http://www.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/symbols/

Click on the link above to help you complete your IL packet.  There are lots of games to play on this site too!

Tonday we....
-Took an End of the Year Math test.  Your student will bring it home today.
-Shared our "powerful words" that describe last night's reading
-Listend to another Human Body Corportation Letter.
-Began an Illinois webquest

Tomorrow we will....
-Go to the Science Lab to design an experiment.  How can we build a tall and freestanding structure using only index cards and masking tape?
-Meet with our novel buddies to read and discuss our books
-Begin a unit on long division
-Work on our End of the Year Compliment books
-Continue to work on our IL webquest

Homework:
-Finish any pages for the Compliment books that you did not complete in class.  You should have a page for: Nathaniel, Kareemot, Shemar, Nyquera, Kyle, Tiara, Isabel and Joshua C.
-Read, record and get a signature.  Tonight, think about action verbs and be prepared to share them with the class. Record three action verbs that are important to your reading.
-Math:  Get ready for Long Division.   Do these problems: 67 divided by 4, 134 divided by 6, 125 divided by 5, 149 divided by 3 and 762 divided by 2.  Show all of your work.  We will go over them in class tomorrow morning.
-Index Cards: we need these to do our experiment tomorrow.  I will be goingto the store this evening.  If you can bring some, please do!!!!!

100% Homework:  make it happen!

Field Trip Reminders:

• Bring in those permission slips and money!
• Parents, please join us.  We need you!
• Bring a bag lunch.
• Dress for the weather

Homework Reminders:

• Reading Logs are being checked daily, and will be collected on Monday
• 5 Senses/Brain: Read and make your own fact finder that includes diagrams, and a minimum of 10 facts.
• Math 12.2: Make an estimate and choose a method to check.  No calculators allowed!
• Human Body Cooperation Writing is due on Monday.

Parents Needed!
Hello 201 Families,

If you have a hour or two, I could really use your help with....

• cutting out the silhouettes that we created during our CAC unit
• taking 201's art work off of the CAC wall and brining it up to our classroom

Let me know if you can help!  Thank you!

Homework:

1. Reading Log: Due on Monday. I will be checking for completion each morning. This week's focus is Making Inferences.
2. Math: use lattice method to complete problems in 12.1
3. Due Monday: Human Body Cooperation Persuasive Writing
4.Yellow, Discovering the Achotca project, including all artifacts, will be due on Thursday.
5.Field Trip forms and money are absolutely, positively due tomorrow.
6.We need more parent volunteers in order to make this a safe and successful trip.  Please join us!

Extra Opportunities:
1.Watch the BrainPop or Brain Pop Jr segments on the 5 Senses and complete the activity

Wednesday

News:

• Progress Reports were sent home today.  Please note that there is still time to raise your grades.  Some averages are low due to either incomplete work or a low weekly test score.  There will be time for corrections.  Please give me a call or send me an email, and we can devise a plan to help your child.

Today we.....

•  created "x rays" in the Science labs. 
• began our "inside the human body" project. Our focus today was the skeleton.  
• watched a BrianPop segment on the skeleton and used a new note taking strategy to help us organize our ideas.
• worked on finding patterns in multiplication.  Knowing your facts is a prerequisite skill!  Ask your child what the word prerequisite means.  They should know!

Homework:
Theme 6 Vocabulary: Write a sentence for each word or write a short story that uses all of the words!
Math workbook 11.1 Patterns in Multiplication
Get your progress report signed and bring it back
Reading log, cause and effect and signature

Today we....
-Began our Reciprocal Reading foldable project
-Took a math test.  Students know their scores.  I will hand the tests back as soon as I enter them into the grade book.
-Participated in a French and Indian War Readers Theater

Tonight Please...
-Complete your reading log entry
-Complete page  209 "Check What You Know" in the math text book
-Complete the Theme 6 Review Vocabulary section: write a mini definition for each word.  These are the words that will be on next week's Theme Test.
- Work on unfinished assignments such as Opal's Life Lessons and the Consumers and Producers Fact Finder.  These must be turned in by Friday.
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