February 25, 2016

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

February 25, 2016

ELA To culminate our ELA and Social Science Units on Storytelling: Culture and Traditions, the students will take part in an independent study projects that incorporates not only our textual learning, but also their technology and presentation skills. Each student will be asked to select a country that they have family ancestry or a personal connection. Please help your child with this. They are to come to school on Wednesday with the country they want to research. Please look for the Culture Day Presentation Guidelines that will be coming home on Monday. Thank you for your help! 

Spelling  Students had an assessment today. Monday a new sort will go home. Students should be sorting their words every night. They are to complete 6 activities at the end of the 2 week period. Please make sure you initial the box on the menu that the work has been completed. The next due date for homework and test is Friday, March 11.

Math Our next unit is Geometry. We will have a X10 test on Thursday.

Social Studies We will continue our study on Chicago. We will focus on its early history and its lakes and rivers. 

Important Announcements

     I am looking for more volunteers to help me organize my classroom library to align with Fountas & Pinnell's reading levels.  If you have some extra time to give, please email me. You can come in when it is convenient for you. This can me done over the next several weeks. Thank you!  Thank you Mrs. Wawro for your help!!          

Wyatt is our Panther of the week. He likes to play basketball and fish. Did you know he went ice fishing with his grandpa and caught a huge fish?

March Dates To Remember

MAR 2 - Country selection due for Cultural Day Presentation
MAR 3 - X10 Multiplication Facts Test
MAR 4 - Institute Day - No School

February 19, 2016

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

February 19, 2016

ELA We will continue reading Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman. Our focus will be on text dependent questions. 

Spelling  Students should be sorting their words every night. They are to complete 6 activities at the end of the 2 week period. Please make sure you initial the box on the menu that the work has been completed. The next due date for homework is Feb 26th.  The test will also take place then.

Math Our Unit 5 Assessment on Multiplication and Division will be Thursday. A study guide and answer key will come home on Monday. It is due on Wednesday. We will have a X5 test on Friday. Next we will move to Unit 6, Geometry.

Social Studies We will be learning about people moving from place to place. We will discuss why people leave communities behind, but bring their memories and cultures to new communities they join. This will lead into a cultural day project that will be discussed the following week. 

Important Announcements

I am looking for volunteers to help me organize my classroom library to align with Fountas & Pinnell's reading levels.  If you have some extra time to give, please email me. You can come in when it is convenient for you. This can me done over the next several weeks. Thank you!

February Dates To Remember

FEB 25 - Unit 5 Test in Math
FEB 26 - Spelling HW due and Test
FEB 26 - X5 Test

February 11, 2016

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

February 11, 2016

ELA We will be reading Matchbox Diary by Paul Fleischman. Our focus will be on text dependent questions. Students will have a homework assignment to bring in objects. Check your child's assignment notebook next week for more information.

During the month of February, students are reading a fiction book and completing a book report. 

We will continue our pen pal project with third graders in Dubai, thanks to Miss Wyse. We are writing letters on the chromebook with information on our American culture. We are learning how they celebrate the various cultures in the Middle East. 

Spelling  Students should be sorting their words every night. They are to complete 6 activities at the end of the 2 week period. Please make sure you initial the box on the menu that the work has been completed. The next due date for homework is Feb 26th.  The test will also take place then.

Math We will continue working with multiplication and division and area. We will focus on division. There will be checkpoint quiz on division on Thursday. We took a quiz on the X2 multiplication facts. Next week Friday, students should be ready for X3s.

Social Studies We we are learning about What is Chicago? Its flag and what it means. We will also learn about Chicagoland and its neighborhoods. 

Important Announcements

Thank you to our Valentine party helpers Mrs. Wawro, Mrs. Rossi, Mrs. Staehely, and Mrs. Silanskis. The kids had a wonderful time! Thanks to those families that sent in treats and drinks: The Heck's, The Koniecko's, and the Sarno's. I hope you all have a happy Valentine's Day!

February Dates To Remember

FEB 12 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Comp Day - No School
FEB 15 - President's Day - No School
FEB 16 - Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB 17 - Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB 18 - Spring Pictures
FEB 18 - Division Checkpoint

February 5, 2016

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

February 5, 2016

ELA We will be viewing the book If I Had Animal Teeth. Students will be writing an argumentative piece using text evidence from the book. 

During the month of February, students are reading a fiction book and completing a book report. 

Spelling  Students should be sorting their words every night. They are to complete 6 activities at the end of the 2 week period. Please make sure you initial the box on the menu that the work has been completed. The next due date for homework is Feb 11th.  The test will also take place then.

Math We will continue working with multiplication and division and area. There will be checkpoint quiz on multiplication and division on Tuesday.

Social Studies We will begin a unit on Chicago. 

Important Announcements

February Dates To Remember

FEB   9  - Math Checkpoint quiz
FEB 11 - Valentine's Day Party
FEB 11 - Spelling Test
FEB 12 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Comp Day - No School
FEB 15 - President's Day - No School
FEB 16 - Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB 17 - Parent Teacher Conferences
FEB 18 - Spring Pictures