April 9th-April 13th

Throughout this entire week, I am "on call" for jury duty. Since I am not sure when, if at all, I will be in this week, please contact either Diane Micek (dmicek@ccsd66.org) or Judy Lattimer (jlattimer@ccsd66.org) with any immediate questions or concerns. I will be checking my email in the evening if you need anything else.

Here is the curriculum outline for the week:

*Reading: This week, we will be reading a News-2-You story about the United States Post Office and the upcoming changes that will be soon taking place. Students will complete daily comprehension, language, and writing activities that relate to this topic.
*Math: We are continuing to practice counting $1, $5, and $10 bills this week. We also will be completing various money and graphing activities related to our Post Office reading.
*Science: This week, students will be completing an in class collage of one season. Students will choose their season on Tuesday and have both Tuesday and Wednesday to find pictures and descriptive words using computers and magazines. Thursday and Friday, the students will have work time to cut out and put their final collages together. The project will be collected before they leave on Friday. A rubric/description of the project will be sent home on Tuesday.
*Readers Theater: Due to a few scheduling conflict this week, students will not have a readers theater play to read this week. Instead, we will be reading an in class story and complete activities that strengthen reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency (which mirrors the goals of readers theater).

Here is the link to view Bill Bellis's weather report on news broadcast Wednesday evening! The picture he took during his visit with us Wednesday was included during his report!

http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/weather/Copy_of_chicago-weather-report-forecast-020120404?CMP=201204_emailshare


**Reminders**
Open House is this Thursday from 6:30-8:00pm. Hope to see everyone there!


Have a wonderful Easter weekend!