Week of October 25-29

Important Dates:
*MAPS testing Monday 10/25
*Downers Grove Quiz Wednesday 10/27
*Halloween parade and parties Friday 10/29

Classroom Chatter
Students have been doing a great job with the MAPS tests. Our last test will be Monday.

Don't forget the Downers Grove permission slip is due Friday 10/29. If your child wants pizza, send in $7 to cover the cost of lunch. They are welcome to bring a sack lunch that day too.

Our Halloween parade will begin at 1:00 on Friday, 10/29. Classroom parties will begin at 1:30. Students not to wear costumes to school. They will change into them in the afternoon. Please send costume in a bag with their name on it. Thank you! Any questions, send me an email!


Spelling
This week we will work on Halloween words. There will be a homework packet given to the students on Monday. The homework is due Friday. There will not be a pretest nor a spelling test this week.

Reading
We will be focusing on predicting, making inferences, and cause and effect as we continue with Cliff Hanger and other stories. The students will be applying the above comprehension strategies as they read.

English
We will finish up our Haunted House descriptive writing papers. We will begin Unit 3 verbs this week.

Science
We will begin Space.

Social Studies
We will be finishing up the history of Downers Grove. We are building our background knowledge of this great community to prepare us for our upcoming field trip to DG on 11/12!
We will be taking a quiz on the history of Downers Grove Wednesday 10/27. A study guide went home on Thursday in the HOMEWORK pocket of the binder. It is a blue half sheet of paper. Have you seen it? Use it a a guide as your child studies.

Math
We will be taking a mad minute in x3's this week. Students will be working on subtraction with regrouping and across zeros. There will be a Check Your Progress for lessons 6-9 on Thursday for a grade. The following week will be the chapter test. Date TBA!