Avirett & Torres 18-19
Week of 10/1/18
Parent Chat Tuesday at 5:30
Digital citizenship. Personal and Internet safety. Cyberbullying. Keeping up with the latest apps and websites and teaching kids how to stay safe online and in the real world is a daunting task. Unfortunately, the most dangerous environment kids are in is the one right on the computers and phones in their own home, and we must do more to keep children safe.
In Search of Lunch Room Monitors
The Spelling Bee is coming...
Study words are located here.
The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment Field Trip Oct. 31st
Important Dates
10/1 C2 Shirt Orders due
10/2 Parent chat 5:30 in library
10/8-10/9 No School - Staff Development
10/11 Fall Pictures
10/17 Classroom Spelling Bee
10/19 Fall Family Picnic
10/19 End of the 1st 9 weeks
10/31 Field Trip to Meadows Center
Our Learning Targets
Math: We can interpret the value of each place-value position as 10 times the position to the right and as one-tenth of the value of the place to its left. We can represent the product of 2 two-digit numbers using arrays, area models, or equations, including perfect squares through 15 by 15. PACE: We can multiply 3-digit numbers by 2-digit numbers using an efficient strategy.
Science: We can compare and contrast a variety of mixtures, including solutions.
Reading: We can identify identify the structural elements of poetry (ex. rhyme, meter, stanzas, and line break) while reading a variety of poems.
Writing: We can write poems to express ideas and feelings. We can use adjectives correctly in writing.
Social Studies: We can explain how and why the first people came from Asia into North America.
This Week's Homework
This week's spelling words
special, town, complete, bunch, argue, crumb, refuse, young, clue, amuse, suit, rude, dew, rescue, computer
Bonus Words: permission, discouraged, triumph, sauntered, immense
Second Step
It is possible to have more than one feeling at the same time. Being able to understand that others might have complex feelings is an important part of empathy.
Students will be able to:
Identify multiple feelings in a given scenario
Give possible reasons for multiple feelings
An important note from Nurse Jenny
Order your 2018-19 River Place Yearbook
A note on grades
Students who score below a 60 will be retaught the skill to improve their understanding of the concept. After a reteach, students will have an additional opportunity to demonstrate their new understanding. This grade will also replace the original grade.