HELP NEEDED: Can you donate any of the following?
~Capri Sun juice drinks
~February stickers or prizes of any kind
SNACKS
~cheese and crackers
~Sun Chips
Thanks, Mrs. Dygdon for donating plastic cups and Capri Sun!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MISS TREFONAS'S CLASS:
SPELLING: Lesson 17 and word of the week
READING: We will continue to understand the author's viewpoint and distinguish between fact and opinion using instructional level materials. We will be using the novel Toliver's Secret which coincides with what the students are learning about in social studies....the events leading up to the American Revolution. Vocabulary activities and character traits will be incorporated during this novel unit too.
SCOOPer Reading: Due date is in March. I continue to be impressed with the students book selections and book activities.
ENGLISH: We will be doing a project "Linking Verb Island".
Time will be given in class to work on this.
Final Project due on Monday, January 31st.
SOCIAL STUDIES:
Chapter 8 Lesson 2 The events we have read and discussed are the Boston Massacre, The Boston Tea Pary and The Intolerable Acts.
We will be continuing the Patriot/Loyalist "point of view" activity with these events.
We will also be watching a LIBERTY KIDS history cartoon on these events and having a tea party!
By the end of the week, your child should have Chapter 8 Lesson 1 and Lesson 2 events finished (typed and illustrated) as a final copy for our Patriot/Loyalist project.
SCIENCE: We will be learning about Barn Owls and owl pellets.
We will be doing an interactive computer activity, as well as, dissecting owl pellets.
MATH:
Chapter 18 Geometry continued
Monday = Lesson 3 Polygons
Tuesday = more work on polygons and a review for Wednesday's quiz
Wednesday= Homework sheet and QUIZ
Thursday = Lesson 5 Circles (yes, we are skipping lesson 4)
Friday = Lesson 6 Congruent and Similar shapes
