Week of 4/7/14 - 4/11/14

We had a donut & milk party on Tuesday morning courtesy of Natalie’s family (high auction bidder) and Mrs. Spakausky!   Thank you so much; it was such a treat!   I am planning on having our auction pizza & movie lunch on 4/11 here in Room 105.   Thank you to Delaney’s family for bidding on my party AND being the highest bidder!!

I hope you all have a restful and enjoyable spring break.  Let’s hope the weather is warm and the sun is shining!!   

Coming up the week after spring break:

Spelling:   Pretest for Lesson 23 on Monday.  Cursive HW due Tuesday.  Challenge folks:  2 chosen assignments due Thursday.  All others:  12 sentences using at least 12 of the listed words.  Test Friday for all EXCEPT challenge.

English:  We’ll finish up our unit on Pronouns this week.  Lesson 7 is our final lesson.  There will be a quiz on the information on Wednesday and a final test on Friday.

Reading:  We will be reading a story from our basal called Two Days in May.  It’s a beautiful story about helping animals who can’t help themselves!   

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.  This week, we will focus on the Chicago brochures!   I’m looking at 4/21 as a due date, so plenty of working time ahead.  Our final quiz will occur on Monday, 4/14.  Study guides will be coming early in the week.

Science:   We’ll continue chapter 10 this week.  I’m looking at Thursday, 4/10, for our test.  Lots of projects will be made regarding the solar system this week and next as well.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We are taking a step back and starting chapter 9 this week on Properties & Equations.  The chapter includes 2 properties we are very familiar with: the commutative and associative properties, and we will be introduced to the distributive property.  Lots of problem solving will be going on for the next couple of weeks!!

Important Dates:

3/28 - Spring Break begins at 2:25!!!

4/17 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

4/18 - Good Friday (day off)

Have a great Spring Break!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/24/14 - 3/28/14

This will be our final week before Spring Break!!   Do I still see snow in the forecast?   Let’s hope not!   We had a wonderful “Frozen” marble party on Thursday.  We’re starting the marble jar refill again.   I wonder if we can squeeze one more party in this year?   My students have to be amazing in order to do that!!   Well, they are pretty amazing :)

Coming up next week:

Spelling:   Pretest for Lesson 22 on Monday.  Cursive HW due Tuesday.  Challenge folks:  2 chosen assignments due Thursday.  All others:  10 sentences using at least 10 of the listed words.  Test Friday for all EXCEPT challenge.

English:  We’ll continue our unit on Pronouns this week, specifically, I & me, possessive pronouns, and contractions.  There will be a short quiz on Thursday.  

Reading:  Rather than start a new unit before spring break, I’ve decided to truly dig in to our Chicago unit of social studies and “close” read a couple of Chicago books we have here at school.  We’ll also be exploring writing and answering good, “thick” questions.  

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.  This week, we will focus on the Chicago Fire!   Quiz II will be on Friday, study guides will go home earlier in the week.  Students should be prepared!!

Science:   We’ll continue chapter 10 this week, specifically lessons 2 & 3 which covers the earth and the moon and the planets.   Our review for lesson 2 will be on Monday (open book, of course.)  We’ll then read Lesson 3 and take that graded review on Thursday.   The week after Spring Break we’ll be working on some planet projects and take our test as well, the date is TBD.

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ll continue chapter 11 this week on measurement, specifically studying time.  The test for this chapter will be on Friday.

Important Dates:

3/28 - Spring Break begins at 2:25!!!

4/17 - Early Dismissal (11:00)

4/18 - Good Friday (day off)

Have a great weekend!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/17/14 - 3/21/14

Happy St. Patrick's weekend everyone!!  

We are done with ISAT’s!!   Don’t forget, there is no school Monday or Tuesday.  Enjoy the long weekend; hopefully, the weather will cooperate with any plans you may have.  

Coming up next week:

Spelling: We will be taking a break from Spelling again this week.  We’ll resume with Lesson 22 on Monday, 3/24.

English:  We’ll start our unit on Pronouns this week, specifically, subject & object pronouns and pronouns & verbs.

Reading:  This week, we end our novel study of Stone Fox with a culminating project.  The students will be making flip books.  Most of this project will be done at school.

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.  This week, we will focus on the industrial boom.

Science:   We’ll continue chapter 10 this week, specifically lesson 2 which covers the earth and the moon.  

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  We’ll begin chapter 11 this week on measurement, specifically capacity and mass.

Important Dates:

3/17 & 3/18 - Days off for conferences & Teacher’s Institute

3/28 - Spring Break begins at 2:25!!!

Have a great, long weekend!   Mrs. Klacza

Week of 3/10/14 - 3/14/14

This week is the second and final week of ISAT exams.   Thank you to those families who sent in healthy snacks.  We should have enough to get us through the coming week.  A healthy breakfast and plenty of sleep are always important particularly during testing! Thank you!!

Don't forget to "spring ahead" this weekend! Perhaps the weather will cooperate with our longer days!!

  

Coming up next week:

Spelling: We will be taking a break from Spelling for the next 2 weeks.  We’ll resume with Lesson 21 on Monday, 3/24.

English:  I’ve collected and graded the autobiographies.  The children will be “fixing” their graded papers for Open House.  We’ll start our unit on Pronouns come Friday.

Reading:  This week, we are continuing to read our novel, Stone Fox.  Our final vocabulary quiz will occur on Thursday. Students will be watching the movie in two parts this week and next and comparing and contrasting the book and the movie.  

Social Studies:  We will continue our Chicago unit.  This week, we will focus on the waterways and the Industrial Boom.  Our first quiz is on Tuesday.  

Science:   We’ll start chapter 10, Earth’s Place in the Solar System on Monday.  Our first graded review will be Thursday (open book, open notes.)

Mrs. Klacza's Math Class:  I have a test on chapter 10 (fractions unit) scheduled for Wednesday, 3/12.   We’ll also take our final 2 ISAT tests this week.

Important Dates:

Weeks of 3/3 and 3/10 - ISAT Testing

3/17 & 3/18 - Teacher’s Institute (no school)

3/28 - Spring Break begins at 2:25!!!

Have a great weekend!   Mrs. Klacza