Miss Pellin's Post
December 5th to December 9th

Thank you so much for coming to conferences!  I enjoyed meeting with all of you!

Here is one of the exquisite quilts Mrs. Vanni made for Claire titled Stars for Claire.  The students learned the intricate process of how quilts are made, which went right along with the story the class read The Keeping Quilt.

The Sixteenth Week of 2011 at School:

Science: We will finish the study of matter in chapter 11. The chapter 11 matter test has been moved to Thursday, December 8th. 

Social Studies: We continue the story of modern day Downers Grove.

Math: Students will be tested on the time portion of chapter 5 on Wednesday, December 7th.  This week students will study multiplying by 4. There will be a multiplication quiz on Friday, December 9th.  Students will be tested all the facts they have learned so far and the following new facts:

4 X 5 = 20
4 X 6 = 24
4 X 7 = 28
4 X 8 = 32
4 X 9 = 36

Spelling: We are on list 10: words with the vowel sound in "join". A pretest will be on Monday. Homework will be given Monday and due Friday. The final test will be on Friday.

Reading:  We will focus on the reading strategies evaluating text and visualizing. We will use the story Dogzilla as well as other novels and text as we apply these skills. We will also work on strategies from previous weeks. An activity "Santa Cause" will allow students to come up with funny situations Santa gets into to which shows cause and effect.

English: We will continue the study of nouns.  Look for a study guide to come home.  There will be a chapter 2 noun test in the week of December 12th. 

Things to Remember:

Wednesday 12/7: There will be a chapter 5 math test.
Thursday 12/8:  There will be a chapter 11 science test.

Friday 12/9: There will be a spelling test and a multiplication test.

Contact Information:

E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org

Voice mail: (630)783-5065