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The students identified a theme in Bridge to Terabithia and decided on the lesson presented by the author. They found textual evidence to support their thesis and will be completing the essay this week, along with self, peer and teacher review. Math Both groups are working on multiplication units. The skills this week will include estimation, multiplying using the area method and traditional method, and multiplying two-digit numbers by two-digit numbers. Social Studies The Chicago unit is in full swing. Last week included the flag, finding famous landmarks on a map and Native Americans. There are some great Chicago TV and radio sources that may be fun for your family to view/listen to and talk about. Here are some links to those resources: http://curiouscity.wbez.org/ http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/ http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?p=1,9 One of the best days of the year will happen on Friday, October 30. This is the day that we all don our costumes and celebrate Halloween. The best part of the day is CARNIVAL! This is when the Upper School puts on a carnival or fun fair for the Lower and Middle School students. You received a flyer telling you of the times. You are all welcome to join your children at this fun event. Please send in $8.00 to buy tickets so your children can play all the games. Your classroom teachers will be sending home information of class parties. A NOTE FROM THE STUDENT CARNIVAL REFRESHMENT COMMITTEE At Carnival, the Refreshment Book is looking for donations of nut-free baked goods (fresh or store bought - including, but not limited to: muffins, cupcakes, brownies, donuts, pastries, breads, and cookies.) If you would like to donate something, please drop off your donation on Friday morning (October 30) by the gym foyer entrance at the Refreshment Booth. Thank you! CONFERENCES NOVEMBER 5 & 6 We hope to see you all at conferences. An email went home with the exact times and asking for your preferences. Melinda will be sending you an email with your conference time this week. If you haven't sent Melinda your request, please do so by Monday, and she will try to honor it. We have filled the slots on a first come basis. If you do not respond she will slot you into the remaining spaces. Families who students in the Middle and Upper Schools--Fraser Coffeen, Assistant Headmaster/Upper School Division Head and I are working together. We will do our best to coordinate your schedules for your convenience, but we need to know immediately as slots are filling up quickly. PICTURE RETAKES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29 Picture retakes are on Thursday, October 29th. If your child was absent or you are interested in scheduling your child for a retake, please visit www.picture-day.com/retake Sibling photos will be able to be retaken as well, you can sign up at www.picture-day.com/sibling If you are placing an order, please turn in your order form to your child’s teacher or division head by Wednesday, October 28th. As a reminder you can always order your prints online; the web address and password can be found on your child’s proof. Please contact Jessica Collazo with any questions.
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LA The Daily 5 is in full swing. Each student chose their own first focus strategy to work on while they read, based on their initial reading self-assessment. They need some reminders to work on the strategy independently, but they are getting there! Bridge to Terrabithia has come to a sad end. The students have used their skills to compare and contrast characters and families, identify figurative language, summarize each chapter, identify allusions, analyze characters and contemplate the meaning of true friendship. We will continue our study of theme this week and begin the literary analysis, their first five paragraph essay. Everyone received their topics for the Evanston ABC book and working hard to research their topics and write a well-developed paragraph. Social Studies We had some great visitors to our classroom. Alderman Wilson came in to answer questions about the community and talk about the structure of city government. Ji-Yeon Yu also visited our classroom to talk about Native Americans in Evanston. The students asked some great questions and she helped us to build some background knowledge for our study of Chicago and Illinois history. Thank you! Everyone received their topics for the Evanston ABC book and working hard to research their topics and write a well-developed paragraph. Science Students were introduced to essential nutrients and their importance in our soil. They too the Humanity Against Hunger Challenge and became plant doctors. They were given case studies from farmers in Africa and had to identify their plant nutrient deficiencies. Then they took soil samples from our future garden area and conducted pH and nutrient tests, determining the overall health of the soil. They also identified the soil type and conducted a soil study to determine how the soil was made. Next was learning about earthworms and scientists views of their impact on soil and ecosystems. We concluded with earthworm dissection. Whew! Being a soil scientist is a lot of work! Math Wow! Everyone is working through Fact Master on Moby Max and learning their facts. Tests and corrections were made last week and we are moving on to the next units. Both groups will be working on multiplication. |