Davis/Martin Peek at the Week
February 26th - March 2nd
Dear Parents,
We REALLY need your help with our Night of the Arts silent auction baskets! We are less than 2 weeks away. Any donation is greatly appreciated.
Mrs. Davis - Gift Cards Galore
Mrs. Martin - I LOVE Books
Several reminders for this week:
- Students have a Science test on Tuesday.
- NEF bowling fee is due Tuesday.
- Spring group pictures are Thursday.
- Monthly reading logs are due Thursday. Students will receive credit for turning these back in. They will receive a new log for March.
- Spelling word work is due Friday - many students have not been turning this in completed. It is worth 20 points each week we have a spelling sort.
JA Biztown permission slips are due Wednesday, March 7th. The cost of this field trip is $8.
Genius Hour projects must be finished THIS Friday, March 2nd. They will be on display for you to view at Night of the Arts on Thursday, March 8th.
Mrs. Davis & Mrs. Martin
THIS WEEK
IN LITERACY & SOCIAL STUDIES:
- Reading: Students will work on identifying main ideas in complex texts, as well as using context clues to make meaning from what they read.
- 5 A Day Language Review Week 19: quiz on Friday
- Spelling: open and closed syllables: vcv, vccv, vvcv continued
- Guided Read Aloud: The Wild Robot written by Peter Brown
Idiom - "turn over a new leaf"
Root - aster: star
Proverb - "If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen."
SOCIAL STUDIES:
- We will finish up our JA Biztown job readiness lessons from last week, then move into the causes of the Revolutionary War.
IN MATH & SCIENCE:
- We will be working on Patterns & Relationships, Coordinate Graphing, and Ordered Pairs. Our test will be next Thursday, the 8th.
SCIENCE:
- We will preparing for our Geosphere Quiz on Monday. The quiz will be Tuesday. We will have one more JA Biztown lesson before we start studying the hydrosphere.
HOMEWORK:
- Monthly Reading Log: Students are being asked to keep a log of how many nights they read throughout the month of February. They will turn these in on March 1st. Don't forget to log pages read!
- Weekly Math Log: 1 round of Fact Fluency and at least 10 minutes of Math, 5 nights per week (please initial your child's log on the days he/she works on Moby Max), DUE on MONDAYS (this is averaged into your child's math grade). When your student has mastered his/her basic facts they will no longer be required to work on Fact Fluency.
- Students will most always have math homework every night through the week, Fridays and weekends off.
UPCOMING TESTS:
Tuesday 2/27: Geosphere Quiz
Friday 3/2: Language Week 19 Quiz
Friday 3/2: Spelling Quiz
Thursday 3/8: Algebra Test (that's the goal, it may change)
REMINDERS
- Join our classroom Facebook page! Search Team Davis & Martin or enter the following url: https://www.facebook.com/groups/teamdavismartin/. We will upload photos from the week, as well as important information and reminders.
- If you are not a Facebook person, you can receive homework and test announcements from Remind. Follow this link to sign up for Mrs. Davis' homeroom and choose this link for Mrs. Martin's homeroom.
IMPORTANT DATES
Thurs. March 1st: Spring/Group Pictures
Fri. March 2nd: NEF Bowling Fundraiser
Mon. March 5th and 6th: ACT Interim Assessments
Thurs. March 8th: Night of the Arts
Wed. March 14th: DREAM Team
Thurs. March 15th: Movie Madness & Parent Teacher Conferences
Fri. March 16th - March 23rd: Spring Break
Tues. March 27: Davis JA Biztown Field Trip (8 - 4:30 p.m.)
Wed. March 28: Martin JA Biztown Field Trip (8 - 4:30 p.m.)
Fri. March 30th: Good Friday - NO SCHOOL