No school on Monday, January 17 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday.
This past week, we had a very cool juggling assembly which discussed bullying. Our class has been doing such a great job taking care of each other and being kind, they earned the opportunity to watch My Friend, Martin (with popcorn!) this past Friday. I hope we can keep up this caring attitude of being RESPECTFUL and RESPONSIBLE. They learned that Martin Luther King, Jr. fought for equal rights because he believed everyone deserves equal treatment. This ties with our topic of bullying so well. I don't expect everyone to "like" each other, but I do expect everyone to respect each other.
Ultra's Smart Shopper Program: Has been extended to May 31, 2011. Please save your receipts and turn them into school. Our school can earn 5% return on the total number of receipts collected.
Bus Aide Needed: Caring adult needed to assist special needs students on the school bus. Four hours per day split morning and afternoon. Interested candidates please contact Mrs. Hart at 630-783-5168.
Monday, January 17, 2011
No School/Martin Luther King's Birthday
Papa Passero's - PTO Dine Out: http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/FundRaisers/Papas.pdf
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Chess Club Permission Slips Due
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
PTO Meeting - 11:30 a.m.
THIRD GRADE SPELLING BEE AT 1:40
Language Stars - 2:30 to 3:15 p.m.
This week, students can expect to learn about capacity (gallon, pint, cup, quart), weight (pound, ounces), and metric length (meter, millimeter, centimeter, kilometer). On TUESDAY (1/18), students will be tested on x5. Due to scheduling conflicts, the test dates have been pushed back. The x6 test will not be until TUESDAY, 1/25. I expect the chapter 20 test on measurement to be no earlier than Wednesday, 1/26.
READING
As we begin our novel studies this week we will be targeting the reading strategy of questioning. As always, we will also continue to review and refine our work with the other strategies that we have already introduced, but will highlight questioning this week.
SPELLING
We are back to our normal spelling routine next week with Lesson #13. We will pre-test on Tuesday and assign the corresponding homework. The spelling challenge students will only have to pick two assignments from the list and all other spelling students will have a shortened assignment as well due to the 4 day week. The homework will be due on Friday and we will have the test that day also!
ENGLISH
Our study of verbs will continue this week.
SCIENCE
We will continue discussing states of matter and then begin preparing for the lesson 2 quiz in chapter 11 scheduled for Friday, 1/21.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Students were given information about our upcoming Culture Day on Thursday, 1/27. For homework this weekend, they are to discuss with you the components of their culture they would like to discuss with the class. They have a sheet to be filled out which is due this Tuesday. We will continue discussing immigration this week to prepare for the open book lesson 3 quiz on Monday, 1/24. Students took quite an interest in the Ellis Island online tour we took today.
As always have a wonderful (long) weekend!
