We're off to a great start this year mates! I've truly enjoyed our 1st full week of lessons and hope that you have too! Here are your weekly reminders and class newsletter:
- Early Release is next Wednesday, August 25th. Students will be released at 12:20.
- Please send in your permission slip for our Fire Safety Village trip by August 24th. The only cost associated with the trip is $1.60 to cover lunch. Reminders will be sent home for the students who chose to bring a sack lunch. If your student is planning on bringing a sack lunch, please make sure he/she has enough money in the lunch account to cover a lunch in case it is accidentally left at home. Our trip is on Friday, August 27th, 2010.
- We have a spelling test this Wednesday, August 18th. Please have your child study the 18 spelling words. Be sure he/she can also correctly separate at least 5 words into syllables.
- We will have our first Social Studies test the following Tuesday, August 24th. To help prepare, please have your child study his/her Social Studies spiral notebook.
- We will visit the library this week to check out books. Remind your student to bring his/her A.R. book back and forth to school every day.
- Weekly papers and conduct sheets go home this week. Each student will receive a large baggie with their conduct sheet and graded papers. Please review and sign the conduct sheet and send it back to school in the baggie by Wednesday. You may keep the graded work.
- We are (tentatively) planning a Chp. 1 Math test (Place Value) as well on Tuesday, August 24th.
Social Studies Test Prep:
- Know and be able to identify basic map features such as the map key/legend, compass rose, a symbol, the equator, and the prime meridian.
- Be able to determine the degrees of latitude and longitude for a given point.
- Use map scale to determine an estimated distance.
- Use a compass rose correctly to identify/follow directions.
- Be able to recognize specific locations on a U.S. map: Rocky Mountains, Appalachian Mountains, Death Valley, Gulf of Mexico, Great Lakes, Great Plains, Atlantic Coastal Plain, Continental Divide, St. Lawrence River, Mississippi River, the Great Basin, city of Boston (MA), city of Philadelphia (Penn.), and New York City (N.Y.).
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