Iowa Testing Week
Your child will be taking the Iowa tests on basic skills this week. Please make sure your child is well rested and has a nutritious breakfast. Also, be sure to send a healthy snack/drink to school each day.
Too Good For Drugs (TGFD) Program
All 5th grade students participate in this drug, alcohol, and tobacco awareness program sponsored by the DuPage County Sheriff's Office. Over the next 10 weeks, your student will participate in weekly sessions designed to give them skills to deal with pressures experienced during adolescence.
Subject Update:
Science and Social Studies (Homeroom)
- Science - The students will complete a simple investigation to discover the effects of waves on a beach. Then we will read to learn about different features along the shore, ways humans deal with erosion along the shore, and mysteries of the deep ocean.
- Social Studies - The students will learn about the French and Indian War. The Chapter 7 Test is scheduled for Friday, January 16th!
Language Arts Block
- Spelling - There will be no spelling lesson due to Iowa testing.
- English - The students will begin their study of adjectives. Students will be reviewing their knowledge of nouns as we identify adjectives in sentences because adjectives describe people, places, or things. An adjective answers the questions "what kind" or "how many."
- Reading - Due to Iowa testing during our Language Arts block, students will have more time to focus on the reading of their chosen realistic fiction novels. Remember that students should be reading approximately 20 minutes each night in order to finish the book and have time to complete the scrapbook page project. Your child's goal should be to have their book read by Friday, January 23!
Math Classroom
- Math - We will review about multiples, factors, divisibility rules, and prime and composite numbers on Monday to prepare for a Chapter 11 (Lessons 1-4 only) Quiz on Tuesday! Much of our math time the rest of the week will be taken up with Iowa testing. Our next chapter will cover fractions.
Mark Your Calendar:
Jan. 12 - 16 - IOWA Testing
Jan. 15 - Too Good For Drugs Program (Session 1)
Jan. 19 - No School (M. L. King Day)
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