Coming
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Monday, Nov. 2 Conference
Sign-up sheets posted outside Mrs.
Perryman's elementary counselor's
office (across from lunchroom
entrance)
Thursday, Friday, Nov. 12, 13
Elementary Parent/Teacher
conferences
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Tests/Projects |
This
week:
Monday:
Spanish vocabulary test
No pre-test today; we don't have enough
time. Everyone will be taking the
test over all the words on Friday.
Friday-final
Word Study tests on
Friday (See Spelling City for the words
this week, posted on Tuesday.)
Next
week:
Spelling and vocabulary pretests on Monday:
finals on Friday
Math Unit 3 test on Friday
Week After:
Monday: Nov. 9, Math Test |
Just so you know...
Before and after school this week, Mrs. J...
- Monday, 4:00 personal
appointment
- Tuesday, 3:30
technology committee meeting
- Wednesday, 3:30 faculty
meeting
- Thursday, 3:30
- 7:30 teaching eMINTS
- Friday, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Sock Hop (Sorry...I will
not be present. I had already
made plans to camp out with my
sisters-in-law before I knew the
date of the Sock Hop.)
- Saturday,
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Math: We
continue with
Unit 3
Multiplying,
Dividing, Number Sentences and Algebra
Study Guides were sent home last
Wednesday with the students.
Each day we will have a timed
multiplication quiz.
Lesson 8: A Guide
for Solving Number Stories:
to introduce a
simplified approach to solving number
stories; to provide practice solving
number stories
Lesson 9: True or False Number
Sentences: to review the meanings of
number sentences; to provide practice
determining whether number sentences are
true or false.
Lesson 10: Parentheses in Number
Sentences:
to review the use of parentheses in
number sentences.
Lesson 11: Open Sentences:
to introduce vocabulary and
notation for open sentences; and to
provide practice solving open sentences.
Lesson 12: review for test
Unit 3 test on Monday, November 9
Remember to have students go to the Math
Links to find extra and enrichment
practice on the class webpage!
Watch planners for daily assignments.
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Language Arts
Reading:
Students should be reading
at least 30 minutes per
night! Fill out book
reports as books are
completed. go to:
Reading Links for forms.
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Word Study:
Unit 3.3
Health Reference Skills
No pre-test today; we don't
have enough time.
Everyone will be taking the
test over all the words on
Friday.
Please
watch for daily assignments.
Click Here for the spelling
list on Tuesday (or late
Monday after school). Print the list
out in D'Nealian handwriting
for double the
practice--spelling and
handwriting!
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Writing: Assignment
given on Monday. Due
THURSDAY! Write
a short health handbook for
children. Write five
or more tips in complete
sentences. Use several
words from any of the Unit 3
Heath lessons, especially
from this week's lesson.
See the word list on p. 66
Due for kindergarten friends on Friday. Hand in
on Thursday so I can look
them over before we give
them to our friends.
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Missouri History:
Lewis and
Clark's Corps of Discovery expedition.
This unit will take 3-4 weeks to
complete. See
Sacagawea Unit Objectives and Study
Guide and study questions from the
biography we will read entitled
Sacagawea, Guide to Lewis and Clark,
both found on the Social Studies Link to
Lewis and Clark.
Monday: we find out some
details about who went, what they
brought with them, and other overview
details as they prepared for their
journey into the wilderness.
Tuesday: We help them
"pack" and learn more details about some
of the equipment they took along with
them. (Miss Hobein teaches.)
Wednesday: We begin to read the
biography about Sacagawea. Chapter
one reading and discussion. We'll
learn more about the actual journals;
learn how to keep a journal from
Sacagawea's point of view.
Sacagawea Journal Scoring Guide
You might also want to view the
PowerPoint about what to include in
each journal entry.
Thursday: we continue our study
of Lewis and Clark.
After reading each chapter, the students
will be reporting her adventures along
the way from the time she is kidnapped
until she becomes part of the Minnetaree
(Hidatsa) tribe, and then how she
becomes part of the Corps of Discovery.
There will be reading and writing
assignments daily.
Watch for daily assignments in the
student planners.
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Science:
Monday:
Michael Frizell from the
Center for Learning and Writing at MSU
is coming with his In School Players to
perform, "Economic Realities" at 1:30.
At 2:30, we will be involved with a live
webcast to learn about the authors of
the 39 Clues books that several of the
students and I have read.
Tuesday: devoted to Lewis and
Clark unit
Wednesday: devoted to Lewis and
Clark unit
Thursday: devoted to Lewis and
Clark unit.
Please check in daily planners for any
independent practice activities
(homework).
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Love and Logicisms , Wise Words About
Kids
by Jim and Charles Fay
When a child says, "I hate you," they
are really saying, "I'm doing everything
I can to manipulate you and it isn't
working! I want my way!"
The only throne a child should sit on
is in the bathroom. Kids always
feel safer
and more loved when Mom and Dad
are queen and king in a loving, gentle
way.
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Love and Logic Stories
When's It Okay for Adult Kids to
Live at Home?
Most of us can agree that far too
many adult kids are allowed to
develop
Perpetual Peter Pan Syndrome
by their parents. In plainer
language, their parents allow them
to live at home, never expecting
them to grow up.
With this said, there are some
circumstances under which it's
perfectly fine to help our kids by
allowing them to live under our
roofs for a limited amount of time.
Listed below are some questions
designed to help parents decide
whether to continue helping out…or
to gently yet firmly ease them out
of the nest. The more "yes" answers
you provide, the more likely that
it's okay to help them out for a
while.
Is my child working harder on
his/her life than I am?
As soon as you start working harder
than they do, you begin to steal
their maturity and self-respect.
Is my child respectful and
appreciative?
I'm amazed at how many parents help
adult children who treat them like
garbage.
Is my child making real financial or
sweat-related contributions to the
home?
Adult children must do their fair
share of chores AND pay rent in the
form of cash payments or plenty of
extra, meaningful chores.
Does my child understand that our
house is not a low-rent motel?
Never help if your child thinks they
can party, come and go at all hours
of the night, or treat you like a
maid.
In their book
From
Innocence to Entitlement,
Jim Fay and Dawn Billings discuss
how to recognize when your kids are
developing a dangerous sense of
entitlement, as well as what to do
if they are. This book is a
must-read for any parent who finds
them self saying "No" to any of the
questions listed above.
Thanks for reading!
Dr. Charles Fay
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