Ms. Manon's Bio

About Me

The 2025-2026 school year will be my 11th year teaching. I received a Bachelors Degree in Theater from Illinois State University. After working at Universal Studios Creative and EMI Music in Los Angeles, I returned to Chicago where I received my Masters in Education at the University of Illinois-Chicago.

After graduating, I worked at Pritzker Elementary teaching the gifted first grade class for 9 years. I also worked as the Gifted Coordinator for the school. I love teaching novels and writers' workshop as part of a balanced literacy program. This will be my second year teaching at Decatur Classical.

When I am not at work I love competing in trivia nights, watching any Chicago sports team, reading, attending comedy shows and hanging out with my handsome cat, Jake.

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Spelling Words - 12/1/25

Here are the spelling words that will be assessed on Monday, December 1st. Due to schedule issues the assessment has been moved.

Students are practicing /r/ controlled vowels. There will be 10 words assessed. The 3 bonus words will be used to make up for an incorrectly spelled word on the assessment, but won’t be counted against the score if spelled wrong. They will be treated as a true ‘bonus.’

Tarnish

Doctor

Servant

Worship

Turkey

Mirth

Sir

Portion

Motor

Marbles

Bonus: above beginning Mediterranean

Their debut album drops soon! :)

I love this picture. Thanks to Liz for taking it.

At the museum the students drew butterflies and added them to the video screen.

The students gave their classmates feedback on the draft of their poems. They gave very thoughtful and helpful feedback. The students were proud of their work and really liked hearing thoughts and complements from their friends.

iPad contract

Students will have a lesson on technology expectations and sign this contract saying ensuring they will follow the rules.

Reflecting on a science model. How our classroom habitat changed our thinking about why chalta trees aren't growing.

Halloween is Coming!

Just a friendly reminder that students should not share candy with classmates. With Halloween coming, I know students will be receiving a lot of candy. Please make sure your child is not bringing candy to share!

Happy Diwali!

Working on an animal craftivity! Students show their knowledge of the vertebrate group they chose.

Spelling List for 10/17

Here are the spelling words that will be assessed on Friday, October 17th. Students are learning to ad -es to words that end with /y/. They should be able to spell the root word and the word with the /es/ ending.

puppy puppies

penny pennies

study studies

carry carries

butterfly butterflies

lady ladies

bunny bunnies

dry dries

hurry hurries

marry marries

challenge words: along put

Finding facts about Poison Dart Frogs in the Amazon.

The students completed a scavenger hunt with facts about frogs.

Gallery walk about classifying animals.

Unit 2 in our ELA block is a nonfiction unit where students learn animal classifications.

Nonfiction text feature game!

Students are learning about the useful features of nonfiction text. We are focusing on Table of Contents, Glossary, Bold Print, Captions, Graphs, Maps, Charts, Headings, Subheadings and Diagrams.

Progress Reports

Good Afternoon!

Progress reports are going home in folders on Friday. Please keep in mind that these grades are refelctive of weeks 1-4. We have so much more coming this quarter!

Picture Day is Tuesday the 23rd!

Name: Elizabeth Manon
Position: 2nd Grade
Email: ejmanon@cps.edu