Week of May 2-6

Odds and Ends:
This will be my last week of teaching third grade! I am sad to leave after getting to know each student over a course of three months! I look forward to seeing all the students soon! Thank you to the parents for being so supportive and helpful during my time in third grade! You all have such wonderful children and great students! Thank you again and here is our schedule for next week!

Upcoming Events:
Math MAPS Testing Monday
Reading Magic Vocabulary Quiz-Wednesday
Magic Show-Friday, May 6 (please email me if you would like to attend)
Math-Division 4's test Friday
English-Unit 5 Test Thursday

Reading: We are going to continue MAGIC! While learn about magic, we will be focusing on all skills including, fluency. The magic show for our class will be Friday, May 6, 2011 from 8:20 am-9:20am. Please email me if you will be attending! Please join us for some MAGIC!

Spelling:
We will be beginning list 23. The pretest will be Monday and the final test will be on Friday.

English:
We will be finishing up unit 5. The test will be on Thursday. You can be reviewing all lessons in unit 5 and doing the sample test at the end of the unit for extra practice!

Science:
We have started chapter 1 in our Science books. This chapter will teach us about the Scientific Method as well as tools Scientists use.

Social Studies:
We are continuing with Chapter 9: Economics and our budgeting project! The students have received a job and a salary. They have chosen a house and a car. They have also had a few children of their own along the way. The students have been paying bills based on the house and car they have chosen. They are also writing checks for the bills they owe. They LOVE becoming adults!

Math:
We are going to be having our timed tests on dividing by 4's on Friday. We are also working on chapter 24 which is related to division. This week we will cover lessons 1-3. Please be practicing at home!

Have a wonderful weekend! I will see you Monday for our last week together!!!

April 25-29

Odds and Ends:
If you ever need to email me please don't hesitate at: mmillbrandt@ccsd66.org
Arbor Day is Friday, April 29th!
We are doing a special project in school! Please send each child with $1.00 by Friday, 29th.

Upcoming Events:
Friday: No School
Tuesday, April 26th-Chapter 13 Science Test

Reading: We are finishing up Poetry and starting MAGIC!!!! We will be having a class Magic Show on Friday, May 6th from 8:20-9:20 There will be a flier sent home on Monday, April 25. Please email me if you can attend so we have enough seats.

Spelling:
We will be beginning list 22. The pretest will be Monday and the final test will be on Friday.

English:
We will be continuing Unit 5. We have covered lessons 1,2, 3 and 4. You can be reviewing them for extra practice. We will also be writing a pen pal letter to the second graders at Elizabeth Ide!

Science:
We will be finish chapter 13 with a test on Tuesday. We will start chapter 1: Inquiry on Friday.

Social Studies:
We are starting a new chapter in Social Studies! Chapter 9: Economics. In order to have the students fully understand budgeting money and saving money, they will be doing a two week long budget project. The students will get a job and a salary. They will have to pay bills and make choices. They will be putting money into a savings account to save for emergencies or fun. They will also be practicing writing checks!

Math:
We will be beginning chapter 24: Division. We will be covering lessons 1,2,3 and 5. We are also going to continue taking division times test. This week it will be dividing by 3's.

Have a wonderful 3 day weekend and see you all MONDAY!

April 18-21

Odds and Ends: If you ever need to email me please don't hesitate at: mmillbrandt@ccsd66.org It was so great to see everyone at Open House on Thursday! I am so glad you were able to see baby Liam and Mrs. Olsen! I hope you enjoyed all the wonderful projects that each student has worked so hard on!

Upcoming Events:

Thursday is Early Dismissal: 11:00

Friday: No School

Reading: We will start our unit on Poetry. We will practice reading poetry fluently, as well as writing some of our own!

Spelling: There will be no spelling this week due to the short week.

English: We will be continuing Unit 5. We have covered lessons 1,2, and 3. You can be reviewing them for extra practice.

Science: We will continue to study chapter 13: Electricity and magnets. We have read lessons 1 and 2, and we will be reading lesson 3 this week. The chapter test will be on Tuesday April 26th.

Social Studies: We have finished our CHICAGO UNIT!!! We are so happy to have displayed all the wonderful things we learned about. We will be starting chapter 9:Economy after Easter break.

Math: We have finished our chapter on multiplication! We are going to be reviewing some old concepts such as subtraction and multiplication fast facts in stations this week. We are also starting weekly division tests. We are staring on Monday with dividing by 0 and 1.

Enjoy your weekend and see you Monday for a short week of School!!!

April11-15

Odds and Ends: If you ever need to email me please don't hesitate at: mmillbrandt@ccsd66.org Thursday is Open House from 6:30 to 8:00! We have a Chicago Theme and I can't wait to see you there!

Upcoming Events:

OPEN HOUSE THURSDAY!

Chicago Mobile due Monday

Reading: Vocabulary Quiz Monday

Spelling Test Friday Chicago History Quiz Tuesday

Math: Quiz on Chapter 23.5 and 23.6 Friday

Reading: We will be finishing our Novel: The Night the Whole Class Slept Over on Monday. It was a great book! We will be celebrating the end of the book on Wednesday! There is a vocabulary quiz on the last 9 words on Monday.

Spelling: Lesson 21: There will be a pretest on Monday. The test will be Friday.

English: We will be starting Unit 5 on Tuesday. The students will be taking a pre-test. If your child passes out on any lesson they will be doing a challenge activity for that lesson.

Science: We will continue to study chapter 13: Electricity and Magnets. We have some fun experiments to help us learn more.

Social Studies: We are continuing our Chicago unit! We can't wait to share our projects we have been working on at open house!

Math: We will be working on 2 and 3 digit multiplication through out the week. There will be a quiz on Friday over 2 and 3 digit multiplication.

Have a wonderfully warm weekend!