Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Feb. 18-22



King Danny and His Parliment have taxed the colonists.  The colonists had to pay their fee in "gold" to the tax colletors!
How did this turn out???
Ask your child what they learned from this activity!
Can they now explain, "No Taxation without Representation" to you???










Dates to remember:

Mon., Feb. 18th-No School-President's Day
Tues., Feb. 26th-Early Dismissal
Wed. Feb. 27th-Field Trip-Museum of Science and Industry
March 5, 6, 7, 12-ISAT Testing
Mon., March 11th-Naperville Settlement Field Trip

Chaperons for:
Museum of Science and Industry-Wed. Feb. 27th
*Steven's mom
*Ashley's mom
*Brooke's mom
Naperville Settlement-Monday, March 11th
*Danny's mom
*Tino's mom
*Jake's mom
*Savanna's mom

Spelling: Lesson 20
TUESDAY-Pretest
Thursday-Homework due Thursday!
Friday- Test


English: Unit 6-Pronouns
We will be studying:
*Subject Pronouns
*Object Pronouns
*Using I and Me
*Possessive Pronouns
*Contractions with Pronouns
*Double Subjects
*Using we and us with Nouns
*Using Homophones Correctly


Reading: Author's Viewpoint
The next story we will be reading is calledKatie's Trunk.  This is also a historical fiction story.  We will focus on cause and effect for this story.

Social Studies: Chapter 8-"The Road to War"
Lesson 1-1765-Britain taxing the colonists
Lesson 2-1773-Boston protesters dump tea in the harbor
Lesson 3-1775-Fighting between Britain and the colonists



Science: Chapter 14 -"States of Matter"
We will learn:
Lesson 1-What is the Structure of Matter?
Lesson 2:What Are Physical Properties and Changes?
Lesson 3:What Are Chemical Properties and Changes?
Chapter 14 Test on Matter will be Friday, Feb. 15th!



Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 4-Algebra
In Chapter 4 will cover:
*Write expressions
*Evaluate expressions
*Properties
*Write expressions
*Solve equations
*Functions
*Inequalities
Chapter 4 Test on Algebra will be Wed. Feb. 20th!

Spakausky's Scoop Oct. 16th

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