Too Good For Drugs Program Begins
Our first session of the "Too Good For Drugs" program was postponed until December 12. Deputy Seward from the DuPage County Sheriff's Department will be coming to discuss various topics of drug prevention. A letter explaining more about the program will be sent home after our first session.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - The Lesson 13 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words, and a final test will be given Friday. *Starting the week of December 10, students will only be able to print up to 5 words on the tests "just in case" they are unsure of their cursive! Please continue to review cursive at home!!
- English - The students will be taking the Unit 2 Nouns Test on Tuesday, December 11!
- Reading - Students will continue to read the novel, Jacob’s Rescue. There is a Ch. 1-8 Vocabulary Quiz scheduled for Wednesday, December 12th! Reminder...2nd Quarter "Biography Shape Booklet" Project is due Thursday, December 13th - Your student should be finishing his/her biography shape booklet. Be sure to use the grader as a checklist to make sure all expectations are met!
- Science - We will do some extension activities related to ecosystems and interactions among living things.
- Social Studies - The students will be learning more about daily life in the colonies. We will make some simple games/toys that colonial children would have used and learn about some home remedies and apothecary treatments for certain ailments. The students will also map out the main ideas and details from Lesson 3 using Inspiration (a computer program).
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class -The students will apply their knowledge of solving algebraic equations to using formulas for distance, perimeter, and volume. We will also work with some special functions on scientific calculators (which I will supply) to evaluate expressions. We will end the week with some problem solving application. The Chapter 4 Test is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday, December 18!
Mark Your Calendar:
Dec. 12 - Too Good For Drugs (Session 1)
Dec. 19 - 5th Grade Bowling (a.m.)
Dec. 19 - Too Good For Drugs (Session 2)
Dec. 21 - Prairieview Holiday Movie at the Tivoli
Dec. 22 - Jan. 6 - WINTER BREAK
