Week of January 3-7

Important Dates

Winter Fluency benchmark Tues. 1/4

Spelling L. 12 test Friday 1/7

Classroom Chatter

I hope everyone has a wonderful HOLIDAY and a HEALTHY and HAPPY New Year!!!

Classes resume Monday, January 3rd. Tuesday, January 4th will be our winter fluency benchmark. We will not have reading on Tuesday.

Spelling - We are on list 12: words with the vowel sounds plus r. A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

Reading - We will start working on the strategy of monitoring and clarifying as we read using the story "Nights of the Pufflings". We will then extend our strategy use while working on a novel study. All the while, we will also be distinguishing fact and opinion. As always, we will continue to utilize strategies from previous weeks.

English

We will learn about adverbs this week.

Science

We will begin a new unit, States of Matter. This is chapter 11 in our textbook. This science unit will have our usual notes and graded assignments. We will be having our first science test now that we're in trimester 2. This is weeks away. As time draws near, we will be reviewing in class and a study guide will come home a week prior to the test to help with studying.

Social Studies

We will begin the 2nd part of our culture unit. Chapter 3 lesson 3 teaches us about immigration and being a citizen.

Math

We will be taking a mad minute in x9's this week. We also will begin chapter 7 on statistics and probability. We will be doubling up on some lessons, so your child may have 2 workbook pages to complete for homework. We will also be learning how to write an extended response using a t-chart in the next couple of weeks.

Week of December 13-17

Important Dates:
*Holiday Service Project items due Monday 12/13

*PE test on Bowling Tuesday 12/14

*BOX TOP turn in by Thursday 12/16

*All school field trip to Tivoli Friday 12/17

Classroom Chatter

Don't forget about our Holiday Service Drive. We are looking for donations such as new toys, new games, toiletries, and food for the needy families in the Darien area. All donations are due on Monday, December 13. Thank you for opening up your hearts to help make the holidays a happy one for those who are less fortunate.

A permission slip went home Thursday for our school field trip to Tivoli movie theater. We are going to the Tivoli in lieu of a classroom party. Please sign and return the permission slip. Send in $3 and the slip in an envelope marked with the following information: Your child's name, Mrs. Csorba, 3rd grade, Tivoli

We would like to wish Miss Boyer the best of luck! Her last day with us was Thursday. We enjoyed having her in our classroom and learned so much! Wewill miss her very much!

Spelling

L. 11's words are words with vowel sound in clown and lawn. The pretest will be Monday. The test and homework will be due on Friday.

English

We will work on our holiday stories and share them in class. I hope to send them home by the end of this week to share with the family!

Reading

We will continue working on visualization and evaluating text. We will be reading some short stories to help with these strategies.

Science

We will finish up our space games. One lucky student from each group will get to take the game home!

Social Studies

We will continue with chapter 3 culture. This week we will talk about customs and ethnic neighborhoods in lesson 2.

Math

We will finish up ch 6 time and measurement. The test will be Wednesday. We will take a x8 mad minute.

Week of December 6-10

Important Dates:

*Miss Boyer's last day :( 12/9

*Spelling Test Friday 12/10



Classroom Chatter

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It was great meeting with all the parents this week for conferences. Thank you for your time!



We would like to wish Miss Boyer the best of luck as her student teaching ends this week. We loved having her in our classroom. We are going to miss her very, very much!

*Reading: We will begin a new strategy focus as we learn about evaluating text and visualizing as we read. We will use the story Dogzilla as well as other novels and text as we apply these skills. We will also work on strategies from previous weeks.

*Spelling: We are on list 10: words with the vowel sound in "join". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

*English

We are going to take a break from adjectives. We will resume learning about adjectives when we return from winter break. We will spend the next two weeks creating, revising, and sharing our holiday stories.

*Science

We will finish up our space unit with some fun activities. Students will be creating space games using what they learned from the unit.

*Social Studies

Chapter 3 teaches us about why people move to new communities!

*Math

We will spend this week studying about temperature and time. We will take a x 7 mad minute.