Odds and Ends:
*ISAT Week: We will begin ISAT testing this week. Thank you to the following families for sending in treats: Neagu, Qualizza, Motuelle, Leatherwood, and Sains. We have mints, veggie crackers, and juice boxes. If you can, please send in a healthy treat or 100% juice box or water bottles to school for the students to enjoy before and after ISAT testing. Some ideas: fresh fruit (oranges, apples, bananas, etc), veggie sticks, individually wrapped healthy snacks. No nuts please!
*ISATs: ISAT testing in 3rd grade will begin the week of 3/4. All tests will take place in the morning. The schedule is as follows:
Tues. 3/5: Reading I
Wed. 3/6: Math I
Thurs. 3/7: Reading II
Fri. 3/8: Make ups
Mon. 3/11: Make ups
Tues. 3/12: Math II
Wed. 3/13: Reading III
Thurs. 3/14: Math III
Fri. 3/15: Make ups
* Cancer Smasher: We have already raised hundreds of dollars for Cancer Smashers! Thank you for your donations. We will continue to accept donations through Mon. 3/4.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Mon. 3/4: Last turn in day for Cancer Smashers
English: Ch. 4 adjectives test
Tues. 3/5: Reading ISAT I
Wed: 3/6: Math ISAT I
Science: Ch. 14 test
Thurs. 3/7: Reading ISAT II
Fri. 3/8: Spelling: List 18 Test
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue to work on writing responses to what we read. We will also work on main idea and detail and summarizing. We will begin our biography unit.
*English: We will be wrapping up our adjective unit (ch 4). A study guide was sent home this week. The test is scheduled for Mon. 3/4. Next up will be a writing unit.
*Spelling: We will work on list 18 next week. There will be a pretest Mon and the homework will be due Thurs. I will only be assigning the cursive page for the week. The test will be on Fri.
* Social Studies: We will begin our next unit on Chicago very soon!
* Science: We are wrapping up our unit on Ch. 14. A study guide was sent home this week. The test will be on Wed. 3/6. Our next unit will be space!
*Math: We have been busy writing extended responses in math (called t-charts) where students have to write what they did and why while solving a word problem. This are tricky and involves thinking in a different way. We will also continue to work on ch. 18 fractions. A test combining ch. 7 (probability) and ch. 18 (fractions) will be announced soon. We will also be doing a lot of review over all of our math concepts this year as we prepare for ISATs.
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Mrs. Olsen
