April 27, 2018

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

April 27, 2018

ELA. We are reading the novel The One and Only Ivan. Students are completing a packet that addresses multiple reading skills. 

April Reading Logs are due on or before Tuesday, May 1st.

SPELLING  There will be a spelling test on Friday, May 4th. Three activities from the spelling menu are due at that time.

SOCIAL SCIENCE  Science:  There will be an open book/notes quiz on the kinds of things found in our Solar System on Monday. Next, we will begin a Mystery Science unit on Animals Through Time:  Habitats, Heredity & Change Over Time.

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class:  Throughout the week, students will work with multiplication as they explore and discuss 1 by 2 digit arrays and add to their collection of multiplication strategies. Students will be making multiplication posters to help develop their understanding. Our next fact quiz will be on Division, the 10s, on Wednesday, May 2nd. 

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

4/30 - Science Open Book/Notes Quiz
5/1 - April Reading Log is due

5/2 -  Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Divide by 10s Facts Quiz
5/4 - Spelling Menu Items due and test

April 20, 2018

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

April 20, 2018

ELA. We are reading the novel The One and Only Ivan. Students are completing a packet that addresses multiple reading skills. 

April Reading Logs are due on or before Tuesday, May 1st.

SPELLING  New spelling sorts will go home Monday, April 23.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Social Studies:  The last Chicago Test will be on Monday. Students can use the study guide they filled out. If it is not completed or it is forgotten at home, they will have to take the test from memory.  Next, we will move to Science. We will be studying Earth's place in the Solar System.

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class:  Students will review the use of equations to represent 2 step story problems that involve multiplication, and explore strategies for multiplying single digits by 11, and then by  12.  Our next fact quiz will be on Division, the 5s, on Wednesday, April 25. 

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

Your children have been working hard to show you so many things they have learned in 3rd Grade. We hope you can come to our Open House on Thursday and see what they have been up to! The Open House will be held from 6:30-8:00pm.

4/23 - Chicago Test 3

4/25 -  Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Divide by 5s Facts Quiz
4/26 - Open House - 6:30 to 8:00pm 

April 13, 2018

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

April 13, 2018

ELA. We are reading the novel The One and Only Ivan. Students are completing a packet that addresses multiple reading skills. 

Don't forget to read for 20 minutes each night and record it in the April Log.

SPELLING  New spelling sorts will NOT go home until Monday, April 23.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Social Studies:  The 2nd Chicago Test will be on Monday. Students can use their study guide they filled out. If it is not completed or it is forgotten at home, they will have to take the test from memory.  In addition, we will be learning about political changes and the many cultures in Chicago. We will also be working on our brochures. Each child will research a fun place to visit in Chicago and create a travel brochure.

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class:  We will begin our last unit, Extending Multiplication and Fractions. Our next fact quiz will be on Division, the 2s, on Wednesday, April 18. 

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

PARCC ELA  testing will be Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep and eats a healthy breakfast.  Chromebooks will need to be fully charged every night and headphones/earbuds should be brought to school daily! 

Weeks of  4/16 - PARCC TESTING
4/16 - Chicago Test 2

4/17 - SIP Day - Dismissal at 11am

4/18 -  Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Divide by 2s Facts Quiz

April 6, 2018

Ms. Zurales' 3rd Grade News

April 6, 2018

ELA. We are reading the novel The One and Only Ivan. Students are completing a packet that addresses multiple reading skills. We will finish prefixes & suffixes next week. There will be a test on Wednesday. Please make sure your child studies the front page of their packet. 

Don't forget to read for 20 minutes each night. April Logs went home this week.

SPELLING  There will be a spelling test on Friday. Three activities from the spelling menu are due at that time.

SOCIAL SCIENCE Social Studies:  We will be learning about The Chicago World Fair.

MATH  Ms. Zurales' math class:  There will be a test on Unit 6,  Geometry, on Monday. Please make sure your child reviews the study guide.  PARCC testing for Math will be Monday thru Thursday. We will begin fact quizzes on Division, the 2s, on Wednesday, April 18. 

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

PARCC Math  testing will be Monday thru Thursday. Please make sure your child gets a good night sleep and eats a healthy breakfast.  Chromebooks will need to be fully charged every night and headphones/earbuds should be brought to school daily! 

Weeks of 4/9 and 4/16 - PARCC TESTING

4/9 - Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Unit 6 Test
4/11 - Prefix/Suffix Test
4/13 - Spelling Menu Activities due & Test
4/18-  Ms. Zurales' Math Class - Divide by 2 Facts Quiz