April 30, 2012


Parents, families and friends, thank you very much for coming to our Open House.  I enjoyed seeing everyone and the children 
were very excited to share their projects.

Field Trip - We will be going to the DuPage Children's Museum on Wednesday May 2nd.  Please remember to send a bag lunch to school with your child.


Reading
We will be reading two stories this week, A Curve in the River and Slippery Siblings. A Curve in the River is a realistic fiction story about a boy named Julian.  Julian is disappointed when Gloria finds the message he was trying to send around the world in a bottle.  Julian's father later explains the he needs to place the bottle beyond the curve in the river.  Slippery Siblings is a nonfiction story about a brother and sister.  Blaise Bryant and his sister, Joy are champion bobsled racers, even though Blaise was born blind.
Target Skills:
Phonics: -er ending in two syllable words, base words and -ed, -ing endings
Comprehension: monitor/clarify

Math
There will be a review of Chapter 21, Compare and Order Greater Numbers.  We will begin Chapter 22, 3-Digit Addition. Students will be exploring 3-digit addition with and without regrouping.

Science
We will continue to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly.  The butterflies are currently in the pupa stage and should be emerging from their chrysalises this week.

Social Studies
Students will learn that explorers traveled to learn about new lands.  Explorers from Spain built a Spanish colony called St. Augustine, which is the oldest European community in the United States.

Special Treat -  The class is earning points by learning their math facts.  They earned enough points for movie and popcorn.  We watched a video from National Geographic:  Really Wild animals, Totally Tropical Rain Forest.

Homework
Reading-read for 20 minutes and complete the reading log
Math - one side of a worksheet or both sides of the workbook page
*Please check your child's homework.