Week of November 28 - December 2

Important Dates:

*Conferences 11/28, 11/29, & 11/30

*Scholastic Book Orders due Thursday 12/1

*Matter Test Thursday 12/1

*Spelling Test Thursday 12/1

*No school Friday 12/2

Classroom Chatter: I wish everyone a wonderful and happy Thanksgiving! Please check out our videos of the First Thanksgiving presented by Mrs. Csorba's class. :) Didn't they do a great job?!?

Book orders went home on Tuesday. The are due by Thursday, 12/1. If you are interested in placing an order for a present and want me to set the books aside when they arrive for a later pick up, send me an email. Books make great presents and stocking stuffers! ;)

Parent/teacher conferences are being held this week. Please make sure you arrive at your scheduled time. Thanks in advance! I'm looking forward to meeting with all of you!

Spelling

This week we will study lesson 9 words. They are spelled with long o. The pretest will be Monday. The test will be Thursday. Homework will come home Monday and due on Thursday.

English

We will continue with nouns. This week, we will study about special plural nouns and singular and plural possessive nouns.

Reading
This week we will continue with our guided reading groups as we discuss the strategies we've learned. We also will start a new story, The Keeping Quilt, to teach author's point of view and author's purpose. We also will be having a guest speaker come Thursday to talk to us about quilting!!!!There will be vocab quiz on the words on Thursday.

Science

We will take the chapter 11 test on Matter on Thursday. The study guide is in the science folder.

Social Studies

We will take the Modern Day Downers Grove test the following week, 12/6.

Mrs. Csorba's Math Class

We will take a mad minute on x9's. We will learn how to multiply greater numbers this week.