Friday, April 17, 2009

Sulima's Scoop - Week of April 20

Weekly Reminders:
*This is the last week of our food drive.
*Jr. Achievement on Monday.

*Thirty-nine state test on Monday.
*Lesson 29 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Project Challenge on Tuesday.
*Roller Skating Party on Tuesday.
*Chapter 10 Fraction Test on Thursday.
*Lesson 29 spelling test on Thusday.
*Lakeview visit on Thursday from 1:00-1:30.
*Early Dismissal on Friday at 11:00 - no math or language arts.

Plan Ahead:
*Chapter 10, lesson 1 social studies quiz on Monday, April 27.
*Harriet the Spy take-home on chapters 10-12 is due on Monday, April 27.
*Project Challenge on Tuesday, April 28.
*Project Challenge Field Trip to the Woodridge Food Pantry on Thursday, April 30.
*Jr. Achievement on Friday, May 1.


Thank You!!!
I would like to thank all the families for attending our spring open house. The children did a wonderful job preparing for this evening. I am so proud of them. Also, thank you to all the students/families that donated books to our classroom. I know the children will enjoy reading them all.

Candy Bar Election:
The winner of the candy bar election was Kit Kat with Twix close behind.

Classroom Happenings:
Science - We will continue our study of electricity by exploring series and parallel circuits, switches, and insulators & conductors.

Social Studies - We will take our 39 state test on Monday. Throughout the week we will discuss the environment in the Southeast region. The children will take a quiz on chapter 10, lesson 1 on Monday. It will not be open book.

Accelerated Math - We will finish chapter 10 by exploring division of fractions. Our test will be on Thursday. On Wednesday, we will review all concepts that will be on the test.

Spelling - Lesson 29 focuses on the proper use of the prefixes "mis" and "dis".

English - I will meet with each student on Monday to discuss their English enrichment project ideas. We will begin our unit on adverbs and prepositional phrases on Tuesday. This week we will learn about prepositional phrases and indentifying adverbs in a sentence.

Reading - We will continue reading Harriet the Spy. The children will read chapters 10-12. A take-home quiz will be sent home on Wednesday and will be due on Monday.