October 27th to October 31st
Halloween:
Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume:
1. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.
2. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves.
3. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.
4. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.
Conferences: I look forward to meeting with each of you on Monday, October 27th and Tuesday, October 28th for conferences!
The class had a great time at Brookfield Zoo! Thank you volunteers!
The Tenth Week of 2014 at School:
Science: We will continue the study of chapter 9: lesson 2 on water cycles. We will do an experiment where students can view different phases of the water cycle.
Social Studies: We will continue to study the history of Downers Grove. Students will learn about the Potawatomi tribe and Chief Waubonsee.
Math: The study of topic 3 is under way. Students will review three digit subtraction and subtracting across zeros.
Spelling: Students will be given Halloween words this week. There will not be a pretest. A packet with two activities will be due on Thursday, October 30th. The test will also be on Thursday, October 30th due to Halloween.
Reading: This week will focus on small group learning. All students will be working with The One and Only Ivan, but as we learn new skills and strategies, students will be engaged with their own text.
In addition, we will continue studying a word or two a day. On Friday students will be tested on the four words we will have studied Monday-Thursday. The October Reading Log is due on Friday, October 31st.
English: The final draft of the persuasive haunted house paragraph will be due on Wednesday, October 29th. Then we will begin the study of nouns in Unit 2.
Things to Remember:
Monday 10/27: There will be parent/teacher conferences.
Tuesday 10/28: There will be parent/teacher conferences.
Thursday 10/30: We will have a spelling test.
Friday 10/31: We will have a vocabulary quiz and the October reading log is due. Happy Halloween! We will have our parade and party!
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
