April 4 - 8

Dates to Remember                                                                           
Mon. April 4 - School Resumes
Wed. April 13 - Early Dismissal                                          
Fri. April 15 - Animal Poster or Diorama is due
Thurs. April 21 - Spring Open House at Ide

Reading - We'll continue our study of habitats this week.  The students will also be working on writing their research booklet.

Animal Project - Students should be working on either a poster or diorama at home.  They can be brought in whenever your child has finished it.  Any questions, please let me know.

Reading Logs Students voted this week to have a Show and Tell Day for completed reading logs.  Please encourage your son/daughter to read 20 minutes each night and to return their completed log on April 4.

Math - We'll continue our Geometry unit this week, but switch our focus to plane shapes (hexagons, quadrilaterals, etc).  We'll start by describing and classifying plane figures by their attributes (sides, vertices, and edges).  We'll explore combining plane figures to make new figures, and also identify congruent figures.

Estimation Jar Winner - Jack B.
Positive Paw Winner - Jake

Feed My Starving Children Event - Elizabeth Ide families are invtited to participate in an event to help children in malnourished countries around the world.  The event will take place at their Aurora location on Thurs. April 7.  To find out more about the event and to register, please follow the link below.  Registration is now open to the first 90 participants.  The code to register is 781058.    

In addition to participating in wrapping food to be shipped, Feed My Starving Children is also in need of money to pay for shipping the food.  We'll be collecting money at school on through April 7.        

Feed My Starving Children Event

Kane County Cougars Tickets - All students received an order form for a free ticket to attend a Kane County Cougars baseball game.  This is a reward for returning completed reading logs this year.  You have a choice to attend a game on either April 24th or May 6.