Week of Oct. 29-Nov. 2

Important Dates:
*No School Monday 10/29 Teachers' Institute
*English Test Tuesday 10/30
*Halloween Wednesday 10/31~Robert Crown, parade & parties
*Spelling Test Friday 11/2

Classroom Chatter
HALLOWEEN is on Wednesday. We will be going to Robert Crown in the morning. We will miss our lunch period, so we'll be eating lunch in our classrooms. Please send your child a lunch that day. Students should bring their costumes to school in a bag with their name labeled on it. Try to have them dress so that their costume can go over their clothes and little makeup. We will be changing in our classrooms. Boys and girls will be in different classrooms. They will not be allowed to go to the bathroom to change. Please save guns, swords, knives, and other weapons for trick-or-treating at home. They are not appropriate for school.

Parents who are running the party can come by 1:15. Our school parade begins at 1:15. The party will begin at 1:30 and end at 2:15. Students will be sent home in their costumes.

Parents & Students... check out this fun Halloween website. You can carve your own pumpkin and watch it light up. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!

To carve your pumpkin,

click the link below,
Carve your pumpkin then
press done,
watch it light up.

http://www.cubpack81.com/images/carve_pumpkin.swf

Spelling

This week is L. 10 words. We skip the L. 9 writing unit. Lesson 10's words end in double consonants. There is no pretest this week due to no school on Monday. The workbook pages 55-58 will be assigned today and due on Thursday. There will not be spelling tomorrow due to our field trip and Halloween. The test is on Friday. The lists are in the spelling folders.

English

Today we took our Nouns test. Next week we will be spending some time on writing.

Reading

We finish Hey, New Kid last week. I've collected the journals and will be grading chapters 7-13. We will continue with Lesson 3 in our reading workbooks. Students also will be reading a Halloween story this week. It is a Choose Your Own Adventure Book called, Haunted Halloween Party.

Science

We will begin lesson 3 in science. We will learn about illegal drugs, tobacco, and prescription drugs.

Social Studies

We will finish up lesson one by making El Paso, Texas brochures.

Math

We will be taking our math test today. We will be doing some problem solving this week. Students will learn how to use logical reasoning to problem solve. Next week we will begin chapter 3, multiplication. We will begin taking mad minutes on multiplication. We will begin with times 2's. Any number times 2 is doubled.

Week of October 22-26

Important Dates:
*Spelling test Friday 10/26
*Slipper Day Friday 10/26
*No School Monday 10/29
Teacher's Institute
*Picture Retakes Tuesday 10/30



Classroom Chatter

PICTURE RETAKES: are scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 30th . Students must have original picture packets in hand to have a retake. If your child was absent on the first picture day, they will have to have their original order envelope with them at the time of retakes.

Thank you to Vivian and Ashley. These girls donated to our Treasure Chest last week. Mrs. Csorba's wallet and our class thank you!

Spelling

L. 8 is a review unit. Please review the rules for lessons 1-7 for Friday's test. I sent home a practice test to help study for Friday's test. It is just for practice. It does not need to come back to school.The test this week is a different format from our weekly tests. It will be just like the practice test sent home but with the words from lessons 1-7. The test is Friday.

English
We will be learning about special plural nouns this week. We also will be learning about singular and possessive nouns this week. The unit 2 test is scheduled for next Tuesday, Oct. 30th. A study guide will come home this week to help prepare for the test.


Reading
Hey, New Kid will be finished up this week. I will be grading chapters 7-13 in the journals. We will begin Lesson 3 in our ISAT workbooks. I will rip out the pages and staple them into a packet. They will be kept in the reading folders. In lesson 3, we will be making predictions and using illustrations to help understand the text. We will learn how to read charts, graphs, and diagrams when reading informational texts. We will be comparing and contrasting different types of reading selections. We also will be using graphic organizers to help us comprehend what we are reading.



Science
We will finish up lesson 2 in science this week. Lesson 2 talks about what germs are. We will learn how germs harm the bodies. We will learn how the body fights disease germs. We also will learn ways to keep germs from spreading.

Check out LearntobeHealthy.org and http://www.3aday.org/ for some great health websites for parents and kids too! Enjoy!



Social Studies
We began our first chapter in our social studies book last week on communities. This week students will continue learning about El Paso, Texas. We will finish up lesson one by making a travel brochure on El Paso, Texas.



Math
We will finish up chapter two this week. We will do some more practice with money. We will be making change and using money to problem solve. We will be taking the test on Tuesday, Oct. 30th. We will be starting multiplication mad minutes soon. Please have your child study their facts daily. To study for the test pages 76-79 in the text book has some extra practice problems to work on.

Week of October 15-19

Improtant Dates:

*Early Dismissal Wed. 10/17

*Spelling Test Fri. 10/19

*Crazy Hat Day Fri. 10/19

*Reading Quiz Fri. 10/19

Classroom Chatter

Don't forget that there is an early dismissal Wednesday. Students will be dismissed at 11am.

Book orders were sent home today for October. I'm trying a new online ordering option this month and if all goes well, I will continue this every month I send home book orders. Please read the note that went home today regarding how parents can order online at home and pay with a credit card instead of tallying up totals and sending in a check to school! Any feedback is appreciated too! Again, this is optional. You have the choice to do book orders online by following the directions on the note sent home or just fill out the order and send in a check to me.

Crazy Hat Day will be Friday's spirit day. Come to school in any hat! Crazy or not!

Spelling

Lesson 7's words are irregular plurals. The list is in the spelling folders. The test will be on Friday.

English

We will be continuing with nouns this week. Students will be working on singular and plural nouns this week. Your child's first paper on their three things they wrote about went home Friday. I hope they shared them with you. They did a great job on their papers and their self portraits. We shared them in class last Friday.

Reading

We will continue with Hey, New Kid. My goal for the students is to have the book completed by Friday. They will be working on journal responses for the chapters in class. I will be grading chapters 7-13's responses for a reading grade. I will be looking for complete sentences in addition to a correct repsonse. We also are continuing with lesson 2 in the reading packet that is in their reading folder. This week we will be learning about synonyms and antonyms and how to select the right word in a sentence. I made up a review that is very similar to how the quiz will be layed out for L. 2. It will come home for homework on Tuesday and is to be completed to help prepare for L.2's quiz. The quiz is scheduled for Friday.

Science

We will continue with our health unit by reading about Bad Habit Harry. We will make a class book retelling Harry's story. Look for it to come home with your child.

Social Studies

We will begin chapter one in social studies about communities. This is the first chapter in our textbook. We will begin chapter one by learning about the community of El Paso, Texas and how people live, work, and have fun there. Students will learn about El Paso's location and its history.

Math

We will be working with subtraction across zeros this week. We will also be doing some problem solving & mental math strategies.

Week of October 8-12

Important Dates:

*Visit Ide's playground Wed. 10/10

*Spelling Test Fri. 10/12

*Prairieview Spirit Day Fri. 10/12

Classroom Chatter:

Thank you to Sarah and Ashley. These girls donated items to our Treasure Chest. Thank you to Mackenzie and Kris who brought in a Halloween movie for our reading party. Thank you to Jenna who brought in an extra treat for our reading party last week. The next reading party for October is scheduled for Thursday, November 8.

On Wednesday, the third grade will bus over to Ide and enjoy the playground for some time. We are looking forward to our visit. Mrs. Csorba will take some pictures of the experience.

Friday will be a Prairieview Spirit Day. Students should come to school dressed in a Prairieview shirt or the school colors of gold and green. We are planning on having some type of spirit day every Friday of the year.

Spelling

L. 6's words are plurals of consonant + y words. Words that end in a consonant plus y need to change the y to an i and add es to make plural. There was no pretest this week due to no school on Monday. The test is Friday.

English

Students will be sharing their 5 paragraph essays we wrote last week. Their 3 items they brought in a brown bag will come home once they share their paper. We will begin Unit 2 on Nouns this week. Students will learn what nouns are, common and proper nouns, and nouns in a subject this week.

Reading

We will continue reading our chapter book, Hey, New Kid and working in our journals.

We will begin L. 2 in our reading workbooks. Lesson 2 teaches us about words in context. Lesson 2's pages have been ripped out and stapled and are in your child's reading folder. We will be talking about appositives, context of words, and synonyms & antonyms this week.

Science

Last week we had a guest speaker who is a nurse, Mrs. Jeka, come in to talk to us about smoking and the negative effects on our bodies to begin our health unit. This week we will talk about nutrition and the food guide pyramid.

Social Studies

We will finish up our map skills unit with an activity. Students will create a continent this week and begin working on it in class. If time does not allow, students will need to finish up their project at home Wednesday night.

Math

This week students will be learning about subtracting of two, three, four, and five digit numbers. Students will also be subtracting across zeros. Students need to continue studying their basic facts of addition and subtraction especially now that we are working with adding and subtracting of greater numbers.