Things We Will Do Over The Summer Thursday

There is no homework over the summer. However, there are several things that you can do to avoid the dreaded Brain Drain:

• Sign up the Chicago Public Library Challenge
• Do IXL 5 grade 
• Read for an hour or more. We need to keep our brain filled with lots of knowledge

Thank you to Zizi and Nicholas for writing this post. l U l

It was a great year, and it is the students and families of this year's Team201 that are to thank! Thank you for sending your kids to school ready to learn and for your tremendous support! I hope that you all will stay in touch. I love to hear about high school and college plans. Please know that I am always happy to help with advice and ideas.

Wanderlust Wednesday

Thanks for this great idea, Nicholas.  We "traveled" to China today, with Terrence as our guide. We are all getting into summer mode. We spent the day writing letters to the fifth grade teachers, working on our Math projects, and completing some memory books. In a minute, we will talk about Juneteenth, which should be more widely celebrated.

This evening at home....
Clean out the book bag.
The only items needed tomorrow are: a pencil and your lunch, if you normally bring one from home.
It is o.k. to bring a small bag to school tomorrow and leave the bookbag at home. You may bring a small pencil case.

Tomorrow we will...
-Write letters to the Future Fourth Graders
-Play some games
-Travel to Nigeria with Mariam and learn some Yorba.
-Have a great day together and celebrate the year.

Miss You Already Monday

Good afternoon Team201 Families-
Today was our final Monday! I will be writing a longer post this week.
This evening at home...
-Clean out your book bag.
-Each child needs a pencil case, glue, and a book for these last few days.
-Reading should be a part of your child's daily routine.

If you have tape or glue sticks at home, we need it for our final math project.

Team201Tuesday

Hello Team201 Families!
 Today we began an exciting new math project: Geometrocity! Student architects will use their math skills to design and create a city. Right now, we are in the permit stage. Tomorrow, we move on to Phase 2:Design.
Tomorrow we will pay a visit to your future home, Pod 320. We will tour the pod and later in the week, we will have a Q and A session with a panel of 5th grade students.

This evening at home...

• Make sure that you are finished with Phase I of the Geometricity.  Don't forget to bring it to school. If you leave the packet at home, you will need to start over and you won't move on the Phase II.
• Read and get confirmation
• Finish the Social Studies classwork, if you did not get to it in class.
• Take out that binder! Each child should have  a folder each day, but not binders!

Eid-al-Fatr Friday

Today we...
-read an article about "hippo pollution"(ehem) on Newsela.
-went to Gym
-worked on and finished the Chapter 13 Review. It should come home corrected this weekend.
-learned about Eid-al-fatr and Ramadan. Thank you to Azmayen for the incredibly informative presentation. Thank you Zizi, for filling in some gaps and for giving us extra information about this special holiday.
-read Maniac Magee.
-went to lunch and recess.

This weekend at home...
-prepare for Monday's Math test. This is our final Math test of the year. Let's knock this one out of the park!
-Clean out your book bag. On Monday, do not bring your Gigantor Binder. A folder will do. You will need paper and supplies.

Check back soon for Energybot pics! Thanks to all of the students and families in 201 for their amazing efforts. The results were fantastico!

Throw Back Thursday

This evening at home...
-Don't forget to finish the Area Math Art. It is due tomorrow. Remember, the area in square units should be calculated and displayed on the front.
-Go Math. Finish the HWP for 13.5 this evening. We will be ready for a test on Monday.
-Read! Get confirmation.


Ask your child about D-Day. We spent lots of time talking about WWII. Mr. Meade was a guest speaker and we learned that we have a few resident experts on the topic.

Whirling Wednesday

This evening at home....
-Read for 25 minutes or more and get confirmation
-Complete the selected problems from lesson 13.4

Today's Area Art Project will need to be completed at home. Ask your child if they have finished the work.

Techie Tuesday

Today was Techie Tuesday. I am so impressed by these robots and the fabulous digital presentations. Wow! Dr. Hagstrom popped into our Gallery Walk and was so impressed that she sent for the head engineer!


This evening at home...
-read for 25 minutes or longer and get confirmation.
-finish today's math class work and continue with the homework for 13.3.