Week of 5/30/16 - 6/3/16

Happy Memorial Day! It's the final week of 3rd Grade.
No school on Monday.

Tuesday we go bowling at Brunswick Bowl. All students must wear gym shoes and socks to bowl. If your child plans to buy snacks, please make sure he/she brings money; no phone calls will be made to parents to bring their money to school. $5.00 is more than enough!!

Chromebooks, cases with straps, and charger cords will be checked and collected on Tuesday, May 31.

Reminder that all IMC school library books need to be returned. They were due 2 weeks ago.

Please consider recycling your child's unused school supplies from this year. We will be collecting supplies now through the last day of school. Prairieview's PBIS will donate them to the SCARCE organization, passing them along to students and schools who need them.

Some fun days ahead as we celebrate "4 Days 'til 4th Grade"!
Tuesday: Crazy Socks Day
Wednesday: Crazy Hair Day
Thursday: Sunglasses & Hat Day
Friday: Fancy Pen/Marker Day

COMING UP:

Spelling:  We are done!

Reading & Language Arts:  We're finishing up our Narrative writing pieces (creating a prequel or sequel to The One and Only Ivan). We're also finishing our Argumentative organizers on the topic of Animals in Captivity (why it's a good thing to keep wild animals in the zoo vs. why it's a bad thing to keep wild animals in the zoo).

Keep Reading for 20 minutes daily! May Reading Logs are due Wednesday, June 1st.

Social Science:  We're finishing Chapter 4, Lesson 3 "How Living Things Survive in Ecosystems". We take the open-book quiz on Tuesday, 5/31. We will also do some hands-on exploration with animal pelts and skulls to see which traits help them survive in their ecosystem. Thanks to Eli's mom and The Morton Arboretum for suppling the materials!!!

Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Forsman's Math Class:   

We completed the Bridge Design & Construction unit. Our students got to use what they learned and created their own bridge designs based off of Beam, Arch, and Suspension Bridges. It was a lot of fun!

IMPORTANT DATES:

5/30 - No School (Memorial Day holiday)

5/31 - 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip & Chromebook collection

6/1 - May Reading Logs are due

6/2 - Field Day & Talent Show

6/3 - Last Day of School (1/2 day of school dismiss at 11:35am)

Have a wonderful long weekend!
- Mrs. Lopez

Week of 5/23/16 - 5/27/16

We're coming up on our last full week of school. How time flies!!! Summer is just around the corner.

Chromebooks, cases, and charger cords will be checked and collected on Tuesday, May 31.

Reminder that all IMC school library books need to be returned. They were due last week.

COMING UP:

Spelling:  The Homework Menu (6 activities) and Test are due/will be on Wednesday, 5/25/16.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll read Night of the Pufflings and working on our final writing piece - argumentative. In stations, students read stories on Raz-Kids and build comprehension. We got our Pen Pals letters from Mrs. Walega's 2nd Grade Class. We can't wait for them to visit us at Prairieview on 5/27/16.

We look forward to hearing from Diamond this week about her visit with Ivan. : )

Keep Reading for 20 minutes daily! May Reading Logs are due Wednesday, June 1st.

Social Science:  We continue with Chapter 4, Lesson 3 "How Living Things Survive in Ecosystems". The open-book quiz will be the following week on Tuesday, 5/31.

Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Forsman's Math Class:   

We continue with Unit 8: Bridge Design & Construction using data collection and analysis.
This month, students will be researching, designing and constructing model bridges: Arch and Suspension Bridges.

  

IMPORTANT DATES:

5/27 - 2nd Graders visit
5/30 - No School (Memorial Day holiday)
5/31 - 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip & Chromebook collection
6/2 - Field Day
6/3 - Last Day of School (1/2 day of school)

Have a wonderful weekend!
- Mrs. Lopez

Week of 5/16/16 - 5/20/16

Field Trip to the Shedd Aquarium: We had a had a wonderful time on our field trip. Thank you so much to Elijah's family and Diamond's mom for helping with the trip!!!

COMING UP:

Spelling:  The new spelling list will come home on Monday. Homework Menu (6 activities) and Test are due/will be on Wednesday, 5/25/16.

Reading & Language Arts:  Students are working on a Character Poster in class from The One and Only Ivan. Each chooses a character from the story, creates a word cloud describing the character, and supports their findings with excerpts from the text. We’ll start reading Night of the Pufflings and working on our final writing piece - argumentative. In stations, students read stories on Raz-Kids and build comprehension.

Our friendly letters to our 2nd Grade Pen Pals were delivered last week. Our Pen Pals are from Mrs. Walega's 2nd Grade Class over at Ide. We can't wait for them to visit us at Prairieview on 5/27/16. We look forward to getting letters back from them soon.

We look forward to hearing from Jokubas this week about his visit with Ivan. : )

Keep Reading for 20 minutes daily!

Social Science:  We continue with Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Ecosystems on Monday. We have started building an animal's ecosystem with the rock and shoebox your child brought in. This topic ties in with our field trip to the Shedd Aquarium.

Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Forsman's Math Class:   

We continue with Unit 8: Bridge Design & Construction using data collection and analysis.
This month, students will be researching, designing and constructing model bridges. Students designed, constructed, and tested Beam Bridges.

 
  


We're reaching out to families for material donations. We are in need of:

• paper towel tubes
• toilet paper tubes
• straws
• foil
• newspapers
• manila file folders
• fishing line
• cotton string
• copper wire
• rubber bands
• marshmallows
• masking tape
• paper clips
• twist ties (like from the grocery store, produce section)

Please email me at hlopez@ccsd66.org if you can donate any items. Thank you!!!

IMPORTANT DATES:

5/27 - 2nd Graders visit
5/30 - No School (Memorial Day holiday)
5/31 - 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip
6/2 - Field Day
6/3 - Last Day of School (1/2 day of school)

Have a wonderful weekend!
- Mrs. Lopez

Week of 5/9/16 - 5/13/16

Field Trip to the Shedd Aquarium: Our field trip to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago is this Thursday (5/12/16). Please make sure your child brings a sack lunch including a beverage (all completely throw-away) on Thursday.

COMING UP:

Spelling:  Homework Menu (6 activities) and Test are due/will be on Friday, 5/13.

Reading & Language Arts:  Students are working on a Character Poster in class from The One and Only Ivan. Each chooses a character from the story, creates a word cloud describing the character, and supports their findings with excerpts from the text. In stations, students read stories on Raz-Kids and build comprehension.

For language, students continue to build their interactive iBinder with notes and a portfolio of their work samples. This week we learn when to use commas in their writing. We are writing friendly letters to our 2nd Grade Pen Pals this week. Our Pen Pals are from Mrs. Walega's 2nd Grade Class.

Thanks to Serenity for sharing her Ivan Journal experiences with us last week! We look forward to hearing from Jokubas this week about his visit with Ivan. : )

Keep Reading for 20 minutes daily!

Social Science:  We continue with Chapter 4, Lesson 2 Ecosystems on Monday. Your child should bring in a rock and a shoebox on Monday so that we can start building an animal's ecosystem project. This topic ties in with our field trip to the Shedd Aquarium.

Mrs. Lopez & Mrs. Forsman's Math Class:   

We continue with Unit 8: Bridge Design & Construction using data collection and analysis.
This month, students will be researching, designing and constructing model bridges. Partners started designing and constructing Beam Bridges. 

We're reaching out to families for material donations. We are in need of:

• paper towel tubes
• toilet paper tubes
• straws
• foil
• newspapers
• manila file folders
• fishing line
• cotton string
• copper wire
• rubber bands
• marshmallows
• masking tape
• paper clips
• twist ties (like from the grocery store, produce section)

Please email me at hlopez@ccsd66.org if you can donate any items. Thank you!!!

IMPORTANT DATES:

5/12 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago
5/13 - Early Dismissal (PV @ 11:35am)
5/30 - No School (Memorial Day holiday)
5/31 - 3rd Grade Bowling Field Trip
6/3 - Last Day of School (1/2 day of school)

Happy Mother's Day & enjoy the beautiful weekend!
- Mrs. Lopez