April 15-19

Pictures of TGFD Ceremony

Also, congratulations to Brennan for honorable mention on his essay.

Dates to remember:

Fri., April 12th-No School

Thur., April 18th-Spring Open House

Spelling:Lesson 26
Monday-Pretest
Thursday-Assigned homework due
Friday-Test

English: Adjectives

We will be starting adjectives next.
We will be:
*reviewing what an adjective is
*articles and demonstratives
*compare adjectives
*compare with good and bad
*proper adjectives
*applying it to our writing

Reading: Informational Text:CHINA

We will be finishing our China unit next Friday!
  Would anyone like to contact a Chinese Restaurant and ask them if they would like to donate food to our class that is learning about China???  Rice and orange chicken??? chopsticks? fortune cookies?  It would be fun to celebrate the Chinese culture's food!  2nd-3rd week in April???

Thanks!  email me, tspakaus@ccsd66.org,  let me know what you find!

Social Studies: Chapter 9-"Winning a Revolution"

Lesson 1-1776-the Declaration of Independence is signed

Lesson 2-1778-Mary Ludwig Hays fights for the Patriot cause in the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey

Lesson 3-1781-The British surrender to the Americas

Ch. 9 TEST will tentatively be on Tues., April 23rd.

Science: Chapter 11-Weather

We will learn:

Weather is next!
Phil Schwarz will be here on Tuesday to talk about being a meteorologist and weather.

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 12-Fractions

In Chapter 12 we will learn about fractions!!!