April 6-10

“Spakausky’s Scoop”

Have a super spring break!

Relax and Enjoy your time off!

Are you looking for a good book to read? Is your child looking for a way to stay busy over

Spring Break? Join us for Family Book Club Night on Wednesday, April 29th @ 6:30 p.m. Simply go to the Center Cass 66 District website, click on "Prairieview", and read more about this great school event! You can then print a registration form and send it in. Please note that registration has been extended.

http://www.ccsd66.org/

No School-
Tuesday, 4/7-Teacher's Institute
Friday, 4/10-No School

Book Orders:
Thanks for the book orders!
Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books

Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
STEPHEN K.
For donating to the basket this week!

Spelling
No spelling this week!

English
Unit 6 -pronouns

Writing
We are working on our mummy books!

Independent Reading Program
Reading folders are due Wed., April 8th!
Reading party lunch is on Thurs., April 10th!

Reading
Biographies are next!

Science
Test on Friday, 3/27!-Chapter 12 on Energy

Social Studies
Egypt continues!

Math
Chapter 6-Data and Graphs
Mad Minutes Schedule:
4/6-Division 2 Mad Minutes

Have an AWESOME Spring Break!!
Mrs. T. Spakausky

Pictures from Egypt Unwrapped!

Extra Credit homework: Over spring break, visit the Field Museum Egyptian Exhibit!

Bring back some kind of proof for extra credit in Social Studies!Enjoy!

Spakausky's Scoop for March 23-27

Pictures from St. Patrick's Day!
Ohhh--are we GREEN!

Joke-
What do you answer that never asks a question?

A telephone

Movie at the Tivoli-
Friday, 3/27-We will eat early in the classrooms, so send a lunch on this day.
We will be at the movie from noon to 1:40ish.
We will be seeing Nanny Mc Phee!
What FUN!

Book Orders:
None at this time.
Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books

Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
For donating to the basket this week!

Spelling
A assignments in cursive, please!

Lesson 25 is due on Thursday, 3/26, NOT FRIDAY!

We have no Language Arts block on Friday!

Test is Thursday, as usual.

English
Unit 6-PRONOUNS
What are pronouns?
What is an object pronoun and a subject pronoun?
How do we use verbs with pronouns?
These are just a few things that we have learned about!

Writing
We are writing a creative story called, My Mommy's Not a Mummy!

Independent Reading Program
Reading folders are due Wed., April 8th!
Reading party lunch is on Thurs., April 10th!

Reading
We have begun a story called, Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the Egyptian Connection
by Mary Blount Christian.
Summary: When precious artifacts are stolen from a Cairo museum, detective John Quincy Jones is put on the case. But Sebastian, the furry canine super sleuth, know it's up to him to track down the valuables before they're smuggled into America.

The students will be graded on their chapter logs.

Book report presentations:
Friday, 3/20-Maggie, Jennifer, Amy
Monday, 3/23-Allie, Eve, Ross, Lucas, Tyler

Science
Chapter 12-Energy
Lesson 1-What is Energy?
Lesson 2-How Can Energy Be Used?
Lesson 3-”Why is Energy Important?

TEST ON CHAPTER 12-ENERGY-WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH!

Social Studies
Ancient Egypt!

Egypt mobiles are due Wed. 4/15! Have fun with these!

Math
Chapter 16- Geometry

CHAPTER 16 TEST ON SOLID FIGURES IS TUESDAY, MARCH 24TH!
KNOW VOCABULARY FROM THE CHAPTER!

Mad Minutes Schedule:
3/23-Multiplication mixes
After spring break, we will start division!

Have a TERRIFIC weekend!!
Mrs. T. Spakausky

Spakausky's Scoop March 16-20

“Spakausky’s Scoop”
March 16-20

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

NO School-Friday, 3/13-Conferences

Sub Alert-There will be a sub in for me on Monday, 3/16.

Monday, 3/16-Character Counts Assembly
Wednesday, 3/18-Jump Rope Assembly

Book Orders:
Thanks for the book orders!
Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books

Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
For donating to the basket this week!

Spelling
A change made with spelling:
Lesson 23 is test and homework is due on Monday, 3/16, not Thursday, 3/12!
Next week, we will pretest on Thursday, 3/19, for lesson 25!

English
We will start unit 6 on pronouns!

Writing
Back to more creative writing!

Independent Reading Program
Reading folders are due Wed., April 8th!
Reading party lunch is on Thurs., April 10th!

Reading
We have begun a story called, Sebastian (Super Sleuth) and the Egyptian Connection
by Mary Blount Christian.
Summary: When precious artifacts are stolen from a Cairo museum, detective John Quincy Jones is put on the case. But Sebastian, the furry canine super sleuth, know it's up to him to track down the valuables before they're smuggled into America.

Book report presentations:
Tuesday, 3/17-Josh, Elena, Kailey, Natalie, Adam
Wednesday, 3/18-Stephen K., Emily, Ethan, Matthew, Hailey
Thursday, 3/19-Lauren, Eric, Marc
Friday, 3/20-Maggie, Jennifer, Amy
Monday, 3/23-Allie, Eve, Ross, Lucas, Tyler

Bring the big sheet and assignment you did on the back of the directions sheet.

Optional: dress as a character in the book, bring prop from the story to help you share the story, do anything else that will make your “book talk” interesting!

Science
Chapter 12-Energy
Lesson 1-What is Energy?
Lesson 2-How Can Energy Be Used?
Lesson 3-”Why is Energy Important?

We will quiz after each lesson!

Social Studies
Ancient Egypt!
What is a sarcophagus?
How do you write your name in hieroglyphs?
What is the capital of Egypt?
What continent is it on?

Math
Chapter 16- Geometry
What are solid figures?
We will be identifying solid figures, model solid figures, combine solid figures, draw figures and do some more problem solving with identifying relationships.
Mad Minutes Schedule:
3/16-multiplication 12's!
3/23-Multiplication mixes

Have an AWESOME weekend!!
Mrs. T. Spakausky

Spakausky Scoop-March 9-13

Conference Schedule

Monday, March 9, 2009

3:15-3:30
Elean Holz
(phone)
3:30-3:45
Steven Diekevers
(phone)
3:45-4:00
Ross Michalek
(phone)
4:00-4:15
Kieran Burke
(Spakausky/Conley)
4:15_4:30
Ethan's Dad
(phone)
4:30-4:45
03/06/09
03/06/09
2:45-3:00
Alex Merinette
(Spakausky/Pellin)

Tuesday, March 10, 2009
03:03:15 AM
Olivia Campbell
3:30-3:45
Alec Wynne
(phone conference)
3:45-4:00
Jermemy Leaf
(Spakausky/Conley)
4:00-4:15
Marc Alvarez
(Spakausky)
4:15_4:30
Lucas Szpytek
(Spakausky/Csorba)
4:30-4:45
Chantalle Dupont
(Spakausky/Trinco)
4:45-5:00
Kailee O'Connor
(Spakausky/Csorba)
5:00-5:15
Ethan Whitfield
(phone conference)

Wednesday, March 11, 2009
3:30-3:45
Lindsay Morton
(Spakausky)
3:45-4:00
Stephen Kubik
(Spakausky)
4:00-4:15
4:15-4:30
4:30-4:45
Allie Brandt (Spakausky/Csorba)
5:00-5:15
Jack Poyton (Spakausky/Csorba)
5:15-5:30
Alex Acosta
(Spakausky/Pellin)
5:30-5:45
Amy Wang
(Spakausky/Pellin)
5:45-6:00
6:00-6:15
6:15-6:30
Jonathan Maghirang
(Spakausky/Trinco)
6:30-6:45
Hailey Rodden
(Spakausky/Trinco)

Early Dismissal-Thurs. 3/12-11:00AM

NO School-Friday, 3/13-Conferences

Book Orders:
They are due Friday, March 6, 2009!
Class User Name: spakausky
Password: Books

Goody Basket-
Thanks to:
For donating to the basket this week!

Student of the Week
Miss Grabowski

Who is Miss Grabowski?
She is a student teacher from Elmhurst College. She will be observing and participating in our class three days a week until the school year ends! What FUN!
Miss Grabowski live Woodridge, Illinois and likes to run in her spare time!

Welcome!!!

Spelling
Lesson 23 is next! (for real)
Work is due Monday, 3/16 and the test will be Monday, 3/16! (NO School Friday).

English
We will start unit 6 on adverbs!

Writing
Back to more creative writing!

Independent Reading Program
Congrats to the following people who made it to the February reading party:
-Elena
-Alec
-Jennifer
-Natalie
-Stephen
-Adam
-Lucas
-Ethan
-Marc
-Max
-Eric
-Chantalle
-Allie

Reading

Science
Chapter 12-Energy

Social Studies
Ancient Egypt!

Math
Chapter 16- geometry.

Mad Minutes Schedule:
Practice 12's next!

Have a nice weekend!!
Mrs. T. Spakausky