Miss Trefonas's Homeroom:
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SPELLING BEE 2009 = Students have received word lists. We had our homeroom practice spellling bee this past Thursday . The homeroom final spelling bee which we will have 2 winners is Tuesday, January, 27th. The 5th grade spelling bee which the 2 homeroom winners will represent our class is Tuesday, Feb. 3rd!
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TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS (TGFD) = Deputy Kotovsky held our second session this past Thursday. The students have a homework assignment that requires family participation. The top part of the sheet needs to be turned in this Thursday with a parent signature.
*Your child will receive a grade in science for their participation in this program.
*Your child will receive a grade in science for their participation in this program.
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SOCIAL STUDIES = Loyalist/Patriot final copies for Chapter 8 - Lesson 1 topics is due Tuesday. We will be writing and completing the Loyalist/Patriot paragraphs for Chapter 8 -Lesson 2 this week. The Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and Intolerable Acts are the events that the students will be covering from the two different viewpoints.
We will also be starting Chapter 8 - Lesson 3 which covers Paul Revere, the "Shot Heard Around the World, and the Battle of Bunker Hill.
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SCIENCE = Sound - Chapter 17
We will be learning about soundwaves, sound energy!
Mr. Tedeschi is going to be doing a special demonstration with our class to help us learn about pitch and frequency!
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PROJECT CHALLENGE meets on Tuesday, January 27th!
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MISS TREFONAS'S READING-SPELLING-LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS:
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SPELLING = Lesson 20 and word of the week.
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LANGUAGE ARTS = Persuasive Writing......The students will be given a list of topics to choose their persuasive topic. The students will then plan their paper using a "step" graphic organizer.
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READING= Toliver's Secret book club discussion sheet for pages 55 - 106 is due Monday.
The final book club discussion sheet and reading assignment will be due Wednesday.
The students will be assigned an end of the book activity, a setting corner, later in the week.
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SCOOPER READING= We are halfway through the trimester which means that students should be halfway through the goal they set for our independent reading program.
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VOCAB CLUB = January words are due on or before Friday!
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MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:
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Chapter 12 Fractions!! We will be covering lessons 12.1 - 12.4 which includes equivalent fractions, simplest form, and mixed numbers.
Homework sheet - Friday, January 30th
QUIZ - Friday, January 30th
