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ATTENTION HASKET JUNIOR HIGH PARENTS
We will be having our final instrument selection workshop for the school year this Saturday here at the Haskett band hall. We have sent communications through email and USPS to the incoming families but we would like to get as many of the incoming student screened as possible. When you get a chance, could you send this information out to the prospective families signed up for band? We have many families signed up but there are still times available.
WHO: Incoming Haskett Junior High 6th grade students who are enrolled in band.
WHEN: Saturday, April 9th - sign up for a time at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080d45adae2ca6fd0-hjhband
WHAT: Instrument selection workshop - this is where you get to try out the instrument you want to play in band
WHERE: Haskett Junior High Band Hall. Enter through the east parking lot and follow the signs.
The easiest way if contacting me is through email: jeffreygtipps@katyisd.org.
Thank you so much for your time. Good luck with the rest of your school year!
Mr. Tipps
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Jeff Tipps,
Director of Bands
Haskett Junior High
Katy Independent School District
ELA
Unit of Study: STAAR Prep Unit
This week we will begin preparing for the STAAR test by using all of the skills that we've learned all year and putting them to practice! We will be spiral reviewing while continuing daily writing tasks that support specific reading skills.
Reading homework reminder:
- Reading homework sheet is passed out at the beginning of the week and is due on Fridays. This sheet can be done with the guidance of a parent and is taken as a weekly grade
- Students are expected to read independently for 20 minutes each night!
Math
Unit of Study
Geometry/Measurement Unit
The students will learn the following objectives:
- Represent and solve problems related to perimeter and/or area and related to volume
- Recognize cube with side length of one unit as a unit cube having one cubic unit of volume and the volume of 3-dimensional figure as number of unit cubes needed to fill a figure with no gaps or overlaps if possible
- Determine volume of rectangular prism with whole number side lengths in problems related to number of layers times number of unit cubes in area of base
- Use concrete objects and pictorial models to develop formulas for volume of rectangular prism, including special form for cube (V = l x w x h, V = s x s x s, V =Bh)
- Classify 2-dimensional figures by attributes and properties and in hierarchy of sets and subsets using graphic organizers based on their attributes and properties
- Solve problems by calculating conversions within a measurement system, customary or metric
** Please continue to have your child work on multiplication facts and complete DreamBox lessons at home.
Science
In Science we will continue to study producers and consumers and the many adaptations they have in their ecosystem. Plants and animals have different structures and functions that help them to be successful in their environment.
Social Studies
In Social Studies we will look at the causes leading up to the Civil War including the many advances of the Industrial Revolution.