Parents,
Please email me if you wish a conference time and haven't requested one yet.  I still have a couple of times available.

Also, FYI

FREE PARENT SEMINAR THIS SATURDAY at PATTERSON – 2:00 – 5:00pm  - Enter Door 2 - Joan Smutney is doing a free, informal parent seminar for PA parents that are interested. She's always fun to hear. Feel free to share with PA friends. FYI Patterson is 3731 Lawrence Dr. Naperville 60564

 

- Meeting the Needs of Your Bright, Talented Child: The Role of the Parents
In Discerning the Talents and Abilities of Their Child and How to Best Serve Them in the Home and in the Community
- Presented by Joan Frankiln Smutney, Director of the Center for Gifted; N.L.U.
- Joan Smutney has authored over 21 books on bright and gifted students. Her newest book, Teaching Advanced Learners in the General Ed. Classroom, just received the 2012 Legacy Book Award! Some of Joan Smutney’s books will be available for purchase on Saturday.

SCIENCE SPECTACULAR THIS WEEKEND AT PATTERSON -SPONSORED BY THE CENTER FOR GIFTED
•         Students in grades 1-5 can sign up to participate in the Center for Gifted Science Spectacular this weekend.
-  Each student will rotate through 3 one hour courses:
-  Crazy Chemical Concoctions; Chocolate-Ology; and Physics Fest
-  Each class will be one hour long and will reflect creativity and critical thinking as applied to science. All are designed to challenge thought and ignite creativity of advanced learners.
- This Saturday, November 3; 2:00pm-5:00pm at Patterson, enter door 2
- Tuition $45 Register at www.centerforgifted.org  
- For more information, call 847-901-0173 or see WWW.CENTERFORGIFTED.ORG/CFG_SCIENCESPEC.PDF

 

 

 

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Grade two is working on personification, similes, and metaphors in poetry.  With a partner each child wrote a poem comparing something in nature to an animal.  Each had similar characteristics that were portrayed in the poem. 
The moon now is the subject of metaphors and similes  as the children read the selected moon poems, determine the figurative language that is being used, and draw a picture of the poem.
Grades three, four, and five have finished their respective novels and are working on post-reading activities.
Grade three has completed a graphic organizer answering the question:" Besides Patty, who is the most important person on Shine?" The children are going back into the text, quoting from it, and writing the impact of their character on Shine. 
After completing Call It Courage,  the fourth grade is discussing the concepts of conflict and change in the book.  Later they will be completing an organizer similar to what third grade did.  In addition, students will continue their study of the brain.
Fifth grade students finished The Corn Grows Ripe and wrote a response dealing with change in characters.  They continue to focus on the study of cultures in the Mimi.