Last Post of 2010 !

Greetings!

The children and I had so much fun the last week of school. We studied a few holidays around the world- including the creation of a poinsettia and a holiday card based on our studies of England and Mexico! The children made a special gift for you- I hope you got a smile out of your "Melty" the Snowman. We had an enriching lesson shedding some "light" on the similarities of several holidays from Mrs. Patel (see below), and we celebrated with a holiday book exchange... not too long after being serenaded by Mr. Deptula and his 5th grade carolers! I know that the children work so hard every single day at school, so it was nice to ease things up a little bit and give the children some time to sing, create, and truly enjoy some hands-on, interactive learning at school!

Mr. D and his 5th grade carolers!

 I hope each and every one of you is enjoying a warm and happy winter break. Have lots of fun family time!! Thank you for all of the gifts, cards and treats that I received leading up to last Friday! It is a wonderful to feeling to receive all of the care and appreciation that you've shared with me! I am so happy to spend each day working with 23 amazing children- and their supportive families.

Here are a few “short and sweet” details for you!

Reading

Read lots of books over the holiday break! Keep that fluency and comprehension going 

strong!


Writing
We will begin our unit on Poetry in January! Also, the children will be preparing to take
their "Handwriting Test" before moving on to our cursive handwriting instruction. All letters
should be formed properly in print (in a nut shell: top-down, and letters mainly closed on
top!) before we will be ready to make the transition...

Math

Please, please, please, practice those addition facts over break! Subtraction is coming up!

Social Studies

We enjoyed watching the second half of the landmark challenge reports! It was apparent

that authentic learning happened as a result of these projects, the children were able

to speak comfortably about each of their topics. I have to say that I was especially 

pleased with the results of our Citizenship tests! While we did need to review the spelling 

of our President's name, the children truly became experts during this unit!

Sarah studied the Statue of Liberty, and made a clay replica!

Lucas documented his learning about the Golden Gate Bridge in a detailed poster!

Kristopher created a booklet that showed all of his learning about the Statue of Liberty!

Lexi shared her learning of Lady Liberty!

Audrey shared her expertise about the Statue of Liberty.

Hannah created a diorama of Mount Rushmore!

Holidays Around the World
While we weren't able to delve as deeply into our cultural studies with this unit as I had
hoped, we were able to touch on the winter traditions and customs that go along with Hanukkah, Christmas in Mexico, Christmas in England, and Christmas in Germany! We 
covered as much information as we could in the time that we had! Encourage your child to 
read through the fascinating customs and answer the questions about the traditions of 
the countries in the holiday packets that they brought home. There are also a few links 
here on the blog that they might want to explore a little bit further, too!  We will more 
fully cover our "Cultural Comparison" learning objective when we study the country of Australia in the spring.

Thanks to Mrs. Patel for enriching our cultural studies the day before break by preparing
 an engaging lesson for our class! It was a lesson called the "Universality of Light."  During this lesson, the children were broken into small groups and given a holiday to investigate, including: Hanukkah, Eid, Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Diwali. With their groups, the children looked through the books for examples of ways that the concept of light is incorporated. We found that light is a part of each and every one of these holidays, and it is something that we share with people across the cultures.  After sharing their findings, the children were given a glass votive holder to decorate and a votive candle, to remind them of their learning. It was a wonderful way to "enlighten" the children about holidays and cultures that are celebrated by people all around us.


Book Exchange:
The children were so excited to see what new book they had chosen during our book 
exchange! Thank you for participating!

Coming Soon:  THE LMC WILL BE "CLOSED" FROM 1/10 – 1/14 due to 
MAP testing!

January 3: Welcome back to school!

January 10: Reading MAP testing

January 13: Math MAP testing

Countdown to 2011!

This is a picture of the children after our class
election, wearing their "I VOTED!" buttons.

Can you believe our winter break is just around the corner? The time really seems to be flying by these days! Coming up this week is the third grade musical, our Winter Book Exchange, plus as much holiday excitement as we can squeeze in! The children will be enjoying some hands-on fun as we learning about customs around the world, too!

The children have been presenting their Landmark Challenge Projects the last few days! I can’t stress enough what a valuable learning experience this has been, and the children will remember it for a long time. The children who completed their projects are invited to have their lunch with me in the classroom on Tuesday. They will also receive a “no homework pass” for all of their hard work on these projects. They can use it for one night of absolutely no homework. Simply attach it to the reading log the night your child chooses to use it, so that I can tell it is being redeemed!

Aleksandra is now a Mount Rushmore expert!

Michael told us all the interesting details about Mount Rushmore!

Eric illustrated and labeled his own Golden Gate Bridge!

Nicolette studied the Statue of Liberty

Matthew researched the Liberty Bell

Noah visited Mount Rushmore!

Peter described The Alamo, complete with his Davy Crockett-style cap.

Jack presented Mount Rushmore.

Logan taught us about the Golden Gate Bridge.

Azan took us on a tour of the White House!

Christine learned all about Mount Rushmore.

Emily created her own miniature Mount Rushmore!

Alya designed a pamphlet about the Golden Gate Bridge.

Spelling

Next week we will focus on words with the /u/ sound, spelled u, u-e, ie, and ou.

Reading

We started off the week listening to a story to build our listening comprehension and oral vocabulary, called “Feathers in the Wind.” It was about a little girl named Mina who loved to gossip about everyone around her! A wise old woman taught her a valuable lesson when she asked Mina to cut open her feather pillow and bring it across town to her. Of course, the feathers blew all over town. The woman asked Mina to collect the feathers. Mina found that it was impossible to collect even a fraction of the feathers that escaped. We learned that our words can travel just like the feathers and they are impossible to get back, so we decided to think carefully before we speak.  New oral vocabulary words include: gossip, recall, regret, communicate, and opinion.

We then read a whole group story together called, “Head, Body, Legs.” It is a folktale from Liberia. In this story we found that the Head, Body, and Legs were not able to accomplish much without each the help of other. Together, however, they were very successful!  Through reading this story we were able to identify many examples of cause and effect.  We also practiced determining the meaning of unknown words using our context clues.  Our vocabulary words from this story as well as our guided reading texts were: attached, breathe, delicious, frantically, gasped, and swung.

Grammar

The children practiced action verbs and abbreviations during their grammar lessons this week! We played a few minutes of “charades” each morning- having the children guess each other’s actions (swimming, reading, smiling, laughing, skipping, etc.) to remind the children that verbs are things we do!

Writing

We have taken some time this week to review the "Think, Draw, Label, Write," structure of the writing program. The children have been starting off with a minute to simply think about the topic we are going to write about. Then, they are given a few minutes to sketch the images that come to mind as they think about their topic. From there, the children label their picture with as many words and descriptions as they can think of. Finally, they are ready to write. I have been modeling this process for the children as we become more familiar with it. Just as we are working to build the children’s reading fluency, we are also working to increase their writing fluency. The children are excited about this new method, and they are writing more than I have seen them write all year! They enjoy taking a minute to share their writing with a neighbor at the end of our writing time, and then with the class! Topics the children wrote about this week included: 1) How to build a snowman, 2) ways to stay warm in the winter and 3) writer’s choice! Their writing is so much fun to read!

The children are reading each other's writing,
writing down compliments on the large yellow post-it notes.

We also had our long awaited Writer's Celebration! The children were able to share their narrative writing with their classmates as we moved around the room reading each other's work. The children wrote down their thoughts about each other's work on large post-it notes that we attached to the stories. This not only encouraged the children to read each other's work carefully so they could come up with some thoughtful comments, but they were also excited to read what their classmates had to say about their work!

Coming up next: our unit on Poetry!

Math

We practiced using a tape measure to measure lengths and distances to the nearest inch and centimeter. The children practiced estimating this week. After much practice, I am pleased to see how comfortable they have become when deciding if they should round up (numbers ending in 5 or more) or round down (numbers ending in 4 or less).  We are also beginning our practice with the “Partial Sums” algorithm. Here’s a brief explanation: When adding two digit numbers, start in the TENS place, then adding the ONES place, and then combining the two together. (Ex:  46 + 27. Tens: 40+20=60, ones: 6+7 = 13,  combine: 60+13=73.) This strategy will take some getting used to, but I’m so pleased with the way the children are using this method already. We are encouraging the development of the “problem solving” mentality, as opposed to learning one method and focusing solely on it. The children will learn to “carry the one” but that method doesn’t build number sense in the same was as the Partial Sums algorithm. The children will have exposure to both methods.

We continue to practice our addition math facts!  Many of the children have successfully completed 100 problems in 5 minutes, and are now at 4, 3, and even 2 minutes! If your child is still working to complete their 100 problem test in a 5 minute time period, please spend a few minutes over the weekend or after school during the week reviewing their facts. We will be moving on to subtraction after the holiday break, and it will help them greatly if they already have their addition facts firmly in place. It will also help them during our daily math lessons, and prepare them for skills that are coming up, too!

Social Studies

The children learned so much during their unit on citizenship. After discovering the meaning behind the words of the Pledge of Allegiance, we learned about symbols that represent our country including the bald eagle, the Great Seal, Uncle Sam, the flag, the Statue of Liberty, and the Liberty Bell!  We also figured out what the colors of our flag stand for: red – bravery, white – goodness, and blue- liberty. 

In order to deepen our understanding of the voting process, we also had a mock election this week! A few students volunteered to help me develop 4 characters to run for the office of President of our class. These characters were “Fair Frank,” “Healthy Harry,” “Silly Sally,” and “Tough Tiffany.” Of course there were benefits to choosing each of these candidates. After listening to a speech that each of the candidates gave to their constituents, the children were asked to make a preliminary selection as to who they would choose for office. They made a campaign button that they wore all day at school, and they created a campaign poster for their candidate stating why they were the best person for the job. They hung their posters in the classroom for their classmates to view. Later that day, we had a debate. The children stood on one of the four sides of the classroom based on their candidate selection. They talked about why they thought their candidate was stronger than the others. They came up with some very thoughtful ideas! (Yes, Silly Sally offered McDonald’s in the lunchroom and video games during the day, but we would be very unhealthy and have to stay in school longer if we played all day!) The children were given the opportunity to switch candidates after listening to the ideas of their peers. (They had to share why they made the switch!) Finally, the children registered to vote by completing their Voter Registration cards, and they voted for Class President one at a time in our “makeshift” voting booth. We tallied up the votes together as a class and found that Fair Frank won the majority of the votes in the election. Fair Frank stated he would listen to the people, make sure everyone is treated equally, and would combine hard work with fun learning experiences. Great choice, class!

The children really enjoyed our 2^nd grade version of the voting process, and I think they gained a lot from the experience!

Book Exchange

Our book exchange is coming up on Friday afternoon. Remember to wrap up a book that your child has already enjoyed reading, and bring it to school. We will drop the wrapped books into a grab bag for a fun swap! It will be an exciting way to “grab” a new book to read over the long winter break!

Coming up:

This is our week to say the Pledge of Allegiance! Perfect timing!

Tuesday, December 14: 3rd grade musical, Landmark Luncheon (regular lunch routine, different location to eat it :)

Friday, December 17: Winter Book Exchange; Last day before break!

It's December!

December is here.. Complete with our first real snowfall of the school year! Please make sure to send your children with a pair of shoes to change into once they’ve arrived at school. (Gym shoes if its Monday or Thursday!!) It might also be helpful to keep a spare pair of socks and/or gloves in your child's backpack so the children are comfortable and warm during these upcoming cold days of winter.

Our miniature holiday around the world unit is coming up soon. As Hanukkah has already begun, we read several fun stories about the 'Festival of Lights' including The Chanukkah Guest and Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel. They are such cute stories that incorporate some of the foundation of the holiday. We also started opening the windows of a Christmas Countdown calendar. The children will soon learn that this is a tradition we pull from Germany! (If you do NOT want your child to have the small piece of chocolate from the window on their day, please let me know! Since I hadn’t let you know until today, we have been sending them home in a little zip-loc bag). It will be fun connecting our learning about Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Christmas to the learning we’ve had several weeks back about the Eid holiday with Mrs. Patel. The children have already begun making comparisons!

Spelling

Being a review week in our reading series, we did not have a formal spelling list. The
children really enjoyed, however, choosing their own words! I was impressed with the
authentic high frequency words they found in their own writing that they decided they
wanted to practice. They also chose some interesting and challenging high interest words! 
I noticed that the children were very motivated to practice these words that they chose
for themselves. I can’t wait to grade the tests today and see how they did!

Next week we will focus on words with the long /e/ sound, spelled e, ee, ea, ey, and y.

Reading

This was our final week of Unit 2, and we took our Unit Assessment. The children participated in independent reading centers as well as their guided reading groups throughout the week. Next week starts Unit 3!

Math

The children worked on “start, change, end” story problems this week. They began by identifying the unit in the story problem. Then, they decided if it was a “change to less” problem, or a “change to more” (addition vs. subtraction.) The children analyzed the thermometer and discussed the differences they noticed between the Fahrenheit and
Celsius measurements.  We determined the appropriate temperatures for freezing – 32ºF, boiling -212ºF, internal body temperature – 98.6ºF, and a comfortable room temperature – 72ºF. (Feel free to review these with your children!) We reinforced the start, change,
end, concept looking at the changes in temperature on a variety of thermometers.

Social Studies

The children’s Landmark Challenge Projects are due on Tuesday. Feel free to bring them in tomorrow. It will be so much fun to watch the children share what they’ve learned about
these historical, symbolic structures in our country with their classmates!

The class carefully read the words of the Pledge of Allegiance this week. We broke it
down into simpler terms, so we would better understand it. The children learned that
every time we say it, we are making a promise to our country- as well as the people who
live in it- to be loyal. We are thankful to be living in a strong country based on freedom
and fairness.

After learning about our city and state government, the children learned about our country’s government this week! We now know that Congress, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives, helps the President make laws for the country, and is a part of the Legislative Branch. We discovered that the President is the leader of our country, and that he is a part of the Executive Branch of government. Last the children learned that the Supreme Court is the highest court in the country and is a part of the Judicial Branch. We know that the Constitution is a set of laws that everyone in our country lives by, and these rules have been in existence for over 200 years! Ask the children to tell you the three branches of government (drawing a tree might help!) as well as the building in Washington that is associated with each one (US Capitol, White House, and Supreme Court!)

My class is so, so smart!! They amaze me with what theycan show me they've learned!

Holiday Book Exchange

Our next mini-unit will be a study of holidays around the world. As we prepare for our upcoming holiday season, I thought it would be fun for us to have a small gift exchange in our class! Have your child choose a book from home that they have already enjoyed reading.  Help them wrap it up and bring it to school on Friday, December 17^th! We will place all of these old favorites in a bag, and have the children “grab” a new one! 

Coming Soon:

December 13-17: It’s our week to say the Pledge of Allegiance!

December 14 : 3^rd Grade Musical

December 17: Holiday Book Exchange... and Winter Break begins at the end of the school day!  

Weekly Update: November 15-19

Greetings!

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! It’s hard to believe that this time of year is already here. Your children have brought home their first progress report of the year. Go over it with them, and accentuate their strengths! Talk about ways they can make improvements, too! Overall the children are working very hard every day. I am proud to say that we have a very kind, caring class! It is so nice to see the children getting along so well with each other. They look out for each other, too! Thank you for all of the support you give the children at home with their schoolwork, it does not go unnoticed. I am amazed to see all of the children bringing their homework in every single day! The children are benefiting from all of the emphasis you place on their learning at school.  Thank you!!

• The children did a phenomenal job in their music show Wednesday night! They spoke so loudly and clearly, and they sang their little hearts out. You must be so proud!
• Remember to return your signed report card envelopes next week at conferences!
• Encourage your child to keep working on their Landmark Challenge Project, they are due on December 7th! Really encourage them to take ownership of their project. Have them practice presenting it- to the family, a mirror, or even a digital camera so they can play it back and see how they did! 
• See the bottom of this post for our fall conference schedule. See you Monday or Tuesday!

Spelling

The week after break, the children will be focusing on words with the long /e/ sound, spelled ‘ee’, ‘ea’, ‘e’, and ‘y’! 

Reading

Our theme this week had to do with sports and physical activity!  We started off listening to the story of John Henry, and how he defeated a machine digging a hole through a mountain with his physical strength!  Our oral vocabulary words included: physical, hero, energetic, and exhausted.  We then went on to read a realistic fiction piece called, “There’s Nothing Like Baseball.”  We practiced making inferences again to build our understanding of the story. We remembered that when we make an inference, we mix a little about what we read with a little about what we know to determine what the author is intending for us to understand.  Our new vocabulary words that popped up all week included:  imaginary, uniform, practices, starting, tryouts, and coach! The children played a little guessing game with their vocabulary words that we called “Vobackulary!”  I stuck a vocabulary word on all of the children’s backs, and they had to ask their classmates for clues using Yes/No questions about their word- without saying it!  It was fun to watch them think critically about their new words as well as their meanings. Also, try this activity for additional review: Have your child try to think of a sentence about YOU, using each of their vocabulary words!  Take turns! 

We practiced identifying words with multiple meanings, such as: coach (a mode of transportation, and the leader of a team), and uniform (official clothing of a group of people, and “unchanging”). We looked at sample dictionary entries to determine which meaning was being used in a series of sample sentences. 

Finally, we read an informational text about activities that students like to do to keep physically fit. The text incorporated the use of graphs to reinforce the information. (This tied in nicely with our math lessons last week!) The children are able to recognize that graphs are generally a nonfiction text feature, and they help us to better visualize and understand the text.

Grammar

We continued to work on apostrophes this week! The children reinforced what they learned last week: ‘s is added to a singular noun who “possesses” something, s’ is added to a plural noun who “possesses” something, and sometimes, the letter s is just used to make a noun plural, or more than one! It can be tricky to differentiate the use of the apostrophe, but the children are really impressing me with their understanding of these concepts!

Writing

We are currently publishing our narrative stories. The children learned to sequence events into the beginning, middle and end. They developed a problem, created a solution, and practiced editing and revising their work. They are transferring their stories into a "book" format including illustrations. It will be fun to share their writing with another writer's celebration after the Thanksgiving holiday break!


The children applied the sequencing skills they’ve developed and wrote a recipe on how to make a turkey for Thanksgiving! Using laptops in our classroom, the children word processed these pieces on their own. (I helped them add bullets and increase the size of the font, but the rest of the work was theirs!) Normally these can be pretty inventive, but the children thought carefully about what they’ve seen you do in the past!  Some of these recipes could actually be close! For the most part, they did a great job using the computers independently!

Math

We spent some time reviewing frames and arrows problems with two rules this week. We also did some hands on work using coins- counting them and practice making change.  The children took their Unit 3 assessment and we jumped right in to Unit 4, which focuses on addition and subtraction.  We began the unit by completing “Change to More” number stories. Coming up after break: parts and total number stories, reading temperature on the thermometer and calculating temperature changes, estimating, and adding 2 and 3 digit numbers!

Social Studies

This week the children broke down the different levels of government. They learned about our leaders at the city, state, and national level (mayor, governor, president). We talked about the group of people who help at each of these levels (city- council, state- legislature.)  The children also learned more specifically how the government in the state of Illinois helps the people who live in it, including providing funding and setting standards for our schools, maintaining the highways, keeping the land and water clean, and making and enforcing laws that are special for Illinois. 

Have fun working on your landmark challenge projects over the long break from school!

       

Coming Soon:

November 22/23:  No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 24/25/26: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

December 7: Landmark Challenge Projects are due!

Thanks for reading, and

have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Below is a copy of our conference schedule:

Monday, November 22

8:30:  Michael D.

9:10:  Nicolette E.

9:30:  Eric P.

9:50:  Audrey H.

10:10:  Lexi N.

10:30:  Christine A.

2:30:  Azan K.

2:50:  Annie H.

3:10:  Logan H.

4:30:  Aleksandra K.

4:50:  Michael R.

5:10:  Kristopher B.

5:30:  Emily C.

5:50:  Peter G.

6:10:  Sarah R.

6:30:  Matthew S.

6:50:  Jack P.

7:10:  Robert L.

7:30:  Noah M.

7:50:  Hannah E.

Tuesday, November 23

8:30:  Brooke S.

8:50:  Lucas B.

9:10:  Alya P.

Weekly Update! November 8-12

Greetings!

Hi everyone! It’s hard to believe that there is only one week left until Parent/Teacher Conferences and our Thanksgiving Break! Below are some points to note!

* The children had a visit from Mayor Mulder this week! She did an amazing job of connecting her presentation with what the children learned during their Arlington Heights unit, as well as with what is coming up in our Citizenship unit! It was truly an authentic learning experience! 

* Progress Reports will go home next Friday, November 19th! Please sign and return your conference envelope at our conference, so we are able to use the envelope again the following trimester.

* The second grade musical will take place on Tuesday evening, November 17^th!

* The children received a brightly colored leaf today to decorate for the musical, feel free to decorate it and bring it back to school on Monday

* The children also received their Optional Landmark Challenge project packets today. They are encouraged to study a National Landmark, learn some interesting facts about it, create a visual representation, and present it to the class. Look through the packet to find out more about it, or visit:

** The beautiful drawings of our students' Arlington Heights landmarks have been added to the District 25's cable network!  From November 13-22,  the children's work can be seen at 9:00 am and 11:12 pm on AT&T U-verse 99, Comcast channel 15 or WOW channel 17. Or, you can view it here: Arlington Heights Projects

Spelling

Next week the children will be focusing on words with the long /o/ sound, spelled ‘oe’, ‘oa’, ‘ow’, and just plain ‘o’!

Reading

Throughout the week, the children were exposed to texts involving animals. The piece we read to build our listening comprehension was about the life cycle of a frog. Our oral vocabulary words included: mature, occur, hatch, sturdy, and develop.  The children enjoyed learning the aspects of the development of a frog from this nonfiction text. They also enjoyed writing about their life from the perspective of a frog! Our main selection this week was entitled, “Farfallina & Marcel,” a warm story about an unlikely pair of friends, a caterpillar and a duck.  We talked about how these two types of animals grow and change in different ways- the caterpillar goes through the metamorphosis process and changes entirely, while the duck simply grows larger in size until it reaches maturity.  While reading this story, the children learned how to make inferences to build their comprehension. We learned that an inference is a good guess about something that happened in the story that the author doesn’t specifically tell us. We broke down this process into steps. First, we think about something that we read in the text. Then, we think about information we already know about it. Last, we put the two together and think about a likely outcome based on these two things. For example, we READ that Farfallina was up in the tree, wrapped in silk.  We KNOW that caterpillars create a chrysalis in order to go through their metamorphic change.  Therefore we were able to INFER that Farfallina would soon be a butterfly! As we continued reading, we were able to confirm that we were correct!  Making inferences can be a challenging skill, but breaking it down into steps this way seemed to be very helpful for the children. Vocabulary words we noticed in this story include: fluttered, recognized, snuggled, vanished, peered, and giggled.  We noticed that all of these words are verbs, and they are all in the past tense! The children are very observant, and also identified these SAME vocabulary words in the books from their guided reading groups, too! (This is one nice example of the alignment Treasures has built into our program!)

Grammar

The children were exposed to possessive nouns this week. We learned that when a singular noun “possesses” something, we add and apostrophe s to the end. When a plural noun possesses something, we add an apostrophe to the end!  We had to really think about what to do in the case of irregular plurals, including “mice,” “children,” and “geese!” (we added ‘s to these!)

Writing

The children reviewed the components of a Friendly Letter this week. They noticed that often there is a heading at the top of a letter that includes the sender’s address and the date. Next we found the greeting, body, signature, and closing.  The children wrote friendly letters (cards) to veterans in honor of Veteran’s Day. They were sent out to a Veteran’s hospital to bring a smile to one of our everyday hero’s faces.  The children further practiced this skill by writing YOU a friendly letter! You will be receiving it at conference time!

Math

We worked with frames and arrows with two rules this week! The children were very successful incorporating this added component into their math practice! We also learned to make change. The children practiced counting up from the cost of the item, to the amount paid, in order to find their change. They also practiced identifying more than one way to make change. We used the hundreds chart to assist us with this practice. We are nearing the end of Unit 3 and our assessment will be approaching next week!

Social Studies

We learned about a patriotic song this week -“America, the Beautiful.” We broke down the words in the song and talked about their meaning!

We also reviewed rules and consequences, and their importance, in a community. The children learned about our local government- including the Mayor, the council that supports her, and the judge and court system that maintains fairness and equality for the members of a community. We talked about taxes, and the government services that are funded because of the taxes that citizens pay. Why not watch a village board meeting with your child at home?! We learned that “we are the government,” since we have a voice in what happens in our city, state, and national government through the election process and otherwise.  We especially enjoyed our visit from Mayor Mulder. She talked to us about her job in our town, and how she wants Arlington Heights to be the best town it can be. She also explained a little bit about the voting process, and how important it is to choose a leader that listens to the people he or she represents. The children learned so much and were very engaged during her visit!

The children were given one of our past 43 presidents to research! They used several websites in the LMC this week to learn interesting information about their president, including: where they received their education, their political party affiliation, and important events that happened while they were in office! These will be on display in the hallway for everyone to learn from! They practiced searching for an image online, then they cut and pasted the picture of their choice onto their report. 

       

Coming Soon:

November 17: 2^nd grade Musical

November 19: Report Cards go home, Landmark Challenge Contracts due

November 22/23:  No School, Parent/Teacher Conferences

November 24/25/26: No School, Thanksgiving Holiday

November 29: No School for students. SIP day

December 7: Landmark Challenge Projects are due!

Thanks for reading!