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!

Week of 15-19

Important: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 is some details about that day:
Parade and party is on Wednesday, October 31

The parade time is still being taken into consideration, I will inform you as soon as I know the time. The party will follow right after the parade.

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.  Trips to the bathroom are not allowed

No weapons of any kind are allowed.

 Math
In Math this week, we are continuing chapter 3 Addition. A graded review on adding two and three digit numbers will be on Monday, October 15, 2012 and the chapter test will be on Friday, October 10, 2012. A good way to study with your child is reviewing the packet in their Math folder, as well as, doing the chapter test in the textbook.

Spelling
We will be on List 8 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 are going to dive right into descriptive/persuasive writing as we prepare to write a haunted house story. We will be persuading someone to buy our haunted house. Then we will be decorating a haunted house that will match our description.

Social Studies
We have finished continents and oceans and studying hemispheres. The students will need to be familiar with the equator and the prime meridian, as well as, the four hemispheres. A quiz over the hemispheres will be Friday, October 19, 2012.

Science
In Science, we will be starting chapter 4-Ecosystems towards the end of next week.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy time with your families!

Week of October 9-12

Important:
No SCHOOL Monday, 10-8-12-Columbus Day.
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. 

Math
In Math this week, we are beginning chapter 3 Addition.We will start with lesson two and work through the chapter. A graded review on adding two and three digit numbers will be on Monday, October 15, 2012. You can expect a chapter test towards the end of that week. Please continue to practice math facts with your child.  

Spelling
We will be on List 7 this week. The Pretest is on Tuesday 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 Friday since we have a four day week.

Reading
We will continue to focus on inferencing this week with the story "Ballad of Mulan". A vocabulary test on the words from the "Balad of Mulan" will be Wednesday, October 10, 2012.  There will also be an open book comprehension quiz on the story on Friday, October 12, 2012. We have also been working on Extended response in class. This is a difficult skill that we will work on all year long.



English
We will be finishing up our  "Me Bag" speeches. If your child did not perform on Friday, they will on either Tuesday or Wednesday. Later in the week we will start our descriptive writing unit. 

Social Studies
We will continue working on continents and Oceans. A quiz over the 7 continents and 5 oceans will be Thursday, October 11, 2012. They will need to know where they are on a map.

Science
In Science, we are finished with Chapter 9-weather. We will be taking a break from Science this week and focusing on Social Studies. 

Have a fantastic Three day weekend!

Week of October 1-5

Pictures from: Our Johnny Appleseed Day!
Thank you to all the students for donating an apple on Wednesday, our homemade apple sauce was delicious~!
Also, a big thank you to the parents who sent in things for Johnny Appleseed's birthday!

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
Thank you to the parents who have donated to our classroom treasure chest, we appreciate it very much,
 If you would like to still donate to the classroom treasure chest, please send in the items with your child.
Please Sign up for conferences if you haven't already done so! A link was sent to all my homeroom parents for "sign-up genius."


Math
In Math this week, we are continuing our practice on chapter 2.The chapter 2 test will be Friday, October 5, 2012. In class, we will be reviewing all the lessons and work on solving word problems. The study guide went home today for the test.

Spelling
We will be on List 6 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.

Reading
We will focus on inferencing this week. The story Ballad of Mulan will be read in conjunction with this reading skill.  October calendars are going home on Monday.The Calendar will be due on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

English: We will start our "Me Bag" writing unit. Our “Me Bag” presentations will start on Wednesday , Friday and the following Monday. They will receive a rubric for their presentation on Monday. Please encourage your child to practice in front of their family.

Social Studies
We will continue studying continents and oceans. See if your child can name all seven continents and four oceans.

Science
In Science, we will be finishing up with Chapter 9 Water Cycle this week. The Chapter 9 test will be Friday, October 5, 2012. We will spend Thursday reviewing for the test by playing a game. The study guide went home today, so please use the online text to study with your child. 

Enjoy your Weekend!
  


 
 

Week of September 24-28

 

Wow! School is quickly flying by and this weekend marks the official start of Fall!

 Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
Wednesday is Johnny Appleseed Day-please have your child bring in a peeled, cored, and sliced apple for our homemade apple sauce!
Thank you to the parents who have sent things in for our celebration on Wednesday, it is very much appreciated!
Friday is early Dismissal! If you would like to donate to the classroom treasure chest, that would be very much appreciated!

Math
In Math this week, we have finished  Chapter 1 and will be moving onto chapter 2. Your child will receive a new chapter 2 study packet that will stay in his/her Math pocket. Please be reviewing nightly with your child.On Tuesday we will have a graded review over lessons 1 and 2 (Comparing and ordering numbers). On Friday we will be having another graded review over lessons 4 and 5 only (Rounding to the tens and hundreds place). 

Spelling
We will be on List 5 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.

Reading
On Tuesday, students will be tested on the current story we are reading The Lost and Found which is in their volume 1 reading book here at school.  This is an open book test.  Students can take this book home at any time and return it to school the next day.  They also have a vocab test on this selection on Thursday over the words in the story (A study guide of the words will be sent home Friday 9-21-12).  We will continue working on sequencing and summarizing. 

English
We will take the chapter 1 English test on Monday 9-24-12. The study guide went home and we have been reviewing a lot in class. Please continue to work with your child at home doing the practice tests at the end of the chapter. On Wednesday we will be starting Chapter 2-Nouns.

Social Studies
We are going to start Social Studies again! This will be every couple days, in between Science. We will be starting with Continents and Oceans. There will be a quick graded review on Thursday.

Science
In Science we will continue with Chapter 9 Water Cycle. We will be working on Lesson 3 next week. The Chapter 9 test will be the following week. 

Have a WONDERFUL Weekend!
 
 

Week of 9/17/12

Important:
Please continue to sign your child's assignment books.
Scholastic book orders will be sent home On Monday Sept. 17. The online portion of the orders is up and running. Thank you for your patience!
If you would like to donate to the classroom treasure chest, that would be very much appreciated!


Math
In Math this week, we will continue working on Chapter 1. On Thursday Sept. 20,  we will have our first Chapter test. Chapter 1, lessons 1-5. The study guide went home, so please be reviewing with your child. Also, please be practicing math facts at home with your child, we will be starting addition Math facts soon.
Spelling
We will be on List 4 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.
Reading
We will be finishing up our initial review of the Reading strategies this week. There will be a quiz on the kinds of strategies we reviewed on Wednesday Sept. 19. A short study guide will go home Monday.  We will then focus on the strategy of sequencing and summarizing. We will do this with the story Lost and Found. A vocabulary quiz on the words from that story will be the following week.
English
We will be finishing up chapter 1 in English this week and the test has been moved back to Monday September 24.  We will spend Friday reviewing in preparation for the test. A study guide will go home on Monday.  We will continue to work on DOL in school.
Social Studies

We will still be focusing on Science this week, so there will be Social Studies.
Science
In Science we will continue with Chapter 9 Water Cycle. We will be working on Lesson 2 next week; there will be an open book quiz most likely Friday Sept. 21 or Monday Sept. 24.

Have a wonderful FALL weekend :)

September 10-14

Important:

Reading MAP'S Test: Wednesday

Magazine Kick-off-Tuesday at 1:30

Please continue to sign your child's assignment books

Math:

In Math this week, we will continue working on Chapter 1. On Thursday we will have a graded review on Lesson 3 (standard form, Expanded form, and word form). The Chapter test will be the following week. Please be practicing math facts at home with your child.

Spelling:

We will be on List 3 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 challenge activities for homework and they have the option to take the test on Friday. If they get more than 2 words wrong, they will have the regular work. The homework is due on Thursday.

English:

We will continue Chapter 1 in English. We will work on Lessons 4 and 5.  We have also been working on D.O.L. (daily oral review). A study guide went home 9/7/12. The quiz will be on Thursday September 13.

Reading:

We will continue to work on our Reading strategies that good readers use. We will work on connections, questioning and summarizing this week. Please continue to be filling in the Reading Calendar. 20 minutes a night of Reading is what we expect, but anything more is AWESOME!

Social Studies:
We will be taking a break from Social Studies and transitioning to Science.

Science:

In Science we are going to start with Chapter 9 Water Cycle. On Wednesday we will be taking an open-note quiz on Lesson 1. I will model how to go through the book to find the answers for this quiz.