November 12th to November 23th
Monday, November 12th is Veterans Day. There will be no school. There also will not be school on November 21st, November 22nd and November 23rd due to Thanksgiving. Please plan accordingly.
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. Students should turn in permission slips if they have not already done so by Friday, November 16th. I will email chaperons next week.
The Twelfth and Thirteenth Week of 2012 at School:
Science: We will continue the study ecosystems in chapter 4. This week we will finish the study of lesson 2 and move on to lesson 3.
Social Studies: We will continue the study of Downers Grove. Students will learn about how Pierce Downer's house was part of the underground railroad which lead eventually to Canada.
Math: There will be a Money Test on Wednesday, November 8th. Then we will continue chapter 5 and study time. There will be a multiplication test on Friday, November 16th on the facts from the previous week and the following new facts:
2 X 3 = 6
2 X 4 = 8
2 X 5 = 10
2 X 6 = 12
2 X 7 = 14
2 X 8 = 16
2 X 9 = 18
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: This week students will study Thanksgiving words. They will be able to choose between several activities to complete with the words. The spelling test will be on Friday, November 16th.
Reading: Students will be exploring analogies with our focus on synonym/antonym analogies. There will be a test on synonym/antonym analogies on Monday, November 19th. 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. There will be a noun test on Tuesday, November 20th. Also, the students are bringing home a turkey today that they need to disguise. They will be writing about it this coming week.
Things to Remember:Monday 11/12: There will be no school for Veterans Day.
Wednesday 11/14: There will be a money test.
Friday 11/16: There will be a multiplication test and a spelling test.
Monday 11/19: There will be a synonym/antonym analogies test.
Tuesday 11/20: There will be an unit 2 noun test.
