Miss Pellin's Post
January 12th - January 16th

Thank you for all the wonderful holiday gifts I received! I hope everyone had a great holiday break (with plenty of time for reading) and is looking forward to an exciting, busy New Year!

This week we will be taking the Iowa Basics Tests. These are standardized tests that will assess students in the subjects of reading, vocabulary, math problem solving, math computation, word usage and expression, math estimation, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Please make sure students get to bed early, eat a healthy breakfast in the morning, and bring a healthy snack to school each day this week.

Ms. Stainman needs parent volunteers to help tie roller skates during PE classes for third grade. She needs help the week of January 12-January 16. We have gym from 10:40-11:05 everyday, but you can help anytime. You can email her at tstainman@ccsd66.org . Thanks for your help!

The Second Week of 2009 at School:
Home Room
Science: We will begin the study of weather this week. We will review the different types of clouds and study wind.

Social Studies: We will continue to study Chapter 9. This unit covers basic economics including supply and demand, profit, opportunity cost, and consumer choices. Look for a study guide towards the end of the week. There will be a test sometime in the week of January 19th. This is difficult, but fun material.

Language Arts
Spelling: There will be a Spelling "List 16" test this Friday, January 16th.

Reading: Due to the Iowa tests we will only have Reading class twice. We will continue to study summarizing and event sequencing. We will also work on an extended paragraph in response to a question from the story The Lost and Found.

English: We will also only meet for English twice this week due to Iowa testing. Students will work on comparing adjectives.

Math: We will begin multiplication "x8." There will be a mad minute "x8" quiz on Friday, January 16th. There will be Iowa testing in Math. Also, students will learn about metric weight and capacity.

Things to Remember:
Monday 1/12: There will be Iowa testing.
Tuesday 1/13:There will be Iowa testing.
Wednesday 1/14: There will be Iowa testing.
Thursday 1/15: There will be Iowa testing.
Friday 1/16: There will be a Spelling test. There will be a "mad minute" quiz.
Monday 1/19: There will be no school for Martin Luther King Day!


Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065