November 9th to November 13th
Wednesday, November 11th is Veterans Day. There will be no school. Please plan accordingly.
The Eleventh Week of 2009 at School:
Science: We will begin the study of weather.
Students can use their new Science textbook online from the website
http://www.thinkcentral.com/to help understand the subject. In order to access the Science textbook at home go to the same website. The user name is your parent connect number. The password is ccsd66.
Social Studies: We will continue to study present day Downers Grove and the local government.
Math: This week we will continue to work on t-charts.
We will begin working on multiplication this week. Please look for a packet coming home on Monday, November 9th on multiplication. This week students will study multiplying by 2. There will be a test on "*2" on Friday, November 13th. Students will receive two minutes to complete 20 multiplication by 2 questions. Practice sheets will be coming home throughout the week.
Spelling: This week we will study Spelling “list 13.” This list will be handed out on Monday, November 9th. Students will be tested on this list on Friday, November 13th.
Reading: We will We will start to work on the new reading strategy of "self questioning." We will work on this strategy while reading The Keeping Quilt. There will be a vocabulary quiz on words from The Keeping Quilt on Friday, November 13th.
English: We will begin the study of verbs. We will begin to look for action verbs in sentences. Then we will work on plural and singular verbs. Finally, we will look at past and future tense.
Things to Remember:
Wednesday 11/11: There will be no school for Veterans Day.
Friday 11/13: There will be a Spelling test. There will be a x2 multplication test.
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
