Mrs. Kennedy's Classroom
Where kids become scholars...
Week of March 14th
Important Classroom Dates
March 15th - Parent Conference Notes (please message if you still need a time) 3pm-6pm
March 17th - TN Ready Testing begins
March 25th - April 1st - Good Friday and Spring Break - No School
April 4th - Field-trip (notes went home and cost is $11)
April 7th - Early Dismissal
Classroom Dojo
Parent Calendar
http://www.calendarwiz.com/calendars/calendar.php?crd=stewartsboro&
Mrs. Kennedy's Webpage
http://www.ste.rcs.k12.tn.us/Teachers/kennedyb/kennedyb.html
What We Are Learning
For Quick resources click on the links, for additional resources visit my webpage section, "weekly resources"
- Math -Measurement and conversions
- Reading - Writing Paragraph Summaries in Response to a Prompt
- Writing - RAFT - POW TIDE - RIDE and Revision strategies focusing on editing and adding details to improve writing
- Social Studies - Tennessee State History
- Science: Moon Phases
Noteworthy News
Click this link to access MOBY MAX, a great program that will help strengthen weak areas!
QUIZIZZ.COM/JOIN
This is the website for our weekly homework codes. Students seem to love the competition and doing homework online. Encourage students to work until they get 100% on the quiz for extra practice and extra class points!
Vocabulary Words
Social Studies Newspaper Week 14 Vocabulary Words
Patriots: colonists for independence; against the king of England
Loyalists: colonists faithful to the King of England
protest: act or speak out against something
repeal: reverse a rule, undoing its intent and enforcement
boycott (v.): refuse to use or buy a product as a form of protest
Redcoats: British soldiers, also known as regulars and Lobsterbacks
treason: a crime of trying to overthrow your country’s government
cargo: goods carried on a ship, plane or truck
Remember...
- Sign your student's agenda each night
- Use Class Dojo to communicate with Mrs. Kennedy
- If students want to improve assessment grades, they can sign up in class for a re-take to take the assessment again in the 9 weeks.
- If students have not passed of multiplication facts, they will be working on those during part of recess/LOP
WEEKLY HOMEWORK -WELCOME Quizziz
Homework:
The students are doing wonderful in completing their homework on the website quizizz. They have proven to be motivated and doing well on the content! Each night there will be 1-2 required quizizz's to complete and additional bonus quizizz's for extra points.
Quizizz codes will be written in agendas and sent on Dojo as well!
Please simply send a note if students can not access the internet; they will be excused or given time in the morning to complete.
Assessments This Week
- TN Ready Testing begins on Thursday - Tuesday of next week, so assessment in the classroom will be minimal
- Writing to a Social Studies Prompt about the Revolutionary War and Declaration of Independence