The Weber Weekly

Our field trip to Lewis University was a great success.  Thank you to Mrs. Ruch and Mrs. Johnson for taking off work and chaperoning our trip.  The anti-bullying show had three great messages that the kids were able to relate to.  We had a lot of fun!!

Permission slips for the Brookfield Zoo field trip were sent home on Tuesday.  The cost of this final field trip is $7.00.  Please return payment and signed permission forms by Monday.  I will be drawing names of five chaperones next week.

Registration packets and spring pictures need to be returned to school.  If you still have these at home, please return them next week.

We're having a Box Tops contest, which runs through May 1st.  Please save your Box Tops and send them to school with your child.

Our next PTO meeting is Tuesday May 6, 2014 at Loco's Restaurant on Essington Road in Joliet at 6:00 p.m.
 
I will be out of the building next Friday for Common Core.  As always, I will be available via email if you need me.

Next week (on Tuesday) second graders will begin an ABC Countdown.  Here's what the schedule will look like for next week:
Tuesday - Awesome Art Day
Wednesday - Bubbles & Bubble Gum Day (Bring a bottle of bubbles for some bubble-blowing fun!  I will provide the bubble gum.)
Thursday - Chicago Team Day
Friday - Dancing Denim Day

Have a wonderful, warm weekend with your family!!  Happy Easter! 

 

The Weber Weekly

The book fair has come to a close.  Thank you again to everyone who participated in the coin drive for books!  I was able to choose several new books to add to our classroom library!!  :)

Please note that the field trip date to Lewis University has changed.  We are going to the play on Tuesday of next week instead of Wednesday.  The children do not need to bring a sack lunch as we will be eating at the school when we return.  Everyone is encouraged to wear their class t-shirt or red.

We have DISCOVERY TESTING next week.  Our class will be testing reading on Monday and math on Wednesday.  Please make sure your child has a good night's sleep, eats a healthy breakfast, and wears comfy clothes.  I'm anticipating a lot of growth on this assessment and I can't wait to see how all of the children do.

In language arts, we've been working hard on a poetry unit.  The children have been busy reading and writing different types of poetry. 

We finished our money unit in math and have moved onto measurement.  In this unit, the students will measure and estimate lengths in standard units and tell time to the nearest five minutes.

In science we're continuing to learning about different habitats.  Be on the lookout for our final field trip letter and permission slip next week....we're going to Brookfield Zoo!  This trip will enhance our habitat unit and will be a lot of fun for the kiddos in May. 

We have library and gym on Monday.  Please make sure your child comes prepared with books and gym shoes. 

The Weber Weekly

We had a really AWESOME week back after Spring Break!  The children showed so much compassion during Autism Awareness Week and truly learned a great deal of new information. 

I'm happy to announce we took FIRST PLACE in the "One for Books" Coin Drive.  As a school, we raised $1,100!!  Our class brought in a grand total of $163.10.  I'm so incredibly proud of the efforts and donations for this wonderful cause.  Scholastic will be matching our school's efforts and donating that money to our school library.  As the winning class, we will be able to shop the book fair this week and spend our total to get new books for our classroom.  Soo exciting!! 

We will be previewing the Scholastic Book Fair today and then shopping on Wednesday.  Family Night will be after school on Wednesday from 4:00-7:30 in the Media Center.  I will not send home a book order this month due to the book fair.   

Our Money Math Unit is off to a great start.  The students need to be secure with naming coins and their values, counting coin combinations, and adding prices to find the total amount.  Since this is such a short unit, we will be taking our Outcome Assessment already this week.

April is National Poetry Month!  We spent last week learning about acrostic and bio poems.  The class did a great job coming up with their own ideas and writing their poems. 

In reading we are working on identifying story elements, such as characters and setting, as well as parts of the story, such as beginning, middle, and end.

Over the next several weeks in science, we will be exploring the different habitats in our world.  I gave the children an overview of all of the habitats last week, and now we will spend some time focusing on each individual habitat, starting with the ocean. 

Did you return your spring pictures or payment yet?  Please do so as soon as possible. 

I'm out at the District Office today for Common Core.  I'm available via email if you need to get in touch. 

Have a great week!!  :)