Weekly Reminders:*Chapters 10-12 Harriet the Spy take-home quiz due on Monday.
*Lesson 30 spelling pretest on Monday.
*Chapter 10, lesson 1 social studies quiz on Monday.
*Imagination Theater Assembly on Tuesday from 8:15-9:05.
*Project Challenge on Tuesday.
*Family Book Club Night on Wednesday - 6:30.
*All Box Tops due by Thursday.
*Project Challenge field trip to Woodridge Food Pantry on Thursday.
*Buona Benefit Night on Thursday. Click here for more info: http://www.ccsd66.org/PTO/Buona_Beef_FR.pdf
*Jr. Achievement on Friday.
*Lesson 30 spelling test on Friday.
Plan Ahead:
*Robert Crown Field Trip on Monday, May 11. Please bring a sack lunch and a drink. We will be eating early this day.
*Chapter 10 (open book/notes) social studies test on Tuesday, May 5.
*Harriet the Spy test on Tuesday, May 5.
*Adverb/Prepositional Phrase Test on Thursday, May 7.
*Jr. Achievement on Friday, May 8.
Classroom Happenings:
Science - We will investigate how electricity makes a magnet. The children will also learn how electricity and magnetism are related.
Social Studies - The children will learn about the climate and resources of the southwest. They will continue to work on their region scrapbook pages that they started on Friday.
**The 50 state test is quickly approaching. It will be on Thursday, May 21. The children will receive a word bank of state names and capitals. They will be expected to know the location of each state and the capital of each state. Capitals will not count as bonus as they have in the past. START STUDYING NOW!!!**
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Accelerated Math - We have now finished our unit on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions. On Monday, we will review long division and short division when you are dividing by a 1-digit number. The children will begin chapter 6 on Tuesday. In this unit the children will explore dividing by a 2-digit number.
Spelling - This week the children will be working with singular possessive nouns.
English - The children will compare with adjectives, use good and well correctly, and review negatives. This is a short unit. We will be testing on Thursday, May 7.
The children are working on a poetry book in class. We will be visiting the computer lab a few times this week to work on our poetry book covers and to begin typing our poems. This project will not be due until May 15. I will give the children 20-30 minutes each day to work on this project. If they use their time wisely, they will be able to finish most of the project in school.
Reading - We will finish Harriet the Spy this week. The children will be reading the final chapters together in class. If we do not finish reading in class, it will be assigned for homework. The children will take a test on Harriet the Spy on Tuesday, May 5th. They will be allowed to use any of their notes and may refer to the book.
