Odds and Ends:
Halloween:
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:
Downers Grove permission slips due
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We will continue to work on Unit 1 as we focus on theme, main idea, and cause and effect. We are working on finding the text evidence to support our answers and thinking.
*Spelling: We will work on our new word lists. The list and menu will be sent home on Monday. The test and 3 spelling activities will be due on Thurs. 10/26.
*English: We are continuing our descriptive writing unit- Halloween and fall are a great time of year to practicing using interesting adjectives to describe things! We will work on a persuasive writing activity where we describe a haunted house. We will work with color words, sensory words, and similes. We are also learning about adjectives and nouns.
*Social Sciences: We are continuing our unit of study on the history of Downers Grove. Thank you for those of you who have turned in the permission slips. They are due by Fri. 10/20. As soon as I have all of the slips turned in, I will choose the chaperons. We have a lot of interested parents, which is great, but I will have to select names from a hat to be fair. I will keep you posted!
We are also practicing our phone numbers and addresses. I will send home a form on Monday for you to help your child complete. I will be "quizzing" students on this information late next week and early the following week, so please have your child memorize and practice this important information. Thanks!
*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are busy working on multiplication, focusing on arrays and strategies to solve equations. The test is tentatively scheduled for Wed. 10/25. A study test will be sent home next week. We will also focus on subtraction fast facts next week. Your child should be ready to pass them by Fri. 10/20. After they pass, they will move onto multiplication, starting with 2's, then 5's, 10's, 3's, 4's, 6's, 7's, 8's, 9's, 11's, and 12's. Look in their assignment notebook to see what fact your child should be practicing. Don't forget to use Xtra Math to help practice fact fluency.
Have a beautiful weekend and GO CUBBIES!!!!!Mrs. Olsen
