Mrs.

Wallace’s Weekly Gazette

Quick Notes . . . Lake in the Hills Elementary
School
(847) 532-6932
*Our Valentine’s Day party will be on Monday, February 14th at 9:00 a.m. Just a Jennifer.Wallace@d300.org
reminder that if students choose to bring in Valentine’s next Monday they need http://lithroom12.weebly.com
to bring in one for each member of our class. Thank you so
much to all of the parents who have volunteered to help out
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with the parties this year or have donated food for our par-
ties. I know the students really appreciate everything you do
to make their parties really special. We are looking forward February 7th , 2011
to a fun time next Friday!
Dates to Remember:
 February 14th
*Because of our snow days the Family Education Night will be rescheduled for Thursday,
February 24th from 6-8p.m. A brochure highlighting sessions to attend went home in last Valentine’s Day Party
weeks Tuesday folder. There are many selections for families with students of all grade 9:00am
levels. Students will receive SPOTs for each station they attend!
 February 18th

What we’re Learning This Week...

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ter
 February 21st
Language Arts: This week in reading we will be working on identifying different
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genres that stories we read fall in. We will also be studying poetry this week and
learning different techniques poets use with words such as alliteration, idi-
oms, similes, metaphors, and onomatopoeias. We will continue to practice
responding to our reading through writing and using our own connections to
make a clearer meaning of the story. Students will also continue working on
learning different prefixes and suffixes to help strengthen their vocabulary.
In writing we will begin a new unit on persuasive writing. This unit will take us
up to the local writing exams which will be held in early March. For this test
students will need to write a persuasive essay given a prompt. Their essay
needs to have a clear introduction that hooks the reader and states their
opinion, lots of support and details, and a clear conclusion that restates their
opinion.
Math: In math we will begin the week by reviewing mean, median, mode, and
range. We will then spend a few days learning about probability. Students will learn how to list outcomes and find
probability in a variety of situations. We will continue to have a weekly math challenge question which is a word
problem that students will have to solve and give a written explanation on how they solved it.
Science/Social Studies: We will wrap up our unit on chemistry this week in science. Students will complete a
study guide at the beginning of the week. We will then do a few review activities related to our unit. The summa-
tive assessment for chemistry will be on Friday.
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(847) 532-6932
Jennifer.Wallace@d300.org
519 Willow Street
Lake in the Hills, IL 60156
Phone: 847-658-2530
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