On Monday, September 12, 2011 we will be having a School Spirit Day in Memory of 9/11. Let's adorn our school with our country's colors--red, white and blue!
Monday, September 12, 2011
Magazine Kick-Off - 1:15 p.m. gym
Monday, September 12, 2011
Magazine Kick-Off - 1:15 p.m. gym
THIS WEEK IN MISS TREFONAS'S CLASS:
Spelling: Lesson 3! Pretest on Monday and work will be assigned. Workbook or challenge activities are due Thursday. Final test(s) are Friday.
Word of the week and the definition are worth one bonus point!
ENGLISH: Does your child know the 4 types of sentences and can they give an example of each? We will be doing a creative activity on Monday with the 4 types of sentences.
This week we will review subjects, predicates, simple subjects, and simple predicates/verb.
Project challenge students will be given enrichment activities.
READING: We continue our TALL TALE unit while incorporating reading skills. We will be doing activities with prefixes and suffixes, context clues, similes, and metaphors.
Various instructional materials will be used with different assignments being given for your child's ability.
SCOOPer Reading: Students should be reading every day! I have met with several students who have completed book activities and look forward to more meetings!
SCIENCE: We will be starting WEATHER!!! We will learn about the atmosphere, uneven heating, and different types of winds.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be applying what we know about Christopher Columbus to write a letter in first person. This letter will be about the expeditions to the new world.
Next, we will learn about Spain and the Aztec Indians as conflicts occur over acquiring Native American land in the new world.
MATH: The children took their first quiz. If they did not pass, they were retaught and were given some additional problems to complete to earn points and raise their quiz grade.
The students who needed extra help and were given this opportunity will get their original quiz and the additional problems with the points they earned returned to them on Monday. Otherwise, students who passed have their quizzes in their binders.
Monday = Chapter 1, Lesson 6 - Adding and Subtracting whole numbers
Tuesday = Chapter 1 Review
Wednesday = Chapter 1 Test
The end of the week we will be doing some problem solving and beginning MULTIPLICATION!
Please know that many opportunities are given for your child to ask questions and get help during math instructional time and homework time during math class.
Also, daily we correct homework together and the students have the opportunity to correct any problems they missed and have them rechecked! There is also time to get help on homework errors. It has been unfortunate that many students have NOT been doing this.
The first homework sheet will be graded and returned on Monday.
Realistically, if your child has taken the above mentioned responsibility they should receive an A or B easily on the homework sheet.
Please review your child's quiz and homework sheet grade with them.
Word of the week and the definition are worth one bonus point!
ENGLISH: Does your child know the 4 types of sentences and can they give an example of each? We will be doing a creative activity on Monday with the 4 types of sentences.
This week we will review subjects, predicates, simple subjects, and simple predicates/verb.
Project challenge students will be given enrichment activities.
READING: We continue our TALL TALE unit while incorporating reading skills. We will be doing activities with prefixes and suffixes, context clues, similes, and metaphors.
Various instructional materials will be used with different assignments being given for your child's ability.
SCOOPer Reading: Students should be reading every day! I have met with several students who have completed book activities and look forward to more meetings!
SCIENCE: We will be starting WEATHER!!! We will learn about the atmosphere, uneven heating, and different types of winds.
SOCIAL STUDIES: We will be applying what we know about Christopher Columbus to write a letter in first person. This letter will be about the expeditions to the new world.
Next, we will learn about Spain and the Aztec Indians as conflicts occur over acquiring Native American land in the new world.
MATH: The children took their first quiz. If they did not pass, they were retaught and were given some additional problems to complete to earn points and raise their quiz grade.
The students who needed extra help and were given this opportunity will get their original quiz and the additional problems with the points they earned returned to them on Monday. Otherwise, students who passed have their quizzes in their binders.
Monday = Chapter 1, Lesson 6 - Adding and Subtracting whole numbers
Tuesday = Chapter 1 Review
Wednesday = Chapter 1 Test
The end of the week we will be doing some problem solving and beginning MULTIPLICATION!
Please know that many opportunities are given for your child to ask questions and get help during math instructional time and homework time during math class.
Also, daily we correct homework together and the students have the opportunity to correct any problems they missed and have them rechecked! There is also time to get help on homework errors. It has been unfortunate that many students have NOT been doing this.
The first homework sheet will be graded and returned on Monday.
Realistically, if your child has taken the above mentioned responsibility they should receive an A or B easily on the homework sheet.
Please review your child's quiz and homework sheet grade with them.
