For Your Information
Thanks to Our Morton Arboretum Chaperones
Thank you to Mrs. DeBow and Mrs. Calabria for joining the class at the Morton Arboretum. It was an enjoyable and informative woodland experience.
Reminder...
Magazine sale turn-in days are Tuesday and Thursday. Students with sales to turn in should go directly to the gym on those days when they arrive at school.
Junior Achievement
Junior Achievement is a program which invites volunteers from area businesses into the classroom to do activities related to Social Studies. Our representative, Ms. Zurek, from the McDonald's Corporation will help us understand better how the resources of a region are used by people to make products or provide services. We will begin our Junior Achievement sessions in October.
Subject Update:
- Spelling – Lesson 4: Words spelled with -ea
- English/Writing – The Unit 1 Test about sentences is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25th! Then we will learn about capitalization and punctuation (Unit 5).
- Reading – The students will read a biography about a famous baseball player, Roberto Clemente. We will identify character traits that describe this man, and think about the people and events that influenced his life.
- Science – We will continue to observe our bean plants and read about the life cycle of flowering plants. The Chapter 1 Test is scheduled for Thursday, September 27th!
- Social Studies – Students will learn about the U.S. Government. We will discuss the rights and responsibilities of U.S. citizens.
- Accelerated Math – We will learn how to order and compare decimals. We will also learn how to round decimals. The Chapter 1 Test covering place value of whole numbers and decimals is scheduled for Friday, September 28th!
Mark Your Calendar:
10/8: No School (Columbus Day)
10/11: Junior Achievement (Session 1)
