Today is the end of Trimester 1. What a wonderful first one-third of
the year we’ve had!! Grades will be finalized soon. I hope you have a
wonderful Thanksgiving break with your families. This blog will include
information for the two days next week and also the following week. Happy Thanksgiving!!
The Downers Grove field trip was a huge success! I hope your child
had plenty to tell you!
Coming Up Next Week:
Spelling: No spelling next week; New sorts will come home on
Monday, 12/2. That menu homework will be due on or before
Friday, 12/13.
Reading & Language Arts: We will soon be starting our unit on culture.
Our first story is The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco. It’s a great
story about traditions in the Russian culture.
November reading logs are due back on or before December 2.
Social Science: We will be continuing our unit on modern day
Downers Grove! We’re also going to be starting Science on
December 2. Our unit is about inheritance and traits.
Mrs. Klacza's Math Class: We will continue our unit on multiplication.
On Tuesday, 12/3, I’ll give a short quiz. Also, starting Wednesday,
12/4, the students will be taking a multiplication facts quiz. We start
With the 0’s and the 1’s. If students don’t do better than a -5, they
can retake it on Friday. The tentative test date for Unit 2 is Thursday,
12/19.
Important Dates:
11/27-11/29 - Days off for Thanksgiving
12/10 - Early Dismissal (11:00)
12/17 - Third Grade goes bowling
12/20 - Last day before winter break
