Iowa Testing - DONE!
Your child deserves a pat on the back for a job well done. It was a long week of testing, and the students worked hard. Thank you to PTO for providing some healthy treats on Friday in celebration of the completion of Iowa tests.
Too Good For Drugs (TGFD) Program
Students received a letter from Deputy K to let parents know more about the program. Students are asked to discuss the information and develop a family goal by Thursday, January 22nd.
Subject Update:
Science and Social Studies (Homeroom)
- Science - The students will continue to learn about the forces that shape shorelines. The Chapter 12 Test is scheduled for Friday, January 23rd!
- Social Studies - Chapter 8 "The Road to War" will tell about events leading up to the American Revolution. Lesson 1 will show how British taxes imposed on colonists led to greater cooperation among colonies.
Language Arts Block
- Spelling - Lesson 17 will review words from lessons 10-16.
- English - Students will learn how to use adjectives to compare people, places, or things. We will review many spelling rules to add -er or -est to short adjectives when making comparisons. We will use the words more or most before long adjectives when comparing. Students will also learn how to use forms of good and bad to compare.
- Reading - We will begin working with another reading strategy - clarifying. The students will learn that the skill of clarifying involves monitoring their reading for understanding. Good readers will reread and look at pictures (or other additions to the text) to help them understand what has been read before moving ahead. *Don't forget: Students should be reading approximately 20 minutes each night in order to finish their realistic fiction book and have time to complete the scrapbook page project. Your child's goal should be to have their book read by Friday, January 23!
Math Classroom
- Math - We have begun Chapter 12 on fraction concepts. We are learning how to read, write, and represent fractions as part of a whole or part of a group. Students will learn how to find equivalent fractions and reduce fractions to simplest form.
Mark Your Calendar:
Jan. 19 - No School (M. L. King Day)
Jan. 20 - Inauguration Day - Wear Red, White, and Blue!
Jan. 20 - 2nd Trimester Midpoint - Check Student Progress!
Jan. 21 - Classroom PRACTICE Spelling Bee
Jan. 22 - Too Good For Drugs Program (Session 2)
Jan. 24 - Mrs. Strong's Winter Party
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