1/8/16
Dear Parents,
Students have jumped right back into school this week and have been learning with
enthusiasm!
IMPORTANT NEWS FOR THE WEEK:
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KINDERGARTEN PICTURES NEEDED - It’s that time of year again that PTO needs to gather
Kindergarten pictures of our 5th grade students. These are the pictures that will accompany their
current 5th grade picture in the yearbook. Please put your child’s name on the back of the picture.
You will get the pictures back.
After School Enrichment - Calling all 2nd-5th graders!! Our next after school enrichment is just
around the corner!
We are so excited to welcome Master Kim from W. Kim Tae Kwon Do to Seth Paine! His family
founded one of the best martial arts schools in the nation.
Our second 2nd-5th grade after school enrichment will be on Wednesday, January 13th from 2:50
pm - 4 pm. Come and see what Tae Kwon Do is all about- courtesy, integrity, perseverance, selfcontrol and indomitable spirit! Tae Kwon Do teaches life values! Students will participate in a
special Tae Kwon Do presentation right here at school! Please see the attachment for permission
slip.
The Parent Feed + Project B3 – District 95 will be hosting two fun and informative all-family
events in February! The Parent Feed + Project B3 is a 90-minute digital responsibility
awareness event that parents and students can attend together.
Parents will experience The Parent Feed seminar given by social media professional Matt
Batt. They will get the latest, most up-to-date information on what this “digital generation”
is doing online. They will be given information on popular Apps and how kids are using them
as well as steps they can take to keep their children’s digital lives under control with an
emphasis on safety, future impact and cyberbullying.
Students will spend time with local high school student leaders participating in Project B3:
Be Safe. Be Smart. Be Kind. They will be lead through fun activities and take part in
discussions on what they can do to be digitally responsible individuals, taking an active role
in avoiding and combatting risky behavior and cyberbullying. The student program (Project
B3) is particularly geared toward students in grades 2-8.
We will hold two sessions available to all District 95 families:
 February 3rd, at Lake Zurich Middle School North, 7-8:30 pm
 February 18th, at Lake Zurich Middle School South, 7-8:30 pm
IMPORTANT DATES:
January 11
January 13
January 15
January 18
January 21
January 25
January 28
Module 4 Assessment
After school Tae Kwon Do
Institute Day – NO student attendance
Martin Luther King Day – NO school
Young Author’s Stories DUE
After School Book Club – Titanic: Voices from the Disaster
School Board Meeting
READ ON TO SEE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISHED THIS PAST WEEK:
Math- Students worked diligently this week to complete Module 4. They worked to understand Order
of Operations and did a wonderful job! They even got to enjoy some fun and challenging games using
Order of Operations. The Module 4 Assessment will be on Monday, January 11. I have asked students
to bring home their workbook to go over anything they need extra help with or just to show you what
they know! Students are bringing home their quizzes this weekend in their Friday folders, so that’s
another resource students can use as well. 
Literacy
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Reading- This week we continued working on our fiction unit in Schoolwide. We have been
working on learning about using context clues. Students worked in whole group and small
group instruction in order to learn more and practice.
Writing – Students have been continuing to work on their Young Author’s Story. Students are
able to choose from narrative, informational or poetry as their genre. The stories are due to me
January 21.
Words Their Way – We have reassessed students and they worked in new groups this week and
took their assessments on Friday.
Literature Circles – This week we started reading a novel entitled, Earthquake Terror in order to
learn the jobs within literature circles. I’m explaining my expectations for each job, so students
will be successful when they work together in small groups. Earthquake Terror is a quick read
for students and a really suspenseful book they’re really enjoying!
Social Studies – This week students began learning about Articles of Confederation and the challenges it
posed to our Founding Fathers and our nation. We did some group problem solving, watched a Liberty’s
Kids about the struggles the founders were having with the Articles and how they solved those
problems. Today we began learning about the Constitutional Convention and the compromises the
founders had to make in order for all states to be happy with the government created. We discussed
how our country is still living on the principles, laws and compromises the founding fathers settled on
1778! Talk to your child about what they learned!
As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions, concerns or compliments.
Suzanne Lyons
5th Grade Teacher
Seth Paine Elementary
847-540-4782
http://www.lz95.org/classes/mrslyonssfifthgradewebsite_slyons/