Thursday, March 4, 2010

The Week of March 8, 2010

Dear Parents:

*We are finished with ISAT testing except for absent student makeup testing!

Thanks to all the parents who provided treats and drinks during ISAT testing!

*This week we have parent/teacher conferences.

*Report Cards = Tuesday!

*No SCHOOL on Friday!

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Thursday is our SCOOPer Reading celebration! Thanks to everyone who is contributing

snacks for our celebration. Congratulations to your child for reading and meeting their goal!

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THIS IS WHAT WE ARE UP TO IN THE CLASSROOM:

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SPELLING: Lesson 25 and word of the week. The workbook is due Thursday, and the test is on Thursday.

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READING:
The stragegy we are focusing on is clarifying by identifying main idea and supporting details.
We are beginning a research unit on China. The children will be using nonfiction resources including the internet to gather facts. The facts will be used to create a travel brochure as a final project.

We will also be focusing on PANDAS this week and doing a creative project "Pandas on Parade".

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SCOOPer READING: The students have set their third trimester goals and have received new packets for book activities.

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ENGLISH: This will be integrated with our China unit.

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SOCIAL STUDIES: We are finishing Chapter 9 this week. Wednesday we will be hilighting our notes for studying. The Chapter 9 test is scheduled for Tuesday, March 16th.

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SCIENCE: Unit E Matter and Energy

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MATH: Chapter 19 "Plane and Solid Figures"

Lesson 1 = Classifying triangles

Lesson 2 = Classifying Quadrilaterals

skipping Lesson 3

Lesson 4 = Solid Figures

skipping Lesson 5

Lesson 6 = Nets for Solid Figures

**A QUEST (quiz/test) is scheduled for Monday, March 15th which will cover the above lessons