Magazine Drive Kick-Off
Please look for a packet of information in your child's backpack on Monday regarding our Magazine Drive. This is a huge fundraiser for our district and we appreciate your support!
Student Progress
Parents should monitor student progress using ParentConnect. It is suggested that you and your child review grades weekly to note any achievements or areas of weakness that may need attention. If you do not see graded work in the "Keep at Home" part of your child's binder, you should find it in the subject area folders. Many graded papers are kept in subject area folders until the end of a unit so they may be used as study tools for tests.
Subject Update:
- Spelling - Lesson 3 pretest will be given on Monday. The students will be assigned homework during the week to practice their words. A final test will be given Friday.
- English - We will be identifying the subjects and predicates in sentences. The subject tells who or what the sentence is about, and the predicate tells what is or what happens.
- Reading - This week our core reading group will focus on the skill of affixes and roots. An affix is a small word part that can be added to the beginning, middle, or end of a root word. Students will learn the meaning of various affixes and how to put them together with a root word. They will then apply this skill to find the definition of both familiar and unfamiliar words in context.
Our skill-based reading groups will begin on Monday. Students will find out Monday morning who their skill-based reading teacher is. During skill-based reading we will be using Tall Tales to practice visualization and to look at story structure. - Science - Lesson 2 introduces the different inquiry skills scientists use. The students will also learn the difference between an experiment and a simple investigation.
- Social Studies - The students will continue to learn about the Spanish conquests in the New World. Later in the week, we will hear about life in New Spain as the Spanish begin to settle these new lands. The Chapter 4 Test is scheduled for Tuesday, September 21!
- Mrs. Strong's Math Class - We will learn to find, describe, and extend patterns in a sequence of numbers. Then we will review for the Chapter 1 Test scheduled for Wednesday, September 15. Chapter 2 will then introduce us to the world of algebra!
Mark Your Calendar:
Sept. 13 - Magazine Drive Kick-Off
Sept. 24 - No School (Teacher Institute Day)
