Our class is using Social Studies Alive! My Community, a program that truly engages students in learning. Your child will be an active participant, experiencing social studies through innovative teaching practices that include role-playing, creative simulations, group projects, and writing activities. 

 

Some of the topics we will cover in social studies include: What is a community? What is geography? How do people use the environment? Who provides services in a community? How can I be a good shopper? How can one person in a community make a difference in a community? What does a good citizen do? 

 

As the class works on social studies, I will be giving students many opportunities to practice what they are learning in reading and language arts. Your child will have an Interactive Student Notebook in which to write, draw, and answer questions.

 

During the month of May, we will be taking two field trips...the first will be to Naper Settlement to learn about what life was like in the 1800's and the second will be our Downers Grove Field Trip where we will tour the Downers Grove Museum and Downtown Downers Grove. 

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Here are some tips on supporting your child's academic progress in class:

• Discuss social studies and current events with your child and listen to what your child has to say. 

• Extend learning beyond the walls of the classroom. Take your child to historical sites and museums, to local government buildings or events that allow them to experience civics in action, to outdoor places or other sites that support your child's study of geography. Point out that social studies is all around us, that is shapes the present and the future and the way we live, and that every one of us can play an active and positive roll in it.