Week of 12/16/19-12/20/19

Week of 12/16/19 - 12/20/19

We had such a great time at the Tivoli yesterday!  The students

were so respectful and well-behaved!  Our most exciting week is

coming up: the week before Winter Break!!  We’ll be bowling on

Tuesday.  We’ll also be watching the movie Elf as a third grade

on Friday.  

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  No spelling this week; we’ll continue in January!

Reading & Language Arts:  The book Throw Your Tooth from the

Roof will be read and explored!

December reading logs will be due the day we get back from break

(January 6.)

Social Science: We continue our science unit on inheritance

and traits. 

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: The test date for Unit 2 is Thursday,

12/19.  A study guide (pretest) went home Wednesday and will be

due back on 12/18.  Unit 4 will start after Winter Break.

Important Dates:  

12/17 - Third Grade goes bowling

12/20 - Last day before winter break

Week of 12/9/19-12/13/19

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving break; 2 more weeks and  

we’ll be off for the next holiday!!   Speaking of, we’ll be off

to the Tivoli on Thursday to see The Polar Express!  

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  The menu homework will be due on or before

Friday, 12/13. There will also be a test that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  We will explore the famous poem

Twas the Night Before Christmas by close reading it and creating

our own version of the classic tale!

December reading logs are now in your child’s possession.  They will

be due the day we get back from break (January 6.)

Social Science: We have started our science unit on inheritance

and traits.  It will continue this week.

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We will continue our unit on multiplication.

The students will be taking a multiplication facts quiz on 5’s on

Friday. The test date for Unit 2 is Thursday,

12/19.  A study guide (pretest) will go home on 12/11 and will be

due back on 12/18.

Important Dates:  

12/10 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

12/12 - PV goes to the Tivoli to see Polar Express

12/17 - Third Grade goes bowling

12/20 - Last day before winter break

Week of 11/25/19 & Week of12/2/19

Today is the end of Trimester 1. What a wonderful first one-third of 

the year we’ve had!!  Grades will be finalized soon. I hope you have a

wonderful Thanksgiving break with your families.  This blog will include

information for the two days next week and also the following week.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  No spelling next week; New sorts will come home on

Monday, 12/2. That menu homework will be due on or before

Friday, 12/13. 

Reading & Language Arts:  We will soon be starting our unit on culture.

Our first story is The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. It’s a great

story about traditions in the Russian culture.

November reading logs are due back on or before December 2.

Social Science: We will be continuing our unit on modern day 

Downers Grove!  We’re also going to be starting Science on 

December 2.  Our unit is about inheritance and traits.

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We will continue our unit on multiplication.

 Here is the schedule for our Multiplication Facts:

 

week of 12/2: x2 facts

week of 12/9: x5 facts

week of 12/16: x10 facts

We will resume after break in the following order: x11, x3, x4, x6, x7, x8, x9, and x12. The order is so we get the easier facts done first and build confidence and practice over time. Please have your child use flashcards or other games or strategies to practice facts every night to build math fluency!  Thank you!

Important Dates:  

11/27-11/29 - Days off for Thanksgiving

12/10 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

12/17 - Third Grade goes bowling

12/20 - Last day before winter break

Week of 11/18/19-11/22/19

Our DG field trip was Monday. We had a great time exploring

Downers Grove and eating pizza at Giordanos. Thank you to

Mrs. Hines, Mr. McCraney, Mrs. Pepin, and Mrs. Witte for

chaperoning our trip!

The end of trimester 1 is November 22. Please make sure you’re

checking those grades!

Our bowling field trip is coming up on December 17.

If your child would like a snack while there, I am attaching the

link to pre-order those snacks.  This is the only way students

will be able to get them.  

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuZuP_zx4kXerZMW-J-
iZH9Pw0Z6Rcdo-xhhWwS3CM8eiCIg/viewform

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  The due date for the spelling menu homework is 11/22.

There will be a test on that day as well.

Reading & Language Arts:  The finished turkeys are due back on Monday.

We will be using these “disguised” turkeys to write

a persuasive paragraph convincing the farmer not to eat him for

Thanksgiving dinner.

November reading logs are due back on or before December 1.

Social Science: We will be starting our unit on modern day 

Downers Grove!

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We are beginning to learn our

multiplication facts. Next week we will focus on the 0's and 1's

multiplication facts. We will have a multiplication quiz on Friday.

Practice these with flashcards or online.

Important Dates:  

11/27-11/29 - Days off for Thanksgiving

12/10 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

Week of 11/11/19-11/15/19

Week of 11/11/19 - 11/15/19

Monday is Veterans’ Day and here at PV we have a wonderful assembly

honoring our own veterans (those who have a connection to our Panthers.)

Please contact the office if you are or know a veteran who would like

to join us on Monday.  

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  New spelling words and a new menu will be coming home on

Tuesday.  The due date is 11/22.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll continue our Myths unit this week.

We’ll also be making veterans cards!  

November reading logs are now in your possession.  They are due back 

on or before December 1.

Social Science: We will be doing a unit on modern day Downers Grove!

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We are starting a new unit in math. It is an

introduction to Multiplication. We will be laying the foundation for

multiplication by using arrays and repeated addition.

Important Dates:  

11/11 - Downers Grove Field Trip (with Olsen’s class)

11/27-11/29 - Days off for Thanksgiving

Week of 11/4/19-11/8/19

Thank you for joining me for a conference this week!  It was wonderful sitting

down with you all and discussing your wonderful children. 

Thank you, also,  to the wonderful moms who are planning and carrying 

out our Halloween party later today.  I know it will be amazing! Be safe
out there when trick-or-treating!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  Menu homework will be due on or before 11/8. The test will 

also happen on that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll be starting our Myths lesson; this week

we’ll focus on King Midas.

November reading logs went home yesterday.  They are due back 

on or before December 1.

Social Science: Our Downers Grove test will be on Wednesday, 11/6. 

A study guide has gone home!!

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: This week our focus will be on Algorithms

for addition and subtraction (Stacking.)  A pretest (study guide) went

home yesterday. The Unit 3 final test will be on Friday, 11/8. 

Important Dates:  

11/1 - Day off for conferences

11/4 - Teachers’ Institute (Day off)

11/11 - Downers Grove Field Trip (with Olsen’s class)

Week of 10/29/19-11/1/19

Halloween is almost here!  Please make sure your child brings his/her

costume to school in a bag on Halloween (Thursday.)   Costumes should be
easy to get on and off. Students will be changing in the classroom (we separate
the boys and the girls.) If you have any questions, send me an email.

Don’t forget about the parade (which will begin at 1:55ish.) 

Hopefully the weather will cooperate!

I’ll see you all next week for conferences!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling:  A new set of words will be coming home on Monday with a

pink menu. That homework will be due on or before 11/8.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll continue our writing this coming week!

Our big writing project,“Buy My Haunted House” has been assigned and

discussed.  Students will be using adjectives, similes, and all kinds

of descriptive words.

October reading logs are due by November 5.

Social Science: We are finishing up our Downers Grove unit.  Our test

Will be on 11/6.  A study guide will go home on 10/29.

Mrs. Walega's Math Class: We are moving along in Unit 3. We’ll

continue to focus on multi-digit addition and subtraction. 

Important Dates:  

10/28 - 10/30 - Conferences (homeroom only)

10/31 - Halloween Parade & Party

11/1 - Day off for conferences

11/4 - Teachers’ Institute (Day off)

11/11 - Downers Grove Field Trip with Mrs. Olsen's class

(permission slips coming soon!)