Our Class News! - Mrs. Olsen: Week of 9/14/15

Saturday, September 12, 2015

Week of 9/14/15 - 9/18/15

Remembering 9/11:

Yesterday was the 14th anniversary of 9/11. Our class discussed it by reading the story, Fireboat. It’s an inspiring, true story about the John J. Harvey fireboat, used to put out the fires in NYC on 9/11... since all the fire hydrants were broken.

ODDS & ENDS:

MAP TESTING: We finished up our MAP testing (Math & Reading) yesterday. Our class was excited to take the tests on their own Chromebooks! The children are being very responsible by charging their Chromebooks each night & bringing then back to school each morning. Keep up the great work, 3rd Graders!!!

ABSENCES & EARLY PICKUPS:

* If your child will not be coming to school, please call Prairieview's Attendance Phone #630-783-5290 and leave a message for our school office secretaries.

* If you need to pick up your child early from school or they will be going home in a different way, you have a few options...

Write me a quick paper note (Mrs. Lopez) with your signature and the date & send it to school with your child in the morning, or

Email me (HLopez@ccsd66.org) AND the school office secretaries (ktannhauser@ccsd66.org) & (ncaliendo@ccsd66.org) to let us know, or

Call our school office secretaries, Kathi or Nisa, at the main office phone #630-783-5100

COMING UP THIS WEEK:

Reading & Language Arts: We are continuing our first unit of study, “Tales as Old as Time.” This will cover folktales, fairytales, myths, legends, tall tales, and fables. We read Mulan for the first time and will be “digging deeper” this week. We’ll then read The Mysterious Giant of Barletta. Daily 5 stations are also starting.

Spelling: We will be starting the Words Their Way spelling series. Many of our students used it in 2nd grade at Elizabeth Ide. Watch for a Spelling homework "menu" coming home.