Week of 4/8 - 4/12

Important Dates:

Tuesday, 4/9: No School
Wednesday, 4/10: 3BA Field trip to DuPage Children's Museum
Thursday, 4/11: 3K and 3BR Field trip to DuPage Children's Museum
Friday, 4/12:  3A and 3P Field trip to DuPage Children's Museum

Friday, 4/12: Young Author's Breakfast

Thursday, 4/18: Volunteer Luncheon 2:00-3:00
 

Reading

We will continue to read and work on Rocking and Rolling. It is a nonfiction piece that talks about the earth and the natural disasters that occur in our world.  The students will be working on a research project in writing that coordinates with the story.

Writing

The students will be researching and writing about natural disasters. They will be creating a poster about the information that they learn and then will present it to the class.

Spelling

Unit 24 focuses on -ed and -ing words.  Every student should be praciting their words throughout the week to prepare for the test.  Please make sure to help your child study. If you need a copy of the words, they are posted on the third grade blog.

Science

We are continuting to work on the Simple Machines unit.  The students will learn about the 6 simple machines and how they make work easier.  This week, the third graders will be going on a field trip to the DuPage Children's Museum to explore the different simple machines with their hands-on learning lab. Each teacher will need 4 parents to go with. If you are interested, please contact your child's teacher via email ASAP. 


Math
Due to the day off on Tuesday and the field trips this week, we will only be having math on Monday.  Please continue to work on basic facts and fraction concepts at home.


Hot Lunch Choices

It has been brought to our attention that the kids who are ordering hot lunch are chosing something in the morning and then changing their mind at lunch time. The rule is that whatever the child picks to eat in the morning is what they have to have at lunch. Please help your child make up his/her mind by viewing the menu on our school website. Thanks!

Young Author's

The Young Author's Breakfast for all participants will be on Friday, April 12th before school. Manuscripts and certificates will be passed out at that time.  Please return the permission slip as soon as possible. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners were announced in school and will be posted to the Edline LMC page.

LMC Book Exchange Coming Soon!

If you are doing any spring cleaning, please consider keeping the children's books for our book exchange.  It is a great way to recycle books your child has outgrown and get different books.  Our 5th Annual Book Exchange will be held the last week in April. More information will come home soon.

Volunteer Luncheon

Volunteering is a gift from the heart! Thank you for the gift of time that you have so generously given our children and our school. Please join us for a dessert reception in your honor on Thursday, April 18th. This wonderful event will take place in the multi-purpose room between 2:00-3:30. We hope to see you there!