Week of 4/15/13 - 4/19/13

I enjoyed sitting down with many of my math families; thank you for coming in.

It has been a very short week yet we've been busily completing various projects which will be displayed at Open House. Please make sure you stop in and see it all on Thursday, April 18, from 6:30-8:00!!

Thank you to Mrs. Csorba and Mrs. Warkentien for “popping in” to our classroom on Wednesday with popcorn, pop (7 Up), and many wonderful read-aloud books!! Thank you to the Hermans family for bidding so generously on this auction prize! It was so much fun; we are so lucky...

Coming up this week:

Spelling: Lesson 23 – Pretest Monday, Test Friday. HW for “regular” spelling words: Vol. 2 practice book, pp. 193, 194, & 195. HW for “challenge” spelling words: 2 challenge activities.

English: We'll finish our pronouns unit this week, specifically, contractions & there, their, and they're. Unit 6 pronouns test will take place on Thursday, 4/18.

Reading: We will be working with non-fiction texts this week. This will include issues of Time for Kids.

Social Studies: We are getting ready for Open House with all our lovely Chicago projects.

Science: I've pushed back the chapter 10 test to Tuesday, 4/16, because of the 3-day weekend. The study guide is in your child's binder. We'll review, review, review!!

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: We'll continue chapter 19 on decimals this week. We'll work on comparing decimals, fractions, and money. The test date for this chapter will be Friday, 4/19. I've decided to push the date back a day. We'll review on Thursday.

Important Dates:

4/12 – Day off (conferences)

4/18 – Open House & Ice Cream Social (6:30 – 8:00)

5/1 & 5/3 – MAPs testing for Mrs. Klacza's class

5/17 – Early Dismissal

5/27 – Memorial Day (day off)

6/5 – Last Day of School (Summer begins!)

Have a great 3-day weekend!! Mrs. Klacza