Odds and Ends
*Downers Grove Field Trip: We will be going on a Downers Grove field trip on Th
ursday, October 16th. This all day field trip will take us to many historic landmarks, which your child will be learning about in class. We will also have pizza for lunch at Giordano's in downtown Downers Grove. I will be contacting chaperones next week. A permission slip was sent home today. Please sign and return to school by Friday, 10/10. Thank you!
ursday, October 16th. This all day field trip will take us to many historic landmarks, which your child will be learning about in class. We will also have pizza for lunch at Giordano's in downtown Downers Grove. I will be contacting chaperones next week. A permission slip was sent home today. Please sign and return to school by Friday, 10/10. Thank you!*Goo, Glob, and Guts: We had a great time learning all about the human body and seeing real organs! Here are some pictures of the class!
*Classroom Prize Box: Thank you to those of you who have donated items to our classroom prize box! The kids love the variety of choices and I appreciate the help! Donations accepted any time. Thank you!
*Upcoming Events*
*Tues. 10/7: Math: Chapter 2 Test
*Fri. 10/10: Reading: Night of the Pufflings: Vocabulary Quiz
Spelling: List 6 Test
*A Look at Next Week*
Mrs. Olsen's Language Arts Classes
*Reading: Next week in class we will start a new strategy, clarifying. We will focus on fact and opinion as we read the story The Night of the Pufflings.
*English: We finished our first unit on the sentence. We will take a break from our textbooks and do a mini writing unit on 5 paragraph essays and descriptive writing. We will also have the 2nd DOL quiz Wednesday, 10/8 on capitializing proper nouns.
*Spelling: This week the students will be on list 6. I will be handing out the list and a packet of assignments on Monday, after the pretest. I am starting a new system for spelling. We will do word work in class and all written work will be sent home Monday and due on the Friday of that week. The written work will be listed on an assignment sheet attached to the list. It will include the workbook pages for the lesson and other practice sheets. Your child may turn the work in early, but it must be in by Friday when they take their test. Any questions? Please email me! Thank you in advance for your cooperation =)
Mrs. Olsen's Science and Social Studies Class:
* Science: Our body system unit has come to an end. We enjoyed learning all about the different, fascinating systems! Our next unit is health, where we focus on the food pyramid, excercise, and how to keep our bodies healthy and safe.
*Social Studies: The students finished their map skill unit and our next unit is Downers Grove. We will begin with the history of DG and learn about important people and famous landmarks of DG. This will give the students the background knowledge for our upcoming field trip.
Mrs. Olsen's Math Class:
*Math: A rounding we will go! We are working on rounding a lot in class. Students need to know how to round to the nearest 10, 100, and 1,000. Please continue to practice this at home. I put some rounding game links below for your child to play at home. We will have our chapter 2 test on Tuesday, 10/7. Our next unit will be on addition. Also, please continue to practice addition facts 0-18 at home. We will keep practicing fast facts in class each day.
Your partner in education,
Mrs. Olsen
Mrs. Olsen
