Lee, Flanegan, Wiley Newsletter
Week of September 17th
What's Happening?
Students did a great job this week taking the CogAT. We will take the Iowa Test (ITBS) the week of September 24th.
As club letters are coming home, be sure to send them back as soon as possible. Space is limited in each club.
In this week's Friday Folder: ITBS Parent Letter, Witzzle Pro Club letter, Art Club letter
Reading and Word Study with Mrs. Lee
Reading: We have been looking at what great writing about reading looks like. We are continuing to work on writing well about what we are reading by creating "belief statements" based on the text then finding text evidence to support those beliefs.
Word Study: ad and it's variations (ac, af, ag, al, ap, at) Due to CogAT testing, we will have our test on Monday, 9/17. Homework will also be due on 9/17.
Writing with Ms. Flanegan
Science and Social Studies with Ms. Wiley
Details for the notebook check on Monday: If the assignments below are included and complete in student notebooks, they will receive a check on the rubric. If not, they will receive an "x" on the rubric in the appropriate section. These grades will be entered on an E, S (1-2 x's), N (3-4 x's), U (5 or more x's) scale.
The following assignments will be checked: TOC fill in the blank notes, TOC Vocabulary, ORQ- Cattle Trails, Cattle Trails Map Analysis Questions, Cattle Drive Research Organizer, Invention Convention Organizer, Lyric Analysis Sheet, Spanish American War Image Analysis, ORQ- Panama Canal, ORQ- Immigrant, Virtual Immigration Tour
Science: Our next science unit will be Classification of Plants and Animals. We will begin this unit after finishing America at the Turn of the century next week.
Homeroom Specials
Lee: Mon-Wed: Music, Thurs/Fri: PE
Flanegan: Mon-Wed PE, Thurs/Fri Science
Wiley: Mon-Wed: Science, Thurs/Fri: Art
Word Study
attract
affect
alliteration
accelerate
appear
attach
aggressive
affirm
adverb
Dates to Remember
9/17- Notebook Check- Turn of the Century
9/18- Turn of the Century Unit Test
9/21 - Midterm progress reports
9/24-9/28 Iowa Testing
9/28 - Cubs Reading Program reading logs due to online to Media Center (link below)
10/4-10/5, 10/8 - Fall Break
10/11 - Upper grades Field Day
10/22-10/26 - Book Fair
10/24-10/25 Early Release Conferences - details later