Week August 31- September 4

Welcome to 3rd Grade!
We have had a great first week in 3rd grade together. Miss Millbrandt and I have REALLY enjoyed meeting and learning so much about your child.

We have had fun getting to know each other.
We know this is going to be a fantastic year!

* Curriculum Night: Third Grade curriculum night will be on Tuesday, September 1st at 6:30 pm. A note will be sent home with your child on Monday with his/her homeroom and math teacher and room numbers listed. Please meet in the multipurpose/lunch room. This will be an informative night to learn more about third grade. Hope to see you there!

*Introducing Miss Millbrandt!

Miss Millbrandt will be joining us from Loyola University where she is an Elementary Education major. She will be in our classroom until December. Miss Millbrandt is a former student of District 66 and is very excited to be coming back to teach here! We are so happy to have her in our class!

Thank you for checking out my weekly blog. Here you will find out what we are learning in class, what important dates you should know about, and other classroom happenings. If your child has me for homeroom (reading, english, social studies, science, or spelling) or math, you can check here to find out what we are doing in class. Thanks!

Important Dates:

Tues 9/1: 3rd Grade Curriculum Night 6:30 pm

Fri. 9/4: Spelling Test: List 2

Reading: Dogzilla Vocabulary Quiz

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

Reading: We will begin our reading curriculum on Monday. This year we will focus on various reading strategies and skills using the basal reader and various novels. The first focus is on visualization and story elements using the fun story Dogzilla.

English: We will begin with Unit 1, which covers the four types of sentences. We will do daily work with various punctuation lessons as we work on our D.O.L. (Daily Oral Language).

Spelling: We will begin with List 2, words with a silent oa. A practice page will be sent home on Monday for homework and will be due Wednesday. We will have a graded test on Friday.

Science: We will work on chapter 1 Inquiry. We will learn how scientists conduct an experiment and what tools they use. We will also focus on the features of a non-fiction text as we use our textbook.

Social Studies: We will begin our maps unit soon. We will start with directions and the compass rose.

THIS IS FOR MRS. OLSEN'S MATH STUDENTS ONLY!
Math: We will begin with chapter 1. We will work on place value, even and odd numbers, and 3,4,5 digit numbers.

Thank you for visiting my blog! Check here every Friday for updates.

~Mrs. Olsen and Miss Millbrandt