Week of October 22-26

Important:

Early Dismissal on Thursday, October 25, 2012 at 11:00

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.

 
If you would like to still donate to the classroom treasure chest, please send in the items with your child. 

Halloween is right around the corner, here are some details about that day:
Parade and party is on Wednesday, October 31. The parade time is set for 1:00 and the party will follow right after the parade. (1:30) Costumes are to be brought in with your child on Wednesday; Students cannot wear their costumes to school. Remember, we only have a short time to change and we will be changing in the classroom (one class for boys, another for girls).  Please make sure their costumes are suitable for this. No weapons of any kind are allowed.

Pictures:  Our retake day is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 29th.

 Math
In Math this week, we will be starting Chapter 4-Subtraction. We will begin with lesson 1 and move through the chapter. A checkpoint on estimating and subtracting will tentatively be on Friday, 10-26. Please continue to practice addition Math facts, as well as subtraction facts.

Reading:

In addition to inferring, which we will continue practicing throughout the year, we will be using the predicting strategy this week as we read Cliffhanger in our reading series.  We will also explore cause and effect. The students will be quizzed on the vocabulary words from Cliffhanger on Thursday, October 25, 2012. The vocabulary packet should remain in the Bring Back to School side of their binder and they should be reviewing those words nightly. 

Spelling
We will be on List 9 this week. The Pretest is on Monday and the final test will be on Friday. If your child gets 0,1, or 2 wrong on the pretest they will have 2 challenge activities and the cursive sheet, they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. (Cursive sheet and two assigned activities) The homework is due on Thursday.

English:

We have started our descriptive writing unit and will continue with our persuasive/descriptive haunted house story. It will be a SPOOKtacular story. 

Social Studies
We have finished studying hemispheres.In two weeks will begin our Downers Grove unit. We will start with the history of Downers Grove and then move into Modern Day Downers Grove. The field trip will be coming up and a permission slip will be sent home within a few weeks. 

Science:

In Science, we started chapter 4-Ecosystems. There will be an open book quiz on lesson 1 on Monday, 10-22-12. We will then start learning about types of ecosystems in lesson 2 later in the week. 

I hope everyone has a fabulous, warm, hopefully dry, weekend!