April 12th to April 16th
Thursday, April 15th will be our class' "Egypt Unwrapped" in class field trip. We will also have a in class field trip on weather called "Meteorology Madness" in May. Please send the field trip money in with your child if you have not done so already. It is also our spring open house on Thursday, April 15th - I look forward to seeing each of you! Thursday, April 22nd will be an early dismissal day - please plan accordingly.
The Thirteenth Week of 2010 at School:
Science: We will begin Science again. We will study ecosystems.
Social Studies: We will continue to study Egypt. Students will learn more about King Tut. We will continue reading the chapter book Tut's Mummy...Lost and Found. Students will also work on an Egypt mobile in class. Look for an Egypt test coming up. It will be in the week of April 19th.
Spelling: Spelling test 26 is a review of tests 19-25. Students will not receive a Spelling list this week. Students can review the different Spelling rules in their Spelling Workbook on page 135. There will be a test on Friday, April 16th.
Reading: This week we will focus on the reading strategies monitoring and questioning. We will work on these strategies while reading poems.
English: We will continue unit 6 which focuses on pronouns. We will also work on writing poems.
Math: We will continue "Mad Minute" division. This week students will study division by 6's. There will be a test on division by 6's on Friday, April 16th. Students will receive two minutes to complete 20 division by 6 questions. The geometry project will be due on Tuesday, April 13th. This week we will have a combined test on chapter 6 (graphing) and chapter 7 (probability) on Thursday, April 15th.
Things to Remember:
Tuesday 4/13: The geometry project is due.
Thursday 4/15: This is our spring open house and the class field trip! There will be a chapter 6 and 7 Math test.
Friday 4/16: There will be a Spelling and a "Mad Minute" division test.
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
