Summer Stuff

Hi everyone! I wanted to put some good stuff on the blog to keep you busy during the summer. Remember to scroll through the blogs from the previous year to review things we learned and to keep those brain cells activated (or at least alive!!!). Also, check out some of the links that are already posted on the right margin of the site! You'll find new great stuff!

Check these out! (Thank you to Brookdale's LMC director, Carrie Ory, for these resources!! Why "re-invent the wheel??")

Reading Incentive programs through
Naperville Public Libraries

Borders Bookstore

Barnes and Noble Bookstores


Here's some stuff that is FREE!

Anderson's books - Author's visits

Kids can bowl - for free - www.kidsbowlfree.com

Naperville Summer Concerts- www.napervilleband.org (June 24-Disney/Family Night)


Clow's LMC site http://clow.ipsd.org/schoolbag.html, ABCya http://www.abcya.com/
Math sites http://brookdalemath.blogspot.com/

GREAT MATH LINK

Check out THIS great site for math reviews, games, and worksheets.

OR try THIS MATH SITE!!!

Satchmo's Blues sites

Here are some great sites to teach you more about Louis Armstrong:

http://www.smithsonianjazz.org/

http://pbskids.org/jazz/nowthen/louis.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121026170

http://www.redhotjazz.com/louie.html

Here are some great sites to study about Roanoke and and Jamestown.

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/
This site allows you to step into the shoes of a Jamestown settler and make choices about where to settle, what kind of town to build, and how to interact with Native Americans. You can see how your choices would play out, and if you would survive as a Jamestown settler.


http://www.history.com/interactives/jamestown-exhibit
This interactive site allows you to see animations and maps, read about the history of Jamestown, and meet historians and descendants of the native americans who lived near Jamestown.

http://www.preservationvirginia.org/rediscovery/page.php?page_id=1
This is the Jamestown rediscovery site, and it shows you all about how they excavated the area where Jamestown was, and what they found.


http://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/previous_seasons/case_jamestown/clues.html
"Secrets of the Dead." This site explores why the people of Jamestown may have suffered something called "The Starving Time." Click on "Explore Jamestown" for an interactive and more information.


http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2007/05/jamestown/jamestown-standalone
This national geographic site lets you explore both Jamestown and a nearby Native American village, in detail.


http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Colonization_Roanoke.html
This is a list of sites that pertain to the mystery of Roanoke Island.



http://thelostcolony.org/education/Students/History/TheRoanokeVoyages.htm
Learn more about the lost colony of Roanoke Island.


http://www.history.com/videos/in-search-of-history-lost-colony-of-roanoke#in-search-of-history-lost-colony-of-roanoke

Here's a video from the History Channel about what happened to the settlers at the Roanoke colony.


ENJOY!!

New Goals

Who says goals are only for the first of the year?? I have made a new resolution that I will get back to my blogging, starting today. There will be a lot of news in the next few months, so be sure to check in periodically and read the past few blogs to keep up to date with what is coming up. While I will not put on the daily assignments, I will inform you about upcoming tests, quizzes, and projects.

Upcoming tests/quizzes:
Wednesday - Digestion quiz (Use outline as a study guide)

We have started a new study built around our new reading selection titled, "Hattie's Birthday Box." Today, we talked about some of the vocabulary and discussed what life was like for the early settlers known as "Homesteaders." Click on the below link for information on this time period in history.

Homesteaders!

A challenge posed to the students today was to bring in an item (or a picture of an item) that is meaningful and has a story behind it. We are going to be discussing how objects hold emotions for us.

Tomorrow we have our last ISAT test in writing. Kids will be asked to write an essay to a given prompt. Please be sure to give your child a good breakfast and get them to bed at a good time.

Don't forget to check out the upcoming events in the right margin of the blog!!

Thank you!

P.S. secret word is your middle name

WHOA!!

10 days since I last posted?? YIKES! Sorry, life has been so super busy.

DON'T forget to work on your explorer project. You should have brought home everything you need to work on it. You will have limited time in school next week to work in the lab/LMC. This would be a great time to use your zip drive!!

Some reminders:

Mr. Electricity assembly THursday - 6:16 - 7:30p.m.

Bake Sale service meeting on Monday after school until 4:45 - you must have a permission slip (Any parents can attend - without a permission slip!!) :-)

Please support our fundraising efforts and come to the Bake Sale on Thursday after the assembly!!

Signed explorer form so your parents know project is due 2/3

field trip slip and money

report card envelope, signed

A L S O

The bell rang and I forgot to hand out the spelling list so here they are:
Base List:
engineer
dentist
librarian
director
customer
pioneer
counselor
tourist
scientist
visitor
investigator
senator
astronomer
character
refrigerator
guardian
commander
physician
politician
leader


Alternate list:
historian
performer
volunteer
disaster
spectator
electrician
custodian
aviator
chemist
philosopher
pharmacist
comedian
orator
veneer
genealogist
Have a great weekend!