Friday, March 22, 2013

Miss Pellin's Post
April 1st to April 5th

Monday, March 25th is the beginning of Spring Break. School will resume on Tuesday, April 2nd. Have a great week!!

Spring Picture packets need to be returned as soon as possible.  Please send the packets and/or order in with your child if you have not already done so.  Thank you!

Spring Cleaning:  Students cleaned their lockers and put items in their backpacks.  Please help your child clean out their backpack if needed.

The Twelfth Week of 2013 at School: 

Science: We will being the study of the sun and planets in lesson 3 of chapter 10.




Social Studies:  We will continue the study of Chicago.  


Spelling: 

Tuesday:  Pretest on lesson 22
Homework - Cursive worksheet
Wednesday:  Homework - Non challenge ABC order
Challenge - Activity 1 
Friday:  Post test on lesson 22

Reading: 
We will continue our biography unit. Students have already picked out juicy details about their person.  Students will present the details they found to the class on Wednesday, April 3rd and Thursday, April 4th.  In class students will practice their presentation on Friday, March 22nd and Tuesday, April 2nd.  

English: This past week students sequenced the events of the Great Chicago Fire.  
This week students will write about the Great Chicago Fire from the O'Leary cow's point of view. 

Math: We will continue the study of fractions in chapter 18.   Also, we will have a division by 9 test on Friday, April 5th.  Look for a study guide to come home.  There will be a fractions test in the week of April 8th.  

Things to Remember: 
Wednesday 4/3:  There will be biography presentations.

Thursday 4/4:  There will be biography presentations.
Friday 4/5: There will be a spelling test and a division test.

Contact Information:
E-Mail address: 
mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065