If you'd like to donate our classroom could use some healthy individually wrapped snacks:
Goldfish crackers, cheese and cracker snacks, Teddy Grahams, etc. THANKS!!
Some reminders:
Monday = Miss Trefonas will be absent. Please know that I will not be able to answer emails on Monday or give your student a message from an email you send.
Tuesday = VALENTINE's DAY !!! We will try our HEARTest to have a great day!!!
I encourage each student to have a Valentine to pass out to everyone in the class.
Thanks to the parents who are helping make our Valentine Party enjoyable for the students and me!
Wednesday = The students earned a BEHAVIOR REWARD PARTY. I am providing popcorn and a beverage. The students are choosing which movie we will be watching.
A movie permission slip will be sent home once we have voted on the movie!
Thursday = ARGONNE Field Trip! Chaperones = Mr. Hoffman and Mrs. Paskvan
We are leaving Prairieview at 9:00 and returning about 1:30.
Your child needs to bring their lunch and a beverage.
Students must wear pants, long sleeve shirts and shoes that are closed which means no sandals.
This will be an exciting educational experience!!!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE CLASSROOM:
SPELLING: Has your child earned a bonus point for "word of the week" on their spelling test?
ENGLISH: Tuesday = Unit 6 Pronoun Test
We are not starting a new unit this week.
SCOOPer READING: Due date = February 27th!
READING: We are reading Toliver's Secret a historical fiction novel that takes place during the American Revolution. While reading this novel, we are applying several reading strategies.
The students will be completing book club discussion sheets and participating in book club meetings using this novel.
The students will then be assigned another historical fiction novel according to their reading and comprehension level and completing book club discussion sheets and be meeting in a book club.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 8 Lessons 1 &2 Patriot and Loyalist typed paragraphs and illustrations need to be completed for Monday. These are pages 1-5 in our Patriot/Loyalist project. The students were given time in class on Thursday and Friday to work on this and have been saving their work on their flashdrives so it can be completed at home.
We are having another simulated activity which will revolve around the BOSTON TEA PARTY.
Their will be some delicious flavored Ice Tea that the students can enjoy....however they will have to pay TAXES (Tickets) on the tea!!
SCIENCE: Chapter 14 Test is Monday!
The students have been given a review sheet to use to study for the test.
They should use their text book, notes, and activity sheets that we organized and paper clipped together to study!
Too Good For Drugs: The students learned about the harmful effects of tobacco this week.
MATH: There is no math on Wednesday and Thursday due to the Argonne Field Trips this week.
We are continuing Chapter 4.
There will be a quiz over Lessons 1 - 4 on Tuesday.
ENGLISH: Tuesday = Unit 6 Pronoun Test
We are not starting a new unit this week.
SCOOPer READING: Due date = February 27th!
READING: We are reading Toliver's Secret a historical fiction novel that takes place during the American Revolution. While reading this novel, we are applying several reading strategies.
The students will be completing book club discussion sheets and participating in book club meetings using this novel.
The students will then be assigned another historical fiction novel according to their reading and comprehension level and completing book club discussion sheets and be meeting in a book club.
SOCIAL STUDIES: Chapter 8 Lessons 1 &2 Patriot and Loyalist typed paragraphs and illustrations need to be completed for Monday. These are pages 1-5 in our Patriot/Loyalist project. The students were given time in class on Thursday and Friday to work on this and have been saving their work on their flashdrives so it can be completed at home.
We are having another simulated activity which will revolve around the BOSTON TEA PARTY.
Their will be some delicious flavored Ice Tea that the students can enjoy....however they will have to pay TAXES (Tickets) on the tea!!
SCIENCE: Chapter 14 Test is Monday!
The students have been given a review sheet to use to study for the test.
They should use their text book, notes, and activity sheets that we organized and paper clipped together to study!
Too Good For Drugs: The students learned about the harmful effects of tobacco this week.
MATH: There is no math on Wednesday and Thursday due to the Argonne Field Trips this week.
We are continuing Chapter 4.
There will be a quiz over Lessons 1 - 4 on Tuesday.
