Don’t forget to set your clocks an hour ahead on Saturday night! Spring is here...
Mrs. Cushing, our PE teacher, is looking for some help with her indoor tennis unit come April. Parents can just come in for their child's 25 min. PE class or come for the grade level time. Students need help getting the fundamentals down. Students would benefit from having extra people to help toss balls to them so they can practice their skills. Please let her know if you are available at all to help out. Please email Mrs. Cushing at tcushing@ccsd66.org Thank you!
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and can go out and enjoy the warm temperatures!!
Coming up next week:
Spelling: Six spelling activities (2 from each column) need to be completed by Friday, 3/18. The test will be on 3/18 as well. During the week of 3/21, I’ll be giving the students a new Words Their Way inventory to see which spelling list they will use for the rest of the year. Consequently, there will be no spelling the week leading up to spring break.
Reading & Language Arts: We’re continuing our third and final reading unit:”Stand Up for what You Believe In!” We started reading The One and Only Ivan (together) this trimester. The story is wonderful and I encourage parents to read it as well.
For Read to Self, we’re reading non-fiction books. There is another book report to complete, and it’s a new format. Many of the students have already started and some have finished!
Leprechaun traps are due on Wednesday. We’ll then write the “informational” piece with step by step directions on how they built it. I can't wait to see them!
Keep reading for March!!
Social Studies: We will be continuing our Chicago unit. This week we’re reading about the Great Chicago Fire. Flip books will be created (mostly in class.) Students are also working on a research project. They need to find out all they can about a special place in Chicago that they may have been to or are interested in going to. Some examples would be the Lincoln Park Zoo or The Museum of Science and Industry. This activity will mostly be done in class. It will be due on Friday, 3/18.
When I use the term “mostly in class” I’d like to clarify that I give the kids ample time to work on all projects; if they use their time wisely, they get the work done! If they choose to waste time, it becomes a homework activity. You will see the activities (flip book and brochure) in the assignment notebooks.
Science: We are on hiatus!
Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: We’re continuing Unit 6 on Geometry. This coming week we’ll be working with quadrilaterals and starting perimeter. A checkpoint quiz is scheduled for Wednesday, 3/16. They will need to know about polygons, quadrilaterals, and parallelograms.
Important Dates:
3/15 - Election Day, no school
3/24 - Last day of school before Spring Break
3/25 - 4/1 - Spring Break
Have a great weekend!
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