Welcome to Trimester 2!! This blog will cover the 2 days next week and also the following full week. We’ll be going on our field trip to learn more about Downers Grove on Tuesday. The forecast looks sunny but cold. Some of the tour is outdoors so please make sure your child is dressed accordingly. A winter coat, good shoes, hat, and gloves are a must!
Happy Thanksgiving a little early! May this time with your family and friends be joyful and filling :)
Coming up this week:
Spelling: Big news!!! The pink “Words Their Way” spelling menu/spelling work is changed. Please check it out on Monday, 11/30, when your child brings it home. I am requiring only 6 activities over the 2 week time period, but they are lengthier. Student work should be written on a sheet of notebook paper and everything stapled to the pink “menu.” The students will also be tested on 15 of the words in their “sorts.” The next due date for homework is 12/11. The test will also take place on that date. NO SPELLING NEXT WEEK!!
Reading & Language Arts: Monday our students will be presenting their "Biography Person Pouch" presentation to the class. They will be reading their information from the trading card we made yesterday. The directions were given out a few days ago. Students should be practicing their reading and should also bring in artifacts (in a pouch/bag) and, perhaps, wear some type of costume to represent their bio person. It should be fun! I will be grading the children on how they present their trading card and how well they “become” their person.
The week of 11/30 we're on to our new unit, What is Culture? We'll introduce the unit with a close read of the song "Circle of Life" from the Lion King.
The week of 11/30 we're on to our new unit, What is Culture? We'll introduce the unit with a close read of the song "Circle of Life" from the Lion King.
Biography book contracts are due on or before 11/30. Please remember students only have to do 2 tasks in each column. Next month, we'll be reading non-fiction books.
Keep reading for 20 minutes a night!
Social Studies: We will finish our Downers Grove unit the week of 11/30. There will be a short test on DG history and modern day DG on Thursday, 12/3. There will be a study guide coming home on 11/30, but they may not use it for the test. It's strictly to help the children study at home.
Science: We’re on hiatus!
Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: We continue Unit 3 this week, focusing on 3 digit subtraction story problems. There will be a short checkpoint quiz on Monday, 11/23. A study guide (with practice problems) is going home today. We’ll then continue the unit the week of 11/30 with expanded notation and algorithm addition and subtraction. I’m looking at Wednesday, 12/9, as the test date for Unit 3.
Important Dates:
11/22 - Downers Grove Field Trip (Klacza/Lopez)
11/23-11/25 - Days off for Thanksgiving
12/17 - 3rd grade bowling trip
12/18 - Last day before holiday break!
Have a great weekend!
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