Week of February 22-26

Coming up next week: 

Spelling:   Three spelling activities are due on Friday along with the test.

Reading & Language Arts:  We have begun studying immigration and culture in reading. Student were all assigned a country that they are from. They have a planning sheet that they should be working on. When they finish the planning sheet, they will then put the information on google slides and present the information to the class. A packet is going home. Please take a look at it to assist your child.

February reading logs are also due on 2/29.

Social Studies:  We will be continuing our Chicago unit this week.   We’ll focus on the early history of Chicago and the first Chicagoans.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Thank you to those parents who came in for a math conference with me.  It was wonderful getting to know you.  

Our Unit 5 assessment (multiplication & division) will be on Thursday, 2/25.  Our x4 test will be on Friday, 2/26.  We’ll then move on to Unit 6 focusing on geometry.

Important Dates:

¾  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

3/24 - Last day of school before Spring Break

3/25 - 4/1 - Spring Break

Have a great  weekend!

Week of February 15-19

I hope you all have a wonderful 4 day weekend!!  

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Three spelling activities will be handed out on Tuesday and due Friday.

Reading & Language Arts: We will focus on culture in small groups and making a culture scrapbook. We will also be reading a story called Matchbox Diary that relates to our culture unit.  

We started our Pen Pal project with third graders from Dubai!  My students started the letter writing (totally on chromebooks) with information on our American culture.  It will be interesting to find out how they celebrate the various cultures in the Middle East!  

Social Studies:  We will be starting our Chicago unit on Tuesday.   We’ll focus on “What is Chicago?” and the flag of Chicago and its significance.

Science:   We are on hiatus!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’ll continue Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.  We’ll specifically work on division this week.  Please make sure you child is doing Xtramath each night. We will test on X3's on Friday.

Important Dates:

2/11 - Valentine’s Day party

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

¾  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

 

Have a great, long weekend!

Week of February 11-15

 Happy 100 Days of School!  Ask your child what they look like in 100 years...they can show you!!  

Our Valentine’s Day party will be on Thursday.  We will be passing out Valentine's. Please have your child keep the to part of the valentine blank and just write their name on the from portion.

Coming up next week:

Spelling:  The same words will go home on Monday.  Students should be sorting their words every night.  3 activities need to be completed by Friday, 2/14.  The test will be on 2/14 as well.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We’re continuing our culture and traditions unit.  We’re working on an opinion writing piece about if you can have any animal teeth what would you want. Students have read about various animal's teeth and will pick their favorite and write about it. We are also typing friendly letters to Miss Wyse's students in Dubai! Ask you child about that!

Social Studies:  We are on hiatus!!  We’ll be starting our Chicago unit soon!

Science:   We have finished our study of Matter and took the test. We will be doing a very short study on culture and then move to our Chicago unit.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We’ll continue Unit 5 on multiplication, division, and area.  We’ll specifically work on multiplication and division story problems.  There will be a short check up quiz on Wednesday,

Important Dates:

2/11 - Valentine’s Day party

2/12 & 2/15 - No School (conferences & President’s day)

3/4  - Teacher Institute, no school

3/15 - Election Day, no school

 

Have a great weekend!