Ross / Ellis Weekly Newsletter
December 4, 2015
"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."
What Will We Be Learning This Week?
Math
Students have tested this week on long division. This is a concept that will be revisited throughout the year, as it is a difficult concept for students. We will begin our unit on Fractions today. Students should know the definition of a fraction: Part of a whole. We will be creating fraction bars and comparing fractions in the first part of the unit.
Science
We are continuing our unit on Electricity. Students will be reading an article next week titled: “Wired World”. It discusses the beginnings of the Internet and how its rapid growth affects young people around the world. Students will be expected to answer questions in the text as well as think critically about how the internet might change in the coming years.
Language Arts
We will be continuing our guided reading groups, focusing on inferencing and finding textual evidence to support your answers.
The following link is a good YouTube video we used in class on inferencing and textual evidence in case you notice your child struggling with these concepts at home:
Social Studies
Odds & Ends
Tickets
We are revamping our tickets incentives for students in an effort to make it more meaningful, and we could use your help with donations of inexpensive items for the class! As you know, we pass out tickets to students for various reasons, usually including good behavior or effort. Students can then use these tickets to purchase fun things such as homework passes and candy.
We could really use donations of the following items to help us out with this!
- candy (hard candy, no gum or peanut products)
- fun erasers
- fun pencils
- pencil grips
- dollar store toys ($1 or under each please)
Thank you!
Upcoming Celebrations
Upcoming Events
Dec. 8 – PDQ Spirit Night 5-9pm
Dec. 11 – School Dance
Dec.14-17 - Holiday Shop (During Lunch)
Dec. 15 – 6th Grade Play
Dec. 17 - PTO Meeting for Community (6:30pm)
Dec. 21 – No School – Teacher Workday
Dec. 22 – Jan. 3 NO SCHOOL – Holiday
Jan. 4 – Return to School 2016
Jan 12 – PDQ Spirit Night 5-9pm
Jan. 15 – Class Picture Day
Jan. 18 – No School – Teacher Workday
Jan. 19 – No School – Teacher Workday
Jan 22. – Field Trip to Science Center Planetarium
Jan. 25 – Report Cards
Jan. 26 – Jump Rope For Heart 1:30 pm in Gym
Contact Info
Email: fletcher_ross@catawbaschools.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/ccsk12.net/mr-ross-class/
Location: 4377 West Hwy 10 Newton, NC 28658
Phone: (828) 466-7065