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April 13th –
17th
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What are we
doing this week?
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HORN
This week we continue preparing for the ACT Aspire. We
will also continue our geometry unit.
LEARNING TARGETS
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Prepare for ACT Aspire.
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Take the ACT Aspire.
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I can find the area and
perimeter of any shape.
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I can use the total perimeter
to find a missing side length.
This week
in Science we will finish our weather unit. Students will create a brochure all about
severe weather. We will also begin our forces and motion unit if time permits.
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WOODS
This week we will begin the final novel in our Beverly
Cleary Unit titled Beezus and Ramona.
LEARNING TARGETS
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Sequence events from a story.
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Describe characters and their traits
using evidence from the text.
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Ask and answer questions and make connections
for a specific text.
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NO SPELLING THIS WEEK .
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HOMEWORK
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WOODS:
-Students
must read for 20 minutes each night & Log on their Biweekly Reading Log.
The Reading is Thinking Homework on the back of their log must also be
completed this week
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. Remember Dreambox records time from Sunday to
Saturday.
***NOTE- PLEASE HELP US ENSURE THAT STUDENTS ARE
TAKING CARE OF THEIR HOMEWORK BY CHECKING AND SIGNING THEIR AGENDAS AND
READING LOGS NIGHTLY. YOU CAN ALSO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER BY MAKING SURE THAT
STUDENTS ARE KEEPING THEIR HOMEWORK SLEEVES IN THEIR BINDERS UPDATED. THIS
MEANS THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CHECKING IT NIGHTLY, COMPLETEING THE
ASSIGNMENTS THERE, AND RETURNING THE APPROPRIATE PAPERS TO THAT SECTION.
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Tests
HORN: Students will have a weekly skills test on
Friday.
WOODS: Beezus and Ramona Chapter 1-3 Quiz
Friday.
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The
Week Ahead…
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Upcoming
Events
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Math
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Wrap up Geometry Unit
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Boosterthon Collection due
April 17th .
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ACT
Aspire Testing- April 16th, 17th, and 20th.
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Picture
money is due April 30th.
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Science
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Forces and Motion
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Reading
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Beezus and Ramona
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Language/Writing
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ACT Aspire Writing
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Spelling Words
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There is no spelling
this week.
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Vocabulary
Words
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Announced,
triumphiantly, mischief, chanted, exasperating, squirmed, imagination, and
davenport.
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Beezus
and Ramona Vocabulary #2
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announced
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told others some news or information
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triumphantly
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to celebrate victory or success excitedly
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mischief
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something a person
does for fun that sometimes causes trouble
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chanted
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a word or group of words that is repeated
over and over
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exasperating
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to make angry, irritate, or annoy
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squirmed
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unable to sit or be still, to move about
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imagination
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the ability to create new ideas in one’s
mind
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davenport
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large sofa that sometimes converts into a
bed
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