October 28, 2016

Ms. Zurales' Class News

ELA Students finished writing their argumentative piece in which they are persuading their audience to buy their haunted house. Next week we will be working on finding evidence to answer questions from a text. We will continue Daily 4 stations, which include Lexia and Raz-Kids. October Reading Logs are due on Tuesday!

LANGUAGE ARTS We will focus adverbs.

SPELLING Students took an assessment today. A new sort will go home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) is due on Friday, November 11, which is also the date of the test. 

MATH Ms. Zurales' math class took the Unit 2 assessment today. A pretest on Unit 3 will be given on Monday. Next, students will be introduced to the concepts of rounding 2 and 3 digit numbers to nearest ten and the nearest hundred. They will develop new strategies and adjust some of the strategies they learned to solve 3 digit story problems.

SOCIAL STUDIES We will continue to learn about the history of Downers Grove. We will learn about Chief Waubonsee and Israel Blodgett.

Important Dates & Announcement

Please send your child's costume in a bag, clearly marked with their name. No weapons are allowed. Make sure it is easy to get on and off. Students will be changing in the classroom, boys in one room, girls in another.

Conferences are being held on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. There are still a few spots open. Please make sure to sign up. I look forward to meeting you!

We will be going on a field trip to Downers Grove History Museum on Tuesday, Nov. 22. We will be gone for the entire day. I am looking for 2 volunteers. Please email me by Friday, Nov. 4th if you are interested. I will put all names in a hat. I will let you know by Wednesday, Nov. 9th who is chosen. Thanks in advance for volunteering!

10/31 Halloween Party (1:10-2:10) & Parade (2:10)
11/1   October Reading Log due & Parent/Teacher Conferences
11/2 Parent/Teacher Conferences

October 21, 2016

Ms. Zurales' Class News

ELA In writer's work shop students will continue the argumentative writing unit. They are writing an argumentative piece in which they are persuading their audience to buy their haunted house. We will continue Daily 4 stations, which include Lexia and Raz-Kids. Please make sure your child is reading and filling out their October Reading Log.

LANGUAGE ARTS We will continue with verb tenses.

SPELLING A new sort went home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) is due on Friday, October 28, which is also the date of the test. 

MATH Ms. Zurales' math class will explore how knowing their times 10 facts can help them multiply by 5, 6 and 9. They will study the multiplication table and look for patterns they see among the basic multiplication facts. Students will also be solving story problems with graphs and multiple operations. The Unit 2 test will be on Friday, October 28th. A study guide will be going home on Tuesday. This will help them prepare for the test. Please make sure your child completes this, and review it with them.

SCIENCE   The Water Cycle Chapter study guide went home on Wednesday. The Chapter Test is Tuesday, October 25. Students will NOT be able to use their books or notes. 

SOCIAL STUDIES We will begin studying the history of Downers Grove.

Important Dates & Announcement

If you child would like to be part of the Prairieview PE Bulletin board, please take an "action" picture of your child showing some type of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY that they are involved in outside of school.  Please get these in as soon as possible.  I will accept pictures as they come in.  Any questions?  Please contact me at tcushing@ccsd66.org  Thanks!

10/25 Science Chapter Test - The Water Cycle
10/26 Early Dismissal
10/28 Spelling Activities due & Test
10/28 Math Unit 2 Test
10/31 Halloween Party (1:10-2:10) & Parade (2:10)
11/1   October Reading Log due

October 14, 2016

Ms. Zurales' Class News

ELA In writer's work shop students will continue the argumentative writing unit. They will learn about the importance of word choice in making an argument more descriptive, powerful, and persuasive to their audience. At the end of the week students will begin writing an argumentative piece in which they will be persuading their audience to buy their haunted house. In reading workshop we will continue with Myths. We will read Pandora's Box and about Demeter and Persephony. Please make sure your child is reading and filling out their October Reading Log.

LANGUAGE ARTS The focus will be on verb tenses.

SPELLING Students took a spelling test today. A new sort will go home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) is due on Friday, October 28, which is also the date of the test. 

MATH Ms. Zurales' math class will continue exploring the various multiplication strategies.

SCIENCE  We will continue "What Is Weather?" We will learn how to measure weather, and how to predict it. A study guide for The Water Cycle Chapter will be going home on Wednesday. The Chapter Test is scheduled for Tuesday, October 25. Students will NOT be able to use their books or notes. 

Important Dates & Announcement

If you child would like to be part of the Prairieview PE Bulletin board, please take an "action" picture of your child showing some type of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY that they are involved in outside of school.  Please get these in as soon as possible.  I will accept pictures as they come in.  Any questions?  Please contact me at tcushing@ccsd66.org  Thanks!

10/25 Science Chapter Test - The Water Cycle
10/26 Early Dismissal
10/31 Halloween Party (1:10-2:10) & Parade (2:10)

October 7, 2016

Ms. Zurales' Class News

ELA In writer's work shop students will peer edit their Cinderella fractured fairy tale.
 Next, we will begin a writing unit on argumentative writing. Next week activities will focus on descriptive writing. In reading workshop we will be studying Myths. We will also continue Daily 4.  

Language Arts The focus will be on verbs: action, helping and linking.

Spelling  A new sort went home on Monday. Homework (3 items on the menu, 1 from each column) is due on Friday, October 14, which is also the date of the test. 

Math Ms. Zurales' math class began Unit 2, An Introduction to Multiplication.  Students are working on solving multiplication problems with products involving situations with measurement. They are also working with the addition strategies of repeated addition and skip counting, and the multiplication strategies of doubling, doubling and halving and using partial products. There will be a multiplication checkpoint quiz on Wednesday.

Science  We will discuss "What Is Weather?" We will learn about what causes weather, how to measure weather, and how to predict it.

Important Dates & Announcement

If you child would like to be part of the Prairieview PE Bulletin board, please take an "action" picture of your child showing some type of PHYSICAL ACTIVITY that they are involved in outside of school.  Please get these in as soon as possible.  I will accept pictures as they come in.  Any questions?  Please contact me at tcushing@ccsd66.org  Thanks!

10/12 - Ms. Zurales' Math - Multiplication Checkpoint Quiz
10/14 - Spelling Test and 3 HW activities are due