Week of 4/8

Odds and Ends

I hope you all had a relaxing and fun Spring Break. The students were so excited to tell me all about the things they did.  My family drove to the sunny, warm beaches of Florida and we've been dreaming of the beach every since. Summer is just around the corner in Chicagoland..now we just need the sunshine and warm weather! 



IAR Testing: The students have been doing a fabulous job on their IAR testing! Just 2 more tests to go..ELA next week Tues. and Wed.  Way to go Panthers!

UPCOMING EVENTS: 

* Mon. 4/8: Math: 11's division test 

*Tues. 4/9: IAR ELA test 1

*Wed. 4/10: IAR ELA Test 2 

*Fri. 4/12: Spelling: Test and 3 activities due 
Math: 3's division test

A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK: 

* ELA: We started Unit 3: Stand Up for What You Believe In and began reading one of our favorite novels, The One and Only Ivan. This is a heartwarming story about a gorilla named Ivan. We will read the story together every day in class and have class discussions. We will focus on figurative language, point of view, and making inferences. We also will work on figuring out the meaning of the unknown words using context clues. 

*Spelling: We are working back on spelling again. We will have a test on Fri. 4/12 and 3 activities are due on Fri. Please check in with your child to see what they have done and what they have to finish by next week.  They have been given class time this week to work on it, so hopefully they are using their time wisely! 

* Social Studies: We are busy learning about the history of Chicago. We took our first graded quiz today. We will begin studying about the Industrial Revolution and the Great Chicago Fire next week. 

* Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We have been working on the IAR test so we will officially begin unit 6 on Monday. We will focus on geometry and begin by looking at the attributes of polygons. We will take the 11's division test on Mon (rather than today due to IAR testing) and the 3's division test on Fri. 4/12. 

Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen