March 14-18

Lakeview to see the History Fair

Mrs. Spakausky taking Kodi to make people happy!!!

Thank Goodness for Therapy Dogs!

Performing Water Cycle Songs

See MY Science experiment!!!

Literature Groups

for our novel,

Dark Water Rising

Dates:

Fri 3/4 - No school - County Institute Day

Mon., 3/7-Erin's Law Presentation for Spakausky

Thurs., 3/10-CoGat #3 - Non-Verbal

Tues., 3/15-No School-Election Day

Wed., 3/23-T.G.F.D.''s Graduation-Parents are invited and encouraged to attend

Thurs., 3/24-Naper Settlement Field Trip

Wed., 4/6-Robert Crown (Portillo's for lunch) field trip

Math:  Unit 3-Decimals
Module 1-Whole Numbers and Decimal Place Value
Module 2-Adding and Subtracting Decimals
Module 3-Conversions
Module 4-Division and the Area Model

Math TEST scheduled to be on Friday, March 11th!

ELA---Unit:  "Nature's Fury"

We will spend the next few months on unit 2, called "Nature's Fury."  We will use informational text about natural disasters to cover the learning objectives.

Our Essential Questions: 

What are forces of nature? 

 How can a force of nature that is so far away affect me?  

 How can a force of nature be both destructive and constructive at the same time?

Social Studies: American Revolution:  How it ties together for the next two chapters.

Chapter 8

The Road to War

*British taxes led to greater cooperation among colonies
*Events in Boston brought Britain and the colonies closer to war.
*The American Revolution began with the battles at Lexington and Concord

Chapter 9

Winning the Revolution

*The American colonies declared independence from Britain in July 1776.
*The contributions of a wide variety of people helped the Continental Army win important battles.
*With help from France and Spain, the Continental Army won the American Revolution.

Science: Chapter 11-Weather

Essential Questions:  
What Causes Weather?
What Conditions Affect the Water Cycle?
How Can Patterns in Weather be Observed?

Test on Thursday, 3/17!!!