Week of September 2-6

WOW!!! Our first week down and we are entering September already! We had a great first week and the students are so well behaved and excited to be here! I really have enjoyed getting to each of them! 

Here is a look at next week:

ELA:
We will take a spelling inventory this week. This will help determine their spelling lists. We will also be reading some short stories and focusing on reading skills. 

Social Studies:
We will begin our first unit of study which is directions. This is a quick unit. We will learn about compass roses and directions. 

Mrs. Mandruś Math Class
We will start switching for math on Tuesday and students will get to meet their Math teacher. We will also start math with unit 1: reviewing addition and subtraction!

Coming up:
No School Monday 9/2
Curriculum Night: Wednesday 9/4

Have a great 3 day weekend! 

Week of MArch 19-22

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  "May the road rise up to meet you and the wind

be always at your back…" Enjoy your weekend!  

We are coming up to the final week before Spring Break. We are visiting the
Chicago History Museum on Thursday!! We will learn all about our fair city,

especially the Great Chicago Fire and the Columbian Exposition. Please make

sure your child brings a totally disposable lunch on that day. We are so lucky

to be able to see our beautiful city and take in the History Museum for free!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: We have been studying prefixes and suffixes instead of spelling. There will be a

quiz on prefixes and suffixes on Friday.  We’ll review on Wednesday.

Reading & Language Arts:  We will continue our focus on a reading skill that

is really important, Main Idea & Details.  Prefixes & suffixes will also be

explored in more depth.

Social Science: We will continue our Chicago unit this week.  Our focus will

be on early history and lakes & rivers.

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Since two days are set aside for field trips, there

will only be 3 days of math this week.  We’ll simply pretest for Unit 6 on

Monday.  We’ll also take a common assessment so the students can “show what

they know!”   We’ll continue Unit 6, Geometry, after Spring Break.

Important Dates:  

3/21 - Field trip to the Chicago History Museum

3/22 - End of day begins Spring Break!

4/1 - Welcome back!

4/18 - Early Dismissal

Have a great weekend!

February 11-14

Our Valentine’s Day party will

be on Thursday. Thank you in advance

to my wonderful parent volunteers

for running the “show” and to those

who are sending in treats and supplies.  

The kids will have a ball!!

We’ll be distributing our Valentines earlier that day.  

It is easiest if the students only

write their name on the cards and not the "To" part.

That way we can distribute them

quicker. If they really want to though, they can!

Today I am introducing the Culture Day project to the children. Their

homework for the weekend will be to choose the country they’d like to

research.  It should be connected to your family’s culture.

Please make sure your child writes it in their

assignment notebook for Monday.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: The due date for menu and test is Thursday, 2/14.  

Reading & Language Arts:  This week we’ll be starting our Culture Day

research project.  It involves researching various aspects of a country,

creating a book, and sharing an oral presentation on your country.

More details will be shared as we march on through February.

Social Science: We will continue our Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

Our Unit 3 Immigration test will be on Wednesday, 2/13.

The study guide has gone home in addition to a textbook.

The study guide will be due back on Tuesday,

2/12. Please work with your child over the weekend

on this study guide.

It will help them prepare for the test! 

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  This week we begin Unit 5,

Multiplication, Division, and Area.

 We’ll focus on multiplication and division this week.

Important Dates:  

2/12 & 2/13 - Math Conferences

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great weekend!

Week of January 28-February 1

Happy Friday! We are having some crazy winter weather! Stay warm this

weekend.  Congratulations and good luck to Jack and Autumn who will both

represent our class in the grade level spelling bee on Wednesday. I am very

proud of all my spellers! As we inch our way to February, please make sure

you are checking your child’s grades online frequently. We are halfway through

the year already; it’s so hard to believe!

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: Menu will be due on or before 2/1.  The test will

also occur on that day.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll continue our cross-curricular study

of immigration as we read our Communities book. We will look at what immigration is and why

people immigrated to America in the late 1800ś.

January reading logs will be due on or before February 1.

Social Science: We will continue our Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Unit 4 will continue. We’ll be focusing on

fractions next week. It looks like our Unit 4 post assessment will be on Tuesday, Feb. 5.

Important Dates:  

1/31 - Early Dismissal

2/12 & 2/13 - Math Conferences (sign up coming soon!)

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great weekend!

Week of January 21-25

Thank you for the wonderful volunteers we had on our field trip! We had a great time. Check out the cool pictures on the homeroom app!

We will be celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday this weekend.

This afternoon we will be watching Our Friend Martin which discusses Martin

Luther King in an understandable, relevant way.  I’m sure the students will

love it.

Have a wonderful weekend and enjoy the snow!!  Don’t forget to check your

child’s grades online.  We are at the halfway mark of Trimester 2.

Coming Up Next Week:

Spelling: New words will be coming home on Tuesday along with a new

homework menu.  It will be due on or before 2/1.

Reading & Language Arts:  We’ll be reading The Matchbox Diary this week.

Also, our classroom spelling bee will be on Wednesday.

January reading logs will be due on or before January 31st.

Social Science: We will continue our Science curriculum, “Amplify.”

We alsostarted a new Social Studies unit on immigration. There

will be open book/open note quizzes involved.This is a cross-curricular unit that lends itself

nicely to our reading block!

Mrs. Mandru's Math Class:  Unit 4 will continue. We’ll be focusing on

multi-step measurement problems this week.  There will be a checkpoint

quiz on Friday (on measurement.)  

Important Dates:  

1/21 - Martin Luther King’s Birthday - day off

1/31 - Early Dismissal

2/14 - Valentine’s Day parties

2/15 - Conference Day (off)

2/18 - Presidents’ Day (off)

Have a great, 3-day weekend!