tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14163173508617746412024-02-07T21:42:28.235-06:00Csorba ScoopMrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comBlogger190125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-70049811817143532862012-06-01T14:44:00.000-05:002012-06-01T14:44:36.916-05:00Week of June 4thImportant Dates:<br />
Monday: 6/4 Picnic<br />
Tuesday: 6/5 Last Day of School/Report Cards<br />
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<br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-78821596999148524032012-05-25T12:05:00.001-05:002012-05-25T12:05:34.386-05:00Week of May 28 - June 1Important Dates<br />
No school Monday :: Memorial Day<br />
Bowling Thursday<br />
Marble Party Thursday<br />
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Happy Memorial Day weekend! Enjoy your holiday! I can't believe it is Memorial Day weekend!!!! :)<br />
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This is our final week of curriculum. We will be finishing up our units as the week comes to an end. Thank you to everyone who sent in your child with a glue stick. It will help us out so much when we are putting our scrapbooks together!<br />
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Spelling<br />
We will spend this week practicing some 4th grade spelling words by playing sparkle and doing some activities. No test this week.<br /><br />English<br />
We will spend this week finishing up writing an expository paper.<br />
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Reading<br />
We will work on our mystery unit!<br />
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Social Studies<br />
We will finish up ancient Egypt with Cleopatra and hieroglyphics.<br />
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Science<br />
We will finish up science by learning about the scientific method.<br />
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Math<br />
We will spend the week doing long division.<br />
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<br />Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-74016867835368828902012-05-18T10:36:00.001-05:002012-05-18T10:36:53.541-05:00Important Dates<br />
English Test 5/21<br />
Public Library Presentation 5/21<br />
Bowling Thursday 5/24<br />
2nd Grade Thursday 5/24<br />
Math test Friday 5/25<br />
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Monday the Indian Prairie and Downers Grove libraries will visit to tell us all about their summer reading program!<br />
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Thursday we have our bowling field trip in the morning. In the afternoon, our 2nd grade pen pals come to visit!<br />
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Spelling :: We are done with spelling for the year. We will use this time to do word work and phonics.<br />
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Reading :: We will continue with our unit of Fairy Tales as we compare and contrast 2 Cinderella stories. We also start our mystery unit!<br />
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English :: Due to early dismissal on Friday and Jr. Achievement, I moved the English test to Monday 5/21.<br />
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Social Studies :: We will finish up our Eye on Egypt books by learning about King Tut and Cleopatra.<br />
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Science :: We will start our last unit on the scientific method. There will not be a final test on this unit.<br />
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Math :: There will be a CYP on L. 1-5 on Monday, a CYP on L. 6-8 on Thursday and the chapter 9 test on Friday. We will spend the rest of the year doing long division. There will not a test on division. The final test is chapter 9.Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-65481024337725417392012-05-11T11:00:00.002-05:002012-05-11T11:00:52.952-05:00Week of May 14-18Important Dates:<br />
MAGIC SHOW!!!! Monday 5/14<br />
Spelling prestest Monday 5/14<br />
Science test Tuesday 5/15<br />
Bowling permission slip due Thurs. 5/17<br />
Scholastic Book Orders due Thurs. 5/17<br />
English Test Friday 5/18<br />
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Wishing all the Moms out there a very happy Mother's Day! We hope you like your card and gift! ;)<br />
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Don't forget Scholastic Book Orders are due on Thursday, 5/17!<br />
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Did your son or daughter share the exciting news as how I'll still be a "teacher" to them next year?!? Yes, I will be Prairieview's library teacher/media specialist! I'm very excited for this new opportunity and hope to see some familiar faces for visits or volunteering in the IMC!!!! ;)<br />
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Spelling Test Friday 5/18<br />
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Spelling<br />
L. 26 words are spelled are more commonly misspelled words. There will be a pretest Monday.The test and homework will be due on Friday.<br />
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Reading<br />
We will end our Magic Unit with a MAGIC SHOW on Monday at 1:00 pm in Mrs. Csorba's room (Room 105). We can't wait to dazzle, amaze, and mystify you! Thanks in advance to all those who can make it!<br />
We will begin our next unit on Fairy tales.<br />
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English<br />
We will finish up unit 5 with a test on Friday.<br />
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Social Studies<br />
We will continue with our Egypt study and learn about mummification and hieroglyphics.<br />
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Science<br />
We will take the chapter 14 test on Tuesday!<br />
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Math<br />
We will begin chapter 9: Addition and Subtraction of Fractions. We will only cover a few lessons in this chapter. We we will finish the year with long division!<br />
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<br />Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-68461025541689368822012-05-04T12:05:00.005-05:002012-05-04T12:09:54.836-05:00Week of May 7-11Important Dates:<br />
MAPS Math test Monday 5/7<br />
Vocab quiz Tuesday 5/8<br />
Math test Friday 5/11<br />
Spelling test Friday 5/11<br />
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Your child's MAPS scores will be sent home by me at the end of the week. Once you obtain your child's scores, there is a link on our District website. Click <a href="http://www.ccsd66.org/map.html">here</a> to play games according to your child's score to help them improve. This link would make for a great ideas for summer practice.<br />
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Thank you to all of you that donated items to Book Worm Angels Drive. There were many books that were collected!!!<br />
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Spelling<br />
L. 25's words are frequently misspelled words. There will be a pretest Monday. The test is Friday and homework will be due on Friday.<br />
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Reading<br />
Save the Date for our Magic Show. It will be Monday, 5/14 at 1:00. Look for an invitation to come home this week! Vocab quiz on our magic words on Tuesday.<br />
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English<br />
We will continue to work on our unit of capitalization and punctuation. This week we will focus on abbreviations, book titles and introductory words.<br />
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Social Studies<br />
We will continue with our study of Egypt.<br />
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Science<br />
We will study sound.<br />
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Math<br />
We will finish up chapter 8 on fraction concepts. We will take a CYP on Wednesday. The test will be Friday 5/11. The next few weeks we will cover chapter 9: addition and subtraction of fractions. Then the remaining class time will be used to learn long division. Chapter 8 and 9 will be the last 2 tests we will take. There will not be a test on long division, just graded work (CYP's).<br />
<br />Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-9502983299951749072012-04-27T15:15:00.000-05:002012-04-27T15:15:24.185-05:00Week of April 30-May 4Important Dates:<br />
MAPS test Reading 5/2<br />
Spelling Test Friday 5/4<br />
Jr. Achievement 5/4<br />
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We started Jr. Achievement on Friday. Mr. Wade came in to talk to our class about zones in the community. Ask your child about it!!<br />
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Spelling<br />
L. 24 words are spelled with contractions. The homework is due Friday and the test is Friday.<br />
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English<br />
We will start unit 5, capitalization and punctuation.<br />
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Reading<br />
We will begin our magic unit. Students will read a biography on Harry Houdini. Look for an invite to our magic show to come home in the next week! :) This unit focuses on comprehension and fluency!<br />
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Science<br />
We will investigate how light and color are related!<br />
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Social Studies<br />
We will begin the unit on Egypt!!!<br />
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Math<br />
We will continue with fractions. There will be a CYP on Tuesday on L. 1-5.<br />
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<br />Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-63871846077496590002012-04-20T12:19:00.003-05:002012-04-24T07:30:26.485-05:00Week of April 23-27<div>
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*Math Test 4/24<br />
*Early Dismissal 4/25<br />
*Jr. Achievement 4/27<br />
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Don't forget about early dismissal on Wednesday. Students will be dismissed at 11 AM.<br />
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Spelling<br />
L. 23 words this are words that begin with a- or be-. The test and homework will be on Friday. The prestest will be Monday.<br />
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Reading<br />
We will finish up our poetry unit this week! Look for your child's poetry that they've worked on to come home too!<br />
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English<br />
We will begin our next unit of study. Unit 5 is on capitalization and punctuation.<br />
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Science<br />
We will learn about what light is this week!<br />
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Social Studies<br />
I hope to finish Chicago by the end of the week. There will not be a final test. The final grade will be taken from the Chicago packets we've been working on in class.<br />
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Math<br />
We will test on chapter 11 on Tuesday, 4/24. Our next unit will be chapter 9, fractions. Here is Mrs. Csorba's class reviewing for the test by playing Deal or No Deal!<br />
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I hope you enjoyed it! It was great seeing everyone!!! Hard to believe we are in our final stretch! Yikes!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>On Monday, the third grade will listen to a nurse come talk to us about oral hygiene. Ask your child about it!</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>L. 22 words end with -er or -le. The test will be on Friday. The homework is due Friday. We will pretest Monday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will continue with our poetry unit. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will finish up with our friendly letter unit with a test on Friday. Students will have to identify the 5 parts of a friendly letter: heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature. They will also proofread a letter and make corrections. Your child will be bringing home an envelope on Monday. Please help them address it correctly and put a stamp on it.</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will begin our next unit of study on chapter 14: heat, light, & sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies:</div><div>We will be continuing with Chicago. There will not be a part III test. I will take some pages in the packet for a grade. </div><div><br /></div><div>Math</div><div>We are all done with mad minutes. Please continue to practice both multiplication and division facts. We will finish up chapter 11 with a CYP Thursday. This week we will be studying solid figures and volume. The test will be the following Tuesday 4/24. </div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-44658737637588914732012-04-06T15:05:00.004-05:002012-04-06T15:32:45.818-05:00Week of April 9-13Important Dates<br />*Reading vocab quiz Monday 4/9<br />*Open House/Book Fair Thursday 4/12<br />*Slipper Day Friday 4/13<br />*Spelling Test Friday 4/13<br /><br />Classroom Chatter<br /><br />Tuesday of last week, my class "EGGED" Principal Schultz!!!!! Let me further explain... Look closely, you'll see Principal Schultz is holding a sign that is taped to a giant, hot pink Easter egg. The sign says "You've Been Egged" and inside the egg contains letters to her from my students. The letters used "egg-cellent" words to express how "egg-straordinary" we think she is! ;) Thanks to a great blog I follow, Lesson Plan SOS, that gave me this "egg-stra" special writing idea and made my class "egg-cited" about writing her letters! We hope she enjoyed it as much as we did!!!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9mgd9KYey6lNzpv2RGIWL2dZzg8otiV317UhlOwIrAY8AzWhJB1tpR-NUTipf7oYq3101EDqjPh_t7BGxVV1uv2gZvsoglV_zQBz8cwc2evDp6-4LXz9vg69zOUALlHKEVC2XsON2g/s1600/IMG_3114.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9mgd9KYey6lNzpv2RGIWL2dZzg8otiV317UhlOwIrAY8AzWhJB1tpR-NUTipf7oYq3101EDqjPh_t7BGxVV1uv2gZvsoglV_zQBz8cwc2evDp6-4LXz9vg69zOUALlHKEVC2XsON2g/s400/IMG_3114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728386034874564802" border="0" /></a><br />Open House: Please mark your calendars for our Spring Open House on Thurs. 4/12 from 6:30-8:00. Come visit your child's classrooms, visit 4th and 5th grade classrooms, shop at the book fair, and stay for ice cream! Our theme is Chicago, so your child (and family members!) can wear their favorite Chicago sports team apparel. Hope to see you there!<div style="text-align: center;font-family: Georgia, serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Spelling<br />L. 21 is the list for this week. There will be a pretest Monday. Homework is due and the test will be Friday.<br /><br />Reading<br />We will continue with our poetry unit.<br /><br />English<br />We will continue learning about Friendly Letters. Students will be writing to "someone" of their choice. They can write a family member, friend, or even a celebrity. Please help them find the correct address when the time comes. They should starting "thinking" who they would like to mail a letter. If they choose a famous person, sometimes Fan Mail can be found online. Thanks for your help!<br /><br />Social Studies<br />We will continue with Chicago!<br /><br />Science<br />We will start a new unit with Heat, Light and Sound!<br /><br />Math<br />We will take a mad minute in division mix! This is our LAST WEEK of mad minutes! Hooray! We also will begin chapter 11: perimeter, area, and volume. We will already have a CYP on the first 3 lessons on Wednesday!<br /></span><span></span></div></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-63032660106787397462012-03-23T10:53:00.002-05:002012-04-02T13:37:18.411-05:00Week of April 2-6Important Dates:<div>*Spring Break 3/26-3/30</div><div>*Classes resume Monday 4/2</div><div>*Math test 4/4</div><div>*Spelling test Thursday 4/5</div><div>*Science test Thursday 4/5</div><div>*No school 4/6</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I hope everyone has a wonderful Spring Break!!!! </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spelling:<br />L. 18 words are spelled by changing final y to an i. The pretest will be Monday. The test and homework will be due on Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reading:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We will work on a poetry unit! There will be a vocab quiz on the 6 vocab words on Monday, 4/9.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">English:</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We will begin a friendly letter unit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Science</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There will be a test on Space on Thursday.The study guide is in the science folder. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Social Studies:<br />We will continue with our study of Chicago and building skyscrapers! ;)</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Math</div><div style="text-align: justify;">We will take a mad minute in division 12s. We will have the geometry test on Wednesday, 4/4. </div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-1419747900959604412012-03-15T08:25:00.005-05:002012-03-16T14:46:48.028-05:00Week of March 19-23Important Dates:<div>*No school Tuesday for Teacher Institute 3/20</div><div>*Spelling test Friday 3/23</div><div>*Spring Break 3/26-3/30</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Book orders went home this week.They are due online by Sunday 3/18. If you don't order online, send in orders on Monday. I'll enter orders Monday after school. </div><div><br /></div><div>GLUE STICKS! We are VERY low on glue sticks and have several projects we will be working on now until the end of the year. If you child can bring in one or some, that would be great! Thank you. Also, now is a good time to ask your child how their "supplies" are. It is common to be low on dry erase markers and pencils. :) Thanks!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Our Irish Dancers performed on Friday</div><div>to kick off St. Patrick's Day! Nice job ladies!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEb8Q1QQEEwtuiXCzpLFsfHDFXkP0ICSK1l9B7kpvHtIbJZxiLPwtHZ3R2gGWpT2zaKqC7OMyfIfAKQ7TSk3r13YXYv_YtV8P_9w-LzbsvFocTXpTFjFQyRaH1NFO_RY42l62CByPoqQ/s200/pictures+056.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720583218806565538" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUY46Ax1Bs0S06RxqZpnRmlbx5tAjYkHYnwhcYN017eMoqNoA_YIAtARvcFyMyX6jGphh7jmTakQoNMiaa9pnZ2S6BE41SPrn5QhPacvB99octHyfP32vUFQ3-tnT0iRn8aiX8hU1jNQ/s200/pictures+057.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720583415148524002" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>L.17 words are prefix and suffix. There will be a pretest Monday and test and homework due Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will spend the week reading stories and practicing all of our strategies.</div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>The adjective/adverb test will now be on Friday instead of Wednesday.</div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>We are working on some projects in class on the Chicago fire.</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will do some more space activities this week with constellations. Please send in any empty Pringles cans in. We will use them to make star gazers. </div><div><br /></div><div>Math</div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 11s. We will not test on chatper 10 until after break. There will be a CYP on lessons 5-8 on Thursday. The test will be on 4/4.</div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-56740087386982775332012-03-08T09:08:00.004-06:002012-03-08T14:09:45.390-06:00Week of March 12-16<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Important Dates:</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/9 No School</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/12 ISAT make ups</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/13 Math ISAT II</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/14 Reading ISAT III</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/15 Math ISAT III</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">*3/16 Chicago Part II test</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Classroom Chatter</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Thank you to everyone who sent in healthy treats for the class to have before the tests! We really appreciated it!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br />For those of you that met with me at conferences, it was a pleasure meeting with you to discuss your child's progress. Everyone please remember to always feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns or great news!!!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Spelling: No spelling due to ISAT testing.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Reading: We will finish up our African American photo books that we put on hold. We will share them with the class too. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">English</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">We will finish up adjectives and adverbs. There will be a test the following week (probably Wednesday 3/21) before we break for spring break. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Social Studies</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">We will continue with Chicago with the fire, rebuilding Chicago and the World's Fair. We will have our test on Part II of Chicago on Friday. The study guide came home today in social studies folder. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Science</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">We will finish up Space and test on it AFTER spring break. I don't want to have a lot of tests that last week before break. We will do plenty of reviewing when we return from break. :) </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">Math</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; line-height: normal; ">We will take a mad minute in division 10s. We will finish up geometry in the next 2 weeks with a CYP on Monday 3/19 and the test Friday 3/23. Some of you asked about Geometry projects and when will they be assigned. Third grade team decided to not complete this "at home" project this year. </div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-71846715412004828162012-03-02T12:40:00.003-06:002012-03-02T15:07:21.369-06:00Week of March 5-9Important Dates:<br />No school Monday 3/5<br /><div><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">ISAT</span> testing! 3/7, 3/8, 3/13-15<div>Conferences 3/7 and 3/8</div><div>No school Friday 3/9</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Thank you to Mariam, Maya, Stephan, and Lucas for bringing in some cool items for our treasure chest. Mrs. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Csorba</span> really appreciates it!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Parents! A note came home today (Friday) regarding <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">ISAT</span> healthy treats for the class. We are looking to give each student an extra healthy treat before we take each test. We have 6 tests over the course of the next 2 weeks. If you can send anything in for the class, it is greatly appreciated! Email me if any questions!</div><div><br /></div><div>Don't forget no school Monday and Friday!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>No spelling this week. We will use the extra time for reading. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will be taking Reading tests 1 and 2 this week. Test 2 will have an extended response the students will have to respond to. We will spend Tuesday preparing for our tests. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will learn about adverbs this week.</div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>We will learn about the great Chicago fire!</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will study the solar system this week!</div><div><br /></div><div>Math</div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 9 this week. We also will be taking the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">ISAT</span> test in math. In addition to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">ISAT</span> tests, we will study <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">quadrilaterals</span> and polygons. Also, I wanted to "mention" that when we are done with our geometry unit, at some point we will have a "trimester" test covering chapter 4, 6, 7, and 10. It won't be for another couple of weeks, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">especially</span> since we just started chapter 10 and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">ISAT's</span> now. Just wanted to let you know. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-6132428096779753192012-02-24T10:50:00.003-06:002012-02-24T14:18:53.668-06:00Week of February 27-March 2Important Dates:<div>Early dismissal 2/28</div><div>Leap Day 2/29 :)</div><div>Dr. Seuss's Birthday 3/2 :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Don't forget Tuesday is an early dismissal. Students will be dismissed at 11 AM. </div><div><br /></div><div>We will be doing some special activities Wednesday and Friday to recognize Leap Year and Dr. Seuss's birthday! Ask your child about it!</div><div><br /></div><div>TREASURE CHEST is getting low on prizes! If anyone could donate any prizes, please send some in. Target's dollar section and the dollar store always have some good stuff. Thanks in advance!!!! What are some good items??? Giant sunglasses, St. Patrick's day stuff, cool pens or pencils... or ask your child what they would like to find in the Treasure Chest! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>We will not have our regular spelling this week and will use this time for extra reading time as we prepare for the ISAT tests coming the week of March 5th. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will work on our photo books for our Black History month project. We also will continue to practice and review for our ISAT tests. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will work with adjectives this week. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>There will be a test on part 1 of Chicago. There is study guide in the social studies folder. All the information needed to study can be obtained from the Chicago packet. </div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will learn about solar and lunar eclipses.</div><div><br /></div><div>Math</div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 8's. We also will begin our geometry unit. We are postponing our graph projects in the computer lab until after ISAT testing (which is coming up the week of March 5th). </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-74254738482045294652012-02-15T14:51:00.005-06:002012-02-17T14:49:47.299-06:00Week of February 20-24<span ><span style="font-size: 100%;">Important Dates:</span></span><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">*No school Monday 2/20</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">*Suffix test Friday 2/24</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">*Math test Friday 2/24</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Classroom Chatter</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">No school Monday for Presidents' Day.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Spring Conferences are being held the week of March 5th. Conferences are mainly for math parents. You should be hearing from your child's math teacher by today if you haven't already. Starting Monday, 2/27, I will open up any of the remaining spots for my homeroom. I will send you an email to sign up online. <span style="font-size: 100%; ">Spring conferences are being scheduled on an </span><u style="font-size: 100%; ">as needed basis</u><span style="font-size: 100%; ">. I will not be requesting a conference for all students. However, if you feel a conference is necessary at this time, then you can reserve your time starting 2/27!</span></div> <div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "> </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Spelling </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">No spelling list again. We will use spelling time to work on prefix/suffix. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Reading</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We will continue with identifying prefix/suffix and root words. We will continue with working on writing extended responses which we find text proofs and interpret what we read. We also will start reading some biographies on African Americans for Black History month! </div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; "><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; ">English</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We will begin our next unit on adjectives.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Science</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We will learn about the moon!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Social Studies</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We will continue with our study on Chicago.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">Math </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">We will have a test next Friday on chapter 7. We also will begin a graph project! There will be a CYP on lessons 4-6 on Tuesday. Also, I sent out an email about Spring Conferences. If you feel you would like a conference, please schedule a time by Friday, 2/24. I would like to start scheduling for my homeroom by 2/27. Thank you! </div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; ">To sign up, go to:<br /><a href="http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F044DABA92EA31-conferences">www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F044DABA92EA31-conferences</a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; "><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-86358496040496928792012-02-10T12:40:00.004-06:002012-02-10T13:35:54.969-06:00Week of February 13-17Important Dates: <div>*Valentine's Day 2/14</div><div>*"Spelling" (prefix/suffix) test Friday 2/17</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Our Valentine's Day parties will be on Tuesday in the afternoon. We look forward to a wonderful day!</div><div><br /></div><div>There will be school Friday. It was an institute day, but that has changed. ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>This week we will skip our list and focus on prefixes and suffixes of words. There will be a test on this on Friday in place of the spelling list.</div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will finish up typing our autobiographies this week. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will continue to work on all our strategies as we finish up our novels. We also will work on extended responses to our reading. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>We will begin our next unit of study on Chicago!</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will learn about how the Earth and Moon interact!</div><div><br /></div><div>Math</div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 6. We will have a CYP on Monday on lessons 1-3. We will learn about line plots, circle graphs and combinations this week. We also will do some fun Valentine math graphing on Tuesday! </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-25079541376171906732012-02-02T14:44:00.005-06:002012-02-03T14:40:22.235-06:00Week of February 6-10Important Dates:<div>*Spelling pretest Monday 2/6</div><div>*Social Studies test Tuesday 2/7</div><div>*The 100th day of school Wednesday 2/8</div><div>*Spelling test Friday 2/10</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Congrats to the 3rd graders for making it to the 100th Day of School come Tuesday!!!! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>L. 15 homework and test will be Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will spend the week working in our guided reading groups and responding to our literature. We also will continue working on compare and contrast and finding main ideas. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will write and type our autobiographies this week!</div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>Culture day, chapter 3, test is Tuesday. The students did a WONDERFUL job on their presentations!!! We will spend the rest of the week doing some immigration activities at the computer lab!</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will begin our next unit on Space! It's out of this world! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's Math </div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 5's. We will begin chapter 7, statistics and probability. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-77099252821625287262012-01-27T20:56:00.002-06:002012-01-29T21:07:49.459-06:00Week of January 30-February 3Important Dates<br />*Culture Day 1/30 and 1/31<br />*English Test Wednesday 2/1<br />*Spelling Test Friday 2/3<br />*Math test Friday 2/3<br /><br />Classroom Chatter<br />*Cancer Smashers: We extended the fundraiser until Monday! Thank you for your contributions! If you would still like to donate, you can send in your money on Monday or donate online. Way to go!<br /><br />*School Calendar Update:<br /><div> </div> <div>Friday, February 17, was <strong>originally</strong> scheduled as a Teacher Institute-- that is <strong>not</strong> the case any longer. <strong>We will be in school that day.</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div>We <strong>do</strong> have a Teachers' Institute on<strong> Tuesday, March 20.</strong></div> <div><strong></strong> </div> <div><strong>Also, Friday, May 18, (</strong><u>not </u>Thursday, May 17th) <strong>is another Early Dismissal/SIP Day<br /><br /></strong>Reading: We will work on reviewing our strategies this week. We will on our novel studies. We will work on extended responses and applying our knowledge about reading strategies to a variety of literature.<strong><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span><br /></strong></div>English:<br />The verb test is Wednesday. We then will work on writing our autobiographies.<br /><br />Spelling:<br />This week is L. 15. The test and homework is due Friday.<br /><br />Social Studies<br />I extended culture day to two days instead of one. I had the students pick which day they wanted to present. We will have half the class present Monday and the rest of the class on Tuesday. We will spend the rest of the week finishing up chapter 3. A study guide will come home mid week. The test will be sometime the following week. Date to still to be determined of the week of Feb 6th.<br /><br />Mrs. Csorba's Math<br />We will take a division 4 mad minute. This week we will finish up chapter 6 with time and elapsed time. There will be a CYP on the 2nd half of chapter 6 on Wednesday and the test will be Friday. Students will be allowed to use measurement notes and calculators on both CYP and test.Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-3910887200048531792012-01-19T15:08:00.003-06:002012-01-20T13:56:23.396-06:00Week of January 23-27Important Dates:<div>*Spelling pretest Monday 1/23</div><div>*District Spelling Bee 1/24</div><div>*Happy 2nd Birthday to Jack Csorba :) 1/24</div><div>*Early Dismissal 1/25</div><div>*Science test 1/26</div><div>*Spelling test Friday 1/27</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter:</div><div>Don't forget to turn in your Read to Succeed sheets for your free 6 Flags ticket. Due date 2/1. </div><div><br /></div><div>Nice job to the students for doing such an amazing job on their reading and math MAPS tests. We celebrated Friday afternoon playing board games and enjoying a popcorn treat! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling:</div><div>We will take a pretest on L. 14 on Monday and the test and homework will be on Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We didn't start our novel studies yet. We spent a lot of time talking about questioning and doing extended responses last week. This week we will dive into our new novel and work on making connections. We also just finished a WONDERFUL book, <i>The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane</i>. It was my first time reading it and the kids and I LOVED IT! I recommend it to anyone!!! Ask your child about it. It is my new favorite book. :) We will start a new read aloud by the same author, Kate DiCamillo this week: <i>The Tale of Desperaux</i>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will continue with verbs and work on the verbs in the past tense. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>How are the culture day projects coming along? Hopefully well! Looking forward to our culture day on 1/30. In the meantime, we will wrap up chapter 3 with learning how an immigrant becomes a citizen. </div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will finish up learning about weather. This will complete chapter 9. A study guide went home Friday in the science folder. The test will be Thursday 1/26. </div><div><br /></div><div>Math for Mrs. Csorba's class</div><div> We will take a mad minute in division 3. We will continue to work on learning about the metric system. We will also work on learning about temperature and time. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-86100288730596978472012-01-13T10:45:00.002-06:002012-01-13T12:00:23.746-06:00Week of January 16-20Important Dates:<br /><div>*No school Monday 1/16</div><div>*Spelling Pretest Tuesday 1/17</div><div>*Math MAPS test Wednesday 1/18</div><div>*3rd Grade Spelling Bee Thursday 1/19</div><div>*Spelling Test Friday 1/20</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Congratulations to Jordyn and Rebecca! They are the classroom winners of our spelling bee. They will compete in Thursday's 3rd grade spelling bee for a chance to advance to the District Spelling Bee! </div><div><br /></div><div>We will be taking the MAPS test in Math on Wednesday, 1/18. Let's have some great results like we had in reading!!! I'm super proud of my class and you should be of your child! Thanks for all your support. Remember to get a good night's sleep and eat a really good breakfast Wednesday morning!!!! :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>L. 13's words are j, k, and kw sounds. The pretest will be Tuesday. The homework and test will be due on Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will start a new novel study in our guided reading groups. While reading our novels, we will practice the questioning strategy as well as review our other strategies.</div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will continue with verbs this week.</div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We are working through our unit and this week we will learn about weather!<br /><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>We will continue with our chapter 3 unit on culture. Students received information about their culture day project last week. Students turned in their ideas to me and they all look great! Looking forward to our culture day on Monday 1/30!!!!</div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's math class:</div><div>We will take a mad minute in division 2's this week. We also will continue with our measurement unit. Tuesday, the class will take a CYP on ch. 6, lessons 1-5. We will learn about the metric system this week. </div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-15444148247174618382012-01-06T17:26:00.002-06:002012-01-06T17:36:18.152-06:00Week of January 9-13Important Dates<br />*Spelling pretest Monday 1/9<br />*MAPS test for Reading 1/10<br />*Practice Spelling Bee Tuesday 1/10<br />*Classroom Spelling Bee Wednesday 1/11<br />*Spelling test Friday 1/13<br /><br />Classroom Chatter:<br /><div align="center"><span></span><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The students received a list of words to look over and study for the upcoming spelling bee. We will have our classroom spelling bee Wednesday, 1/11. The practice bee will be on Tuesday, 1/10. The top 2 spellers in our classroom will advance to the grade level bee. Then the grade level bee will be held 1/19. The district bee will be 1/24.<br /><br /><br />Market Day: If you are interested in volunteering for Market Day, please arrive at 8:00 am on Sat. 1/7 at Lakeview. Thank you for your help!<br /><br />Reading: We will continue with fact and opinion and compare and contrast. We also will be working on extended responses to our reading.<br /><br />Spelling: List 12 will be this week. The pretest will be Monday. The homework and test will be due Friday.<br /><br />English: We will continue with our study of verbs. We also will begin writing our autobiographies.<br /><br />Science: We will continue our study of weather.<br /><br />Social Studies: We will continue with chapter 3 on culture. Look for information to come home this week about a culture day project to do at home.<br /><br />Mrs. Csorba's math:<br />We will take a mix mad minute this week. Please review all facts from x0-x12. We will continue with our measurement unit.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-57968501498483554132011-12-09T14:36:00.003-06:002011-12-09T15:01:21.274-06:00Week of December 12-16Important Dates:<div>Monday 12/12 Bowling</div><div>Tuesday 12/13 Social Studies Test</div><div>Wednesday 12/14 Bowling Test</div><div>Thursday 12/15 Math test (Csorba's math class) </div><div>Friday 12/16 Spelling Test</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>Don't forget we go bowling on Monday. It is encouraged for your child to bring a sack lunch since they might be too full to eat lunch after bowling. Students can bring $5 to buy a snack at the bowling alley. </div><div><br /></div><div>A permission slip is coming home Monday for your child to watch Jim Carrey's, The Grinch. We are doing some Grinch related activities Friday to kick off winter break. Thank you to those parents who are bringing in treats for us on Friday!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling<br />This week we will have Holiday words to study. Pretest and homework will go home Monday. The homework and test is due on Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>We will spend this week finishing up our novels we've been reading in our guided reading groups. While doing so, we will work on visualizing and evaluating the text. </div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will learn about the water cycle this week. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>Thank you to Dr. Tiede for coming to talk to our class about being a community leader. We enjoyed your presentation!!! The test for Present Day DG and Chapter 12 (lessons 1 and 2 only) will be Tuesday. Study guide in the social studies folder. We will begin chapter 3, Culture, when we return from break. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's Math class</div><div>Students will take a CYP on multiplication of larger numbers on Wednesday and the Ch. 4 test is Thursday. They also should start practicing x12's. They will test on these when we return from break. X11's are this week. We will spend Monday and Tuesday practicing multiplication. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-20137164688587071562011-12-01T10:28:00.006-06:002011-12-02T09:17:29.147-06:00December 5-9Important Dates<div>*Spelling pretest Monday</div><div><div>*Spelling test Friday</div><div>*English test Friday</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>First of all, thank you to all the parents that came in to meet with me at Parent Teacher Conferences. It was a pleasure sitting down with you to discuss your child and their progress in 3rd grade. Don't forget you can always email me or call me if you ever want to talk about any questions or concerns! jcsorba@ccsd66.org 630-783-5092. :)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><img style="float: right; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi-PgPGgVkiylfCJS082osL4QbKB6vXN-vTL-DIHI3lfql1mIpV06qg9hFLIjc8WBPTXYjZlDN8onQguvc1282EgRZ5L9simJajRZMnoAyZVn3LF3QV-uVZzjl1XSTWtSAWbIn92ybg/s200/elf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681199859566836850" border="0" /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Second...a special "visitor" arrived in our classroom today (Friday). Our elf will be with us the next 2 weeks, watching who is naughty and who is nice! I hope your child told you about his arrival today. They were SO EXCITED this morning. We still need to give him a name! Help your child brainstorm a good name for our special friend! ;)<br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>L.10's words are high frequency words. The pretest will be Monday. The homework packet will come home Monday. The homework and test are due on Friday. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will finish up our Noun unit. The test is scheduled for Friday 12/9. A study guide is in the English folder. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTi3Hj2iKArVuTQ7xBjKpmPsfpjLcdAUgMSG3Fr3IJ1MEHh7d6yfRl48gJHWrx13Z-0lKe6aj6U6lVY342Wu2UJeC7kqb9S_WQrOeuSsz_3QHz2wvxNW6ztoOriYgNOkFuB6orl-0ug/s200/quilt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681201291103458290" style="float: right; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 150px; height: 200px;" border="0" /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>Today (Friday) we had Mrs. Vanni come speak to the 3rd graders about quilting. It tied in so nicely with the story we just read, The Keeping Quilt. Ask your child about it!</div><div>This week we will be evaluating and visualizing while we read Dogzilla and our chapter books!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Science </div><div>We will begin our next unit of study on weather! </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>I am moving the Downers Grove test to 12/13. We are adding lessons 1 and 2 from chapter 12 in our social studies books which talk about local governments. Last week we learned how our local government provides us with the services of safety, transportation, recreation, and education. This week we will learn who our community leaders are. We are very excited for Dr. Tiede to come talk to our class this week. A Superintendent is a community leader. He will come talk to us Thursday!!!<br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's Math Class</div><div>We will continue with multiplication of greater numbers. This week, we will be multiplying by 3 digit by 1 digit, multiplying with money, multiplying 4 digit by 1 digit, looking at patterns in multiplication and estimation with multiplication. The students will take a mad minute in x10's. </div><div>We are going to finish chapter 4 before winter break and will be testing on this chapter the week of the 12th. Date still to be determined. We have been playing a lot of games in math to help us practice our basic facts too. :) </div><div><br /></div></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-76439281661682712752011-11-22T12:07:00.004-06:002011-11-22T12:34:07.240-06:00Week of November 28 - December 2<div>Important Dates:</div><div>*Conferences 11/28, 11/29, & 11/30</div><div>*Scholastic Book Orders due Thursday 12/1</div><div>*Matter Test Thursday 12/1</div><div>*Spelling Test Thursday 12/1</div><div>*No school Friday 12/2</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>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?!?</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/yaRGNJZ3WUY?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br /><iframe width="480" height="270" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/SljKRSVF5Ds?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><div><br /></div><div>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! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div>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!</div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>We will continue with nouns. This week, we will study about special plural nouns and singular and plural possessive nouns. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading<br />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. </div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will take the chapter 11 test on Matter on Thursday. The study guide is in the science folder. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies</div><div>We will take the Modern Day Downers Grove test the following week, 12/6. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's Math Class</div><div>We will take a mad minute on x9's. We will learn how to multiply greater numbers this week. </div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1416317350861774641.post-5099627740699735622011-11-18T07:19:00.000-06:002011-11-18T16:15:17.828-06:00Week of November 21-25<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Important Dates:<div>No school 11/23, 11/24, 11/25-Thanksgiving Break</div><div>Conferences 11/28, 11/29, 11/30</div><div><br /></div><div>Classroom Chatter</div><div>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 </div><div>class to enjoy.</div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZeWvMUHdYhSf1h7gvNGiQUSxuYvfjBmDvyLOoHyK0kLmQxpKbS3yeNob-Vhxk_cDspDTyNAVJy9PSgHOEpm823JngiHt1JOrTdDnH7LCllrCx2saZ-cQOsq9azmfLWyz6y1mljB30qw/s320/IMG_0164%255B1%255D" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5675958678547797746" />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!!! ;)<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCVezM9qKqMKLcZaB0WpBwLgrKRMM4GEmk6zJT__d528o3ahq2mYpyukg2uUMAxsrvXp6kIRit-SnYx3pZt5NWyExqkxBeVmsU_B6FYn2nN8n05Nz92-tdyiCoJ4su724d4GBORxMX2Q/s320/IMG_0169.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5676461944014671474" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>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!</div><div><br /></div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>Spelling</div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div>Reading</div><div>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!!! ;)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>English</div><div>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!!!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Science</div><div>We will finish up Matter. The test is scheduled for Thursday 12/1. A study guide will be in the science folder. </div><div><br /></div><div>Social Studies. </div><div>We will finish up our Modern Day Downers Grove packet. </div><div><br /></div><div>Mrs. Csorba's Math Class</div><div>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. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div>Mrs. Csorbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01398586031595352521noreply@blogger.com