This week the fifth grade "Too Good For Drugs" program will begin. Deputy Seward from the DuPage County Sheriff's Department will be coming to our class on Thursdays to discuss various topics of drug prevention. A letter explaining more about the program will be sent home after our first session.
Movie Night Permission slips are due Wednesday.
Bowling Permission slips are due Friday.
If you are able to donate to our holiday collection for Famous Fido, an animal rescue group that saves lives of animals in euthanasia shelters, we are taking collections until winter break. I personally volunteer and foster for this organization!! Your help is greatly appreciated!!! If you have any questions about item(s) feel free to email me!
We are taking a field trip to the MUSEUM of SCIENCE and INDUSTRY on Friday, January 18th. A permission slip is being sent home Monday.
Please send the permission slip with the money for the cost of the field trip not the money for lunch.
THIS WEEK IN OUR CLASSROOM:
SPELLING: Lesson 12 and word of the week
ENGLISH: Unit 2 Noun Test = Wednesday
SCOOPer Reading = 2nd Quarter goals are due January 11th!
READING: We are analyzing fact and opinion statements while reading about Amelia Earhart. The students are learning to read critically with this activity!
An independent activity will be given to assess this skill at the end of the week.
We be reading a nonfiction article about Bessie Coleman and creating an outline using the reading comprehension skill of main idea and supporting details.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Ch 6 L4 "Slavery in the Colonies" This is the last lesson in the chapter.
Chapter 6 Test = Friday
SCIENCE: Our next unit is "Matter and Energy"
MATH: Chapter 23 Perimeter quiz = Monday
Homework sheet = Tuesday
Chapter 23 Test = Wednesday
Chapter 24 Area
