November 17, 2017

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

November 17, 2017

ELA  In reading, we will finish up myths. We will also finish up nouns and move on to verbs. 

Please make sure to read for 2o minutes and record your reading in your November log. They are due on 12/1.

SPELLING  New sorts went home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) will be due on Tuesday, Nov 21st, the day of the test.  New sorts will go home again on 11/27.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Science:  In our next lesson we will look at similarities in color and shape in fruit. The unit test on Life Cycle, Traits & Heredity will be on 11/30. There will be a vocabulary study guide sent home.  Students should also use their quizzes to study for the test. 

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class will finish up Unit 3 on 3 Digit Addition and Subtraction. A study guide will go home on 11/28 and will be due on 11/30.The Unit 3 Assessment will be given on 12/1.

If your child should forget their Student Book or their Home Connections workbook at school, they can go into my google math classroom from a home computer and print the page they will need to complete for homework.

Important Dates & Announcements

11/21 - Spelling HW Due and Test
11/30 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class -Math Study Guide Due
12/1 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Unit 3 Assessment

November 10, 2017

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

November 10, 2017

ELA  In reading, students will continue reading myths and working with the reading skill sequencing. 

Students will be bringing home a turkey to decorate or  "disguise". These are due on Tuesday. A letter with all the specifics went home today. In class we will be writing a paper on how to disguise a turkey. 

Please make sure to read for 2o minutes and record your reading in your November log.

SPELLING  An assessment was given today. New sorts will go home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) will be due on Tuesday, Nov 21st, the day of the test.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Science: Our next Lesson will cover Reproduction, Science Fruit or Vegetable. Students will continue discovering how plants reproduce by exploring the process of fruiting.

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class will practice rounding using distance to the nearest ten and hundred. There will be a work sample done in class on Monday. 

If your child should forget their Student Book or their Home Connections workbook at school, they can go into my google math classroom from a home computer and print the page they will need to complete for homework.

Important Dates & Announcements

Thank you to the following parents for chaperoning our Downers Grove Field Trip:  Mr. Chapman and Mrs. DiGiorgio.  Also, I would like to thank Mr. Oberle for making time to share with us some additional history about Downers Grove. We had so much fun visiting the historical sites!

11/13 - Mrs. Zurales' Math Class - A work sample will be completed
11/14 - Disguised Turkey due
11/21 - Spelling HW Due and Test

November 3, 2017

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

November 3, 2017

ELA  In Reading, students will focus on the reading skill sequencing while studying Myths. We will be reading The 12 Gods of Olympus and King Midas. 

November Reading Logs went home this week. Please make sure to log your minutes.

SPELLING  New sorts went home Thursday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) will be due on Friday, Nov 10th,  which is also the day of the test.  

SOCIAL SCIENCE Science will begin this week. Our first Unit is called the Power of Flowers:  Life Cycle, Traits & Heredity. It develops the idea that by studying how plants reproduce and pass on their traits, we humans beings have figured out how to make food plants even more useful to us. 

Reminder:  Our Downers Grove field trip is this coming Thursday. Please make sure your child is dressed for the weather as we will be outside walking for some of our tour. Also, if your child did not order pizza, make sure you send a throw away lunch with them.

MATH Students will continue building strategies they learned to solve 3 digit story problems, both addition and subtraction. There will be a checkpoint quiz on Tuesday. 

If your child should forget their Student Book or their Home Connections workbook at school, they can go into my google math classroom from a home computer and print the page they will need to complete for homework.

Important Dates & Announcements

Thank you to the following Halloween party volunteers:  Mrs. Potter, Mrs. Kotel, Mrs. Woods, Mrs. Monreal, Mrs. Vano, and Mr. Chapman. The students had a ton of fun!

11/7 - Mrs. Zurales' Math Class - Rounding & Multi-Digit Addition Checkpoint Quiz
11/9 - Downers Grove Field Trip - Dress for the weather! 
11/10 Veteran's Day Assembly