Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
September 4 - 8
Dear Parents,
We hope you enjoyed your long weekend! Because this will only be a 4 day week, students will only be required to read and work on MobyMax 4 nights.
Our Scholastic book order deadline is Friday, September 8th. If you are planning on ordering books from any of the catalogs sent home, please return your order form and payment as soon as possible. We are currently at $125 in orders, but need your help to get to our $300 goal!
We kicked off our school fundraiser on Friday! Students are selling tumblers and should have brought home a packet of information. Orders are due Friday, September 15th!
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Genre Mini-Unit - Students will learn to identify and categorize various types of writing based on unique characteristics specific to that style. *Test will be September 13th*
- 5 A Day Language Review (week 3) - Language skills are covered in class Monday - Thursday, then quizzed on each Friday. Skills include figurative language, prefixes, suffixes, roots, synonyms, antonyms, verb tenses, analogies, multiple-meaning words, conjunctions, context clues, punctuation, and spelling.
- Reader Response Letter - Students will write a full page letter (summarizing, connecting, and thinking about) in response to their personal book choices they are reading.
- Read Aloud: Wonder by R.J. Palacio
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Unit 1: The Land & Early People - Chapter 2: Native Americans
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- Students will be reviewing decimals, preparing for the test on Friday.
- Mountain Math #3 - Students will complete a work packet Monday - Wednesday of each week, we will check them on Thursdays, and take quizzes on Fridays.
SCIENCE:
- We will continue to study matter. Students will be using Macbooks to go to Discovery Science Techbooks for lessons.
- We will continue to work on physical properties.
HOMEWORK:
- Weekly Reading Log: 20 minutes of reading, 5 nights per week, passed out every Monday and due the following Monday. Please initial your child's log on the days he/she reads.
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
THIS FRIDAY 9/8: 5-A-Day Language Review Quiz (preparation for this will be done during class when we review our daily warmup questions).
THIS FRIDAY 9/8: Mountain Math #3 Quiz (we will prepare for this in class working on the practice packet.
THIS FRIDAY 9/8: Math Test over decimals
NEXT WED. 9/13: Genre Test
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Fri. September 8th: Scholastic book orders due
Mon. September 11th - 15th: Grandparents' Breakfast
Fri. September 15th: Water Day - Ticketed Event
Fri. September 15th: Tumbler Fundraiser due
Thurs. September 21st: DREAM Team
Thursday, September 28th: Book Worm Buddies meeting
Thurs. October 5th: Fall Pictures
Mon. October 9th - Fri. 13th: Spear-It Week
Wed. October 11th: End of 1st Quarter
Thurs. October 12th: Tailgate - Ticketed Event
Wed. October 18th: DREAM Team
Thurs. October 19th: Parent-Teacher Conferences (2-8 p.m.)
Fri. October 20th: NO SCHOOL - professional development