Friday, February 26, 2010

Week of March 1

ISAT week is upon us. Testing is from 8:45 - 11:30 each day. Attendance is crucial during this week. Please make sure students are eating a well-balanced breakfast and getting plenty of rest. Focusing on tests is much easier when our bellies are full and we aren't tired. Please also send your child with a snack each day if possible.

Spring Conference confirmation forms will be sent home to the parents who have requested a conference; please look for these and return as soon as possible.

Students are also bringing home Naper Settlement field trip forms. These are due back on Friday, March 12.

Because this week is full of tests, no tests in the subject areas will be given.

On Friday, to celebrate our successful testing week, we are going to watch Night of the Twisters which is the novel we just completed to compare the book and the movie. Any snacks or treats you would like to send in to help us celebrate will be appreciated.

LANGUAGE ARTS
We will be reviewing all the reading strategies used in reading for preparation during the ISAT's.
In addition to finishing up some of our projects on Night of the Twisters, we will be working on our All About Me projects. These were started earlier in the school year.
We will be decorating our memory books this week so when our cameras are ready to be developed, we can simply add them the photos.
SOCIAL STUDIES
In lesson three of chapter 9, we look at the World Turned Upside Down to determine how the colonists are coping with running their own government.
Have a great week!

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