Important Dates:
*9/29 Tuesday Magazine turn-in day
*10/1 Thursday Picture Day
*10/2 Friday Spelling Test
Classroom Chatter
We had a great time celebrating Johnny Appleseed's birthday on Friday. Thank you to those who sent in juice, bowls, and cups!
Spelling
Lesson 5's words are vowel + y words. We will take a pretest on Monday. The test will be Friday.
English
We will spend this week writing a narrative essay. Students will learn about indenting paragraphs and how to write a narrative with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
Reading
We will begin our first novel, How to Be Cool in Third Grade. We will be reading chapters in class and completing journal response questions.
Science
We will continue with our Matter unit. This week, we will learn about the three states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases.
Social Studies
Downers Grove and Chapter 12 will be our next unit. We will begin learning about the history of Downers Grove, present day Downers Grove and Local Government in Chapter 12 .
Math
This week we will continue with chapter two. Students will be adding and subtracting two and three digit numbers as well as greater than 3 digit numbers. We will be taking a checkpoint this week on Wednesday.
