I emailed a conference schedule this past week and so far, not many changes were needed. If you are experiencing conflict, please let me know as soon as possible so I can make necessary changes.
Trimester 1 ends on Friday, 11/18.
Downers Grove Field trip - Friday, 11/18
Here's our upcoming week in a nutshell:
MATH
Our schedule will be a little different this week due to our Downers Grove field trips. Students will meet with their math teachers from 8:10 - 8:50 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. During this time, our class will continue exploring and reviewing money so we can take a money checkpoint on Thursday, 11/17.
READING
We are going to continue our focus on setting, characters and problem and resolution in our small groups this week with our independent reading books. We will also continue reviewing cause/effect along with the reading strategies we have been focusing on throughout the year.
SPELLING
Rather than a typical spelling lesson, we are focusing on analogies this week. Students identified synonym and antonym analogies last week so we are going to review on Monday and test on Tuesday. Students have a worksheet in their binders they can use as a study guide. Then, we will begin part/whole analogies.
ENGLISH
Students have been writing, writing, writing! Hopefully, by Monday, I will have all of the Turkey Point of View stories - Thanksgiving told from a turkey's point of view. This week we are going to write a turkey cinquain. On Monday, students will take the chapter 2 pretest to determine who is able to extend their learning and who will receive further instruction.
SCIENCE
Our study of matter continues as we take the chapter 11 lesson 2 review (for a grade) on Monday. This is an open book assessment. Then, we will explore how matter changes.
SOCIAL STUDIES
The history of Downers Grove test is on Wednesday, 11/16. Study guides went home last week. This is not an open note test. Downers Grove field trip is on Friday!
Have a wonderful week!
