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Sign up for Remind. Check it out on remind.com. Use this phone number: (757) 809-2118, and use the code for your class (see below).

1st block – Remind code: @stoneblk1  No homework.

3rd block – Remind code: @stoneblk3  If needed, finish the Photosynthesis ws.

5th block – Remind code: @stoneb5  No homework.

7th block – Remind code: @stoneblk7  No homework.

One-step Inequalities

Assessment (solving and graphing two-step inequalities) 11/26

1. Review Poetry Terms
2. Poetry Group and Class work – Working in discussion groups, students created individual class work assignments following these instructions:
   1. “Ex-Basketball Player” pg 776 , “Those Winter Sundays” pg 256, “The Gift” pg 254, “The Fish” pg 796, “Mending Wall” pg 890
      1. For class work, write down the title and page of each poem, and then write a brief description of the poem.
      2. Write one theme for each poem.
      3. Identify at least four devices the poet used in each poem. For example, John Updike uses personification in the poem “Ex-Basketball Player,” so you should write,
         1. Personification – “Their rubber elbows hanging loose and low” (9).

Reading:

AR reading on your own.

Happy  safe Thanksgiving!

(INp.18) (green) p.12 #6-14

Sign up for Remind. Check it out on remind.com. Use this phone number: (757) 809-2118, and use the code for your class (see below).

4th block – Remind code: @stoneblk4  If needed, finish the Photosynthesis ws.  Photosynthesis Quiz next class.  You may make a 3×5 note card, and you may use the front and back.  It will be to turn in with your quiz.

7th block – Remind code: @stoneblk7  If needed, finish the Photosynthesis & Cellular Respiration ws.  Cell Energy Test tomorrow.

This week we will review the letters we’ve learned since we have a short week.  Your student should be able to identify the letter and sound it makes: S, P, T, O, X.  You will see a letter check-up slip in your child’s binder this week.  Please work on the highlighted letters.

Nap blankets will be sent home tomorrow (Tuesday).  We did not send out blue reader bags last week due to the Thanksgiving break.  We will start up again next week when we return and take another break around Christmas.

Early dismissal Wednesday at 1:15pm. No School Thursday or Friday.

Block 1 – Test tomorrow – Powers and Integers

Block 2 – Math IN pages 139 and 140 – Solve and graph inequalities

Block 3 – Review notes on operations with integers

All Blocks: Complete the worksheet on order of operations on IN p. 16.

(INp.16) p.595 lesson 1-5 #19-27

Please be reminded that we will have an early release on Wednesday at 1:15.

Math

Monday and Tuesday – 5.2 Note page. It is due Wednesday

Quiz on 5.2 Tuesday

History

Tuesday – Finish the chart that was begun in class. Resources may be used to gather entries.

Thanks for all you do at home to help your child at school.

NO HW
Enjoy your thanksgiving holiday!!!!!!!!!!

HW due 
Blocks 2,6,7 Monday Nov 19
Blocks 1,3,5 Tuesday Nov 20

Quiz Chapter 8 vocab
Blocks 1,3,5,7 Tuesday Nov 20
Blocks 2,6 Wed Nov 21

Plate tectonics picture book
Plate-Tectonics-project-Book-updated-2018

Hello,

I would like to thank you all for coming out to Parent/Teacher Conference. I enjoyed speaking with you.

The color for the month of November is yellow to recognize being thankful which should be worn each Wednesday.

November 21st, will be early dismissal. Students will be dismissed at 1:15. There will be no school Thursday and Friday, November 22 & 23 for the Thanksgiving holidays.

Student Recognition Assemblies will be November 27th, at 2:00 for K-2. Parents are invited.

I would like to wish you all a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving Holiday.

Thank you,

C. Boone

Dear Parents and Guardians,
Happy Thanksgiving week!

Please note that we are collecting Boxtops for Education. You can send them in with your student to give to me.

We will work on the following skills in Reading this week.
• Ask and answer questions about what is read in fiction and nonfiction.
• Locate information to answer questions.
• Describe characters, setting, and important events in fiction and poetry.
• Synonyms and antonyms
• Prefixes and suffixes

In Science this week, we will continue our unit on weather.

This week in Math the students will work on rounding numbers to the nearest 10 then adding and subtracting the rounded numbers.

In Social Studies we will learn about Thanksgiving.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Cindy Martie

Cynthiamartie@spsk12.net