ZavTop News
January 12, 2018
ZavTop Classroom Items "Wish List" (Thank you for donating!)
- ****Page protectors (Need lots of these please!)
- PENCILS
- ERASER CAPS
- Disinfectant wipes
- Highlighters
Please check in with your child and replenish their 5-subject notebook, Writers Notebook (the small journal one) & any other things that they may need!
Coming Up
- School Wide Food Drive! Please keep it coming!
- WINTER Running Record Assessments (Jan 15-16)
- MAP TESTING (See Schedule Below)
- End of 2nd Qtr. January 18
- NO SCHOOL January 19
- Purchase recorder for music (Link to ecommerce page here)
Winter MAP Testing Schedule
Zavernik-- Monday Jan. 15th
Kentop--Tuesday Jan. 16th
Math MAP
ZavTop-- Tuesday Jan. 23th
Here's What We're Working On....
Writing: In our writers workshop we learned about how writers of essays think, plan and develop their ideas. We also talked about the importance of creating "thoughtful entries" to make our writing easier to reflect on and analyze. We are continuing to build essay type entries and will be digging in to our opinion essay planning next week!
Science: Static Electricity! Hopefully your child talked to you about all of the FUN we had in science this week! We experienced static electricity and even competed in the multi-purpose room in a static electricity tin can race! It is important that students understand HOW static electricity works and also WHY is occurs.
Key words: Proton, Neutron, Electron, Atom, Nucleus, molecule
Spelling: New Sort Next Week! Please check in each week and have your child show you his/her spelling assessment score. Again, they should be practicing their words at home every night!
Reading: This week we reviewed Main Idea and assessed student knowledge (today) Next week we are going to be talking about figurative language and also dig into inferences vs. predictions. Please make sure your child is reading at least 20 minutes each night!