March 24-28, 2015

 "Think Spring Spirit Week" :

Monday 3/23 Spring Training Day - Cubs vs. Sox - support your favorite team and wear something Cubs or Sox.

Tuesday 3/24 Shades Day - wear your sunglasses to school.

Wednesday 3/25 Think Spring Day - wear spring colors (yellow, pink, light blue, green, etc.)

Thursday 3/26 Hat Day - wear your favorite hat.

Friday 3/27 Comfy Clothes Day - wear your most comfortable clothes to school - including pajama pants if you wish.

A little outside time earned this week! 

(with our Preschool Reading Buddies)

Hope you had an awesome St. Patrick's Day!!!

Coming up:

Mon., March 23-ASSIGN trimester 3 BOOK PROJECT

Wed., March 25-TGFD's Graduation-PARENTS are invited and encouraged to attend 1:00 in the gym----MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!

Fri., March 27-Naper Settlement Field Trip

Sat., March 28th-Start of Spring Break

Tues., April 7th-Teacher's Institute

Wed., April 8th-Classes Resume

ELA-Spelling: Lesson 30

Thursday-work due
Friday-Test on Friday

  

ELA-Language Arts-Nouns

Unit 3-Verbs

ELA-Nature's Fury
We will begin to work with nonfiction on hurricanes, while reading Eye of the Storm.

*How can a force of nature that is so far away affect me?
*How can force of nature be both destructive and constructive at the same time?
*What are forces of nature?

Social Studies: Chapter 8:The Road to War

In Chapter 8 -Can you???

Lesson 1: Trouble with Taxes

*British taxes led to greater cooperation among colonies
*Patrick Henry was honest and spoke out against King George III and Britain.

Lesson 2: The Colonists Rebel

*Events in Boston brought Britain and the colonies closer to war
*George Washington learned about hard work, commitment and leadership while working as a surveyor as a young man
*Primary sources can be used to study how people lived and how they felt about important events in their time.

Lesson 3: The Revolution Begins

*The American Revolution began with the battles at Lexington and Concord.

Science: Ch. 15-Weather

In Chapter 11 we are learning about:
Lesson 1-What Causes Weather?
Lesson 2-What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?
Lesson 3-How Can Patterns in Weather Be Observed?

TEST will be next 

Wed. March 25th!

Mrs. Spakausky's Math Class: Chapter 8-Fractions

Lesson 1-Fractions and Decimals
Lesson 2- Greatest Common Factors
Lesson 3-Simplest Form
Lesson 5-Least Common Multiple
Lesson 6-Compare Fractions
Lesson 8-Write Fractions as Decimals
Lesson 9-Add and Sub Fractions