Miss Pellin's Post
March 9th to March 13th

Students will take the ELA PARCC tests this week.

Parents can play an important role in getting students ready for these tests. Here are suggestions on how parents can help their children prepare for the PARCC: 

1. Make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep before the tests
2. Make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast the days of the test
3. Let your child know that he or she should take the test seriously and do his or her best
4. Talk to your child about what to do while taking the test, including:
a. Paying attention to directions
b. Asking questions about directions if they are unclear
c. Reading each question carefully
d. Eliminating wrong answers right away, concentrating on remaining choices
e. Double checking answers

PARCC Testing Dates:  

Mon. 3/9, Wed. 3/11,  and Fri. 3/13.

The Twenty-seventh Week at School:

Science: We will begin the study of space in chapter 10.  Students will begin by learning about why we have seasons.  

Social Studies: We will finish the study of chapter 3 on culture.  There will be a chapter 3 test on Thursday, March 12th.   Then we will begin learning about Chicago.

Math:  We will continue the study of fractions in topic 9.  

Students have already started taking timed multiplication tests.  All students have passed their multiplication by 2's, 3's, 4's, 5's, 6's, 7's and 10's test.  Some students still need to pass their multiplication by 8 test and other students have moved on to multiplication by 9's.  They have 3 minutes to complete 24 problems.  Students will have 5 days to pass each multiplication test which they take daily.  If they pass in less than 5 days then they will move on to a new fact.  Students should be practicing their facts every night.  They will be tested on facts in the following order:

-8's

-9's

-11's

-12's

Spelling:  We will not have spelling this week due to PARCC testing.  

Reading: We will finish our unit on traditions. We will continue reading nonfiction text and answering text dependent questions.  We will work in our Daily 5 stations on various reading strategies while reading good fit articles and/or books.  Students will also study antonym analogies. There will be a weekly vocabulary quiz on Friday, March 9th.  

English:  Students will continue to edit their autobiographies.  

Things to Remember: 
Monday 3/9: There will be PARCC testing.  The February reading log is due. 
Wednesday 3/11:  There will be PARCC testing.
Thursday 3/12:  There will a chapter 3 social studies test.  
Friday 3/13:  There will be a vocabulary quiz.  There will be PARCC testing.

Contact Information:
E-Mail address: mpellin@ccsd66.org
Voice mail: (630)783-5065