Woods Weekly
Week of February 1st-5th
Classroom Happenings
Dear Parents/Guardians,
Student Council: Cookies and Coffee for Soldiers
Our Student Council is collecting 1 pound bags of ground coffee and packaged cookies for our soldiers from February 17th through March 18th. If you are willing and able to donate any of these items, please place them on the table by the cafeteria. All donations will be boxed up and sent by The Military Support Group in Indianapolis. Thank you for helping us send the troops a little taste of home!
Reminders
Spring Music Program:
Central's spring music program will be taking place on April 12th at 7pm. Mr. Meyer will be sending a letter home soon.
Accelerated Reader:
Just like last grading period, Accelerated Reader will count as two reading grades. One grade will be for reading comprehension accuracy; the goal is for students to earn at least 85% accuracy. The other grade will be based on whether your child achieves his/her reading goal. All students have gotten their new goal for the grading period. It can be found in the front cover of their assignment notebook. Please take a look.
Science
Some important concepts that students should review include:
- series circuits vs parallel circuits
- static electricity
- current electricity
- conductors
- insulators
- electromagnets
- kinds of energy: sound, heat, motion
At the end of the week, we will begin our next unit which focuses more on energy.
Social Studies
Reading
- making connections with the text
- identifying cause and effect
Students will have a short test on cause and effect on Friday.
Math
- coordinate grids
- reflections (formerly called flips)
- translations (formerly called slides)
- congruent figures
- rotational symmetry
Writing
We are also studying nouns. This week, we will cover:
- plural nouns
- common vs. proper nouns
- capitalization of nouns
Spelling
Students will be tested over all 10 Core Words. Then, I will choose 10 of the Test Words to give them on Friday. For the last word, students have to write the sentence that I say using the spelling word. I take a writing score for their sentence based on spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Core Words
stretcher
picture
measure
figure
teacher
nature
failure
marcher
future
pleasure
Test Words
secure
pitcher
creature
leisure
endure
adventure
gesture
manicure
bleacher
culture
fracture
juncture
vulture
posture
- rapture
Important Dates to Remember:
February 15th: President's Day/ No School
Specials and Lunch/Recess Schedule
Tuesday: Music and Gym
Wednesday: Music and Gym
Thursday: Computers
Friday: Art
Lunch: 12:20-12:50
Recess: 12:50-1:20
Conferences
Contact Information
Email: jwoods@valpo.k12.in.us
Website: http://misskrasclass.weebly.com/
Location: 305 Franklin St, Valparaiso, IN 46383
Phone: 219-531-3030