October 2023

Cicero District 99 continues its efforts to engage parents and students in learning at home.

Through the Strategic Planning process, community feedback indicated that parents want support and resources to use at home with their children.

The purpose of this newsletter is to provide resources you can use at home to support students in extending their learning. Each month, the topics will align with classroom instruction.

Working together, we can improve outcomes for our students.

The links below are resources you can use with your students at home to support math instruction this month.

Kindergarten: Understand 1 More

Kindergarten: Comprende 1 más

First Grade: Add and Subtract in Word Problems

First Grade: Suma y resta en problemas verbales

Second Grade: Solve Two-Step Word Problems

Second Grade: Resuelve problemas verbales de dos pasos

Third Grade: Understand the Meaning of Multiplication

Third Grade: Comprende Significado de la multiplicación

Fourth Grade: Multiplication and Division in Word Problems

Fourth Grade: Multiplicación y división en problemas verbales

Fifth Grade: Read and Write Decimals

Fifth Grade: Lee y escribe decimales

Sixth Grade: Add, Subtract, and Multiply Multi-Digit Decimals

Sixth Grade: Suma, resta y multiplica decimales de varios digitos

Seventh Grade: Understand Addition with Negative Integers

Seventh Grade: Comprende Suma con enteeros negativos

Eighth Grade: Describe Angle Relationships

Eighth Grade: Descreibe relaciones entre angulos

District 99 adopted a new literacy curriculum, Amplify, for grades K-8 for the 2023-2024 school year. Below, you will find information regarding the unit(s) being studied this month, as well as ways you can extend the learning at home.

Kindergarten

Unit 3: Stories

Unit 3: Cuentos

First Grade - Students will be finishing up a unit and beginning the next during this month.

Unit 2 - The Human Body

Unit 2 - El cuerpo humano

Unit 3 - Different Lands, Similar Stories

Unit 3 - Tierras diferentes, cuentos similares

Second Grade - Students will be finishing up a unit and beginning the next during this month.

Unit 2 - Early Asian Civilizations

Unit 2 - Antiguas civilizaciones de Asia

Unit 3 - The Ancient Greek Civilization

Unit 3 - La civilización griega antigua

Third Grade - Students will be finishing up a unit and beginning the next during this month.

Unit 2 - Animal Classification

Unit 2 - La clasificación de los animales

Unit 3 - The Human Body: Systems and Senses

Unit 3 - El cuerpo humano: sistemas y sentidos

Fourth Grade - Students will be finishing up a unit and beginning the next during this month.

Unit 2 - Empires in the Middle Ages, Part 1

Unit 2 - Los imperios en la Edad Media, parte 1

Unit 2 - Empires in the Middle Ages, Part 2

Unit 2 - Los imperios en la Edad Media, parte 2

Fifth Grade - Students will be finishing up a unit and beginning the next during this month.

Unit 2 - Early American Civilizations

Unit 2 - Las primeras civilizaciones americanas

Unit 3 - Poetry

Unit 3 - Poesía

Sixth Grade

6B: Mysteries & Investigations

6B: Misterios e investigaciones

Seventh Grade

7D: Poetry and Poe

7D: La poesía y Poe

Eighth Grade

8C: Science & Science Fiction

8C: La ciencia y la ciencia ficción)

Oral language development is important for all students, but even more so for our multilingual learners.

To help your child develop their oral language, it is important to engage in a variety of stimulating conversations and practices on a regular basis. This resource provides you with ideas of activities you can do with your child to help foster a practice of oral language in English and Spanish. In addition, we have provided a list of questions you can use to guide meaningful and language-rich conversations with your child.

In Cicero District 99, we believe every student deserves a safe space for learning and self-expression. In October, we recognize National Bullying Prevention Month to highlight the importance of fostering a community of inclusion, safety and respect.

Bullying isn’t a childhood rite of passage; it has real implications for a child’s education, health and safety today and into the future. Bullying can leave devastating and often long-term effects, such as a loss of self-esteem, increased anxiety and depression for all involved. When one out of every five students report being bullied each year, we aim to work together towards change.

This month is a time to unite nationally to educate and raise awareness of bullying prevention. We invite you to join us in raising awareness in our schools and community as we work toward our shared goal of inclusion, support and respect for all.

Cicero District 99 has partnered with Care Solace to support the wellbeing of students, staff and their family members. Care Solace is a complimentary and confidential care coordination service that can help you quickly find mental health or substance use treatment options matched to your needs, regardless of circumstance. If you would like to use Care Solace to help you find a provider:

● Call (888) 515-0595. Multilingual support is available 24/7/365.

● Visit www.caresolace.com/cicd99 and either search on your own OR click “Book Appointment” for assistance by video chat, email or phone.

Together, we can make a change and create healthy and safe learning environments for all students to thrive!

Cicero District 99 will join together during the month of October to participate in various activities to promote safety, drug awareness and anti-bullying. All students and staff are encouraged to wear an orange or white on this day. Click here to learn more about Unity Day in a letter from our superintendent, Dr. Aldo Calderin.

Website: www.cicd99.edu
Location: 5110 W 24th St, Cicero, IL, USA
Phone: (708) 863-4856
Facebook: facebook.com/CiceroDistrict99
Twitter: @D99Cicero