Monday, Sept 10 = Junior Great Books Enrollment Deadline. Enrollment forms will not be accepted after Monday because we need time to order the books.
Tuesday, Sept 11 = RED, WHITE, and BLUE SPIRIT DAY in remembrance of 9/11/2001
Magazine Assembly which kicks off the Magazine Drive fundraiser.
Thursday, Sept 13 = Band Concert with LV band performing for us at 12:30!
HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MISS TREFONAS'S CLASS:
SPELLING: Lesson 2 Any student who receives -0 or -1 on the pretest will be given a challenge list and an alternate spelling assignment to complete with the challenge words. This week the students will be given a "word of the week" bonus. If they spell the word and give the correct definition on Friday's test a spelling bonus point will be earned!
Assignments are due on Thursday.
Spelling tests are on Friday.
ENGLISH: We are finishing the Unit 1 lessons this week.
We will be doing some enrichment activities based on our knowledge of the 4 different types of sentences and knowing the subject and predicate of a sentence. We will also learn about proper use of conjunctions and do editing of run on sentences.
The week of September 17th we will take our first English test.
READING: Your child should be reading a book for SCOOPer Reading! I am pleased with the students who have completed a book activity already. They put good effort into the activity and I enjoyed our book talks! I look forward to more students having a book read and activity completed this coming week.
.....COURAGE is the theme of our reading unit! We will be working on context clues with learning meanings of vocabulary words in our first selection Hatchet. The students will be completing vocabulary cards for each new word. We will also be focusing on character traits.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be doing an enrichment activity based on our knowledge of Christopher Columbus's voyages to America.
Ch 4 L2 We will learn how the Spanish and the Aztecs worlds collided as Spain continues to conquer new land.
SCIENCE: Ask your child about the activity we did where they had to observe candles......
They learned not everything is the way it looks especially when Miss T. eats a candle!!!!
Have them enLIGHTen you with what happened in class!!!
Chapter 11 Weather - Your child has learned about the different layers of the atmosphere.
Next, we learn about "uneven heating" and "local and prevailing winds".
MATH:
Lessons 1-5 QUIZ on Monday! Your child has a review sheet due Monday.
Homework sheet on Tuesday which will have problems from workbook pages 1.1, 1.3, and 1.4
Chapter 1 test = Thursday
