Tracey O'Rourke

WELCOME BACK!

Dear parents and students,

Welcome back to the 2018-19 school year at Lincoln! I am thrilled to begin this year and am delighted to be teaching 5th grade. We are going to have a great year.

Please feel free to contact me at any time throughout the school year with questions or concerns. I respond most quickly to email and can be reached at the following addresses: to'rourke@elmhurst205.org or torourke@elmhurst205.org. No apostrophe necessary! :)

Mrs. O'Rourke

INFLUENTIAL AMERICANS

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonianmag/meet-100-most-significant-americans-all-time-180953341/

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/25/the-20-most-influential-americans-of-all-time/

https://www.biographyonline.net/people/america/changed-us.html

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/notable.htm

https://quizlet.com/5375003/50-important-women-in-us-history-flash-cards/

https://owlcation.com/humanities/10-American-Inventions-That-Changed-The-World

40 BOOK CHALLENGE PROJECT

For your 40 Book Challenge project, you must showcase one of your chosen books.  This book must be one that you chose individually and not a read-aloud from class. Without spoilers, you must describe this book to the class and possibly persuade others to choose this book.  You are required to cover the following information:

*Characters/Topic

*Fiction or Nonfiction genre

*Main ideas/themes covered in text

*Plot (fiction)

*Summary (non-fiction)

*Your opinion of the book and why

*Your opinion on who would enjoy this book and why

*A rating (such as stars, thumbs up, etc)

You may present this information in any way! Here are 72 different ideas for your presentation. 

http://minds-in-bloom.com/72-creative-ways-for-students-to-show/

CHOCOLATE MILK

https://www.nationaldairycouncil.org/content/2015/flavored-milk-faqs

https://www.dairygoodness.ca/milk/all-about-chocolate-milk

https://www.healthyeating.org/Milk-Dairy/Dairy-Facts/Chocolate-Milk

http://www.dairydiscoveryzone.com/blog/3-reasons-keep-chocolate-milk-schools

https://healthresearchfunding.org/7-pros-and-cons-of-chocolate-milk/

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/23/health/la-he-procon-chocolate-milk-20100823

https://www.onegreenplanet.org/natural-health/problems-with-chocolate-milk-campaigns/

LEXILE AND GENRE

https://lexile.com/

http://www.scholastic.com/bookwizard/

MAP PRACTICE AT HOME!

MAP math and reading:

http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages/studentlinks/map/

http://www.sowashco.k12.mn.us/ro/pages

Log-on to IXL for more practice! 

http://www.ixl.com/signin/elmhurst

NHL TEAMS

http://www.nhl.com/ice/teams.htm

PARCC

http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#tests MATH

http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#tests LA

http://epat-parcc.testnav.com/client/index.html#tests (tutorial)

http://parcc.pearson.com/tutorial/