October 28th - November 1st
Downers Grove Field Trip: The class is looking forward to attending our Downers Grove field trip (11/14), which includes a tour of historical sites, the Downers Grove History Museum, and Giordano's pizza (optional). Field trip permission slips and pizza money is due on Wednesday, October 30th.
Halloween:
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.
5. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.
Fall Conferences are geared toward meeting with students' homeroom teacher. I look forward to meeting with you on Tuesday (10/29), and Wednesday (10/30). Winter Conferences will be geared toward meeting with math teachers.
The Upcoming Week at School:
Social Science: We will continue our study of the history of Downers Grove.
Spelling: Students will be given a new list of words along with a homework menu with a list of activities. Students should complete 3 activities from their homework sheet and turn them in on Friday, November 8th. The spelling test will also be on Friday, November 8th.
ELA: We will finish our haunted house papers where students try to convince a movie producer to buy their haunted house. It is descriptive writing with a persuasive flare. Then students will be given a rubric/checklist to go over their writing. We will work on this paper throughout the week. The final draft is due on Thursday, October 31st.
This week we will work on identifying cause and effect with good fit articles during Daily 4. The October Reading Log will be due on Tuesday, November 5th.
Math: This week we will focus on unit 2, module 4 on early division and remainders. We will finish the study of unit 2 on multi-digit multiplication and early division. Look for a study guide to come home this week. There will be a test in the week of 11/4. Students will take their multiplication by 8 test on Thursday, October 31st.
Things to Remember:
Tuesday 10/29: Teachers will be holding conferences with parents from their homeroom.
Wednesday 10/30: Teachers will be holding conferences with parents from their homeroom.
Thursday 10/31: The haunted house final draft is due. Happy Halloween! We will have our class party at 1:00 p.m. and the parade at 1:55 p.m. There will be a multiplication by 8 test.
Friday 11/1: No School
Monday 11/4: There is no school due to a Teacher Institute Day.
Thursday 11/14: Downers Grove field trip
