Miss Pellin's Post

May 12th – May 16th

I enjoyed everyone’s biography scrapbook. The presentations were creative and well done. We practiced speaking loudly and looking at the audience. We also will have a reading party on Friday, May 9th for all students who have read for 20 minutes a day for the entire month of April.

We are now having an ABC countdown to summer. For instance, Friday May 9th is Game Day. Monday, May 12th is Hat Day. This is a fun way to count down until the end of the school year!

The Eighteenth Week of 2008 at School:

English: We will have a Unit 6 Pronoun Test on Tuesday, May 13th. Students can look at their pronoun review sheet, which they completed in class and at home, as a study guide. After the test we will begin our study of poetry.

Spelling: We will work on List # 31. There will be a pretest on Monday, May 12th and on Friday, May 16th there will be a final test.

Reading: We continue reading the Chocolate Touch Chapter book. Students will be reading each chapter independently. They will then answer comprehension questions using their book.

Math: Next Friday, May 16th there will be a mad minute division by 8 quiz. Students will begin to work with decimals.

Science: We will continue to study space. Students will learn about weightlessness and the phases of the moon. Students will receive a study guide for an up coming space quiz next week.

Social Studies: There will be no Social Studies this week. We will focus on finishing our Science unit on space.

Things to Remember:

Monday 5/12: There will be a Spelling pretest.
Tuesday 5/13: There will be a pronoun test.

Friday 5/16: There will be a Spelling test. There will be a mad minute division quiz. We will have a Character Counts Assembly at 1:50.

Spirit Days:

May 9 -- Comfy Day
May 16 -- Dress up as your favorite book character
May 23 -- red/white/blue day for Memorial Day
May 30 -- Favorite appropriate t-shirt

Contact Information:

E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065