May 6th to May 10th
Students will attend a Wheel of Wisdom assembly on Thursday! The Wheel of Wisdom assembly is a game show where students are asked trivia questions and can earn prizes!
Bookworm Angels: Our school has organized a wonderful book drive to collect books for schools in need. Students have been asked to bring in new or used books.
The Seventeenth Week of 2013 at School:
Science: We will continue the study of chapter 14. We will focus on the study of heat in lesson 1.
Social Studies: We will begin the study of Egypt. Students will learn about the Nile River!
Spelling:
Monday: Pretest on lesson 26
Homework - Cursive worksheet
Tuesday: Homework - Non challenge ABC order
Challenge - Activity 1
Wednesday: Homework - Non challenge - Write sentences using your spelling words.
Challenge - Activity 2
Friday: Post test on lesson 26
Reading: We will continue our study of poetry. There will be a vocabulary test on Thursday, May 9th where students will need to define rhythm, rhyme, beat, line, stanza and pattern. Students will also pick out a poem to read to the class on Friday. They will be graded on their presentation of the poem based on a rubric which will be given to students early next week.
English: This week we will continue the study of unit 5. Students will review the capitalization and punctuation rules for book titles, commas in a series, and quotation marks. Students will receive a study guide this week. There will be a test in the week of May 13th on unit 5.
Math: We will continue the study of chapter 23 on multiplying large numbers. This chapter will be enriched by having students multiply two digit numbers by two digit numbers. There will be a chapter 23 test on Wednesday, May 8th. Then we will begin the study of long division.
Things to Remember:
Wednesday 5/8: Students will have a math test.
Thursday 5/9: Students will take a poetry vocabulary test.
Friday 5/10: There will be a spelling test. Students will present their poems.
Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065
