October 11, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Chronicles

October 11, 2019

Social Science  In our Downers Grove unit, we will continue reading about Pierce Downer and the Potawatomi Indians.

Spelling  New spelling words will go home on Tuesday. Students are being asked to choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. If students are using their time wisely during centers, they should have plenty of time to complete this in school. Please check in with them. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu. It should be turned in by Friday, October 25, which is the day of the test.

English Language Arts  The focus will be on comparing/contrasting themes, setting and plot from books in a series by reading MORTY THE MEANIE and MORTY and the TWICE FIT MICE.

Please keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days) and record it on the October log.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class We will skip Unit 2 for now, and move to Unit 3, Multi-digit Addition and Subtraction. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts at home.

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 & Announcement

During our SEL lesson this week, students have been learning to make a plan. Ask them all about it.

We are half-way through the 1st semester. Don't forget to monitor your child's grades online.

The online sign up for parent teacher conferences went out today. At this time, conferences are being held for homeroom students only.

10-14 Columbus Day - No School
10-29 Parent Teacher Conferences  (homeroom) 
10-30 Parent Teacher Conferences  (homeroom) 
10-31 Halloween Parade and Party 

October 4, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Chronicles

October 4, 2019

Social Science  We will begin studying the history of Downers Grove.

Spelling  New spelling words went home on Monday. Students are being asked to choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. If students are using their time wisely during centers, they should have plenty of time to complete this in school. Please check in with them. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu. It should be turned in by Friday, October 11, which is the day of the test. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their 2 words.

English Language Arts  We will be reading The Tortoise and the Hare. Students will be identifying Theme (The Message)/moral. 

Please keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days) and record it on the October log.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class Students will be taking the Unit 1 assessment on Thursday. A study guide went home today. Please make sure to review this with your child. It is due on Wednesday. Please continue to practice addition and subtraction facts.

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 & Announcement

During our SEL lessons students have been learning to focus their attention, listen, use self talk and be assertive. Throughout the year, your child will be bringing home Home Links that go with several of our lessons. They are simple, fun activities for you and your child to complete together. They are a great way for you to understand what your child is learning and for your child to show you what he or she knows.

10-9 Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class - Unit 1 Study Guide due
10-10 Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class - Unit 1 Test

10-14 Columbus Day - No School
10-31 Halloween Parade and Party

September 27, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Chronicles

September 27, 2019

Social Science  We will begin hemispheres on Tuesday. This is a short lesson, therefore there will be quiz at the end of the week. More info will be coming on Tuesday.

Spelling  New spelling words will be coming home on Monday. Students are being asked to choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu and the square initialed by a parent. It should be turned in by Friday, October 11, which is the day of the test. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their 2 words.

English Language Arts  We will focus on Main Idea & Details this week and Main Idea vs. Theme.

Please keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days). The September log is due Tuesday, October 1.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class Our focus will be on the addition strategy of getting to a friendly number on a number line to solve addition problems. Please practice your addition and subtraction facts.

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 & Announcement

10-1 September Reading Log due
10-2 SIP Day - Early Dismissal
10-4 Hemisphere Quiz

10-14 Columbus Day - No School

September 20, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Chronicles

September 20, 2019

Social Science  The test on the 7 continents and 5 oceans is scheduled for Thursday, September 26. Students will have to label their correct location on a world map. They will be given a word bank to copy the names from. Spelling will count. Their homework for the weekend is to copy the continents and oceans in the right location. It is due on Monday and will be taken for a grade. They also were given a blank one that is in the clear sleeve of their binder. Please have them practice labeling throughout the week using a dry erase marker.

Spelling  Students are being asked to choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu and the square initialed by a parent. It should be turned in by Friday, September 27, which is the day of the test. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their 2 words.

English Language Arts  Your child has been writing a 5 paragraph essay about their "Me BAG". Next week they will be presenting their "Me BAG" to the class by reading their essay to the class. They will be graded on their presentation. We went over the expectations in class today. Please see the green sheet in their homework folder for the complete project and have them practice over the weekend.

At the end of the week, we will begin a unit on Folktales: Fairy-tales, Fables, and Myths. Students will recount stories and determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.

Please keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days).  They can turn the September log in on or before October 1.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class Our focus will be on length, which will include a fun scavenger hunt. Please practice your addition and subtraction facts.

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 & Announcement

Thursday, September 26th is Johnny Appleseed’s birthday. We will be having a celebration! A letter went home today. Please send a peeled, cored, and sliced apple with your child on Thursday, September 26th to be used to make applesauce for the class.

9-23 Scholastic Book orders are due

9-26 Johnny Appleseed's Birthday-Bring peeled, cored, and sliced apple

9-27 Continents and Oceans Test 

9-28 Spelling HW due and Test

10-2 SIP Day - Early Dismissal

10-14 Columbus Day - No School

September 13, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Chronicles

September 13, 2019

Social Science  We will be learning about the 7 continents and the 5 oceans. By the end of this unit, students will be able to locate the 7 continents and 5 oceans.

Spelling  Your child's spelling sort will come home on Monday. Students are being asked to choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu and the square initialed by a parent. It should be turned in on Friday, September 27, which is the day of the test. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their words.

English Language Arts We will continue focusing on various reading skills using fun literature. This week our book will be Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Our skills studied will be finding evidence and details.

Your child brought home today a brown bag project: the "Me BAG". They need to find 3 of his or her favorite things to put into the bag. These 3 things should tell the class about their personality or favorite activities. This is due on Wednesday, September 18th. We will be writing a 5 paragraph essay about their Me Bags. Please see the green sheet in their homework folder for the complete project.

Please keep track of your child’s reading (20 minutes, 20 days).  They can turn it in on or before October 1.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class In math, we are working on Unit 1, Addition and Subtraction Patterns. Next week we will focus on the Subtraction Table. There will be a checkpoint quiz that will cover addition and subtraction on Wednesday.

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 & Announcement

9-18 ME Bag due
9-18 Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class - Checkpoint Quiz on Addition and Subtraction
9-26 Johnny Appleseed's Birthday
10-2 SIP Day - Early Dismissal
10-14 Columbus Day - No School

September 6, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Third Grade News

September 6, 2019

Social Science  There will be a short quiz on direction, 9/10. A study guide went home yesterday.

Spelling  We will start the week of the 16th. The first test will not be until 9/27.

English Language Arts We'll continue to focus on various reading skills using fun literature. This week our books will be Zoom. Pigsty, The Lost and Found, and Recess Queen. The skills studied will be inferencing, Compare and Contrast, and character analysis. 

Don't forget to read for 20 min and log it for September.

If your child didn't turn in their Panther Poster today, please finish it up over the weekend.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class In math, we are working on Unit 1, Addition and Subtraction Patterns. This week we will focus on the Addition Table.

Important Dates & Announcement

9/10 Picture Day

Our Schedule

• Subjects
• ELA - 12:55-2:15 p.m.
• Math - 10:25-11:45 a.m.
• Recess/Lunch - 11:50-12:30 p.m.
• Specials
• PE - 8:40-9:05 a.m. each day
• Music - 9:05-9:50 p.m. on Mondays
• ART - 9:05-9:50 p.m. on Wednesdays
• IMC Class - 9:05-9:35 a.m. Thursdays
• Book Checkout - 9:20-9:40 a.m. Fridays

August, 30, 2019

Mrs. Caliendo's Third Grade News

August 30, 2019

Happy Friday! We had a terrific first week in 3rd grade! We really got to know each other. I am looking forward to a wonderful year with my new students!

Families, please make sure you check my blog weekly. I will send an email with the link every Friday.

This afternoon, we worked on designing a class crayon. In our all school read aloud assembly, all of the grades came together to share their class crayon. We discovered that we are all unique, but when we come together the picture is complete! 

Today, your child brought home an "Extra! Extra" Read all about Me!" poster (Panther Poster). These will be due back on or before Friday, September 6th.

Just a reminder: Please label all envelopes sent in with:  your child's name, their grade, what is in the envelope, and my name.

Curriculum Night is Wednesday, September 4th, 6:30-8:00. It is for PARENTS ONLY. I am looking forward to seeing you!

We will be F & P testing on Friday next week.  

Let's make it a great year!

Next Week:
   

Social Studies  We will study directions. Students will learn about cardinal and intermediate directions.  

Spelling We are continuing the spelling series Words Their Way. Fortunately, the students have worked with this program in 2nd grade.  I will give an inventory test on Tuesday. Students will be working with patterns that they struggle with during our ELA block.

English Language Arts We will be reading How I Spent My Summer Vacation. Students will be writing a response about their own summer vacation. We will also be reading If You Take a Mouse to School. The reading skill we will focus on is cause & effect.

Students brought home their September reading log. During each month, they are expected to read for 20 days. Each day they should read for at least 20 minutes.  This log should be turned in at the end of the month, and will be part of their grade.

Mrs. Caliendo's Math Class Please check Power school for your child's math teacher (we do switch for Math). We will start Math on Tuesday. Students will be taking a pretest next week to see what they know!

Important Dates & Announcement

9/2   Labor Day - No School
9/4 Curriculum Night 6:30-8pm *Parents Only
9/6  Read All About Me Poster (Panther Poster) due
9/6  F & P Testing
9/10 Picture Day