The first quarter ends Friday, October 26th.
Parent/teacher conferences are the week of October 29, 2012.
I look forward to meeting with you and discussing your child's first quarter grades, work habits, and other information.
THANK YOU for the many Book Fair Gift Certificates. I will have the books ready for our classroom library on Monday!!
HERE'S WHAT IS HAPPPENING THIS WEEK:
SPELLING: Lesson 8
READING: Jacob's Rescue - Vocab quizzing over each childs 12 self selected words will begin Monday.
SCOOPer Reading: Friday (October 19th) was the due date for 1st quarter book goals. Most of the class reached their goal! We will be celebrating this accomplishment the week of October 29th. The children will receive their new goal sheet and activity packets the week of October 29th. This gives them a week or so to just read without having to do any activity for their book!!
ELECTIONS: The students have been learning about living in a Democracy and the right to vote. We had an involved discussion about the Electoral College. We will continue to discuss the Electoral College, as well as, look at the Democrat and Republican candidates and their views on the major election issues.
JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT: We had our first session this Friday!
Jr. Achievement is a not-for-profit organization financed by businesses. The purpose of Jr. Achievement is to educate and inspire students to value free enterprise, business, and economics to improve the quality of their lives. Our volunteers, Ms. and Mr. Paleka, will be visiting our classroom once a week for the next 6 weeks. Both are successful in the business world and bring their expertise to the classroom. Mr. Paleka works for Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. and Ms. Paleka works for Harley Davidson financial services. They have been Junior Achievement volunteers in my classroom for 12 years! I'm sure your student will be sharing some of their experiences with this program during the next few weeks!
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have finished Chapter 5. We will be filling out our "How to Study Sheet" on Monday. Don't forget this sheet if filled out, signed by a parent, and returned on the test date is worth 2 bonus points. We will have a classroom review on Tuesday. The Chapter 5 Test will be taken on Wednesday.
SCIENCE: We will continue to share weather mimeo presentations.
THINK ENERGY!! Our classroom will be participating in this program brought to our classroom by Nicor gas and ComEd. The children will be learning about energy efficiency and it is intended to motivate students to THINK!, TALK!, and TAKE ACTION! about energy. This is free of charge.
**Each household will receive a TAKE ACTION kit which will give each family some innovative and new technologies to make a difference now!!!
MATH:
Chapter 3 Test on division is scheduled for Tuesday.
Next, Chapter 5 - Decimals
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have finished Chapter 5. We will be filling out our "How to Study Sheet" on Monday. Don't forget this sheet if filled out, signed by a parent, and returned on the test date is worth 2 bonus points. We will have a classroom review on Tuesday. The Chapter 5 Test will be taken on Wednesday.
SCIENCE: We will continue to share weather mimeo presentations.
THINK ENERGY!! Our classroom will be participating in this program brought to our classroom by Nicor gas and ComEd. The children will be learning about energy efficiency and it is intended to motivate students to THINK!, TALK!, and TAKE ACTION! about energy. This is free of charge.
**Each household will receive a TAKE ACTION kit which will give each family some innovative and new technologies to make a difference now!!!
MATH:
Chapter 3 Test on division is scheduled for Tuesday.
Next, Chapter 5 - Decimals
