Mrs. Kennedy's Classroom
Where kids become scholars...
Week of February 1st
Important Classroom Dates
February 3rd - Progress Reports
February 12th - Popcorn Day
February 15th - No School, President's Day
February 16th - TN Ready Testing (ELA, Math, & Social Studies Part I)
February 23rd - Spring Pictures
March 1st - No School - (Presidential Primary)
March 10th - Report Cards
March 25th - April 1st - Good Friday and Spring Break - No School
April 7th - Early Dismissal
Classroom Dojo
Parent Calendar
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=stewartsboro&
Mrs. Kennedy's Webpage
http://www.ste.rcs.k12.tn.us/Teachers/kennedyb/kennedyb.html
What We Are Learning
For Quick resources click on the links, for additional resources visit my webpage section, "weekly resources"
- Math -Adding and Subtracting Fractions and Mixed Numbers
- Reading - Text Structure
- Writing - RAFT - POW TIDE - RIDE Strategies for writing multi-paragraph essays, focusing on matching text evidence and Revision
- Social Studies - Revolutionary War
- Science - Moon Phases
Noteworthy News
Click this link to access MOBY MAX, a great program that will help strengthen weak areas!
QUIZIZZ.COM/JOIN
This is the website for our weekly homework codes. Students seem to love the competition and doing homework online. Encourage students to work until they get 100% on the quiz for extra practice and extra class points!
Vocabulary Words
Social Studies Newspaper Week 10 Vocabulary Words
colony: a land or settlement owned and ruled by a different country
state: a region within a country
flog: to beat, as a punishment
laureate: someone who has won an award or honor
rivalry: competition
stocks: wooden frames where a person was secured by the neck and wrists
trades: jobs or careers
market economy: an economy in which government has little or no involvement; resources are used to provide goods and services according to supply and demand.
Remember...
- Sign your student's agenda each night
- Use Class Dojo to communicate with Mrs. Kennedy
- If students want to improve assessment grades, they can sign up in class for a re-take to take the assessment again in the 9 weeks.
- If students have not passed of multiplication facts, they will be working on those during part of recess/LOP
WEEKLY HOMEWORK -WELCOME Quizziz
Homework:
The students are doing wonderful in completing their homework on the website quizizz. They have proven to be motivated and doing well on the content! Each night there will be 1-2 required quizizz's to complete and additional bonus quizizz's for extra points.
Quizizz codes will be written in agendas and sent on Dojo as well!
Please simply send a note if students can not access the internet; they will be excused or given time in the morning to complete.