Race Results:
Congratulations to all our worms! The children did a wonderful job designing their race tracks and choosing variables to help their worms win the race.
1st Place: Megan
2nd Place: Patrikas
3rd Place Matthew
I hope you enjoy some of the pictures included with this Blog.
Weekly Spotlight:
*No school on Monday, Columbus Day.
*Choir after school on Tuesday.
*4th Grade Cheer Clinic from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.
*TFK Quiz on Friday.
*Spelling Test on Friday.
*Text Organization Quiz on Friday.
*Movie Night: Journey 2 - The Mysterious Island from 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. on Friday.
Coming Attractions:
*Choir after school on Monday, October 15.
*Art Adventures - 4th and 5th Grade - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17
*Project Challenge - 2:35 to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 17
*Book Fair - 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 18
*Choir - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, October 23
*Chess Club - 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.
*Art Adventures - 4th and 5th Grade - 2:30 to 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday, October 24
*Early Dismissal - 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, October 25
*Center Cass District 66 - Buona Benefit Day on Thursday, October 25
*Parent Teacher Conferences Week on Monday, October 29 and Tuesday, October 30
*Choir - 2:30 to 3:30 on Tuesday, October 30
*Halloween Parade and Classroom Parties 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 31
Homeroom Happenings:
English - We will begin a new unit this week on VERBS. Our lessons will include: Action Verbs; Main Verbs and Helping Verbs; Present, Past, and Future Verbs; and Subject-Verb Agreement.
Spelling - The students will be doing a special unit this week. We will not take a pretest on Tuesday. Each child will be completing a packet throughout the week. The packet is due Friday. We will take a spelling test on Friday using these special words.
Science - We will begin a lesson on how animals are classified. The children will be taking notes in class. They should review these notes each evening. A quiz on this lesson will be on Monday, October 15. The quiz will be open book, but not open notes.
Social Studies - Our study of the Northeast will officially begin. The students will have new vocabulary in their S.S. spiral this week. They should review these words each night. We will have an open book (not notes) quiz on Thursday. This quiz will cover chapter 4, lesson 1.
Reading - The children have been assigned a book club book and role for the first book club meeting. Our first book club discussion will be on Wednesday. On that day, they should have the first reading assignment done and their role sheet complete. Please make sure they bring their book to school each day. Some time will be given in class to work on their reading assignments. They will complete only one role sheet for each book club meeting. Please do not have your child read ahead. It is very frustrating to other members of the group when someone talks about something that happened in a part of the book that was not assigned.
This week, we will also discuss "text organization." The children will have a quiz on Friday. They will need to identify the parts of a non-fiction article.
Mrs. Sulima's Math:
Monday - No school.
Tuesday - Finish lesson on Subtracting Decimals. HW: WB pg. 96 #1-21 (odds) and WB pg. 98 #6-26 (evens).
Wednesday - Estimating Decimal Differences. HW: WB pg. 98 and Quiz tomorrow on lessons 4-6.
Thursday - Quiz on lessons 4-6. Decimals and Expanded Form. HW: Finish blue sheet due tomorrow and BONUS "Swish" sheet (4 pts.) due Monday.
Friday - Fill out "how to study" for Chapter 8 test on Tuesday, October 16. Extended Response samples. HW: Review for Chapter 8 Test on Tuesday and BONUS "Swish" sheet (4 pts.) due Monday.
Tech Time:
During "Tech Time" this week, Mrs. Csorba shared with us a website to make word clouds. The link is: http://www.tagxedo.com/. This would be a great activity to practice challenge spelling words.
