We will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city on Thursday, November 29th from 9 am to 2 pm. If you would like, though it is not necessary, students can also bring $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
Thirteenth Week of 2012 at School:
Science: We will continue the study ecosystems in chapter 4. This week we will study lesson 3.
Social Studies: We will continue the study of Downers Grove.
Math: There will be a Time Test on Wednesday, November 28th. There will be a multiplication test on Friday, November 30th. I will give students a list of the new facts on Monday, November 19th.
Students will be given 1 minute to complete 17 questions. Therefore, some questions will be repeated.
Students will have two chances to get full credit on a multiplication test. If they do not pass the first two times, the total amount of points they can receive goes down a point. Please help make sure students are practicing these facts each night.
Spelling: There will not be spelling this week.
Reading: Students will be exploring analogies with our focus on synonym/antonym analogies. There will be a test on synonym/antonym analogies on Tuesday, November 20th. In addition we will continue working on using context clues to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, predicting, and summarizing. Students will be reading various books while practicing these strategies.
English: This week we will finish the study of nouns in unit 2. The noun test will now be on Tuesday, November 27th.
Things to Remember:Tuesday 11/20: There will be a synonym/antonym analogies test.
Tuesday 11/27: There will be a noun test.
Wednesday 11/28: There will be a money test.
Thursday 11/29: We will go on the Downers Grove field trip.
Friday 11/30: There will be a multiplication test and a spelling test.
