Friday, February 20, 2009

The Week of February23, 2009

MISS TREFONAS'S HOMEROOM:
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Important dates:
~Project Challenge = Tues, 2/24
~Spring Picture Day - Thurs, 2/ 26, 2009
All students will be photographed. Please notify your student's teacher if you do not want an individual portrait taken of your child. Look Before You Buy: Send no money now - View your portraits before you buy.Your finished portrait package will be sent home for review. Simply return any un-used portrait sheets with your payment.
~NO SCHOOL -Casmir Pulaski Holiday -Mon. March 2
~ISAT WEEK begins Tuesday, March 3rd
~Conference week - Monday, March 9th
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I am asking for snacks for ISAT week. Please send individual juice drinks (Capri Sun, Juicy-Juice etc.) and or an individually wrapped healthy snack (pretzels, fruit snacks, cereal bars, goldfish crackers) I will put these out for the 4 days of testing.
Thanks for your help!
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SCIENCE: Chapter 17 Lesson 2 light. We are taking notes on an outline as we read from our textbooks.
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T.G.F.D. This is week 7 of 10. The students do not have an assignment due this week.
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SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 9 Lesson 2 "Patriots at War" and Lesspm 3 "The World Turned Upside Down"
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MISS TREFONAS'S READING-LANGUAGE ARTS-SPELLING CLASS:
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I am asking for snacks for ISAT week. Please send individual juice drinks (Capri Sun, Juicy-Juice etc.) and or an individually wrapped healthy snack (pretzels, fruit snacks, cereal bars, goldfish crackers) I will put these out for the 4 days of testing.
Thanks for your help!
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SPELLING: Lesson 24 and word of the week
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LANGUAGE ARTS: Final copy of expository writing,,,,we will be typing them here at school on Monday and Tuesday.
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VOCAB CLUB: 10 February words due Friday!
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SCOOPer Reading: Second trimester book goals are due Friday!
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READING: continuing ISAT practice.....We are reading a fiction and non-fiction selection and going over multiple choice questions that require application of various reading skills.
We are also refining our "extended response" answers to a passage.
We will end the week by having some more fun with figurative language "PERSONIFICATION"!
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LAKEVIEW I.M.C. VISIT = WEDNESDAY
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MISS TREFONAS'S MATH CLASS:
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CHAPTER 18 GEOMETRY TEST = MONDAY, FEB.23
We will then be practicing a variety of math skills to prepare for our ISAT tests.