Week of October 25, 2010

It's our Halloween week. Please keep in mind the following guidelines when helping your child pick out a Halloween costume for our Halloween party and parade (parents may come at 1:00 pm to watch our school parade) on Friday, October 29th:

1. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

2. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up then your child has to be able to apply it themselves.

3. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.

4. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dimissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

We will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our social studies unit about our city on Wednesday, November 10th. All of the chaperones have been notified - thank you for such a huge response! You still are welcome to come and meet the class at Giordanos for lunch at 12:15 pm. If you would like to meet the class for lunch and eat the pizza we are ordering, please send in $7.00. Otherwise, you can buy a separate lunch or bring a sack lunch.


Science: We will continue the study of space. Students will learn the reason we have seasons.

Social Studies: We will continue the study of Downers Grove. Students will learn about how Downers Grove played a part in the underground railroad.

Math: This week we will continue the study of Chapter 4. There will be a quiz on subracting two, three, and four digit numbers on Thursday, October 28th.

Spelling: This week we will work on Halloween words. There will be a homework packet given to the students on Monday. The homework packet is due Friday. There will be no pretest or final test this week.

Reading: We will be focusing on predicting, making inferences, and cause and effect as we continue to work with Cliff Hanger and other stories. The students will be applying the above comprehension strategies as they read.

English: This week we will continue the study of nouns.