Important Dates:
*St. Patrick's Day Monday 3/17
*Cheeseburger in Paradise party Thursday 3/20
*Spelling Test Thursday 3/20
*Reading Vocab quiz Thursday 3/20
*No school Friday 3/21
*Spring Break 3/24-3/28
Classroom Chatter
Don't forget to dress in your summer vacation clothes for our Cheeseburger in Paradise ISAT celebration party on Thursday to kick off spring break! Does anyone have the movie Lilo and Stitch (DVD or VHS)? I would like to show this on Thursday while we eat lunch, if someone could send it in. Thanks.
Spelling
We are skipping L. 27 's unit. This week is L. 28. These words are spelled with silent letters. The list will go home Monday. The test is Thursday due to no school Friday.
English
We will take the Unit 5 test on capitalization and punctuation on Thursday. Extra practice for the test can be found on pages 204-212 in the textbook.
Reading
We will begin reading the novel, Stone Fox. Students will be responding to the story in their Stone Fox journals that I will provide. We will also be learning vocabulary words for each chapter. The first set of vocabulary words cover chapters 1-4. There will be a quiz on these vocabulary words on Thursday. Students will have to know the definition of the words and be able to apply them in a sentence.
Science
This week we will study amphibians. Students will learn the characteristics of an amphibian. We will begin making out power point presentation of the life cycle of the frog when we return from spring break. Information about our animal habitat project will come home this week. I am sending it home early in case people want to start on it over break. It is due April 17th.
Social Studies
This week we will finish up the study of Downers Grove. Our Downers Grove field trip is scheduled for April 14th. I will be sending home the permission slips for this field trip after break. We won't be taking the test until after the field trip. There are a few questions on the test we learn about Downers Grove through the field trip. I will have the students keep their Downers Grove learning log and packet in their social studies folders. We will revisit and review them after our field trip before the test. I have not scheduled a date for the test yet. In the meantime, when we return from break, we will branch off learning about the suburban community of Downers Grove and learn about the urban community, Chicago.
Math
This week we will begin chapter 5. We will begin higher level multiplication. This week students will also be taking a mad minute in division 4's. Don't forget the Geometry Project is due on 3/20. If the project is completed early, students can turn it in early!
