Thursday, March 12, 2009

The Week of March 16, 2009

MISS TREFONAS'S HOMEROOM:
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Tues. 3/17 = Project Challenge
Thurs. 3/26 = GeoSpace with the DuPage Children's Museum facilitators
*Mrs. Villa and Mrs. Fisher are parent helpers
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**Mark your calenders......T.G.F.D. graduation = Monday, April 13 @ 8:45 in PV gym.
Parents and family members invited!
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 10 "Life in a New Nation"
Lesson 2 "Debate in Philadelphia" will be covered this week and we will be starting Lesson 3 "Ratifying the Constitution". The children will be responsible for memorizing the Preamble.
**Chapter 10 TEST = Friday, March 27th!
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SCIENCE: Photosynthesis and how energy passes through an ecosystem
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MISS TREFONAS'S READING - LANGUAGE ARTS - SPELLING
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SPELLING: Lesson 25 workbook is due *Monday (due to the day off etc.)
Lesson 25 TEST is MONDAY (due to the day off etc.)
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ENGLISH: Adjectives!
**The Unit 4 Adjective Test = Friday, March 27th!
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READING: China research has been extended to Tuesday. The students should have most of their research done over the weekend with only a little bit of information to find Monday in class.
They will be making a China travel brochure and we will be doing other activities pertaining to this country.
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SCOOPer Reading: Our entire class met their 2nd Trimester goals!
We will be having a celebration on Thursday!
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VOCAB CLUB: March words due on or before Friday, March 27th!
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MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:
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CHAPTER 19 - Plane and Solid Figures
QUEST (quiz/test) is Tuesday, March 17th
Next, Chapter 13 Fractions ....adding and subtraction