Week of December 5-9

We had a great time on our DG field Trip! Thank you to Dylan's Mom, Mick's Mom, and Natalie's Mom for chaperoning the field trip!!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   New spelling lists will be coming home on Monday.  Completed menu/homework will be due on or before December 16.  Please make sure your child does one activity from each column.  A test on your child’s list will be also be on 12/16.

Reading & Language Arts:  We will be close reading the poem "T'was the Night Before Christmas". We will be discussing poems and culture. We have also started literature circles. Students are in groups reading a book together and completing a job for the chapter.

Please keep reading and filling out the December reading log.  It will be due on or before January 4.

Social Studies:  We have finished our Downers Grove history unit.  It was wonderful to go see all the things on our field trip! We have started learning about Modern Day Downers Grove. A quiz on this will be Thursday, December 15.

Science:   We are on hiatus while we learn about Downers Grove.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We will start unit 4 next week. This will be all about measurement and fractions.

Important Dates:  

12/7- Early dismissal

12/13- Going to Drury Lane to see "A Christmas Carol"

12/14- 3rd grade bowling trip to Brunswick Zone