Week of March 8 to March 12


IMPORTANT DATES :

Conferences : Week of March 8

Report Cards: March 9

No School Friday March 12


CLASSROOM CHATTER:

Monday to Wednesday of this week we will be completing the Illinois Standards Achievement Tests (ISAT). Thursday is the make-up day for any missed sections of the test. Spring conferences are this week with your childs' homeroom and/or math teacher. Our new book report for March is Fiction and Fantasy. The students seem to easily find a book they are interested in reading!!! There mobiles for the Jan/ Feb reports were so creative. They are in the classroom . Take a peek when you come for your conference. Please remember for birthdays and special treats they are to be healthy snacks (crackers, pretzels, fruits and veggies are great!) also a great idea is to pass out pencils or stickers for a birthday.



SPELLING: No pretest due to the shortened week. L.23 -er -est words.


READING: We are focusing on the strategy of visualizing and predicting.
We are also working on Extended Responses.


ENGLISH: We are focusing on Expository Writing


SOCIAL STUDIES: We are continuing our EYE ON EGYPT unit. We are learning about mummies and what a sarcophagus is. The students are really enjoying this unit!


SCIENCE: We will be finishing Lesson 2 on WATER CYCLE.


MATH: No Mad Minute this week. Next week our mad minute will be dividing by 5.
We are continuing our time and measurement unit. The geometry projects are wonderful!! What a creative group. They are really enjoying the presentations. No two are alike so it is very interesting.