Monday, October 8, 2007

The Week of 10-8-7 in Miss Trefonas's Class

Dear Parents,
We are halfway through the first trimester. Please review your child’s grades on the internet. If your child is earning any grades below a C, they will be receiving a Progress Report in the mail. If you are mailed a progress report, it needs to be returned to school with a parent signature.
~No School Monday in honor of Columbus Day.
~A field trip permission slip is being sent home Tuesday. The slip needs to be returned with money and a parent signature by Friday. Checks need to be made out to Center Cass School District 66.

HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK:


Spelling = Lesson 6 and Word of the Week


English = Unit 5 Capitalization and Punctuation. We will be learning about proper adjectives and nouns. Also, we will review proper use of commas. I will be sharing a fun book, Eats, Shoots, and Leaves that goes over comma usage.

Reading = ISAT practice workbook - We will be doing the Determing Word Meaning unit which focuses on antonyms, synonyms, homonyms, and words with multiple meanings.


SCOOPer Reading = We are halfway through the trimester….How is your child doing?

Social Studies = Chapter 5 - Lesson 3 'The Puritans" and Lesson 4 "English Colonies".
The test will be next week. Please encourage your child to bring home their textbook and review what we have already learned in the chapter. Your child also has note sheets and other work in their binder that is great study material.
Science = Atoms and Molecules


Math = We are beginning Chapter 3. This week we will cover lessons 1,2, and 3. We will be learning about collecting data then making, reading, and interpreting double bar graphs. Lastly, this week we will learn about coordinates and playing a version of Battleship.
Homework sheet will be given on Friday.


Go DGS Mustangs!! Go CUBS!! Go BEARS!!
Miss Trefonas