Monday, November 2, 2015

11/2 Newsletter


Upcoming Events:
  • Students are asked to participate in an extra credit assignment that will support our service learning project. The expectations for the Veteran’s Day essay are in Monday folders.
  • Thursday November 5th- 10:00 Girls Championship Basketball game at the Middle School-Permission slips due Wednesday 11/4.
  • November 11th is Veteran’s Day assembly. Begins at 1:45.
Mrs. Shultz’s classroom is available from 7:20 am to 7:50 am Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Students who need extra reading time or help with homework are welcome.
Attention Parents:
*Some students are beginning to run out of pencils. If you have the opportunity, you may ask how your student’s pencil supply is and send a few extra if you can. Thanks!

*If you have any photos of Veterans you would like to share with us for our Veteran’s Day slideshow, please send them with your student in an envelope so that we can return it to you. You may also email your photo to nsiders@stjschools.org.
Mrs. Cornelius
Science
This week we will be reviewing the 6 kingdoms of living things as well as the 5 vertebrate classes.  We will be exploring  plants.  We will focus on the 4 main parts and their functions (roots, stem, leaves, flower).
    We will begin working on a project where the students  will create their own vertebrate animal based on the characteristics of 2 or more vertebrate classes.  This project will continue through next week and end with a presentation to their peers.

Math:
We are introducing rounding, adding and subtracting decimals to the thousandths place.  Multiplication of two digit numbers will be reviewed.  



Homework this week is a review of PEMDAS (order of operations).  It will go home on Tuesday, due on Friday.
Mr. Siders
Science
    This week we will be recapping the 6 kingdoms of living things as well as the 5 vertebrate classes.  We will be going more in-depth with  plants and the 4 main parts and their functions (roots, stem, leaves, flower).
    Students will also begin working on an animal creation project where they will create their own animal based on the characteristics of 2 or more vertebrate classes.  This project will continue through next week.
Math
This week in Math we will be working on subtracting decimals.  We will also review 2-by-2 multiplication and introduce multiplication with decimals  .  
HOMEWORK:
Homework this week is over adding and subtracting decimals.  This is due back by Thursday with a 5% deduction for each day late.
Mrs. Watson

In Science this week, we will be recapping the 6 kingdoms of living things as well as vertebrates v. invertebrates and the 5 classes of vertebrates: Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians, Birds, & Fish. Students will begin working on an animal creation project at the end of the week. There will be a science Quiz on Friday.

In Math this week, we will be learning how to compare, order, and round decimals to the thousandths

Please be looking for rocket facts to come home with your student to study. Any student who has completed all facts by Dec. 10 will get pizza or ice cream :)

Homework this week will be over writing decimals in expanded form. It is worth 17 points and due Thursday, Nov. 5
ELA INFO ON BACK
ELA:
Engelbrecht:
  • Language: Perfect tense verbs
  • Reading: We will be reading The Inventions of Hugo Cabret and reviewing mood, theme, and author’s purpose. Reading logs due Monday! They are worth 5 points.
  • Writing: Informational writing rough draft and published writing.
  • AR: Student should be around 30% of goal depending on what they are currently reading.
Sandusky:
  • Reading Logs due Friday, with parent signature.
  • This week we have started our Unit 2 novel study; Midnight Magic by Avi. It’s a historical fiction set during the Medieval era that helps students understand how the Renaissance Period started. We are reading 4 chapters a day, if your child is absent it is their responsibility to make up the missing work outside of class the following day.
  • Language: Perfect Tense, Subject-Verb agreement, and introduction to interjections,prepositions, and conjunctions.
Shultz:
  • Book logs and extra credit this week! Extra credit is for reading. Book logs are NOT extra credit--they are worth 5 points a week.
  • Reading and Language: We have started our novel study on Monday with a Mad Genius. It is very important for students to be here because we will be reading every day. We will also begin a writing project on a famous creative person.
  • AR: Students should be at 35% of their goals this week.
  • Read Aloud: No read aloud
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Week 1

PE 1
Art
Music1
PE 2
Computers
Music 2
Monday
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Tuesday
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Wednesday
Siders
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Thursday
Shultz
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Friday
Sandusky
Engelbrecht
Watson
Cornelius
Siders
Shultz

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