The Kruskamp Chronicle: 10/21/16
5th grade news and more...
Happy Birthday, Marielle!
Homework Update
Homework is listed in your child's agenda and is due first thing Friday mornings.
Beginning this week, students who do not turn in their completed:
- Math Homework Worksheet and
- Spelling Tic-Tac-Toe
will complete this homework during recess the following Monday.
Homework reinforces important content and study skills. Thank you for helping your child at home!
Snacks for Testing!
If you would like to contribute snacks for the class during our week of ITBS testing (10/26-11/4) please send in finger friendly snacks with your child by Monday, 10/26. There are 8 students total. Thank you!
What is the ITBS?
The ITBS measures the skills and achievement of students and provides an indepth measure of important educational objectives. It also yields reliable and comprehensive information about the development of students’ skills and about their ability to think critically. It measures students against their peers. Test subjects in the ITBS are in reading, language arts, mathematics, social studies, and science.
Tissues Request
It's cold season and the classroom is almost out of tissues. If you're able, please pick up a few boxes of tissues to send to school with your child. Thank you!
Continued: Next week in...
- Social Studies: Westward Expansion & Inventions at the turn of the century (gwinoaks/0430)
- Reading: Summarizing as we read is key!
- Word Work: Sight words will include "wh" words such as where, what, why.
- Writing: Personal Opinion Essay
- Grammar: Interjections, continued
- Math: We'll continue "order of operations: P.E.M.D.A.S." and begin naming decimals.
Click on the link below to access FREE downloadable books!
Scholastic: Themed Reading Adventure Packs
Just scroll down until you see the heading "Themed Reading Adventure Packs".