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