Winter Break

Happy Winter Break

Wishing you each a very merry holiday season and a wonderful new year! From my family to yours, I wish you a season full of magic, laughter, and love! 

 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

Enjoy the holiday season with your family and friends. See you in 2020!

*Mon. 1/6: Classes Resume!

*Fri. 1/10: Math: 3's fast facts test

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will work on culture and tradition as we explore traditions. We will do an informative writing piece on what animal teeth we would want to have and why.  We will also read the Matchbox Diary and talk about special objects we have and why they are special to us. 

*Spelling: A new spelling sort will be sent home on Mon. 1/6. The 3 activities and test will be on Fri. 1/17. 


* Science: We will continue our work on Amplify Science as we continue to explore inheritance and traits. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math: We will begin Unit 4, focusing on measurement and telling time. We will also work on 3's multiplication fast facts, with the test on Fri. 1/10. Please continue to practice multiplication (and division) facts over the break!

Have a great break!
Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 12/16

Odds and Ends: 

We had such a great time at the Tivoli yesterday! The students were respectful and well behaved. An exciting week is ahead....the last week of 2019! We will be bowling on Tuesday am and we are planning to show the movie Elf to the grade level on Friday. Please email me if you do NOT give your child permission to watch this movie and we can make other arrangements for your child during that time. Thank you! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon. 12/16: In School Band Concert Assembly

*Tues. 12/17: Bowling AM 

*Wed. 12/18; Math: Unit 2 Practice Test due

*Thurs. 12/19: Math: Unit 2 Test 

*Fri. 12/20: Math: 10's multiplication math facts test 

Elf movie in 3rd grade middle area

A LOOK AHEAD: 

*Spelling: No new spelling words this week. We will continue in January. 

*Reading and ELA: We will work on more teeth writing as we focus on the book What If You Had Animal Teeth and writing about animal teeth. 

December Reading Logs will be due Mon. 1/6. 

*Social Sciences: We will continue to study traits and inheritance. 

*Math: We are wrapping up Unit 2. We will have a review day on Wed. 12/18 and Practice tests are due that day. The test will be on Thurs. 12/19. We will begin Unit 4 on 1/6. 

Have a great weekend!

Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 12/9

Welcome to December!  Winter has arrived! Please remember to dress your child for the weather because we do try to go outside for recess. 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Tues. 12/10: Early Dismissal 

*Fri. 12/13: Spelling test and activities due
Math: 5's multiplication test 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Spelling: 3 activities are due on Fri. 12/13. Your child has been given several times during the last week to work on these so they should have at least 2 activities done. The test is on Fri. 12/13. 

*Reading and Language Arts: This week we will focus on character traits and extended responses. We will determine traits of characters in stories and recall important events in stories. We are learning all about culture and traditions. We will be talking about holiday traditions and tooth fairy traditions. 

December Reading calendars are due on Mon. 1/6. 

*Science: We began to work on our first unit in science: trait and inheritances. Ask your child about the wolves and deer game we played, which focuses on why animals work and stay in groups. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: Unit 2 continues with multiplication strategies. We will also work on 5's multiplication with a test on Fri. 12/13. 

Have a great weekend! Stay warm!
Mrs. Olsen 

Weeks of 11/25 and 12/2

Happy Thanksgiving!

Today is the end of Trimester 1. Grades will be finalized soon. What a great first part of the school year! I hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving break with your families. This blog will include information for the next 2 weeks.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon. 11/25:  Gratitude Calendars Due

*Tues. 11/26: DOL Quiz

Wed-Fri 11/27-29: No School: Happy Thanksgiving!

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading/ELA: We are working on reading and writing our own fables. We are also working on nouns and wrote about what we are thankful with applying our knowledge of nouns: a person, place, and thing. We will be starting our next unit when we return from break, a study of culture and immigration and traditions. We begin with the story A Keeping Quilt.  

The disguised turkeys looked amazing! The students did a great job persuading the farmer to save each one. They are display in the Fab Lab window being enjoyed by all who walk by.

*Spelling: New word sorts will be going home on Mon. 12/2. 3 activities and the test will be on 12/13.

*Science: We will continue our new science curriculum as we study traits and inheritance. We will begin this unit on 12/2.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math class: Unit 2 continues with work on multiplication strategies. Please have your child study their facts every night! There will be a short checkpoint on multiplication on 11/25. We will focus on 2's x facts the week of 12/2 with a graded fact test on 12/6.

Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 11/18

Odds and Ends: 

The end of the trimester is Fri. 11/22.  Grades will be finalized soon. What a great first part of the school year! The students are working hard and learning so much! 

* Bowling Snacks: Mrs. Cushing has sent out an email regarding bowling snacks. The link is available here as well: 

https://forms.gle/LPQapqB14uW9QiQu6

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Fri. 11/22: Spelling: 3 activities due and test

Scholastic Book Order due

Math: x0 and x1 math facts  

*Mon. 11/25: Gratitude Calendar Due to join in special grade level feast

*Tues. 11/26: 3rd grade special Gratitude Feast 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We worked  fluency, context clues, and expression and we did readers theaters' with myths this week. Check out our seesaw posts for pictures of the performances today. They all did a great job! We will continue to work on leveled texts in small groups next week  as we continue our study of folktales. 

*Spelling: We are in the second week of our spelling lists. The 3 activities and test is Fri. 11/22. 

*Social Studies: Special thanks to our parent volunteers Mrs. Zapata, Mrs. Puelo, Mrs. Antonopoulos, Mr. Brooks, and Mrs. Tylka for joining us on our Downers Grove field trip. Despite the snowy day, we had a great time!

*Mrs. Olsen's Math class: Unit 2 continues with work on multiplication strategies. Please have your child study their facts every night!  Starting next week, we will take a weekly fact test on Fridays up to 12's.  Here is the schedule: 

week of 11/18: x0 and x1 facts

week of 12/2: x2 facts

week of 12/9: x5 facts

week of 12/16: x10 facts

We will resume after break in the following order: x11, x3, x4, x6, x7, x8, x9, and x12. The order is so we get the easier facts done first and build confidence and practice over time. Please have your child use flashcards or other games or strategies to practice facts every night to build math fluency!  Thank you!

Enjoy your weekend!

Mrs. Olsen 

Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 11/11

Odds and Ends:

Our Downers Grove field trip is on Mon. 11/11. Please have your child dress for walking and for the weather as we get off and on the bus throughout the day.   Also, you can send a snack in with your child if they would like to eat it before we leave.

Veteran's Day: In honor of Veteran's Day, we will have a school wide assembly honoring veteran's who have a Prairieview connection. It is a very emotional and touching assembly and meant so much to the students and veterans. Please ask your child about this special assembly. 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Mon. 11/11: Downers Grove Field Trip

*Wed. 11/13: Disguised Turkeys due 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to discuss myth's as we learn about King Midas and reading other myths as we work on readers theatre. We are focusing on character traits and using text evidence to help answer questions. We are also focusing on fluency, articulation, and public speaking through our readers theatre. 

*English: We will be using our disguised turkeys (which are due Wed) to write a persuasive paragraph to convince the farmer not to eat him/her on Thanksgiving! We will also work on nouns. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We will take a step back to Unit 2 which is an introduction to Multiplication. 

Hope you had a great weekend!
Mrs.Olsen 

Week of 11/5

Odds and Ends:

Thank you! It was so wonderful to meet with so many of the families for parent teacher conference. It is always nice to have an opportunity to sit and discuss your child's progress together. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to email or call! Thanks you for your continued support! 


Thank you to all of the parents who helped at this year's Halloween Party! What a fun time the kids had! We all really appreciate the generous donations of food, drinks, and party utensils and the fun games prepared for the class! I hope you all had a great, fun, and safe Halloween!


* A field trip form for our Downers Grove field trip on 11/11 was sent home today. Please sign and return no later than Wed. 11/6. Thank you! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Fri. 11/1: No School 

*Mon. 11/4: No School: Teacher Institute

*Tues. 11/5: October reading calendars due today

* Wed. 11/6: Downers Grove Test
Downers Grove permission slip and money due 

*Fri. 11/8: Spelling: 3 activities and test 
Math: Unit 3 Test today 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We are working on making inferences and character traits. We are reading leveled non fiction texts as we apply these skills to different texts. We will continue to work on our reading strategies of cause and effect and sequencing and begin our study of myths. 

*English: The students finished writing their persuasive and descriptive haunted house papers. They turned out spooktacular. We applied what we know about adjectives, similes, sensory words, color words, and descriptive language to our writing. 


*Spelling: We are in week 2 of our spelling list. Check on your child's progress with their spelling activities. 3 activities from the spelling menu are due on Fri. 11/8. That is also the day of the test. 

*Social Studies:  We learned about Prince Pond, Dicke Tool Company, and Tivoli Theatre. We will play review games on Tuesday and take the graded test on Downers Grove on Wed. 11/6. A study guide was sent home this week for the DG test. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are nearing the end of Unit 3. A practice test/study guide was sent home and is due Thurs. The Unit 3 test will be on Friday. 11/8. 

Have a great LONG weekend!
Mrs. Olsen