Important Dates
*Amazing Animals School Assembly Wednesday 4/2
*Spelling Test Friday 4/4
*Reading Vocab quiz Friday 4/4
*Downer Grove Permission Slip due 4/4
*Downers Grove Field Trip 4/14
Classroom Chatter
I hope everyone had a wonderful, relaxing spring break!
Spelling
L. 29's words are words with the prefix un. The test is Friday. The list will go home on Monday.
English
This week we will be writing our autobiographies. Students will work on a sloppy copy in their writing journals. We will type our final copies at the computer lab.
Reading
We will continue with Stone Fox. This week we will be reading chapters 5-7. Students will be having a vocabulary quiz on Friday over chapter 5-7's terms. We will continue to respond to the novel in our journals.
Science
This week we will be in the computer lab working on our power point presentations of the life cycle of the frog. Ribb-it!
Social Studies
Our Downers Grove field trip is scheduled for Monday, 4/14. We will be taking a bus tour around Downers Grove and visiting some places we learned about in our unit. A permission slip will come home on Monday. The test on Downers Grove will be Wednesday 4/16.
This week we will begin our study of Chicago. Students will learn about the Loop, goods that are produced in Chicago and the Chicago flag. We also will be working on making Chicago Mobiles. Students were asked over spring break to find 3 pictures of landmarks they want to write about and learn more about for a class project. Please have you child bring in three pictures of Chicago (example: Wrigley Field, Buckingham Fountain, and The Art Institute). They can be personal pictures, pictures found on the Internet, or from magazines or newspapers.
Math
This week we will be taking a mad minute in division 5's. We will begin multiplying 2 and 3 digit numbers by one digit. The test will be Monday April 7.
