Great week for 5th grade! They had a great time on our field trip to the Naper Settlement. Students asked great questions and engaged in buildings that mirrored that time period. I think our favorite was the schoolhouse as the guide enacted a classroom from the 1800s.
Next week, all of 5th grade will take the Illinois Science Assessment on Wednesday, April 17th. They will take 3 sessions with their homeroom teacher. Have a great weekend! Ms. Butala
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Students had a great week back! We revisited expectations and our routines to start quarter 4 off strong!
Reminder of two permissions slips needed right now: * Solar Eclipse permission slip due Monday * Naper Settlement field trip slip and payment due Tuesday Thank you to our room parents who purchased Solar Eclipse glasses for the 5th grade! There are some new ELA updates, please visit that tab to be updated! Have a great week, Ms. Butala Hello 5th grade families!
It was a short week at school but we accomplished a lot in ELA! Now that we have finished reading Promises to Keep, we have been listening to other recordings and reading other essays to analyze what factors other people thought made Jackie successful in breaking the color barrier. Next week, we will be comparing these points of views. There will be a test on Wednesday in ELA. On this test, students will watch a new video and examine the point of view of the speaker and compare it to other points of view we have been learning about (Jackie's, Rachel's or Sharon's). We will continue to practice this on Monday/Tuesday. I will post a list of items the students can review on Google Classroom prior to the test. ** Please continue to send in the signed permission slips. Thank you! Have a great weekend! Ms. Butala Hello 307 families!
Happy snowy Friday! We had a great week back together at school. In ELA, we started with a ONE word project. Students identified one word that they wanted to use as a guide for 2024. They reflected on why that word and how they hoped it would impact their year. I encourage you to ask your child what they chose! We also had our first ukulele lesson! Students loved learning about the parts of an ukulele and started to learn the first few notes. Another new activity we will begin next week is meeting with our kindergarten reading buddies! For our first meeting on Wednesday, we are asking 307 buddies to bring in a favorite picture book to read to their Kinder buddy. We are going to meet on an every other week basis. Other updates for next week: * No school on Monday- MLK Day * In ELA, we will begin unit 2 in our Social Change module- this will be much more writing based * Greek and Latin Unit 3 test will be Friday * STAR math testing will be on Thursday * STAR reading testing will be in Friday * January Independent Reading Assessment is due 1/30 ** If your child has headphones, please send them on our testing days next week Hope everyone has a safe weekend, stay warm! Ms. Butala I hope that everyone had a weekend!
This week we have our fieldtrip to The Grove on Wednesday, the 6th. Please make sure your child is dressed warmly for it and bring along a brown bag lunch . Field trip slips are due by Tuesday, please indicate if your child needs a lunch from the school on it. Have a great week! Hello 307 Families!
I hope everyone had a great weekend! Thankful to have the last few days of warmer temps to end last week as we get ready for a colder Halloween!! Our Halloween Party will be Tuesday at 1:30 pm and the school parade will begin at 2:30. We will have a field trip to the Chicago Symphony on Friday, the field trip slip will be coming home Monday. Students can dress up for this performance if they would like. Have a great week and a safe Halloween!! - Ms. Butala Quarter 1 ends today! The students did a great job learning our routines and strategies this first quarter. A new announcement for quarter 2 that mirrors more of the middle school expectations and rules. All work from weeks 1-5 will only be accepted by progress reports. All work in weeks 6-10 will only be accepted by end of quarter. During weeks 6-10, work from the first half of the quarter will not be accepted. We will continue to use our agendas to record assignments and tests. Updates for next week: * No school on Thursday 10/26 - Parent/Teacher conferences are 11:00-6 * No school on Friday 10/27- Teacher Professional Development Day * Please look at my ELA tab above for new quarter 2 updates Hello 307 Families!
There is no school tomorrow, September 2nd, it is a Professional Development day for teachers. This week, students will take the ELA REACH assessment on Thursday in class. On Tuesday, we will have an author visit, Michael Witwer, in the Multipurpose room. Reminder that if you would like to place a Scholastic Book order, please do so by Wednesday. ** ELA updates are in the Reading/Writing tab. Have a great weekend!! Happy Monday!
I hope you had a great weekend! Reminder that there is no school this Friday. Students have a quiz tomorrow covering main idea and summarizing. Please check out the ELA tab for more details on how they can prepare for it. We will also take the REACH assessment Thursday in ELA. Have a great week! |
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