Barrett Team Adventures
October 3, 2016
Dear UMAC Families,
Over the next few days I will be conferencing with each student individually to develop MAP goals for the school year. It is very important for the students to take ownership in setting their own academic goals. I will be sharing their fall scores and together we will set specific goals for the school year based on the results in both math and reading. We will be discussing these goals with you during our parent/ teacher conference later in October.
If you have multiple children at Woods Creek you should have seen a yellow conference form come home last Thursday. All other families will receive a conference form this Thursday. Please fill out and return to school in order to set and confirm our conference time.
Thank you,
Michelle Barrett
Reading
Writing:
We had a fun week learning how to find that “just right tone” for our writing. By evaluating our purpose for writing we are able to pick the mood/tone that we want to convey in our writing. We continued to work on our informational owl brochures for our expository project. Our final brochures will be due next Friday, Oct. 7th.
Math
New Friends will be bringing home their first chapter assessment today. We spent time today discussing goals for the upcoming chapter as we dive into multiplication with whole numbers. Please ask your learner how these goals will help them as we tackle these new concepts.
Old Friends: This week we will dive into decimals. Students will understand how to change fractions into decimals. In this unit it will be important for students to understand place value. We will also review how to write numbers in different ways (standard form, word form, expanded form).
Social Studies:
Dates to Remember:
10/5: Annie Jr. Girls Auditions 3:30 - 7:00
10/6: Annie Jr. Girls Auditions 3:30 - 7:00
10/7: School Spirit Day
10/10: Columbus Day - No School
10/12: Old Friends- Math OLSAT test