Week of December 5, 2011

Parents, I was such a pleasure to have an opportunity to sit and talk with you during conferences. While I do my best to communicate often throughout the year, I sometimes get caught up with what is going in on the classroom and very much appreciate the time we get to discuss your child's achievements. Please know I am available at any time for any questions or concerns you may have.

Here is our upcoming week in a nutshell:

MATH

Students will take the x4 test on Monday, 12/5. We will also begin chapter 6 on graphs on Monday. The skills involved in this chapter include collecting data, reading a pictograph, reading a bar graph and problem solving.

SPELLING

Students will take the lesson 10 (vowel sound in "join") on Monday. Workbook pages 184, 185 and the cursive worksheet are due on Friday the 9th unless your child is in the challenge group. If that is the case, they will choose 2 challenge activities and do the cursive worksheet. Final test is on Friday, 12/9.

READING

This week, we are going to visualize and evaluate the short story Dogzilla along with other books we are reading at the appropriate levels. We will also review character, setting and plot. An activity "Santa Cause" will allow students to come up with funny situations Santa gets into to which shows cause and effect.

ENGLISH

Our English test has been pushed back to December 14. This week, we are going to focus on singular possessive nouns and plural possessive nouns. There will be a graded review on the lessons we've covered on Tuesday and Friday to ensure students are comprehending the lessons.

SOCIAL STUDIES

This week will focus on modern day Downers Grove as the students continue to work in their learning logs to record their findings.

SCIENCE

The chapter 11 test on matter is on Monday, 12/5. After the test, we will be taking a break from science until after winter break.

Have a wonderful week!!