Week of November 28 - December 2

Important Dates:

*Conferences 11/28, 11/29, & 11/30

*Scholastic Book Orders due Thursday 12/1

*Matter Test Thursday 12/1

*Spelling Test Thursday 12/1

*No school Friday 12/2

Classroom Chatter: I wish everyone a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! Please check out our videos of the First Thanksgiving presented by Mrs. Csorba's class. :) Didn't they do a great job?!?

Book orders went home on Tuesday. The are due by Thursday, 12/1. If you are interested in placing an order for a present and want me to set the books aside when they arrive for a later pick up, send me an email. Books make great presents and stocking stuffers! ;)

Parent/teacher conferences are being held this week. Please make sure you arrive at your scheduled time. Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you!

Spelling

This week we will study lesson 9 words. They are spelled with long o. The pretest will be Monday. The test will be Thursday. Homework will come home Monday and due on Thursday.

English

We will continue with nouns. This week, we will study about special plural nouns and singular and plural possessive nouns.

Reading
This week we will continue with our guided reading groups as we discuss the strategies we've learned. We also will start a new story, The Keeping Quilt, to teach author's point of view and author's purpose. We also will be having a guest speaker come Thursday to talk to us about quilting!!!!There will be vocab quiz on the words on Thursday.

Science

We will take the chapter 11 test on Matter on Thursday. The study guide is in the science folder.

Social Studies

We will take the Modern Day Downers Grove test the following week, 12/6.

Mrs. Csorba's Math Class

We will take a mad minute on x9's. We will learn how to multiply greater numbers this week.

Week of November 21-25

Important Dates:

No school 11/23, 11/24, 11/25-Thanksgiving Break

Conferences 11/28, 11/29, 11/30

Classroom Chatter

We had a MARBLE-ous time at our 1st Marble Party last week. I'm so proud of my class for earning their 1st party for good classroom behavior. Look at how cute they all are!!!! A special thanks to those who brought in healthy treats for the

class to enjoy.

We also had a WONDERFUL time at our DG field trip today. Thanks to Mrs. Spencer, Mrs. Flynn, Mrs. Scheck, Mrs. Socha, Mrs. Williams, and Mrs. Obeid for coming with us! Here is our class picture at Linscott Cemetary! I had a great time with the students today too. It is one of my favorite field trips!!! ;)

Parent/teacher conferences will be held the week of 11/28. Please be on time for your conference...they are only 15 minutes long and it is very easy to get off schedule. I thank you in advance for your cooperation! I am looking forward to meeting with parents and discussing your child's progress thus far in 3rd grade!

Scholastic Book orders will come home Tuesday, 11/22. There are a ton of great chapter books for your child to select from. Chapter books make great presents or stocking stuffers! :) If you want me to set aside any books that you want to give your child as a present, send me an email. When the book orders arrive, I can set aside the books and we can arrange for you to pick them up at our front office.

Spelling

Due to the very short week, there won't be a spelling list this week. We will work on word analogies on Monday and Tuesday.

Reading

We are continuing to read our novels and discussing previous strategies as well as discussing story elements of character, setting, and plot. We also will be working on a reader's theater play on the First Thanksgiving. Tune in next week for the video!!! ;)

English

We will be sharing our Thanksgiving stories this week. The students wrote a story from the turkey's point of view. Ask your child about it. They can share it with the family on Thanksgiving. They did a wonderful job!!!

Science

We will finish up Matter. The test is scheduled for Thursday 12/1. A study guide will be in the science folder.

Social Studies.

We will finish up our Modern Day Downers Grove packet.

Mrs. Csorba's Math Class

Students will be taking a mad minute on x 0's and x 1's this week. These will be the only facts on the mad minute. We will do some turkey math and start multiplication by 1 and 2 digits this week.

Week of November 14-18

Important Dates:

*Marble Party Tuesday 11/15

*Trimester 1 ends Friday 11/18

*Downers Grove Field Trip Friday 11/18

Classroom Chatter:
Our class earned their 1st Marble Party for good behavior. We will celebrate Tuesday afternoon over a movie and healthy snacks and drinks. If you can send something in for the class, that would be great!

Spelling

No spelling again this week. We will use this time to learn about antonyms and analogies.Check out our Synonym Rolls we made in class on Friday!

Reading

We will continue with our novel studies. Students will be working on story elements (character, setting, and plot) and reviewing the previous strategies (predicting, summarizing, inferring...etc).

English

We will take a break from our study of Nouns. We will spend this week writing about Thanksgiving from a Turkey's point of view. After the Thanksgiving break, we will resume Nouns!

Science

We will continue with States of Matter and learn how matter changes. We will have the Matter test after Thanksgiving break. It is scheduled for Friday, 12/4.

Social Studies

We will continue our study of modern day DG and chapter 12-local government.

Mrs. Csorba's math class:
We will take a mad minute on all the facts (squares, twos, fives, threes, fours, sixes, sevens, and eights this week. When we return from Thanksgiving break we will do 9's, 10's, 11's, and 12's (one fact each week). Don't forget we will have the Chapter 3 Test on Tuesday and the Trimester test on chapters 1-3 on Friday.

Week of November 7-11

Important Dates

*Box Top Winner Pizza Party Thursday 11/10

*No School Friday 11/11 Veterans' Day

Classroom Chatter

Parent/teacher conferences are scheduled for the last week of November. Most of you signed up for your conference on Curriculum Night. Today, your child came home with the confirmation sheet. Please confirm our appointment by filling out the bottom portion of the paper and return to school asap! Thanks!

Don't forget that we don't have school Friday for Veterans' Day. Thursday our class will enjoy a pizza party lunch! We turned in the most Box Tops for 3rd grade! Thank you so much for those that turned them in. This has been my 5th year in a row winning!!! ;) Please continue to collect box tops, pop tabs, soup labels, and Promenade Mall receipts!!!! Thanks in advance.

Spelling

This week in spelling we will take a break from our spelling lists and work on synonyms and antonyms. There will not be a packet of homework for "spelling" due this week, but there maybe a homework page the will come home a night or two to practice synonyms and antonyms.

English

We will continue with Unit 2 Nouns. This week we will focus our study on common and proper nouns, nouns in the subject, singular and plural nouns, nouns with -es, and special plural nouns.

Reading

We will begin a novel study. While reading our novels we will focus on story elements such as character, setting, plot, problem/resolution.

Science

This week we will continue our study on solids, liquids, and gases.

Social Studies

We will take a quiz on the History of DG on Thursday, 11/10. A study guide is in the SS folder. We also will continue our study of DG by learning about present day DG. This ties nicely into Chapter 12, Your Local Government, in our textbooks. We will be learning about both at the same time.

Mrs. Csorba's Math Class

We will take a mad minute on 6's, 7's and 8's. We also continue with chapter 3. This week we will be doing subtraction with regrouping of greater numbers. We are 1/2 though chapter 3 and the trimester is also coming to an end! That means we will be having a chapter test coming up as well as a cumulative trimester test on chapters 1-3. The CYP for lessons 6-9 will be Thursday, 11/10. The chapter 3 test will be Tuesday 11/15. The trimester test will be Friday 11/18. To review for the trimester test on chapters 1-3 practice the problems on the following pages: 64-66, 92-94, and 122-124.