Thursday, March 8, 2012

The Week of March 12, 2012

Dear Parents,

Thanks to all of you who generously donated snacks for ISAT testing! We have had plenty of healthy snacks to refuel us during testing. One more day of ISATs on Monday! YEAH!!
We will have many leftover snacks for our classroom snack drawer!

SCOOPer Reading Celebration will be Thursday!! We will be watching, MIRACLE, a Disney Movie based on the 1980 United States ice hockey team's Olympic victory against the Soviet Union. It is about fulfilling a goal and achieving the "impossible". It has a great message about what true inspiration and team work can accomplish.
They students who have volunteered to bring in snacks may bring them in on or before Thursday!

SOME UPCOMING DATES:
Monday = Skating Party
Thursday = SCOOPer Reading Party

Tuesday, March 20th = Teacher Institute-No School
Friday, March 23rd = NAPER SETTLEMENT Field Trip
*sack lunch and drink
*dress according to weather since there are outside activities
Chaperones: Mrs. Kirkolis, Mr. Rutter, Mrs. Guagliardo, and Mrs. Gibbons - be here at 9:00!

Tuesday, April 10th = T.G.F.D. Graduation @ 8:15!


HERE'S WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:

SPELLING: Third Trimester to be on challenge words, the pretest must be passed with 100%.
We will continue to have "word of the week" bonus!

ENGLISH: Unit 4 Adjective Test = Monday
Adjective ABC project due on Tuesday.
We will be writing Adjective poems on Wednesday.
Next, we will be learning about VERBS!

SCOOPer READING: Trimester 3 Goal sheets are due. Your child should be reading and completing a book activity sometime soon!

READING: Historical Fiction Book Clubs....Wow! The students have had very interesting book club meetings. I have enjoyed listening to their conversations. This week they will be creating a book commercial with their book club group.

SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 9 "Winning the Revolution"

SCIENCE: Ch 15 finishing Lesson 3 and beginning Lesson 4 "How Do People Use Energy Resources". This has been a long chapter and some reviewing this week of Lesson 1-3 would be helpful. Ch 15 test will be the week of March 19th!

MATH:
Monday = No math
We begin fractions this week including equivalent fractions and putting fractions in simplest form.
Friday = Homework Sheet and Quiz covering Lessons 1-3.