Famous People in Illinois

We have been researching about famous people from Illinois.  Each student created an adobe voice presentation about the person they learned about.  Click on the link below to watch their video:

Third Grade Videos

Winter Olympics Athlete Joni Cotten

We were so lucky to have Joni Cotten, Olympic curling athlete from the Salt Lake City, come to talk with us about the Olympic sport, curling.  She came and taught us all about the game, rules, equipment and her experience being an alternate at the Salt Lake City Olympic Games in 2002.  It was incredible learning about the sport and her experience!  Thank you, Joni, for coming and sharing with our students about your sport.  We learned so much!

Here is a bio about this great athlete!

Valentine's Day Party

We had such a wonderful time at the party.  Thank you to all the volunteers who helped make this day happen.  We had a wonderful time!

Forces and Motion Unit

In Science, we are learning about forces and motion.  We are integrating this unit with our reading program.  We are defining specific vocabulary and exploring using the experimentation process.  One of the activities we conducted this week was to design experiments to help us learn rules about forces.  Students were asked to have a car move gradually, move rapidly, stop and turn.  Here is some videos while students were exploring.

More Chapter 8 Videos

Here are some additional videos to help your child with the homework or math concepts in this unit.

Basic Division

Division with Remainders

Introduction to Long Division

Steps to Long Division

Chapter 8 Video Homework Help

Here are some videos to help your child with long division.  They can view these to help them with their homework.

Basic Long Division to Help Practice Long Division Steps

Long Division with No Remainders

Long Division with No Remainders

Northeast State Locations and Capitals

On Wednesday I sent home flashcards to help the students practice the Northeast capitals and the locations.  Today we went over the location of each state and ways to help them identify them on a blank map.  We will be taking the test on February 20th.  You can help your child by quizzing them at home.  They learned a song in music class to help them with the capitals but the locations can be challenging.  

Field Trip to the Elgin Symphony

A field trip slip went home today about the Elgin Symphony field trip.  We will be going on Thursday, April 12, 2018, however, we need to collect the money now so that we can purchase the tickets.  They are due by February 9th.  

If you are interested in chaperoning, fill out the form.  We will be putting all interested parent's names in a hat and selecting one to go with us.

Arlington Heights Public Library Visit

Today we were so lucky to have Julie Jergens from the Arlington Heights Memorial Library come and do a book talk with the class.  Students were also able to check out books.  Don't forget that if your child checked out a book it needs to be returned to the Arlington Heights Memorial Library not to school.

Fantastic Event

On Thursday, we had a wonderful time at the PTA sponsored assembly!  The students had a wonderful time hearing songs, seeing magic, and learning valuable lessons about being kind and good citizens!

Readers of the Week

We have some great Readers of the Week this week.  This week we have Ethan, Hailey, and Andy.

No Talking

By Andrew Clements

Read by Ethan

Diary of a Wimpy Kid- The Third Wheel

By Jeff Kinney

Read by Haily

The Terrible Two Get Worse

By Mac Barnett and Jory John

Read by Andy

Welcome, Miss Pappageorge!

The whole class is very excited!  We would like to welcome Miss Pappageorge to our classroom!  She will be student teaching this spring in our classroom and will be with us until May.  We are so excited to have her with us.  She is from Illinois State University.  A letter came home today with all the students so you could learn more about her.

Welcome Back!

Welcome back!  I hope everyone had a wonderful break and is enjoying 2018!  I am so excited to be back and the students are in for a special surprise tomorrow.  Stay tuned!

Nonfiction Videos

The class created nonfiction text feature videos as a portion of their nonfiction assessment this unit.  They did a wonderful job.  Happy viewing!

By Dylan, Danny, Andy

By Mia and Grace

By Evan and David

By Iris and Chloe

By Andrew and Gianni

By Ethan and Gavin

By Piper and Ellie

Readers of the Week

Our reader's of the week are Dylan and Danny.

Dylan reading

Dash 

by Kirby Larson

Danny reading

Dr. Carble is Losing his Marbles

By Dan Gutman