~NO SCHOOL MONDAY - Martin L. King, Jr. Holiday
Today marks the mid-term point of this trimester. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to access your child's grades online through Parent Connect.
Students who are receiving a failing grade in a particular subject will receive notification home through US Mail in the next few days.
If you are having difficulty accessing your child's grades via Parent Connect, please contact the office and they would be more than happy to assist you.
CONGRATULATIONS to Matt and Maggie for winning our classroom spelling bee and going on to the 5th grade Spelling Bee on Tuesday. Good luck!!
HELP NEEDED: Can you donate any of the following?
~Capri Sun juice drinks
~Clear plastic cups - 9 ounce
~February stickers or prizes of any kind
SNACKS
~cheese and crackers
~Sun Chips
~Nutri Grain bars or other cereal bars (nut-free)
THANKS IN ADVANCE!!!!!
Thanks to Mrs. Reynolds for the prizes she donated this past week!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN OUR CLASSROOM:
TOO GOOD FOR DRUGS: Session 3 is this week. Your child gets a weekly activity to share at home.
SPELLING: Lesson 16 VCCV & VCV patterns. Word of the Week!
READING: This week we will be determining the author's viewpoint as begin a novel TOLIVER's SECRET. We will also be focusing on the differences between a fact and an opinion, vocabulary, and character traits.
SCOOPer READING: Everyone has at least one book read and activity completed....HOORAY!
The due date is in March!
ENGLISH: Unit 3 Verbs....Main and Helping Verbs and Linking Verbs!
SCIENCE: Chapter 6 Lesson 3 Quiz on Tuesday. Students should study their Lesson 3 notes, reread lesson 3 in their textbook, and study lesson 3 vocabulary.
Tuesday a study sheet will be passed out.
Chapter 6 Test = Thursday.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We have started a writing activity "Patriot/Loyalist". The students have written 6 paragraphs from the point of view of an American Patriot and British Loyalist. They have described the feelings of both sides on being taxed, The Stamp Act, and The Townsend Acts. The final typed and illustrated copies for these three events are due WEDNESDAY.
Next, we learn about the Boston Massacre, Committees of Correspondence, and the Boston Tea Party.
MATH: Tuesday and Wednesday we are doing one lesson in chapter 10 - Ordered Pairs.
Thursday we begin Chapter 18 Geometry - Lesson 1 Points, Lines and Angles.
Lesson 2 Measure and Draw Angles.
Your child needs to have a protractor here at school.
We will be taking notes in a Geometry Packet.
This is an important packet that needs to be kept in their math section of their binder.
