Welcome to our class web page! I am so happy to have your child as a part of my Holthouse Hero crew! Please use this website to keep up with the latest updates in our classroom. Below, you will find a "Week at a Glance" which provides a general outline for instruction. On the side ➡ of this page you will find links to additional information, such as homework, important dates, and cool links. Please keep in mind that instruction & homework may vary or change throughout the week based on student needs and understanding. I look forward to partnering with families to make this the best year ever for our kids!
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Week at a Glance: September 28th - October 2nd
*Reading:📚
EQ – What does it mean to change?
This week we will continue reading the novel Quinny & Hopper by Adriana Brad Schanen. As students read, they will utilize the “Stop & Jot” active reading strategy and discuss character traits, motivations, and points of view. Students will take the literary outcome assessment on Friday, October 2nd.
*Math:📊
Module 1 Properties of Multiplication and Division
We will begin this week with a review and then students will take the end-module 1 assessment on Tuesday, 9/29 & Wednesday 9/30. We will then begin Module 2 with a review of telling time in lessons 2, 3, & 4.
*Writing: 📝
We are working on narrative PCR writing in which students read a text and then respond in writing. This week students are working on continuing the story.
*Science: 🧪
We will begin our first Mystery Science unit - Animals Through Time.
*Governor Pat Quinn signed Erin's Law in January of 2013, which requires all schools in the state of Illinois to provide age appropriate sexual abuse and assault awareness and prevention education programs for students in grades Pre-K through 12. Our lessons 3rd grade students will begin the week of February 1st. The Chelsea Intermediate School Social Workers will be teaching each lesson in the child’s classroom. The "Think First and Stay Safe" program will be the curriculum utilized for these lessons with a focus on Child Lures.
