Important Dates . . .
November 11 -- Veteran's Day -- No School
Language Arts
We are continuing to build our skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on story elements and decoding skills. The story element being focused on is character. Students need to work on recall of information and details relating to characters.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Popsicles - Make words using popsicle sticks.
Science
We will continue our introductory chapter this week. This chapter highlights information that students can use throughout the year. We will review Lesson 1 this week, “What are Tools for Inquiry?” We have discussed the definition of the root word of inquiry: inquire (to ask a question). Then we will continue in our introductory chapter, lesson 2. There is a lot of information to know. Please review lessons when possible. The information will be found in their Science folder in their binder. This will help when the test arrives.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will move on to Chapter 3, Place Value and apply it to everyday situations.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time
Friday, October 30, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
October 26th - October 30th
Important Dates . . .
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
November 11 -- Veteran's Day -- No School
3rd Grade Notes:
Third Grade will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city. A permission slip for the Downers Grove field trip was sent home. The signed permission slip was due on Friday, October 23rd. You may also send $7.50 along with the signed permission slip to cover the cost of a Giordano's (Downers Grove) pizza lunch. If you do not wish to have your child participate, please send a cold lunch on the day of the field trip (no money is necessary). Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (cold or pizza). If you would like, though it is not necessary, you can also send $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
In addition, the 3rd graders from my room will be joining 4th graders for the Christmas Carol production at Drury Lane on December 9th. This field trip will be a culminating activity with our literature study of the Christmas Carol. Permission slips and $8.50 are due asap.
4th Grade Notes:
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips for 4th grade that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Halloween Party:
Halloween is right around the corner. We will “not” be having the typical Halloween party. On October 29th, we will begin our afternoon at 12:30 with the annual parade. The afternoon will then consist of a snack, assembly, and pumpkin decorating contest. Your child can bring in things from home to help decorate their pumpkin. We will “not” be carving pumpkins. In addition, if you child would like to bring in something to pass out to the class on that day, it is fine. We will be “sending” home these items.
Language Arts
We will be working on various language arts skills through DOL activities and other various Halloween themed activities. They will be expected to build on their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences.
Reading
Through the theme of Halloween we will be reading about the history behind the holiday and reading a few plays as a class. Students will be expected to recall of information and details relating to information read and discussed.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Halloween Colored Words - Write your words in orange and black.
Science
We will continue to link our introductory chapter to the Halloween Pumpkin Science. The students will have to apply actual science to pumpkins this week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on various basic math skills as they relate to Halloween. The children will work on graphing, patterns, fractions, calendar concepts, and addition.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- Independent Reading Folder Log due 10/30
- practice reading play part
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
November 11 -- Veteran's Day -- No School
3rd Grade Notes:
Third Grade will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city. A permission slip for the Downers Grove field trip was sent home. The signed permission slip was due on Friday, October 23rd. You may also send $7.50 along with the signed permission slip to cover the cost of a Giordano's (Downers Grove) pizza lunch. If you do not wish to have your child participate, please send a cold lunch on the day of the field trip (no money is necessary). Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (cold or pizza). If you would like, though it is not necessary, you can also send $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
In addition, the 3rd graders from my room will be joining 4th graders for the Christmas Carol production at Drury Lane on December 9th. This field trip will be a culminating activity with our literature study of the Christmas Carol. Permission slips and $8.50 are due asap.
4th Grade Notes:
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips for 4th grade that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Halloween Party:
Halloween is right around the corner. We will “not” be having the typical Halloween party. On October 29th, we will begin our afternoon at 12:30 with the annual parade. The afternoon will then consist of a snack, assembly, and pumpkin decorating contest. Your child can bring in things from home to help decorate their pumpkin. We will “not” be carving pumpkins. In addition, if you child would like to bring in something to pass out to the class on that day, it is fine. We will be “sending” home these items.
Language Arts
We will be working on various language arts skills through DOL activities and other various Halloween themed activities. They will be expected to build on their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences.
Reading
Through the theme of Halloween we will be reading about the history behind the holiday and reading a few plays as a class. Students will be expected to recall of information and details relating to information read and discussed.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Halloween Colored Words - Write your words in orange and black.
Science
We will continue to link our introductory chapter to the Halloween Pumpkin Science. The students will have to apply actual science to pumpkins this week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on various basic math skills as they relate to Halloween. The children will work on graphing, patterns, fractions, calendar concepts, and addition.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- Independent Reading Folder Log due 10/30
- practice reading play part
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
Friday, October 16, 2009
October 19th - 23rd
Important Dates . . .
October 21 -- Early Dismissal @ 11 a.m.
October 22 -- Chapter 1 Math Test
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
3rd Grade Notes:
Third grade will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city. The permission slip for the Downers Grove field trip was sent home recently. The signed permission slip is due on Friday, October 23rd. You may also send $7.50 along with the signed permission slip to cover the cost of a Giordano's (Downers Grove) pizza lunch. If you do not wish to have your child participate, please send a cold lunch on the day of the field trip (no money is necessary). Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (cold or pizza). If you would like, though it is not necessary, you can also send $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
4th Grade Notes:
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Language Arts
We are continuing to build our skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on story elements and decoding skills. The story element being focused on is character. Students need to work on recall of information and details relating to characters.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
Science
The children will begin with an introductory unit of study for the science text. This will highlight information that students will use throughout the year. We will continue with Lesson 1 this week, “What are Tools for Inquiry?” We have discussed the definition of the root word of inquiry: inquire (to ask a question). Including this word in conversation at home would be helpful to better understand the meaning.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
Chapter 1 test will be this Friday. They will continue focusing on basic addition, but now adding three numbers for our last lesson. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, make a ten, addition table or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math – Chapter 1 Test Friday
- practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with sums up to 20
October 21 -- Early Dismissal @ 11 a.m.
October 22 -- Chapter 1 Math Test
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
3rd Grade Notes:
Third grade will be taking a field trip to Downers Grove as part of our Social Studies unit about our city. The permission slip for the Downers Grove field trip was sent home recently. The signed permission slip is due on Friday, October 23rd. You may also send $7.50 along with the signed permission slip to cover the cost of a Giordano's (Downers Grove) pizza lunch. If you do not wish to have your child participate, please send a cold lunch on the day of the field trip (no money is necessary). Everyone will eat at Giordano's restaurant (cold or pizza). If you would like, though it is not necessary, you can also send $5-$8 in cash on the day of the field trip. Your student can spend this money at any of the downtown Downers Grove shops. Each student will be responsible for their own money.
4th Grade Notes:
A permission slip went home last week regarding “all” field trips that will be taken this year. Please sign the form (on each line) and return the form with one check by October 27th.
Language Arts
We are continuing to build our skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on story elements and decoding skills. The story element being focused on is character. Students need to work on recall of information and details relating to characters.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. Over the weekend would be a good time to discuss the meaning of the words. Although we work on meaning typically on Fridays and Mondays, help from home is greatly encouraged! They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Choo-Choo Words - Write the entire list end-to-end as one long word, using different colors of crayon or ink for different words.
Science
The children will begin with an introductory unit of study for the science text. This will highlight information that students will use throughout the year. We will continue with Lesson 1 this week, “What are Tools for Inquiry?” We have discussed the definition of the root word of inquiry: inquire (to ask a question). Including this word in conversation at home would be helpful to better understand the meaning.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
Chapter 1 test will be this Friday. They will continue focusing on basic addition, but now adding three numbers for our last lesson. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, make a ten, addition table or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math – Chapter 1 Test Friday
- practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with sums up to 20
Friday, October 9, 2009
October 12th - 16th
Important Dates . . .
October 12 -- Columbus Day -- No School
October 21 -- Early Dismissal
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
Trimester Midpoint:
If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to check your child's grades in each subject.
Language Arts
We are wrapped up the Level I unit on sentences. We will advance our knowledge in this area with Levels II and III. Students build their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on phonics and sight word reading skills daily. They will continue working throughout the week practicing a poem focusing on fluency. This poem is introduced on Monday and they are to read it to me on Friday without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! Also, they will continue sorting information independently into categories to find the main idea.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter,or anything you can eat!
Science
The children will begin with an introductory unit of study for the science text. This will highlight information that students will use throughout the year. We will begin with Lesson 1 this week, “What are Tools for Inquiry?” This lesson will be continued next week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on basic addition facts for a couple more lessons. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, make a ten, addition table or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with sums up to 20
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
October 12 -- Columbus Day -- No School
October 21 -- Early Dismissal
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
Trimester Midpoint:
If you haven't already, please take a few minutes to check your child's grades in each subject.
Language Arts
We are wrapped up the Level I unit on sentences. We will advance our knowledge in this area with Levels II and III. Students build their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on phonics and sight word reading skills daily. They will continue working throughout the week practicing a poem focusing on fluency. This poem is introduced on Monday and they are to read it to me on Friday without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! Also, they will continue sorting information independently into categories to find the main idea.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes in the pages read section. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Delicious words - Write your words in whipped cream, peanut butter,or anything you can eat!
Science
The children will begin with an introductory unit of study for the science text. This will highlight information that students will use throughout the year. We will begin with Lesson 1 this week, “What are Tools for Inquiry?” This lesson will be continued next week.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on basic addition facts for a couple more lessons. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, make a ten, addition table or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with sums up to 20
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
Friday, October 2, 2009
October 5th - 9th
Important Dates . . .
October 6 – Progress Reports (D's & F's only) mailed home
October 12 -- Columbus Day -- No School
October 21 -- Early Dismissal
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
Trimester Midpoint:
Please take a few minutes to check your child's grades in each subject.
Language Arts
We are wrapped up the Level I unit on sentences. We will advance our knowledge in this area with Levels II and III. Students build their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on phonics and sight word reading skills daily. They will continue working throughout the week practicing a poem focusing on fluency. This poem is introduced on Monday and they are to read it to me on Friday without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! Also, they will continue sorting information independently into categories to find the main idea.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for a minimum of 20 days in the month to complete the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion I have made a new sheet, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Pyramid Words - Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
Social Studies
The children will complete their study of Unit 1 this week. They should be able to explain that they live in a town which is part of a state that belongs to a country. Then the larger part is how a country is part of a continent which is part of the world; hence, Lesson 5: Our Country in Part of Our World. To study for the test they may want to remember the phrase Never Eat Soggy Waffles to remember North, South, East, & West. We will review on Wednesday and Thursday. The study guide will go out on Wednesday. The test is scheduled for Friday. On Wednesday I can send home books; however, the worksheets and vocabulary cards are a great start and mainly what they will need to know for the test.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on Make a Ten strategy. Then we will work on basic addition facts for a couple of lessons. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with a sum of 10
Social Studies – Unit 1 Test :) on Friday
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
October 6 – Progress Reports (D's & F's only) mailed home
October 12 -- Columbus Day -- No School
October 21 -- Early Dismissal
October 29 – Independent Reading Program folders due
October 30 -- Teacher Institute -- No School
Trimester Midpoint:
Please take a few minutes to check your child's grades in each subject.
Language Arts
We are wrapped up the Level I unit on sentences. We will advance our knowledge in this area with Levels II and III. Students build their skills from recognizing phrases and sentences to identifying attributes of sentences. They should be able to identify that a sentence has two parts: a who or what part that tells who or what the sentence is about and a does what part that tells what the who or what does.
Reading
We are working on phonics and sight word reading skills daily. They will continue working throughout the week practicing a poem focusing on fluency. This poem is introduced on Monday and they are to read it to me on Friday without any assistance. It is important to keep practicing nightly! Also, they will continue sorting information independently into categories to find the main idea.
Please keep reading 20 minutes a night for a minimum of 20 days in the month to complete the Independent Reading Program! Due to some confusion I have made a new sheet, you may just note the time read in increments of 20 minutes. This orange folder should be turned in every Monday to make sure they are staying on track. The final turn in day for the month will be Wednesday, October 29th. Keep reading!
Spelling
Practice pages will be assigned for the upcoming week's list on Friday to give additional study time. They will be receiving them daily as an assignment. A test over the lesson will be given every Friday. Please try to help your child study if you see they are not performing as well as you'd expect on the weekly test. One strategy you can use to help is: Pyramid Words - Write your words adding or subtracting one letter at a time. The result will be a pyramid shape of words.
Social Studies
The children will complete their study of Unit 1 this week. They should be able to explain that they live in a town which is part of a state that belongs to a country. Then the larger part is how a country is part of a continent which is part of the world; hence, Lesson 5: Our Country in Part of Our World. To study for the test they may want to remember the phrase Never Eat Soggy Waffles to remember North, South, East, & West. We will review on Wednesday and Thursday. The study guide will go out on Wednesday. The test is scheduled for Friday. On Wednesday I can send home books; however, the worksheets and vocabulary cards are a great start and mainly what they will need to know for the test.
Math (Mrs. K's Math class only)
We will continue focusing on Make a Ten strategy. Then we will work on basic addition facts for a couple of lessons. The children are using various techniques to achieve the sum; whether it be a numberline, touchpoints, manipulatives, or memory.
Daily Homework
Reading - 20 minutes and complete Independent Reading Folder Log
- practice reading poems given to work on fluency
Spelling - Practice Page nightly & study words
Math - practice counting, one to one correspondence, and addition facts with a sum of 10
Social Studies – Unit 1 Test :) on Friday
*Please check your child's homework and sign assignment notebook when complete.
**If your child is having difficulties with their homework please send a note and I will help them during free time.
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