Week of March 8-March 11

Odds and Ends:

No school Friday March 4th and Monday March 7th!
Congratulations to all the students who received straight A's this semester! Hard work pays off!
Thank you to the parents that sent in snacks for ISAT week! The students really enjoyed them.
I had a wonderful time meeting and speaking with so many parents! If at any time you would like to discuss your child's progress further do not hesitate to call or email me!

Upcoming Events:

The District 66 Fundraiser is coming up! Saturday, March 19th. There are raffle tickets for many exciting things, so please get those in!
Our roller skating party is on Monday, March 14th. Please get your permission slip and money in ASAP, it does fill up quickly!
ISAT testing schedule is as follows:
Monday Feb. 28: No testing
Tuesday March 1: Reading I
Wednesday March 2: Reading II, Math I
Thursday March 3: Reading III, Math II
Friday March 4: No school!
Monday March 7: No school!
Tuesday March 8: No Testing
Wednesday March 9: Math III

Please mark your calendars for March 15th for the Parent Connect meeting to learn more about how to interpret your child's MAP scores.


Reading:
We will be starting a new novel called: The Night the Whole Class Slept Over! We will be focusing on Main Idea and Details along with making connections.


Spelling:
We are starting back up with Spelling List 17: Prefix and Suffix. The test will be on Friday, March 11th.


English:
We have started Unit 6: Pronouns! We have covered lessons 1 and 2. We will continue with lesson 3.


Science:
Chapter 14: Light/Sound! We have read Lesson 1 in class and will begin with lesson 2. We will be doing lots of in class experiments to help us understand light, heat, and sound!


Social Studies:
We are going to begin our Chicago unit! This is a big unit that will take us a few weeks!


Math:
We will start with lesson 19:Decimals on Tuesday. We also have one more ISAT on Wednesday, March 9th.


YAY! We are almost done with ISAT's! The students have done a FABULOUS job with them!