Important Dates . . .
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
November 11 -- Veteran's Day -- No School
3rd Grade Notes:
Third Grade will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city. A permission slip for the Downers Grove field trip was sent home. The signed permission slip was due on Friday, October 23rd. You may also send $7.50 along with the signed permission slip to cover the cost of a Giordano's (Downers Grove) pizza lunch. If you do not wish to have your child participate, please send a cold lunch on the day of the field trip (no money is necessary). Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (cold or pizza). If you would like, though it is not necessary, you can also send $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
In addition, the 3rd graders from my room will be joining 4th graders for the Christmas Carol production at Drury Lane on December 9th. This field trip will be a culminating activity with our literature study of the Christmas Carol. Permission slips and $8.50 are due asap.
4th Grade Notes:
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips for 4th grade that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Halloween Party:
Halloween is right around the corner. We will “not” be having the typical Halloween party. On October 29th, we will begin our afternoon at 12:30 with the annual parade. The afternoon will then consist of a snack, assembly, and pumpkin decorating contest. Your child can bring in things from home to help decorate their pumpkin. We will “not” be carving pumpkins. In addition, if you child would like to bring in something to pass out to the class on that day, it is fine. We will be “sending” home these items.
Language Arts
We will be working on various language arts skills through DOL activities and other various Halloween themed activities. They will be expected to build on their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences.
Reading
Through the theme of Halloween we will be reading about the history behind the holiday and reading a few plays as a class. Students will be expected to recall of information and details relating to information read and discussed.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Halloween Colored Words - Write your words in orange and black.
Science
We will continue to link our introductory chapter to the Halloween Pumpkin Science. The students will have to apply actual science to pumpkins this week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on various basic math skills as they relate to Halloween. The children will work on graphing, patterns, fractions, calendar concepts, and addition.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- Independent Reading Folder Log due 10/30
- practice reading play part
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
