Week of January 21

The cold weather of January is upon us! Please remember to send your child to school with gloves and a hat since we do go out to recess when we can. I hope you all enjoy the Geospace project your child brought home. Ask them about it and why they designed it the way they did. Thank you to Jon's mom and Taylor's mom for assisting with this wonderful, in-school field trip.

We are halfway through the school year. Have you been checking your child's grades on-line?

Coming up next week:

Spelling: Lesson 15 – Test Friday

Reading: We will continue our work in the Voices of the Revolution unit of our “Reader” with the story Katie's Trunk. Katie and her family are Loyalists or “Tories.” It will be interesting to read from the Loyalist point of view since we have been focusing on the Patriot point of view in Social Studies!

Language Arts: We continue writing and editing our 5 paragraph persuasive piece. I will supplement with work from our ISAT practice books and the always popular Time for Kids.

Social Studies: We will continue to read and take notes on Chapter 8, The Road to War. In addition we will work on our Patriot/Loyalist booklets. The Revolutionary War begins!

Science: We continue our study of the bones and joints. Our quiz on the skeleton and the various bones will be on Wednesday.

Math: (Mrs. Klacza's math students, only) We continue the study of Geometry in Chapter 7 this week. Tentative test date: 1/29.

A good website for geometry practice:
http://www.amblesideprimary.com//ambleweb/mentalmaths/protractor.html

Important Notes:
*Friday's spirit day will be a shirt from a favorite vacation spot
*Martin Luther King's Birthday – 1/21 – Day off for District 66
*Classroom spelling bees: 1/25 and 1/28
*An important notice from the office regarding hot lunch purchases:

FORGOTTEN LUNCHES: Starting in January, 2008 students who do not have a lunch ticket or money will be able to borrow from the office providing there is not an outstanding balance due for lunch tickets. If your child forgets his/her hot lunch ticket or has used them all, he/she may bring $2.25 to school and purchase a ticket that day from the office staff. Students must have exact change to purchase a ticket; no change will be given. If a child has no lunch, no money and the parent cannot be contacted, he/she may borrow from school office, but only twice per trimester. Students will no longer be able to borrow lunch tickets from the lunchroom staff.

Enjoy your 3 day weekend! Mrs. Klacza