Friday, March 1, 2013

The Week of March 4, 2013

Dear Parents,

ISAT testing this week:

Please make sure your child has had a good night's rest and a healthy breakfast.  All testing will take place in our homeroom.  Thank you for all the snacks that have been sent in and are coming in this week for testing and for our treat supply.


Tuesday, March 5th
Math Session 1 8:15-9:30AM
Reading Session 1 9:45-11:00AM

Wednesday, March 6th
Math Session 2 8:15-9:30AM
Reading Session 2 9:45-11:00AM

Thursday, March 7th
Math Session 3 8:15-9:30AM

Tuesday, March 12th
Reading Session 3 8:15 – 9:30AM

**Monday, March 11th = NaperSettlement FieldTrip!!!
Chaperones = Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Stanley, Mrs. Wagner, and Mrs. Edwards 


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

Our work load will be a lot lighter this week due to ISAT testing!

SPELLING:  Lesson 23 and word of the week

ENGLISH:  Unit 3 Lesson 4 Linking Verbs and enrichment project "Linking Verb Island"

READING:  Sharing some read aloud passages from HOW THEY CROAKED (a non - fiction book that is a Rebecca Caudill nominee for 2014) and applying some various reading strategies!

SCOOPer READING:  March 13th = Due Date!! Only one book activity will be accepted the week of 
March 11th!!

SOCIAL STUDIES:  We will be watching episodes of Liberty's Kids and comparing and contrasting the historical information between the different historical sources we have viewed and read!

SCIENCE:  Chapter 15 Lesson 1 and 2 vocabulary review and we will begin Lesson 3 

MATH:  We only have math on Monday and Friday.  We will be reviewing a variety of math concepts!