GO CUBS!

~Mrs. Olsen~

September 8-12 2008

Odds and Ends!

*New hot lunch item: Each day a chicken patty is available for hot lunch in addition to pizza, salad bar, and the lunch A and B options for the day! Yum!

*Classroom collection: We are always collecting soup labels and box tops. Last year, my class won a pizza party. I know we can do it again!

*Donations needed: In our classroom we take a lot of photos for our end of the year memory books. If you would like to help out, please send in disposable cameras and film. I also need volunteers to take the film to be processed. Thank you in advance for your help!

*Also, we started our Goodie Ticket Turn-In each Friday, where students can turn in their earned tickets for prizes. We are always in need of toys (little stuffed animals, notebooks, pens, pencils, stickers, etc) for the prize box! Thanks!

Upcoming Important Dates!

*Mon. 9/8: 3rd Grade Curriculum Night: Meet in the multipurpose room at 7 pm. Hope to see you there!

Reading: Dogzilla Vocabulary Quiz

*Wed. 9/10: Social Studies: Directions Quiz

*Fri. 9/12: Spelling: Test List 2
Lakeview Band Concert Assembly

A Look Ahead!

Mrs. Olsen's Language Art Classes:

Reading: We will review Dogzilla and take a short vocabulary quiz on Monday, 9/8. Your child should have a list of the words in their reading folders. We will continue to work on visualizations as we begin reading our first book, Ten True Animal Rescues. We will be making comic strips to tell the important parts of the story.

English: The students will continue to learn about a sentence as we learn about statements, questions, exclamations, and commands. We will also work on puncutation and day of the week abbreviations. Also, students will be sharing their ME bags on Monday and Tuesday.

Spelling: This week we will have our first pretest. We are on List 2. The final graded test will be on Friday, September 12th.

Mrs. Olsen's Homeroom:

*Science: The students are learning more about the human body. We have covered the skeletal system and now we will focus on the muscular system.

*Social Studies: Never Eat Soggy Waffles! The students are busy practicing the compass rose and directions. There will be a short quiz covering the cardinal and intermediate directions on Wed. 9/10. A study guide was sent home today. We will learn the continents and oceans next.

*Handwriting: We are working on reviewing the lowercase letters. We will work on 2 letters a day.

Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:

*Students are learning about place value and 3, 4, 5, and 6 digit numbers. We will be learning the different ways to write a number, including the standard form (34), written form (thirty-four), and the expanded form (30+4). The Chapter 1 test is scheduled for Tues. 9/16.

Thank you for visiting my blog site! Check back next Friday for more updates!

Mrs. Olsen =)