Number The Stars

Fourth Grade students will be reading and discussing the book, "Number The Stars" by Lois Lowry, a John Newberry Medal Winner. They were given the book on Monday of this week and need to have read the first 9 chapters by next Monday. Number The Stars, is the story of a 10 year old Jewish girl during World War II. Students read and discussed a similar story called "The Power of Light" and this story ties in very well with it. We will complete the book by Winter Break.

Culver's Night

Cowlishaw is having a dinner night out at Culver's TODAY Dec. 9th from 10:30 am - 10 pm. 20% of all sales will go towards the PTA. We are holding a classroom competition to encourage participation in the event. The classroom that has the most percentage of its students participate will receive free custard. Culvers will donate cards for free custard to the winning classroom! Please come out for dinner and support the Cowlishaw Family and tell your child to sign their name on their classroom sheet to get credit.

FOURTH GRADE GEOMETRY UNIT ENDS TODAY

Fourth Grade students have completed their geometry unit by taking a final assessment today. They will begin their Literature unit on Monday of next week.

Third Grade Wraps Up Algebra Unit

Third Grade PA students will be taking their Final Test on Friday, November 19th. The test will consist of 10 problems, some that look like this one.

2(-X + 2X) + 4(-X) + 2 = X = (-4)

They have worked hard during this unit and learned a great deal.

Good Luck to all of you!

CHESS TOURNAMENT

Chess Tournament

Saturday, December 11, 2010

On-line Registration


See this link: http://www.dgfrog.org/Chess_Register.html

SPOTLIGHT ON SCIENCE

Parents,

There is an upcoming opportunity for 4th graders at Cowlishaw...Spotlight on Science.

Spotlight on Science takes the young scientist on a journey where he/she explore the process of scientific enquiry in greater detail. It is a comprehensive unit that both teaches and reviews concepts, and prepares the young elementary students for middle school.

Subjects taught: Life Science, Environmental Science, Force and Motion, Magnets, Electricity, Chemistry, Earth Science, Astronomy

Dates: January 12, 19, 26 and February 3, 10, 17 (Wednesdays in 2011)

Location: Cowlishaw Elementary School (Students may stay after school and proceed straight to the program.)

Early registration is recommended, as spaces are limited.

Fee: $120 on or before December 2; $140 after December

For additional information, please email pathwayenrichment@gmail.com, or call 630.995-6494.

More information will be sent home via a flyer.

PARENT-TEACHER CONFERENCES

I hope that I met with you over the past two weeks during Parent-Teacher conferences. My goal was to meet with parents of PA students who were new to the program this year. I know I missed a few conferences and I apologize to those parents that I did not have an opportunity to meet with. At times I was scheduled to meet with 4-5 parents at a time. If I did not meet with you and would like to meet, please contact me and we can schedule a conference time.
Thank you for the hard work that you do as parents! It truly shows in your child.