April 23rd to April 27th
On Wednesday, April 25th there will be an early dismissal day. Students will be dismissed at 11:00 a.m. Please plan accordingly.
Arbor Day is Friday, April 27th. Arbor Day is a nationally-celebrated observance that encourages tree planting and care. A wonderful way to celebrate would be to plant a tree!
Our school has organized a wonderful Book Angel Book Drive to collect books for schools in need. Students have been asked to bring in new or used books and the grade level with the most books collected will win a prize!
The Fifteenth Week of 2012 at School:
Science: We will begin the study of heat, light, and sound in chapter 14.
Social Studies: We are continuing chapter 3 and will discuss new customs in lesson 2. Also, there will be a letter coming home discussing Culture Day. Be on the look out for that on Wednesday.
Spelling: This week we will work on list 23. Homework will be due and there will be a test on Friday, April 29th.
Reading: During our poetry focus, we are discussing simile, hyperbole, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, and personification. There will be a vocabulary test on Monday, April 30th where students will need to define rhythm, rhyme, beat, line, stanza and pattern. Students will receive a study guide on Monday, April 23rd.
English: We will continue the study of unit 5 on capitalization and punctuation. Students will review commas in a series and using quotation marks. We will also continue our friendly letter writing unit. On Monday, April 23rd students will have a friendly letter quiz. For the quiz students will need to edit a friendly letter. On Friday, April 27th students will have a friendly letter test where they need to know the parts of a letter such as the heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature. This week students will work on writing a pen pal letter to a second grade student at Elizabeth Ide.
Math: We will begin the study of multiplication of large numbers in chapter 23. Look for a study guide to come home. There will be a test in the week of April 30th. We will have a division by 10 test on Friday, April 27th.
Things to Remember:
Monday 4/23: There will be a friendly letter quiz.
Wednesday 4/25: There will be an early dismissal.
Friday 4/27: There will be a division test and spelling test. There will be a friendly letter test.
Monday 4/30: There will be a vocabulary quiz.
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
