*Report cards Tuesday 11/16
*Thanksgiving break 11/24-11/26
*Parent/Teacher conferences 11/29-12/1
*No school Friday 12/3
Classroom Chatter
We had a great field trip to Downers Grove on Friday, 11/12. Thanks Mrs. Nicholson for coming on our trip. Here is a picture of us at Prince Pond.
On Friday, your child came home with a Parent/Teacher Conference Notification form. Please review the date and time. Fill out the bottom portion and return to me. You can either confirm our conference or reschedule. Most of you signed up for the date and time at Curriculum Night at the beginning of the year. If you did not sign up, I just assigned at date and time. Please get this form back to me asap so if there are any conflicts, I can reschedule appointments asap! Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to meeting with you all very soon!
Spelling: We will continue to focus on synonyms and antonyms analogies this week. There will be a graded review on Friday.
Reading: We will continue to focus on our reading strategies as we apply them to our reading. We will focus on making inferences, summarizing, predicting, using background knowledge, and applying our knowledge about synonyms and antonyms. We also will focus on character traits, problem/resolution, and setting as we finish up our novel study.
English
We will continue with our verb unit. We will finish up this unit before Thanksgiving break with a test on 11/23. A study guide will come home this week. It'll be in their English folder come Tuesday.
Science
We will still be working with the moon. We also will begin studying about the planets.
Social Studies
We are going to read in chapter 12 about communities and relate what we read to the community of Downers Grove.
Math
We will take a mad minute in x5's. We will continue with chapter 6 working with measurement. We will be looking at capacity. We plan to have a "check your progress" on Tuesday 11/23
