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NEWS
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Important Dates
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No School..WINTER HOLIDAY BREAK...starts December 22, 2007.
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STUDENTS RETURN TO SCHOOL on JANUARY 7, 2008
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HOMEWORK
- Homework is assigned every night, and the students are expected to do independent reading every night. Homework should be completed in the appropriate spiral notebook. We will go over all homework
assignments in class.
- On Fridays the students will bring home a weekly report of their conduct, homework, and academic effort. Please review the report with your child, sign the report and have your child return it on Monday.
- Occasionally, I will give an extra
credit assignment on Friday. If a research
project is assigned students may choose to
work on it over the weekend. Encourage your
child not to wait to the last minute when
research projects are assigned.
- The students
have been issued a password for their class,
so that they can complete some assignments,
quizzes, or games on line.
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LANGUAGE ARTS (reading & writing)
- The focus of instruction in Language Arts will be comprehension, word knowledge, fluency, and writing, based on the Chicago Reading Initiative.
- The students
will be studying fiction and nonfiction
reading selections such as short stories,
poetry, biographies, dramas and novels. The
students will write narrative, expository,and
persuasive compositions.
- All students
will do daily writing in their journals. The
students will be involved in writing books as
part of the Young Author's program.
- The
students will be required to do at least one
research project per quarter, in addition to the research that they will have to do in order to answer " the question of the week." This research
will be integrated into the other subject
areas.
- Please be aware that students are expected to read a minimum of 25 books this
school year.
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MATH
- The class has started working on identifying and understanding grade level math terms such as operation, factor, minuend, subtrahend, power, base, exponent, and coefficient.
- The students will be solving word problems, and studying
areas such as whole numbers, prime numbers, ratios, proportions, equations, percents, integers,
rational numbers, algebra, geometric and number patterns, similar figures,
scale models, collecting, organizing, reading, representing,, predicting, and interpreting data, using
graphs, numerical and algebraic expressions. The students will also work with linear, area, and volume measurement as well as with
probability.
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SCIENCE
- The students will continue learning the concepts, principles, and processes of scientific inquiry( the scientific method)
by designing and conducting experiments..
- This year the students will be studying more about life, physical, and earth/space science. Some of the topics we will cover are the structure, functions, interactions and adaptations of organisms (living things),the Periodic Table of elements, chemical and physical characteristics of atoms, the Earth's interior and the Solar System.
- The students will be expected to know and apply the accepted practices of science and the concepts that describe the interaction between science, technology and society.
- Information about the Science Fair will be posted later.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
- The students will review pre and post Civil War events in U. S. history from the 7th grade curriculum including the Constitution. We will also be studying geography and
United States History from after the Reconstruction (1877) to the present. The topics we will cover include economic development, the Populist movement, the Progressive Era and World War I and World War II, and the U.S. in the 1960's and 1970's.
- Information about the History Fair will be posted later.
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OTHER
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I am aware that
sometimes a student will be sick or unable to
come to school for some reason. Often times a
child will be absent, and a parent will ask me
to send work home. I have no problem with
sending work home, but be aware that there is
no way I can duplicate the lectures,
discussions, and group work that occur during
a normal school day. Unless it is a real
emergency please send your child to school.
Remember, that you can check my web site
for most
for
homework
assignments.
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