January 18th to January 22nd
Remember that Monday, January 18th is Martin Luther King's Birthday. There will be no school, please plan accordingly.
Our two class winners of the Spelling Bee will compete in the 3rd grade Spelling Bee on Friday, January 22nd against the other class winners. Good luck Jennifer and Maya!
Everyone did a great job on their Culture Day presentation and we all enjoyed the tasty day! Thanks for all the wonderful things everyone brought to make our day special.
The Second Week of 2010 at School:
Science: We will continue the study of space. Students will learn what causes solar and lunar eclipses.
Students can use their new Science textbook online from the website http://www.thinkcentral.com/to help understand the subject. In order to access the Science textbook at home go to the same website. The user name is your parent connect number. The password is ccsd66.
Social Studies: We will finish our study of immigrants this week. We will focus on how immigrants adjusted to American life beginning with Ellis Island.
Math: We will continue the study of measurement (Chapter 20 and 21). There will be a test on measurements on Friday, January 22nd. Students will not have to memorize conversions such as 1 kilogram = 1000 grams. Rather there will posters hanging up. There will be a multiplication "x11" test on Friday, January 22nd.
Spelling: There will be a Spelling test on Friday, January 22nd on words from the previous 6 tests. The words will not be handed out. We will review the spelling rules of each of the past six tests. A practice sheet (17B) using different words (but the same rules) will be handed out Tuesday, January 16th. The final test will follow the practice sheet format.
Reading: Students will continue to work on the strategy of summarizing. We will practice summarizing using the story Lost and Found by Mark Teague. Vocabulary words for the story will be handed out on Friday, January 15th and there will be a test on Thursday, January 15th.
English: We will begin the study of adjectives.
Things to Remember:
Monday 1/18: This is Martin Luther King's Birthday. There will be no school.
Thursday 1/21: There will be a vocabulary quiz.
Friday 1/22: We will have a multiplication test and a spelling test. There will be a math test.
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
