Week of 5/3-5/7

Odds and Ends:

*Students from Project Challenge have started a fundraiser for the ASPCA, a foundation to stop animal cruelty. The kids will be selling Smencils® (scented pencils) for a 1.00 each. The pencils will be sold each morning in the grade level areas. The sales will start Friday April 30th and go through May 28th. We will track our sales on the bulletin board by the multi-purpose room. For every twenty dollars we raise, one food bowl will go up on the bulletin board. So please help save our animals. Buy Smencils.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

*Fri. 5/7: Math: 10's division timed test
Spelling: List 30 Test

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading: We will focus on making inferences and summarizing. We will finish our poetry unit. We will begin a novel study next.

*English: We will begin a new unit on persuasive writing.

*Spelling: We will be on list 30, words with the prefix re. We will have a graded test on Friday.

*Science: We will begin our next unit (ch 4) on ecosystems this week!

*Social Studies: Sweet home, Chicago! We will begin our Chicago unit. We will begin by focusing on the history of our great city.

*Math: We will work on patterns (ch. 17) and extend our multiplying skills (ch. 23). We will also focus on 10's multiplication-our timed test will be on Friday.

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the warm weather!

Go Cubs =)

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 4/26-4/30

Odds and Ends:

*Meteorology Madness: We will be learning all about weather in our hands-on, in-school field trip on Friday, 4/30. What fun!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

* Tues. 4/27: Social Studies: Ancient Egypt Test

*Wed. 4/28: Reading: Poetry Vocab. Review

* Fri. 4/30: Meteorology Madness

Math: Ch. 6 Data Test

9's division timed test

Spelling: List 29 Test

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading and English: We will continue to work on monitoring and questioning. We will focus on poetry and Shel Silverstein this week. We will review the vocabulary words for poetry this week and take a short graded review on Wed. We have been discussing these words and using them daily for the last two weeks. We will also be writing our friendly letters to our 2nd grade pen pals this week. They will be coming for a visit the last week in May.

*Spelling: This week we will be on list 29. This list focuses on words with the prefix un. There will be a test on Friday.

*Science: We will take a break from science this week. Our next unit will be Energy.

*Social Studies: We will review Ancient Egypt on Mon. The graded review will be on Tues. Our next unit will be Chicago.

*Math: We are continuing to learn about data and graphing in chapter 6. The students are working in cooperative groups to come up with a survey question, survey the class and make a tally graph, and then turn the information into a bar graph. We will finish these up next week. There will be a short graded review on chapter 6 on Fri. We will also focus on 9's division this week.

Thank you and enjoy the weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 4/19-4/23

Odds and Ends:

*Thank you to everyone who attended our Open House! It was a huge success and the students were so proud to so off their classroom and hard work!
It was great to see so many families in our classroom.
Thanks!



UPCOMING EVENTS:

* Thurs. 4/22: Early Dismissal 11:00 am

* Fri. 2/23: Spelling: List 28 Test
Book Orders Due

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:



*Reading: We will focus on monitoring and questioning this week. We are working on a poetry unit where the students are reading and writing poetry. The students will receive a poem on Monday. They are to practice reading the poem each night, focusing on fluency (good pace, expression, and rhythm) as they read. We will be sharing the poems out loud on Friday during our poetry cafe. Your child will receive a fluency grade based on their reading. A rubric will be attached to the poem on Monday. Thanks!

*English: We will be writing poetry this week.

*Spelling: This week we are on list 28: words with silent letters. There will be a test on Fri.

*Science: We will take a brief break from science this week as we focus on Social Studies.

*Social Studies: We will continue to work on Tut's Mummy. We will read, act out, and discuss the discovery of King Tut's tomb by Howard Carter. The final Egypt test is scheduled for Tues. 4/27. A study guide will be sent home.

*Math: We will begin ch. 6: data and graphing this week. We will learn about the different types of graphs and work in groups to collect data and make a bar graph. We will also work on 8's division this week.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Olsen

Week of 4/12-4/16

Odds and Ends:

*Scholastic Book Order: An April book order will be sent home soon. Please make your orders online so our classroom can earn free books! Thanks!

*School Supplies: Many of the children are running out of necessary school supplies- Please ask them what they are short on-pencils, dry erase markers, glue sticks, or scissors. We still have 2 months left of school and we are low on supplies! Thanks!

UPCOMING EVENTS:

* Mon. 4/12: English: Ch. 6 Pronoun Test

Reading: Biography Presentations Begin (see schedule below)
Chicago Baseball Team Spirit Day: Wear your favorite team-Cubs or Sox?

*Tues. 4/13: Reading: Day 2 of Biography Presentations

*Wed. 4/14: Math: Geometry Projects Due (please turn in rubric with project-Thanks!)

*Thurs. 4/15: Science: Ch 11. Test
Open House 6:30-8:00

*Fri. 4/16: Egypt Unwrapped
Math: 7's Division Timed Test
Ch. 7 Probability Review
Spelling: List 26 Test

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:

*Reading: We will focus on monitoring and questioning this week as we work on biographies and poetry. The students will present their biography scrapbooks. The scrapbooks are completed and the students will read them to the class. They will need to dress up or bring a prop to represent their biography person. The presentation schedule is listed below: (they will not necessarily present in this order)

Mon. 4/12:

Tommy
Kelcie
Kate
Richie
Frank
Jacob
Esther
Andrew
Elise
Gianna

Tues. 4/13:
Alegria
Nora
Dane
Matthew
Sarah
Bobbi
Hamza
Ranesha
Kristina
Stephanie
Ryan

*English: We will work on a poetry unit. Students will write a variety of different types of poetry.

*Spelling: This week we will work on list 26, a review week. We will review lists 19-25. The review test will be on Friday.

*Science: We are finishing up chapter 11. We will review vocabulary and key concepts in class. The test is schedule for Thurs. 4/15. A study guide (half sheet) was sent home this week. Please study a little each night to prepare for the test.

*Social Studies: The students are learning about King Tut and the discovery of his tomb. Egypt Unwrapped will be a fun in class field trip taking place on Fri. 4/16. We will have many hand's on activities to learn more about Egypt.

*Math: We will begin ch. 7 Probability. This is a quick review of probability. The test will be on Fri. 4/16. We will also work on ch. 6: Data and Graphing. We will also work on 7's division and have a timed test on Friday.

Thanks for reading my blog!

Mrs. Olsen