Pleasant Valley School
November and December 2022 Newsletter
News from Miss Sheets
November is a time for thankfulness...
Thank you to our Veterans for the sacrifices you made for our country.
Thank you to our students for coming to school ready to learn and always trying their best.
Thank you to the parents for all the support and encouragement that you provide.
Thank you to our School Board for their support and assistance with maintenance projects.
Winter Gear: Thank you for sending winter gear and classroom shoes or slippers. The students have been enjoying fun in the snow this week.
Parent - Teacher Conferences: Thank you for coming and visiting with me about your students.
A THANKSGIVING THANK YOU FROM OUR STUDENTS
1st Grade:
I'm thankful for going to Central School Museum.
I'm thankful for my mama.
I'm thankful for my sister.
2nd Grade:
I'm thankful for family.
I'm thankful for my family.
3rd Grade:
I'm thankful for my horse.
5th Grade:
I'm thankful for family.
6th Grade:
I'm thankful for my mom and dad.
8th Grade:
I'm thankful for my parents.
I'm thankful for my family.
Looking Back at October
School Events
No School: Thanksgiving Break - Nov. 23-25
Class Christmas Party - December 21
Parents - If you wish for your student to not participate in the Secret Santa gift exchange, please let me know prior to Nov. 21st.
Holiday Program and Potluck Dinner - December 21 at 6:00 pm
Winter Break - December 22 - January 2
What Are We Learning?
1st Grade
Unit 1 - Numbers Within 10
Addition and Subtraction
Reading
UNIT 2 THEME: I Spy
- Essential Question: How do living thinks change?
- Reading Workshop: Read informational text and understand its elements.
- Phonics: Consonant Blends and Digraphs - ck, sh, th, ing
- High Frequency Words: Week 1) help, little, come, my, saw; Week 2) walk, she, what, take, jump; Week 3) this, use, from, think, blue; Week 4) goes, make, her, too, all; Week 5) four, five, ride, your, part; Week 6) know, many, after, into, don't
Science
Topic 3 - Sky and Earth
What objects are in the sky, and how do they move?
Social Studies
Topic 3 - Symbols and Traditions of the United States
What does it mean to be American?
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In music, we are working on our holiday songs.
2nd Grade
Unit 2 - Numbers within 100
Addition, Subtraction, Time, and Money
Reading
Unit 2 THEME: Nature's Wonders
- Essential Question: What patterns do we see in nature?
- Reading Workshop: Know about different types of informational text and understand their features and structures.
- Phonics: Contractions; Long a: ai, ay, ea; Digraph: ie; Long e: ee, ea, ey, y; Long o: o, oa, ow; Compound Words
- High Frequency Words: Week 1) different, between, even; Week 2) kind, change, air; Week 3) animal, point, study; Week 4) letter, answer, page; Week 5) near, food, try; Week 6) country, city, school
Science
Topic 2 - Changing Matter
Essential Question: How do you change materials?
Social Studies
Topic 3 - Government
How does government work?
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In music, we are working on our holiday songs.
3rd Grade
Unit 2: Multiplication and Division
Concepts, Relationships, and Patterns
Reading
Unit 2 THEME: Interactions
- Essential Question: How do plants and animals live together?
- Reading Workshop: Know about different types of informational text and understand their elements.
- Trade Book: Wetlands - Due Dec. 21
- Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: associate, prefer, features, investigate, avoid
- Words of the Week: Week 1) patterns, nature, repeat, sequence, symmetry; Week 2) predators, protection, immune, species, emerges; Week 3)depended, well-being, population, available, balance; Week 4) habitat, solitary, multiplied, eliminated, reintroduced; Week 5) interdependence, camouflage, adaptions, food chain, biodiversity
- Word Study: Week 1) VC/V and V/CV words; Week 2) r-Controlled Vowels; Week 3) Compound Words; Week 4) Syllable Patterns; Week 5) Contractions
- Week 6 Project: Create a scrapbook page to describe a beneficial relationship between a plant and an animal.
Science
Topic 3 - Weather
Essential Question: What are ways to reduce the impacts of hazardous weather?
Social Studies
Topic 3 - Communities Build a Nation
Essential Question: How does our past affect our present?
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In Music, we are practicing our holiday songs.
5th Grade
Unit 2: Decimals and Fractions
Place Value, Addition, and Subtraction
Reading
Unit 2 THEME: Observations
- Essential Question: How do we learn through our observations?
- Reading Workshop: Know about different types of informational text and understand their features and structures.
- Trade Book: The Tarantula Scientist - Due Dec. 21
- Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: expert, focus, visible, relate, detect
- Words of the Week: Week 1) marine, ecosystem, flying bridge, chlorophyll, nautical; Week 2) comeback, native, migrating, restore, fungus; Week 3) gingerly, ignite, sputtered, painstaking, gratified; Week 4) transmitter, iconic, nocturnal, burrows, fragmented; Week 5) sanctuaries, diminished, thrive, unfettered, cooperate
- Word Study: Week 1)Open and Closed Syllables; Week 2) Final Stable Syllables: -le, -tion, -sion; Week 3) r-Controlled Vowels; Week 4) Prefixes: il-, in-, im-, ir-; Week 5) Base Words and Endings
- Week 6 Project: Create a survival guide for visitors to a natural area, like a national park.
Science
Topic 4 - Earth's Water
Essential Question: How much water can be found in different places on Earth?
Social Studies - America's Past
Topic 4 - Life in the Colonies
Essential Question: What does it take to build a new society?
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In Music, we are focusing on our holiday songs.
6th Grade
Unit 2: Decimals and Fractions
Base-Ten Operations, Division with Fractions, and Volume
Reading
UNIT 2 THEME: Animal Allies
Essential Question: How can people and animals relate to each other?
Trade Book: Where the Red Fern Grows - Due Dec. 21
Writing: Explanatory Essay - How can animals and people help one another?
Science - Middle School Physical Science
Topic 3 - Energy
Essential Question: How does energy cause change?
Social Studies - Middle School American History
Topic 5 - The Early Republic (1789-1825)
Essential Question: How much power should the federal government have, and what should it do?
Topic 6 - The Age of Jackson and Westward Expansion (1824-1860)
Essential Question: Why do people move?
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In Music, we are focusing on our holiday songs.
8th Grade
Unit 3: Linear Relationships
Slope, Linear Equations, and Systems
Reading
UNIT 2 THEME: The Holocaust
Essential Question: How do we remember the past?
Trade Book: The Devil's Arithmetic - Due Dec. 21
Writing: Explanatory Essay - How can literature help us to remember and honor the victims of the Holocaust?
Science - Middle School Physical Science
Topic 3 - Energy
Essential Question: How does energy cause change?
Social Studies - Middle School Montana History
Topic 5 - Beaver, Bison, and Black Robes: Montana's Fur Trade (1800-1860
The Big Picture: "The fur trade was the beginning of a new economy based on exploiting natural resources mostly for the profit of people living far away." (pg. 81)
Topic 6 - Montana's Gold and Silver Boom (1862-1893)
The Big Picture: "Gold discoveries triggered a flood of new people into Montana. They used and thought about the land in an entirely different way than the Indian tribes who had made their homes here for thousands of years." (pg. 101)
Arts
This month we are learning about shape. In Music, we are focusing on our holiday songs.
Contact
Email: teacher@pvsmt.org
Website: pvsmt.org
Location: 7975 Pleasant Valley Rd, Marion, MT 59925, USA
Phone: 406-858-2343