WEEK OF DECEMBER 8

Too Good For Drugs
On December 10, our class will begin the fifth grade "Too Good For Drugs" program. Deputy Seward from the DuPage County Sheriff's Department will be coming to our classroom on Wednesdays to discuss various topics of drug prevention. A letter explaining more about the program will be sent home after our first session.

Subject Update:

ELA (English/Language Arts)

• Spelling - The Lesson 15 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 next week, students may only print 10 words "just in case" their cursive still needs work. Keep practicing correct letter formation at home!
• English - The students will identify nouns in sentences, distinguish between common and proper nouns, and apply spelling rules to help them form plural nouns. 
• Reading - The students have completed their Sitting Bull projects. We will continue with our theme of challenges as we read an excerpt from the book, Touching Spirit Bear. We will begin with some "word work" to help us with unfamiliar words in the text. We hope to do an initial read through part of the text by the end of the week.

Science - We will learn about three types of symbiosis: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. Students will play a match-up game later in the week to practice identifying these special ways plants and/or animals interact within an ecosystem.

Social Studies - Hopefully, the students have shared with you about our upcoming Trade Fair. Their idea "contracts" are due on Tuesday, December 9. Once ideas have been approved, students can begin production for the fair scheduled for Tuesday, December 16. The students will create a sign for their products in class, and they will receive a "reflections" sheet to complete after the Trade Fair.

Mrs. Strong's Math Class - Students will have a very short Unit 3 Homework Review #3 on Tuesday covering interpreting remainders and finding unit prices. Then we will review all the concepts from Unit 3 to prepare for a test on Thursday, December 11!  

Mark Your Calendar:

Dec. 10 - Too Good For Drugs (Session 1)

Dec. 16 - Early Dismissal (11:00 a.m.)

Dec. 17 - Too Good For Drugs (Session 2)

Dec. 17 - 5th Grade Bowling (a.m.)

Dec. 19 - PV Trip to the Tivoli

Dec. 20 - Jan. 4 - WINTER BREAK!