Weekly Reminders:*No school on Monday - Presidents' Day.
*Lesson 22 spelling pretest on Tuesday.
*Fuddrucker's Benefit on Tuesday. Click here for more information: http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/Fuddruckers2_09.pdf
*Lesson 3 science quiz on Wednesday.
*Great America reading sheets due on Friday.
*Lesson 22 spelling test on Friday.
*Family Bingo Night on Friday from 7:00-8:30. Ms. Pluta, Mrs. Sulima & her kids will be there. Bring in a donation for the men and women in Afghanistan.
Plan Ahead:
*Midwest Map test on Tuesday, February 24.
*Accelerated Math midpoint evaluation on Tuesday, February 24.
*Project Challenge on Tuesday, February 24.
*Spring Pictures on Thursday, February 26.
*ISAT Testing - March 3 thru March 6.
Conference Week:
Parent/Teacher Conferences are the week of March 9th. Spring conferences are being held on an "as needed" basis with your child's homeroom and/or math teacher. If you should wish to schedule a conference, please contact your child's teacher(s) as soon as possible. Please include if you prefer a phone conference or if you would rather meet in person. Please indicate which day (Monday - 3/9, Tuesday - 3/10, or Wednesday - 3/11) you prefer. Once all requests have been received, a conference date/time will be provided.
Valentine's Party: Ms. Pluta and I would like to thank all the parents who helped in making our Valentine's Party such a great success. The children had a WONDERFUL time and enjoyed all the tasty goodies and drinks.
Classroom Happenings:
Science: Ms. Pluta and the children will continue their unit on Life Cycles. This past week they learned about the life cycles of animals. They will have their Chapter 2, Lesson 3 quiz on Wednesday with a review in class on Tuesday. Review the concepts on the notes sheet and reread the lesson to prepare for the quiz.
Social Studies: Ms. Pluta will continue working with the children on the Midwest region. Students are also finishing their southeast region scrapbook.
Accelerated Math: Ms. Pluta will finish the measurement unit. The measurement test will be on Friday. It will be open notes. We will also continue working on Extended Responses this week. The children will be bringing home examples of completed extended responses this week. Please review these with your child.
Spelling: The words this week will either have "ge" or "dge". Please practice your words in cursive.
Ms. Pluta and I would like to congratulate Vishal and Lawson on doing so well in the district spelling bee. They are truly "Super Spellers."
English: Ms. Pluta will continue the unit on pronouns.
Reading: Ms. Pluta will begin an enjoyable unit using a story called Flat Stanley. Flat Stanley is a humorous tale of a boy who becomes "flat" when his bulletin board falls on him. Stanley realizes that there are several advantages to being flat, such as the ability to slide under doors, through bars, and yes, being mailed in an envelope for long trips. We will each send Flat Stanley to someone. Please start thinking about someone in the United States that would welcome Flat Stanley into their home for a week or so. Try to pick someone that would use creativity, imagination, and a camera to make it a fun-filled visit for Stanley.
