Week of 10/23

Odds and Ends: 

Conferences will continue next week. I am looking forward to meeting with you. When you arrive for your scheduled appt., please knock on the door or peek in at your start time so I can stay on schedule. The 15 minute blocks can pass quickly, so it helps if you keep me on track! Thank you!

Halloween:

1. Our party will take place on Tuesday, October 31st. The room party will go from 1:00-1:50 p.m. Our Prairieview parade will begin at 1:55 p.m.

2. We only have 15 minutes for costume changes. Please make sure your child can change into his/her costume easily and by themselves. If the costume can be worn over their clothes, then both the time to change and the chances of losing any clothes is minimized.

3. If the costume involves make up, please apply it before your child comes to school. If you send your child in with make up, then your child has to be able to apply it themselves. 

4. Please do not send any weapons (guns, swords, etc.) as part of the costume. Save those for trick-or-treating.

5. We will not have time to change back into our clothes for dismissal. Your child will wear their costume home.

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

*Wed. 10/25: Math: Unit 2 Test

*Thurs. 10/26: Spelling test and homework due

*Fri. 10/27 and Mon. 10/30: No School

*Tues. 10/31: Halloween Classroom Parties and Parade

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

*Reading: We will continue to explore theme, main idea, cause and effect, and context clues as we read a variety of texts. 

*Spelling: 3 activities and test will be due on Thurs. 10/26. Please check in with your child to make sure they are on track with their spelling activities. A good goal would be to have 2 completed and one more to work on next week. 

*English: We are working on descriptive writing and putting all we have learned about sensory words, color words, adjectives, and similes to work as we write a descriptive and persuasive paper about a haunted house. 

* Social Sciences: We are busy learning about the history of Downers Grove. Ask your child what they know about Pierce Downer, the Potowatomi Tribe, and Chief Waubonsee and Black Hawk. 

*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are busy learning about multiplication and different strategies to help us solve multiplication problems. A practice test/study guide was sent home yesterday and is due Tues. The test will be on Wed. 10/26.  We will continue to review and practice in class. We will do some Halloween themed math activities and then start Unit 3: Multi-digit Addition and Subtraction.

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen