Odds and Ends:
*Thank you to all of the parents who offered to purchase and pick up our classroom pictures. We really appreciate it! We will save the pictures to use for our end of the year scrapbooks that each child makes to remember all of the fun they had in 3rd grade!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
* Spring Break: 3/26-3/30: School resumes 4/2.
*Tues. 4/3: Math: Ch 19 Decimals Test
*Wed. 4/4: Social Studies: Chicago Quiz II
*Thurs. 4/5: Spelling: List 18 Test
*Fri. 4/6: No School: Good Friday: Happy Easter!
*Thurs. 4/12: Open House: More details coming soon!
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will focus on non fiction reading as we read about Chicago using a variety of sources. We will work on finding main idea and details, summarizing, and sequencing.
*English: We will work on creative writing. We will be writing poems about our planets.
*Spelling: We will work on list 18 spelling. There will be a pretest on Monday and the final test will be on Thursday. Homework will be due on Thursday.
*Social Studies: We will continue to study Chicago. We will focus on modern day landmarks and make a Chicago travel brochure.
*Science: We will work on chapter 10 lesson 3 as we learn about the sun and the planets in our solar system. We will be doing many fun activities as we learn about the characteristics of each planet.
*Math: We will review ch. 19 decimals and take the test on Tues. 4/3. We will begin ch. 11 Division. Please have your child review multiplication facts each night. We will be learning about fact families and how knowing our multiplication facts makes learning division much easier. Thank you for your help at home!
Have a wonderful, relaxing, safe spring break!
Mrs. Olsen
