Weekly Newsletter
September 6, 2019
Math
I have included some photos below of the awesome work your students have been doing in class! We worked on review activities like Add it up to get ready for the quiz. Students also had some awesome Numbers About Me notebook assignments. These are just a few!
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me!
Karissa Hammock
785-717-7765
Science
American History ~ Mrs. Reilly
This week flew by!
Firstly, if you are not already, I strongly suggest you request to follow our class account on Instagram! I have been having a lot of fun lately posting about your wonderful kids! The posts also give you a little inside scoop to what your students are going through in U.S. History! The username is mrs.reillyu.s.history19_20 Give us a follow!
This week we started a new unit! This unit is titled Establishing a New Government. We putting an end to the Revolutionary War and discovering what our first governments were like! This week specifically we did a review day, a vocabulary day (for our vocabulary quiz on Friday the 6th) A day focusing on the Articles of Confederation, and a simulation day where your students themselves represented the 13 original colonies and experienced the Articles of Confederation first hand!
I want you guardians to know that I was so thankful for your students this week. I lost my voice this week and they were so kind to be asking if I was okay and they were so understanding when we had to adjust plans. THANK YOU to them!!
If you have any questions or comments please contact me at Jillianreilly@usd475.org
Or at extension 4864
Please enjoy these pictures of some our students doing some great things!
Language Arts
Best Regards,
Dr. Kerrin Weatherwax
KerrinWeatherwa@usd475.org/ ext. 4863
Foundations Language Arts
Students have wrapped up MAZE & ORF Diagnostic testing! We are already in the month of September, so students are beginning the month by ISIP testing the Foundation LA classes. Students are assessed monthly on skills such as comprehension, word analysis, fluency, text fluency, and vocabulary with the ISIP program.
We have began working on Unit-1, Lesson-1. The focus for this lesson is Citing Evidence, Making Inferences, and Predicting. Students are learning the 4-ways to effectively Cite Evidence with fiction and non-fiction text.
Students are required to write in their agendas each day when they enter the classroom prior to completing their bell-work. It is a participation grade each week, and parents can see what students are doing in class each day.
HOMEWORK: Students receive a homework reading log at the beginning of each week, and it is due every Friday. They are required to read at home for at least 15-minutes each night (Monday-Thursday), and complete the log/questions. Students must remember to turn in on Friday.
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