May 30, 2014

Reading and Language Arts We will be reviewing using using our comprehension strategies and skills and doing end of the year activities.

Reading Logs Please continue to read with your child. Reading logs are due Monday, June 2nd.

Spelling  Look for your child's word sort to come home on Monday. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. Please help them complete an activity, fill out the spelling homework sheet, and initial it. This will help them prepare for the assessment on Friday.

Math  We will identify the place value of digits in 3 digit numbers and compare and order greater numbers.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Nutrition  Next week we will take a closer look at the the Fruit and Grain food groups. Students will identify foods that belong to each of these groups. We will discuss the health benefits of eating food from these groups.

Important Dates & Announcements

June Dates to Remember

 2 - May Reading Log due
 6 - Field Trip to Prairieview to meet our 3rd Grade Pen Pals
 9 - All school picnic- Olympic Theme - Wear red, white and blue
11 - All school assembly - Theme: Strangers
12- Last day of school - 12pm dismissal

May 16, 2014

Reading  Next week we will be reading Moses Goes to a Concert. It is a realistic story about a deaf boy named Moses, who goes to a concert. The deaf percussionist helps Moses and his classmates realize they can be anything they want. Our comprehension strategy and skills will focus on noting details and summarizing.

Reading Logs Please continue to read with your child. Remind them to log their minutes in their May reading journal.

Language Arts Next week we will continue working with adjectives.

Spelling  Look for your child's word sort to come home on Monday. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. Please help them complete an activity, fill out the spelling homework sheet, and initial it. This will help them prepare for the assessment.

Math  Students will measure length and problem solve using centimeters and meters, measure the perimeter of a plane figure, and measure area in square units. A chapter review and test will be given. Check your child's assignment notebook next week for the exact date.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  Students will describe the causes and effects of pollution and identify ways resources are wasted.

Next week in our nutrition unit, we will learn about the Meat Group and then the Vegetable Group.  Students will identify foods that belong to these groups. We will discuss the health benefits of eating food from these groups.

Important Dates & Announcements

Please send in all box tops!

May Dates to Remember

21 - DuPage Children's Museum Field Trip-Make sure to bring a sack lunch. We
      will eat in the classroom when we return.
23 - Wear red, white and blue in honor of Memorial Day
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

 6 - Field Trip to Prairieview to meet our 3rd Grade Pen Pals
 9 - All school picnic

12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal

May 9, 2014

Reading Next week we will continue reading and writing poems. Students will be writing a simile poem and a rhyming poem. Our grammar lesson will focus on adjectives. 

Reading Logs Please continue to read with your child. Remind them to log their minutes in their May reading journal.

Spelling  This week in spelling the students were introduced to spelling activities. Next week your child will continue practicing the same words as last week, but the activities in class will focus on vocabulary. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. An assessment will be given on Friday, May 16th. 

Math We will begin the chapter on length, perimeter and area next week. Student will measure to the nearest inch and solve problems using the strategy making reasonable estimates.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  The weather was finally warm enough to let our butterflies go.

In science, students will read and learn about how people can harm natural resources.

Next week in our nutrition unit, we will look at the Milk Group. Students will identify foods that belong to this group. We will discuss the health benefits of eating food from the Milk Group.

Important Dates & Announcements

THANK YOU for the wonderful week full of notes, sweets, and flowers. Also, I would like to thank our PTO for providing a delicious week of lunches. As much as I love and appreciate the "things", it's your children that make my job rewarding. Thanks for sharing them with me. 

We will be celebrating summer birthdays in May. If your child would like to celebrate their birthday at school, please send me an email with the date.

Please send in your money and permission slip for the field trip to the DuPage Children's Museum if you have not yet done so.

May Dates to Remember

  9 - Gym Night 6:30-8pm
15 - PV Parent Meeting 6-7pm
16 - Early Dismissal @12pm
21 - DuPage Children's Museum Field Trip
23 - Wear red, white and blue in honor of Memorial Day
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

 6 - Field Trip to Prairieview to meet our 3rd Grade Pen Pals
12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal

May 2, 2014

Reading Next week we will be reading several different poems. Students will learn about some elements of poetry and write a couple of their own. 

Congratulations to those students who read for 21 days during the month of April. We celebrated with lunch in the classroom, freeze pops and The Magic School Bus Get Ants in the Pants Movie.


Reading Logs May logs sheets went home this week. Please continue to log minutes with your child.

Language Arts Next week we will learn about the 5 parts of a friendly letter. Miss Millbrandt's class at Prairieview wrote us letters telling us about 3rd grade. We will be writing a letter back to our new 3rd grade pen pals. 

Spelling  Look for your child's word sort to come home on Monday. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. Please help them complete an activity, fill out the spelling homework sheet, and initial it. This will help them prepare for the assessment.

Math We will continue learning about plane figures. Students will combine and separate plane figures, use logical reasoning to problem solve and transform figures using slides, flips and turns.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  Students will identify natural resources and investigate to find out about some of the ways people use water. 

We are learning about nutrition. This week students met the Royal Food Family. They are learning that in order to grow up healthy, they need food from the Five Food Groups and physical activity.

Important Dates & Announcements

May Dates to Remember

  5 - Maps Testing
  7 - Maps Testing
  9 - Gym Night 6:30-8pm
15 - PV Parent Meeting 6-7pm
16 - Early Dismissal @12pm
21 - DuPage Children's Museum Field Trip
23 - Wear red, white and blue in honor of Memorial Day
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal

April 25, 2014

Reading Next week we will be reading two selections. The first one is Little Grunt and the Big Egg, and is fantasy.  It is about a boy who finds the biggest egg he has ever seen. The second one is Mighty Dinosaurs, and is nonfiction. Students will discover facts about dinosaurs that lived on earth millions of years ago. We will focus on the comprehension strategies cause and effect, and compare and contrast.

Reading Logs Please continue to log minutes with your child in their April log. April Reading logs are due Thursday, May 1st.

Language Arts Our grammar lesson will focus on pronouns, and possessive pronouns.

Spelling  This week in spelling the students were introduced to vocabulary activities. Next week your child will continue practicing the same words as last week, but the activities in class will focus on the spelling. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. An assessment will be given on Friday. 

Math On Monday we will begin learning about plane figures and spatial sense. Students will identify and sort plane figures.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  We will begin the Chapter Natural Resources. Students will learn about some of the ways people can use natural resources. 

We will also begin a unit on Nutrition. Students will learn the basics of good nutrition and the importance of physical activity.  

Important Dates & Announcements

Thanks for attending our Open House. It was so nice to see so many of you last night! The students were so excited to show you what they've been learning.

I really appreciate the book gift certificates. I was able to buy some really great books for our classroom! Thanks to the following families: The Haiduc Family, The Kerfin Family, The Menoza Family, The Clair Family and the Norkus Family.

April Dates to Remember

30 - Feed My Starving Children 6-7:30pm @ the Aurora location

May Dates to Remember

 1 - April Reading Logs are due  
 1 - Prairieview Spring Open House 6:30-8pm
 9 - Gym Night
15 - PV Parent Meeting 6-7pm
16 - Early Dismissal @12pm
21 - DuPage Children's Museum Field Trip
23 - Wear red, white and blue in honor of Memorial Day
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal

April 17, 2014

Reading Because we had OLSAT testing and it was a short week, next week we will continue reading Ant, by Rebecca Stefoff. We will also read If You Were an Ant by S. J. Calder. We will finish a graphic organizer on text organization.

Reading Logs Please continue to log minutes with your child in their April log.

Ozzie's Reading Club  All students who read and logged their minutes for the last 8 weeks earned a ticket to the Kane County Cougars minor league baseball game. Information on how to get your tickets went home on Tuesday. 

Spelling  Look for your child's word sort to come home on Monday. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. Please help them complete an activity, fill out the spelling homework sheet, and initial it. This will help them prepare for the assessment. 

Math Next week we will be learning the attributes of 3 dimensional figures. Students will compare and contrast 3D figures and make plane figures from 3D figures.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Click on the following link to print copies of the math facts worksheets:
http://www.ccsd66.org/wp-content/uploads/Teacher_Pages/Schultz/Math/

Science  Our caterpillars went into their chrysalises this week. We are anxiously awaiting to see them transform into butterflies.  Next week we will learn about the products of the rain forest. 

Important Dates & Announcements

Please visit our classroom on Thursday, April 24th. We have been busy turning it into a rain forest. Come see what we've been learning!

April Dates to Remember

18 - No School
22 - Earth Day-Wear green, brown or blue
24 - Spring Open House/Book Fair 6:30-8:00pm

30 - Feed My Starving Children 6-7:30pm @ the Aurora location

May Dates to Remember

  9 - Gym Night
 16- Early Dismissal @12pm
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal

Friday, April 11, 2014

Reading  Next week we will be reading Ant, by Rebecca Stefoff. It is a photo essay about the different kinds of ants that are found throughout the world. We will talk about how ants work together to get food, and about the kinds of things that ants eat. Our comprehension strategies and skills are text organization and question.

Reading Logs  April reading logs went home. Please continue to log minutes with your child in their April log.

Congratulations to those students who read for 21 days during the month of March. We celebrated with lunch in the classroom, freeze pops, and The Magic School Bus Movie, Butterfly Life Cycle. A coupon for a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut was also handed out. 

Language Arts Next week our grammar lesson will review singular possessive nouns. Also, we will finish writing the final copy of our animal report.

Spelling  Your child will continue practicing the same words as last week. Students should choose a different activity from the Weekly Spelling Activity Card to complete each night to help them master their spelling words. An assessment will be given on Thursday. 

Math Students will be given an assessment on time, on Monday. Tuesday we will begin a chapter on Solid Figures. Students will identify and sort three-dimensional figures.

Flash Cards  Students should be practicing their addition facts with their flash cards and Rocket Math fact sheets. Weekly timed tests are given.

Here is a website where you can make fact timed tests:
  http://www.mathfactcafe.com/build/

Science  This week, we learned about the 4 layers of the rain forest. Students created a mini rain forest in a container. They are observing the process of transpiration, condensation and precipitation. Our caterpillars also arrived this week. We are learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. Next week we will discuss the people of the rain forest.

Thanks parents for helping your child complete the animal information sheet. We were able to begin writing our animal reports on Tuesday!

Rain Forest Poster due TUESDAY, APRIL 15TH

Important Dates & Announcements

April Dates to Remember

15 - Rain Forest Poster due
15 - OLSAT Testing
16 - OLSAT Testing
17 - Early Dismissal @12pm
18 - No School
24 - Spring Open House/Book Fair 

30 - Feed My Starving Children 6-7:30pm @ the Aurora location

May Dates to Remember

  9 - Gym Night
 16- Early Dismissal @12pm
26 - Memorial Day - No School

June Dates to Remember

12- Last Day of School - 12pm dismissal