Odds and Ends
I am looking forward to meeting with you next week during parent teacher conferences. If you have not signed up for a time yet, please email me! Thanks!
Halloween Party and Parade: If your child would like to dress up for Halloween, please send the costume with to school on Thurs. 10/31. They will be given time to change into their costume before the party begins at 1:00. They will not be going to the bathroom to change, but we will have a girls classroom and boys classroom where they can get ready. If possible, its best to wear the costume over clothes. No weapons allowed.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
*Thurs. 10/31: Happy Halloween!
*Fri. 11/1: No School *Mon. 11/4: No School: Teacher Institute
A LOOK AT NEXT WEEK:
*Reading: We are working on cause and effect and sequencing. We are reading leveled non fiction texts as we apply these skills to different texts.
*English: The students are busy writing their persuasive and descriptive haunted house papers. We are working on finishing our rough drafts and will begin our final copies. We are applying what we know about adjectives, similes, sensory words, color words, and descriptive language to our writing. *Spelling: A new word list will be sent home on Monday. The 3 activities and test will be on Fri. Nov. 8th.
*Social Studies: We spent a lot of time learning about the Underground Railroad and how it is connected to our study of Downers Grove. The students loved learning about Harriet Tubman and Henry "Box" Brown. We will continue our study of Downers Grove as we learn about Prince Pond, Dicke Tool Company, and Tivoli Theatre. A field trip form will be sent home next week. Our field trip will be on Nov. 11th. Please contact me with any questions.*Mrs. Olsen's Math Class: We are working hard on learning the different addition and subtraction strategies....using number lines, decomposing (breaking apart) numbers, and constant difference...oh my! The students are getting a hang of it with more and more practice. Please continue to practice rounding and subtracting greater numbers where borrowing is needed. Thanks for your help at home! We will work on finding estimated answers, mental math practice, and expanded notation.
Have a great weekend!
Mrs. Olsen
