Week of 2/18

Odds and Ends: 

THANK YOU to all of the parents who volunteered their time or donated items to our Valentine's Party. The kids had a great time! Happy Valentines Day!

*Oak Trace field trip: We will spend 9-10:30 at the Oak Trace Retirement center on Tues.  Please send your child in with a small game, picture books, coloring books, or puzzle books to play with a senior citizen. See the list below for ideas: 

Go fish 

Uno 

checkers 

chess

Candy Land

small puzzles

coloring book 

Deck of cards

Bingo

Dice games

At least three picture books

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon. 2/17: No School

*Tues. 2/18: Field Trip to Oak Trace Retirement Home

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*ELA: We will work researching our country/culture report. We are also focusing on non fiction text features and structures.  We are also applying some of these features to our country reports. 

* Spelling: We will begin a new spelling unit on Tues. 2/18. The work and test will be due on Thurs. 2/27 (no school that Friday due to institute day)

*Social Studies: We are working on our culture day projects. A note will be sent home at some point containing information about your child's presentation on their culture/country. A portion of the presentation is reading a few of the chapters of their paper, which we are working on in class. They also need to prepare some of the presentation at home- they can bring in artifacts (photos, souvenirs, clothing, food), make a poster about the culture, a google slide show, etc. The note will explain their options.


 If your child chooses to send in food from his/her culture to share, please keep the following guidelines in mind: 
1. bite sized samples only to share!
2. send in a complete list of ingredients and NO NUTS please
3. If your food requires utensils or cups/plates, please provide them

This is a highlight of the year and the kids and teachers LOVE these presentations. It's a great way to learn about the world and each other. The presentations won't begin until March.  Your child's note will have the exact day of their presentation, as not all students can share on the same day. 

*Science: We are working on inheritance and traits. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working with division and multiplication, arrays, and writing our own story problems. We are also learning about perimeter and area. We will work on 9's multiplication facts this week.  We will have our 9's multiplication test on Fri. 2/21. 

Have a great weekend together!
Best, 
Mrs. Olsen 

week of 2/10

Odds and Ends: 

Parent teacher conferences with your child's math teacher will be held next week Mon and Tues, and Wed. . If you have not signed up and are interested in meeting with your child's math teacher, please email!

Valentine's Day: We will have a classroom celebration on Thurs. 2/13 from 1:30-2:15. We will be making our own decorated Valentine's bags to be used as our "mail boxes" for Valentines. If your child wishes to share Valentine's with his/her classmates, we have 22 students in our room. It is optional, however, if you share, we ask you bring enough for every student in the room. Your child will be taking home a class list today if they choose to personalize their cards (again, optional!) Any treats attached to the cards will be sent home to be enjoyed. Remember, we are a nut free classroom!


* Oak Trace Retirement Field Trip: We will visit Oak Trace retirement home on Tues. 2/18. If your child has a book of puzzle, card game, or board game they would like to bring to play with a Senior Citizen, please send it to school with them on Tues. 2/18.  Thanks! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Thurs. 2/13: Happy Valentine's Day! 
Spelling: 3 activities and test due 

*Fri. 2/14: No School 
*Mon. 2/17: No School: President's Day 

*Tues. 2/18: Oak Trace Retirement Home Field Trip 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to explore non fiction text features and structures. We will also work on writing informational papers as we start our culture day research. Your child should pick a country/culture from their own background to do research on and eventually present a culture day project on (more information coming home on that later). We will begin doing our research in class on Monday, so please have them choose a country from their own culture over the weekend. This is a connection to our social studies unit on culture and immigration and a great way for students to share about their own cultures to their classmates. 

*Spelling: We will work with the same words from last week. 3 activities and a test are due on Thurs. 2/13. 
 
*Science: We are working on traits and inheritance. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We began Unit 5 on Monday, learning more about the relationship between multiplication and division. We will take a break next week on fact fluency test's due to the short week, but we will pick up with 9's multiplication after the long weekend. 

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 2/3

Odds and Ends: 

January Reading logs are due 2/3!

Our daily schedule is changing...we will now have math in the afternoon (12:55-2:10) and ELA in the morning block, with Reading WIN from 11:15-11:45. This will begin Mon. 2/3.

Valentine's Day: If your child would like to pass out Valentine's on Thurs. 2/13,  please keep reading....

1. We have 22 students : 15 boys  and 7 girls 

2. If they choose to pass out Valentine's, they must distribute one to every student. 

3. If you are attaching treats, no nuts, please!

Thank you!!!!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon 2/3: January reading logs due 

*Fri. 2/7: Math : 8's multiplication test 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to learn about non-fiction text structures and features.  We will be starting researching for our culture report soon. 

* Spelling: A new word list will be sent home with students.  The 3 activities and test will be due on Thurs. 2/13. 

* Social Studies: We will continue to talk about culture. Your child will be learning more about the big culture report and presentation coming up. A sheet will be sent home on Wed, due Mon. 2/10, that will have them select the country and culture they want to research, write, and present on. We will be doing the research and writing at school, but they will have to do the preparation for the presentation at home. More info. coming soon!  

* Science: We will continue our study on traits and inheritance. 

*Mrs.Olsen's Math Class: We will be starting Unit 5, a focus on multiplication and division. We will focus on 8's multiplication this week, with the timed fact fluency test on Fri. 2/7. Looking ahead, we will skip the week of 2/10 for fact tests. See below for the schedule: 
Test date: 2/21:  9'sx 
2/27: 11's x
3/5: 12's x
Enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Olsen 

Congrats to Michaela and Will  who were the top 2 spellers in our class spelling bee! They will represent our class during the grade level spelling bee next week. Way to go! 

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Wed. 1/29 : Early Dismissal 

*Fri. 1/31: Spelling: Test and 3 activities due
January Reading Logs due Mon. 2/3 
Math: 7's multiplication test and Unit 4 test 

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will work on non fiction text features and structures. 


* Spelling: We will continue to work on our list from last week. The test is Fri. 1/31 and 3 activities are also due 1/31. 

*Social Studies: We are working on ch. 3 in our Social Studies textbook, focusing on culture, traditions, and immigration and migration. 

*Science: We continue to study inheritance and traits. 

*Mrs.Olsen's Math Class: We are working on fractions. We will work on 7's multiplication facts with a test on Fri. 1/31. A study guide will be sent home and due on Thurs of next week. The Unit 4 test will be on Friday, 1/31. 

Stay warm!
Mrs. Olsen 

Week of 1/20

Week of 1/20

Odds and Ends:

Friday marked the midterm and halfway through 3rd grade! Please check your child's grades and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Thanks! 

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Mon. 1/20: No School

*Fri. 1/24: Math: 6's multiplication timed tests

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading and English: We will continue to study culture and tradition. We will also begin learning about non fiction text features and structures. We are reading non-fiction biography books about Martin Luther King, Jr. We are also working on book studies in our WIN class. 

*Spelling: We will start a new list. Words will be handed out on Tues and 3 activities and a test are due Jan 31.

* Social Studies: We will continue to work on ch. 3 on Immigration and Culture,a great connection to what we are focusing on in reading. We will be sending home information about our culture day project soon.

*Science: We will continue to study the wolf pack at the fictional "Graystone National Park" as we learn about traits and inheritance. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We have been busy exploring measurement as we learn about the metric measurement system. Be sure to ask your child about what tools and terms of measurement are measured when we discuss mass, volume, and length.  For example, mass uses a balance and measures using grams and kilograms. We will work on 6's multiplication facts this week with a test on Friday. 

Have a great, long weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 1/13

Odds and Ends: 

Welcome back and Happy 2020! I hope all of you had a wonderful, relaxing and fun break together. We are in the 2nd half of 3rd grade, which is hard to believe!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Fri. 1/17: Spelling: 3 activities and test due
Math: 4's multiplication fast fact

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading:  We are continuing our unit on culture and traditions. We are doing an informative/persuasive writing unit on what animal teeth we would want to have and why after reading If I Had Animal Teeth.  We are finishing up the projects and will read a book called The Matchbox Diary as we learn about another way people treasure and keep special objects as a tradition.


*Spelling:  3 activities and the next test will be on Fri. 1/17.  Please ask your child how many activities they are done with so they can plan accordingly.

* Science:  We are continuing to work the Amplify Unit, where we will focus on inheritance and traits of wolves and bears.

*Social Studies: We will start ch. 3 on immigration. We will tie this unit into our ELA curriculum as we focus on culture, tradition and where our ancestors and relatives have come from.  Look for information about our culture day projects coming in a few weeks.

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are starting Unit 4 on measurement and fractions. We began with telling time to the minute and working on elapsed time.  This can be a tricky concept, so its a good skill to practice at home. We will work on metric measurement next. We are also working with 4's multiplication facts with a test on Fri. 1/17.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen