Mrs. Burland's Bulletin

October 21st - October 25th

Halloween: 

The Halloween party and parade will be on October 31st. 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. Also, costumes should not include fake blood.

4. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

The Upcoming Week at School:

Social Science: We will continue the study of the history of Downers Grove. Students should keep their History of Downers Grove packet in their social science folder. 

Math: We will begin the study of unit 2, module 3 on multiplication stories and strategies.   Students will also take a multiplication by 7 test on Thursday, October 24th.  They will have two minutes to complete 26 problems.   

Spelling: We will continue our Words Their Way program.  Students received a new list of words already.  Students will choose 3 activities, one from each column, on the Spelling Homework Menu. This will help them master their spelling words. All 3 activities should be stapled to the Spelling Homework Menu and the square initialed by a parent. It should be turned in by Friday, October 25th, which is the day of the test. The test will include 15 words from the student's list (teacher's choice) and 2 sentences, using any of their 2 words.

English Language Arts: This week we will be working on identifying character traits and text evidence when reading. Students will learn more about adjectives and similes. Then we are going to  work on descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. The students will try to convince a movie director to buy their haunted house! We will also continue our Daily 5 Program.



Please make sure your child is reading! October logs are due by November 1st.

Things to Remember:
Thursday 10/24:  There will be a multiplication by 7 test. 

Friday 10/25: The three spelling menu activities are due and there will be a spelling test.