Hello Parents: 

Happy Memorial Day!

Many, many things going on in 5th grade these last 6.5 days of school!  Here we go!

First, the Fifth Grade Farewell is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday, May 28th all afternoon. 

The Naperville Public Library will be coming to visit us on Thursday, May 30th at 1:00. Also on this day, we will be celebrating those students who read 40 books or more this school year as part of our Book Whisperer reading program. 

Here's what's going on in the curricular areas this week:

Spelling:  The last spelling test of the year will take place this Friday!  There are only ten words, however, they are commonly misspelled words, so please study!

Language Arts:  We will be reading our last TFK for the year this week and we will be reading a book from our anthology entitled, Name That American.  This story goes along with our current focus in social studies.  We are currently watching our documentaries and they are awesome!  I will be emailing you the link to your child's documentary sometime this week.  Also, many students have been working diligently on Writer's Workshop projects, which are coming along nicely. 

Math Accel:  We will test Unit 8 this week on Wednesday and will immediately begin Unit 9.  I want the students to have some exposure to the skills in Unit 9 before the end of the year.

Social Studies:  We will continue on in Chapter 12.  We are quickly approaching the Civil War. 

Science:  We are loving the microscope unit!  We have compared thread to hair and learned the parts of the microscope.  There will be a quiz on the parts of a microscope on Wednesday.  (Students have the study guide for this.)  Also, we will look at live specimens this week under the microscope.

That's it for now.  I can't believe we are at the end of the year already!  What a fast year it has been!

Please email me with any questions or concerns.

Mrs. Bennick :-)