Week of November 26-30

Important Dates:

*Parent Teacher Conferences: 11/26-11/28

*Spelling Test Thursday 11/29

*Book orders due 11/29 or online by 11/30

*No School Friday 11/30

Classroom Chatter

*Book orders went home last week. I encourage everyone who is ordering to check out ordering online. It is fast, safe, and easy! If you choose not to order online, the paper orders and check is due by Thursday. Online orders will be due by Friday. Thank you.

*Conferences are this week. Please be ontime for you conference. It is only a 15 minute time slot. I look forward to meeting with all parents this week.

*Some changes for second trimester are as follows. The homework grade (late slips) will be 5 points instead of 10. I also will be taking a grade in spelling once a week. This will be either from the spelling workbook or the ABC order sheet.

*Thank you to Maria who donated items to the Treasure Chest. Thank you to Payton for bringing in some gifts for our adopted family.

*I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Check out this website below. The Csorba family was elfed over the holidays. Enjoy!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9536328371

Spelling

Lesson 13 is this week. These words are past tense words with a final y. There is no pretest this week. The test is Thursday due to no school on Friday. The list is in the spelling folder.

English

We will continue with verbs this week. We will learn about the special verb be and helping verbs.

Reading

We will be traveling back in time as we explore Egypt. Student will be reading and learning about Ancient Egypt for our next reading unit. This week we will begin by reading a book called, Eye on Ancient Egypt. Students will be working on predictions and main idea this week as we read.

Social Studies

We will begin chapter 2 this week. Chapter 2 teaches us about three types of communities: rural, suburban, and urban. We will be testing out of this chapter the week before we break for the holidays.

Science

We will begin our unit on Space next week.

Math

We will finish up chapter 3 on multiplication and division. This week we will be learning about division and the properties of division. Students will also be taking the x4 mad minute. We will continue with problem solving by making a table and working on T-charts as well.

Week of November 19-23

Important Dates:
*Thanksgiving Break- 11/21 to 11/23
*Parent/Teacher Conferences 11/26 to 11/28
* Book orders due Friday 11/30
*Yearbook orders due Monday 12/3
*Adopted family gifts due Wednesday 12/5


Classroom Chatter
I hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving. Enjoy the nice break with your family. This year, I am thankful for my wonderful group of third graders! Don't forget to ask your child to share their turkey story we worked on in english.(It will come home Tuesday after we share them in class). Something the whole family will enjoy! Gobble! Gobble!

*HOLIDAY SERVICE PROJECT: Two notes will come home Monday explaining our school wide holiday service project. Each classroom is assigned a family to "sponsor" this holiday season, as well as work to collect gift cards and money for the Lutherbrook Foundation, a safe home for abused children. As a class, we will be working to make the holidays bright for a family struggling with cancer. We will be collecting gifts for the individual family members and entire family, as well as monetary donations and gift cards for Lutherbrook through Wednesday, December 5th. Please see the note in your child's binder for details explaining these special and incredible projects. Any questions, please contact me. Thank you in advance for your generosity and kindness!

Book orders will be coming home on Monday and available to purchase online again. Please take advantage of online ordering! It helps me out greatly! The due date is Friday 11/30. There is no school that day. Online orders will be due that day. Paper orders need to be in by Thursday 11/29. LOOKING FOR GIFT IDEAS???? Order some books! They make great gifts and stocking stuffers. If you are ordering any books that are to be Christmas/Holiday gifts and you don't want your child to see them, send me an email or a note. I will set those books aside. We can then arrange for a day and time for you to pick them up at school.



YEARBOOKS: Now’s the time to place your orders. Yearbooks are $9.00 and the deadline for your orders is Monday, December 3, 2007. No orders will be accepted after that date. Please make checks payable to Lifetouch. Please make sure your student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level are marked on the order form. Yearbook order forms went home with your child on November 15th and there a few extra envelopes available; please try not to lose them. If your child loses it, you can send an envelope with the following information on it: student’s name, teacher’s name and grade level along with a check made payable to Lifetouch for $9.00. It is very important that you put the information on the envelope; Lifetouch does not know who your child’s teacher is.

Parent Teacher conferences will be held on Monday 11/26, Tuesday 11/27, and Wednesday 11/28. Please remember to be on time for your conference. It is only 15 minutes. I look forward to meeting with everyone!

Week of November 12-16

Important Dates:
*Social Studies test Thursday 11/15
*Spelling test Friday 11/16
*Spirit Day Friday 11/16 Wear favorite sports team
*Trimester One ends Tuesday 11/20
*Thanksgiving Break 11/21-11/23


Classroom Chatter
Thank you to Vivian and Kris . These students donated items to our Treasure Chest last week.

Thank you to Matthew Millbrandt, Mackenzie, Caroline, Sarah, and Payton. These students brought in healthy treats for our Health Fest last Friday. They were delicious.




Spelling
L. 12's words are past tense of words with -ed. The test is scheduled for Friday. The lists are in the spelling folders.


English
We will be putting the finishing touches on our turkey stories this week. We will begin Unit 3 also this week. We will be studying about verbs. This week we will learn what a verb is, verbs in the present tense, and verbs in the past tense.


Reading
We will finish up our animal stories. Students will be sharing and discussing what they read and learned about their animals in groups.


Science
We will begin our next unit of study on Space when we return from our Thanksgiving break.


Social Studies
We will finish up chapter one with a test on Thursday. The study guide went home last week. We will go over it on Wednesday.


Math
After spending a week learning about the relationship between multiplication and addition and talking about multiplication hints and rules, we will begin chapter 3 in our math text book. In chapter 3 we will be studying multiplication and division facts. We will begin this week looking at the relationship between multiplication and division, the properties of multiplication and continue to practice our facts. We will also spend some time doing problem solving by making a table and completing an extended written response with a t-chart. The t-chart information packet will come home this week. It is to help parents understand a t-chart is and gives examples. This will be a useful tool for when t-charts come home for homework. Also, we will be taking a x3 mad minute on Monday.

Week of Nov. 5-9

Important Dates:
*Roller Skating Party Tuesday 11/6
*Science Test Thursday 11/8
*October Reading Party Thursday 11/8
*Spelling Test Friday 11/9
*Health Fest Friday 11/9
SPIRIT DAYS for November/December
Nov. 9 - School Spirit Day (wear PV colors or PV shirt/sweatshirt)
Nov. 16 - Favorite Sports Team Wear
Dec. 7 - Character Counts Day
Dec. 14 - School Spirit Day (wear PV colors or PV shirt/sweatshirt)
Dec. 21 - Holiday Wear


Classroom Chatter
Don't forget the roller skating party is Tuesday.


Parent Teacher conference forms went home today. Please confirm your appointment with me by checking over the date and time. Send back the bottom portion and checking either "appointment confirmed" or "time conflict-reschedule". Please send these back asap! I look forward to meeting with all of you in a few weeks at our conference.

The reading party for the month of October is Thursday. Students who read for 28 days in the month of October will be able to attend.


Don't forget to wear your Prairieview School sweatshirt or t-shirt or colors Friday to show your school spirit.


Spelling
L. 11 words are spelled with double consonants in the middle of the word. The test is Friday. The lists are in the folders.


English
This week we will spend some time writing turkey stories in honor of the upcoming holiday, Thanksgiving. Students will be writing a Thanksgiving story from the point of view of a turkey. We will share these stories in class after I've graded them. Look for them to come home the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.


Reading
We will finish up lesson 3 this week in our workbooks. There will be a practice packet to come home to prepare for the quiz. The quiz is scheduled for Friday.

We also will be reading animal stories this week. Students will be working on comprehension skills and some higher level thinking questions and responses.


Science
We will finish up our unit on health. The students will have a test on Thursday. The study guide went home last Friday. It is in their science folders. I will go over the answers on Wednesday. We will finish up our health unit with a Health Fest on Friday. A note about this will come home today. Please let me know if you can send in healthy treats on Friday for us to eat. Some ideas would be: ants on a log, apple slices, spinach dip and crackers, veggies and dip, 100% fruit juice, chocolate milk, water, etc.



Social Studies
We will be studying the community of Astoria, Oregon. We learn about the location and history of Astoria and what people do for fun. We will compare this community to El Paso and our own communities.


Math
This week we will begin multiplication. This is chapter 3 in our textbooks. We will be referring to the 3rd grade textbook to begin learning about multiplication in addition to the 4th grade book we currently are studying in. Students will be taking the x2 mad minute. They will have a minute and a half to complete 26 problems. Next week begins x3's. Student will also be viewing a School House Rock video for each multiplication fact to help them learn these facts. We also are going to begin working on completing t-charts. We use t-charts to explain our thinking when we problem solve. I will be sending home information about t-charts this week.