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Weekly
Newsletter August 25-29
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What are we
doing this week?
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HORN
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DIBELS assessment will
continue until Wednesday.
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This week in Math we will
introduce math morning work each morning that is geared towards the common
core skillset. We will identify and practice the skills needed to be an
effective learning community member. We will introduce and practice several
different problem solving strategies. We will work towards implementing the 4
step problem solving process. Students will be introduced to their first Math
Menu!
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Our focus for Science this
week will be the 7 Habit story book. We will create our own version of the 7
Habit book and illustrate ways that we can implement the 7 habits.
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WOODS
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This week our focus switches
to Social Studies topics. Students will work this week to develop and
understanding of map skills
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We will continue and
conclude AR testing for their Summer Reading Books!
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We will review subjects, predicates, the 4 types of
sentences, and add to our knowledge of common
and proper nouns in language
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Students will also receive
a new spelling list that focuses on words with the /j/ sound and the /s/
sound. Don’t forget students need to write their spelling words in the Words
for the Week box in their agenda every Monday! Students can also use our
Spelling City website to help them practice their spelling words! Here’s the
link: spellingcity.com/paine3. We are currently on the Unit 1 Lesson 2 list.
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HOMEWORK
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-Students
must read for 20 minutes each
night & record the number of pages they have read in the Agenda/Husky Pad.
This week we will try something new by having students to log their at home
reading in the very last section of the Agenda. We will try this in hope of
giving students more room, which should result in students logging their
reading more completely and accurately. Remember students should be recording
the title of the book they read and the pages they’ve read at school during
intervention (we’ll handle that) AND at home (you please help us with
this). Ideally we want the students to
read the same book during intervention and at home for their 20 minutes of
nightly reading. Example: Intervention - The One and Only Ivan p. 1-20
; Home- The One and Only Ivan
p. 21-40
HORN:
Students must complete 30 minutes of Dreambox this week at home. Additional
(low amount of problems) homework may be given if the teacher sees the need
for practice of a particular skill.
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Tests
HORN: No
tests for Horn this week. WOODS:
Spelling Test Thursday; Vocabulary Quiz on Friday
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The
Week Ahead…
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Upcoming
Events
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Math
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Students will explore
various strategies that can be used in problem solving situations.
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Students will practice 4
step problem solving process in solving the Menu problems
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Students will process Menu
problems and teacher will introduce the upcoming problems
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Global
Scholar (Math) testing begins this week
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Continue
DIBELS Assessment (measures words read per minute)
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Our
First Friday Freeze is this Friday, 8/29.
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Club
Day selection Forms came home last Friday! These are due with your signature
on Wednesday, 8/27. Your child will be notified of their club placement on Tuesday,
9/9 and participate in their 1st Club Day of the year on Wednesday,
9/10.
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Science
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In Progress
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Social
Studies
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Students will work to identify
similarities and difference between maps and globes
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Students will identify their
state, country, county, and continent on maps.
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Students will practice
writing their complete address correctly.
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Language
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Identifying and correctly use
common and proper nouns
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We will spell words with
the /j/ sounds spelled ge and gi and word with the /s/ sound spelled ce and
ci correctly,
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Writing
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Continue original Narrative
Writing pieces!
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Spelling Words
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age, gem, gym, giant, rigid, strange, danger, germ, large,
giraffe, place, grace, city, cell, nice, circle, decide, civil, and pencil
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Vocabulary Words
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Vocabulary is a bit different this week.
Please see the chart below:
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My street address
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My school
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Paine Intermediate
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My city
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Trussville
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My county
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Jefferson
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My state
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Alabama
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My country
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The United States of America
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My continent
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North America
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My hemispheres
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Northern and Western
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My planet
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Earth
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My galaxy
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The Milky Way
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