Week of 2/25/13 - 3/1/13

We've earned another good behavior/marble party!! Yippee!! We'll be watching a movie (still to be determined) and enjoying some healthy snacks on Monday. Students may wear pj bottoms and slippers for the party. Congratulations and keep up the good work!!

We will start ISAT testing the week after next. I like to provide healthy snacks between tests for all the students. If you would like to send something in some time next week, that would be very helpful. Some ideas I have are granola bars, fruit, veggies, cheese and crackers, etc. Please, no nuts!! There are 26 students in the class and thank you!

Coming up next week:

Spelling: Back to normal spelling with lesson 17. Pretest on Monday. Everyone will do the cursive hw, due Tuesday. Challenge folks will do 2 activities due Thursday. Non-challenge will work on ABC order and pp. 44 and 45 from the Vol. II practice book, also due on Thursday. Those people will take the final test on Friday.

English: Remember DOL (Daily Oral Language??) We'll start up again Monday working on quotation marks.

Reading: We will be working in our Coach books to prepare for ISAT exams. We will also start reading Stone Fox this week. There will be activities that go along with this novel which mostly reinforce vocabulary and comprehension skills.

Social Studies: We'll continue our study of the wonderful city of Chicago.

Science: Continuing chapter 10 this week, mostly reinforcing our study of the the earth's rotation, revolution around the sun, and seasons.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: The students each received a list of all the division facts. They should keep these in their binders and NOT throw them away. They will be quizzed on their “2's” on Friday. The following week will be the 3's, then the 4's, etc. I do not plan on timing these quizzes.

We will also start chapter 16 on solid figures, and work in our coach workbooks, practicing for math ISAT testing.

Important Dates:

2/26 – Teachers' Institute 11:00 dismissal PV

Weeks of March 4 and March 11 – ISAT testing

3/19 - Teachers' Institute 11:00 dismissal PV

3/22 – End of 3^rd quarter

3/22 – Spring break starts at the end of the day :)