Suffolk Public Schools Blog

Please join us for Chick-fil-a Spirit Night on Thursday, May 23!  Be on the lookout for additional information coming soon in the next week.

Thank you to our PTA, parents, and community who helped to make our teacher appreciation week the best! 

Study for Test – Monday – May 20th (Measurement and circle graphs) – 6.9 and 6.14

Parents, attached are the directions for the last class work grade for the 4th nine weeks – due May 30/31 (7th block will bring in food May 30 and present on May 31).   Remember if you are absent on the day your class is to bring in the food you will be excused from the assignment however if you are present and do not have your recipe you will receive a “zero”. 

Directions for World celebration

Parents students have been given a handout explaining the unit we will cover after SOLs.  I will be teaching about the United Nations, International Organizations, and Genocide (this information will be covered next year in World History II but I start now since we have the time).  Students will be watching movies that cover the issue of Genocide and will be completing a graphic organizer on the 8 stages of Genocide.  Please have your child return the handout if you do not your child participating in this unit. 

Please continue to study for the SOL exam on May 23rd- GOOD LUCK!

We are working on our last week of our unit called “Ready for Kindergarten.”  We will be meeting our last Alpha-friend, Keely Kangaroo and letter Kk.  We have now learned all 52 letters and 26 sounds.  Please make sure to review these at home daily with your child. 

End of the Year Celebration

We are working hard on our songs for our end of the year celebration on Tuesday, June 11th at 10:00.  We hope to see you all there.

At Home Activities

*Play fun letter games.  You can use flashcards, games or computer activities to help reinforce letters and letter sounds

*Go to the library.

*If you are looking for a good video to practice letters and letter sounds, The Letter Factory by Leapfrog is good.

*Have your child practice writing his/her name (first and last) with a variety of materials. (chalk, paint it with water, in the sand/dirt, etc.)

*Count and sort objects in your home.

*This is a good website for letter review:  http://pbskids.org/superwhy/#game/alphabricks

Final announcements from Mrs. Copeland:

I will not accept homeworks after May 17…really…I will not accept homeworks after May 17.

I will not credit Senior Memory Books after May 21…really…I will not credit Senior Memory Books after May 21.

Look forward to seeing you at the picnic!

Make sure that Weeks 1 and 2 are complete in your blue Problem of the Day booklet.

SOL test is on June 4th. STUDY!!!!!!!

(INp.57 and 58)

Complete week 19 and 20 in red book on VA26 and VA27.

Complete the 1st 3 problems on Week 3.

Study for Sol. 6.14. Check the back of your interactive notebook at the Parent Report. See if 6.14 is highlighted. If it is, that means that you have not yet mastered that Sol. Study!

In School We Are…

We are working on our last week of our unit called “Ready for Kindergarten.”  We will be meeting our last alphafriend, Keely Kangaroo and letter Kk.  We have now learned all 52 letters and 26 sounds.  Please make sure to review these at home daily with your child.  (Ss, Pp, Tt, Oo, Xx, Uu, Yy, Ww, Ff, Aa, Zz, Bb, Mm, Rr, Cc, Qq, Vv, Jj, Hh, Ii, Gg, Ee, Dd, Ll, Nn, and Kk)

 Field Trip 

Our field trip is this Wednesday May 22^nd!  We will be leaving NPES at 9:40 and returning around 1:30.  Please make sure to pack your child’s lunch, if you indicated that you would.  We are so excited!!!

End of the Year Celebration

We are working hard on our songs for our end of the year celebration on Tuesday, June 11th at 10:00.  We hope to see you all there.

At Home Activities

*Play fun letter games.  You can use flashcards, games or computer activities to help reinforce letters and letter sounds

*Go to the library.

*If you are looking for a good video to practice letters and letter sounds, The Letter Factory by Leapfrog is good.

*Have your child practice writing his/her name (first and last) with a variety of materials. (chalk, paint it with water, in the sand/dirt, etc.)

*Count and sort objects in your home.

No School Monday May 27^th!!!

Happy Memorial Day!

Give a Book! Take a Book!

Do you have books lying around your room that you don’t want anymore? Need some new ones for the summer? Need those last minute A.R. points? Donate your books to the library book swap!

Here’s how it will work:
~Bring a gently used book to the library.
~You will receive a ticket for each book donated.
~All donations must be in by Friday, May 24th!
~Bring your ticket in on May 28th when it is time for the swap.
~Use your ticket(s) to pick up ‘new-to-you’ books!

**There is a maximum of four books to swap per person**

p. 369, #10-15

Test (SOL review)  5/24

Test (SOL) 5/31

What we are learning

I hope all of our students and parents enjoyed Field Day!  Thanks for those who were able to attend!  This is the final week of our last theme, “Ready for Kindergarten”.  We will read stories this week about things we can do now and what we will do in kindergarten next year.  The last letter of the week is Letter Kk !!  We will make king crowns, paint with Kool-Aid and discuss Kindergarten.

Please continue to review all of the letters and letter sounds we have learned so far (Ss,Tt,Pp,Oo,Yy,Bb,Uu,Ff,Xx,Ww,Zz,Mm,Aa,Rr,Cc,Qq,Vv,Jj,Hh,Ii,Gg,Ee,Dd,Ll,Nn).

Homework for tonight is as follows:

• MATH: Study an SOL you need to review.
• READING: Read for at least 30 minutes.
• HISTORY: Complete US 1.6 WS (front/back)
• SCIENCE: Study 4.4 (plants) and 5.2 (sound) for your benchmark tomorrow!

Have a great night!

Don’t forget!!

• The State History SOL Test will be administered on Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Complete Week 2 in blue Problem of the Day booklet.