Week of November 14-22

Friday was Veterans’ Day and we had a wonderful assembly honoring our own veterans (those who have a connection to our Panthers.)  We thank those of you who have served our country and it was an amazing assembly!

We have one more week to go in Trimester 1.  Please make sure you keep an eye on your child’s grades.  

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   New spelling lists will be coming home on Monday.  Completed menu/homework will be due on or before December 2. We are giving an additional week because of the short week with Thanksgiving break.  Please make sure your child does one activity from each column.  A test on your child’s list will be also be on 12/2.

Reading & Language Arts:  There is a fun activity coming home.  Students are asked to “disguise” a turkey using any materials they can find.  The turkey and the letter describing this activity went home Friday.  They are due on or before Wednesday.  We will then start a writing assignment to go along with the disguised turkey.  We’ll also be writing a turkey cinquain.  

Please keep reading and filling out the November reading log.  It will be due on or before November 30th.

Social Studies:  We will finish our Downers Grove history unit this week.  A study guide will be going home Tuesday and a quiz on the history of DG will take place on Tuesday, November 22.  We’ll then start reading about modern day Downers Grove.   Our DG field trip will be on November 29. If you are interested in volunteering please sign your name at the bottom of the permission slip. I can only take two this time, but we will have additional opportunities for field trip volunteers after winter break.

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

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  This week we’ll continue Unit 3 on multi-digit addition and subtraction.  We have been learning different methods to find an answer.  On Tuesday, students will be completing a short “work sample” and on Thursday, there will be a short checkpoint quiz.  

Important Dates:  

11/23 - 11/25 - Thanksgiving break

11/29 - DG field trip for Mandru/Pellin

Have a great weekend!!

Week of November 7-11

Can you believe it is November already and only 3 weeks until Thanksgiving! Thank you to those of you who had conferences. We had great converstaions and I enjoyed talking with you about your child! Don't forget no school Monday or Tuesday!

Coming up next week:

Spelling:    Completed menu/homework will be due on or before 11/11.  Please make sure your child does one activity from each column.  

Reading & Language Arts:  We will be targeting some new skills this week. We will be working on Cause and effect. We will also be celebrating Veteran's Day on Friday with some related activities.

Please keep reading and filling out the November reading log.  It will be due on 11/30

Social Studies:  We will continue our Downers Grove unit this week.  We’ll be learning about the Native American Indians. A Downers Grove permission slip will be going home on Thursday 11/10. Please watch for that!

Science:   We will be on hiatus until further notice.  

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  We are deep into our new unit. So far students have learned to round to the tens and hundreds. We will continue to learn new ways to add and subtract multi-digit numbers. There will be a graded checkpoint on Thursday 11/10 covering rounding and mutli-digit addition.

Important Dates:  

11/7 - Day off (conferences)

11/8 - Day off (Teacher’s Institute)

11/23 - 11/25 - Thanksgiving break

11/29- Downers Grove field trip