Here we are in the final week of September already! It's a short one, thanks to the School Improvement Day on Monday, but it will be busy! Last week, we completed our benchmark testing for interventions. This year, we are using AimsWeb Plus, which is almost entirely online, with some different assessments than in previous years. So far, the data looks accurate and helpful, so we should be ready to start intervention groups either by the end of this week or beginning of this week (hopefully!). Just a few 6th grade students need to complete the benchmark testing still. Also, please remember to be checking with your student each day about their homework assignments. As a reminder, students can and should complete late assignments up until the final week of the quarter. Like I always tell the students, any grade is better than a zero in the gradebook!
In math this week, we will be finishing our work with area and perimeter, taking a look at some irregular shapes and how we can separate those into rectangles to determine area. We will also be using our knowledge of area to start working on multiplying, specifically looking at how we can maximize our products and use a generic rectangle area model to represent multiplication of multi-digit numbers. Students will have two assignments this week (Tuesday - 2.2.3 Review Preview and Thursday - either 2.3.1 Review Preview or a general review worksheet). In social studies, we are progressing to TCI Lesson 3 - From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers. We are going to be exploring how the development of agriculture changed the daily life in the Neolithic Age, focusing on the transitions from the Old Stone Age to the New Stone Age and how people created a stable food supply, made permanent shelters, established communities, developed new jobs, and began to trade. This will lead to our first city-states/civilizations next week. Each evening, students should finish the section notes in their notebook if they did not finish them in class or if they were absent. Spelling this week is a new list for everyone! We took our spelling tests at the end of last week, so all students will be exploring a new set of words and completing activities (word sort, speed sort, rainbow words, and ABC order). These activities should be completed at school each day, but some students may need to finish certain activities for homework. Spelling tests for these lists will take place next week. Upcoming dates:
Have a wonderful week! Ms. Kennell
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