Please know that the Parent Copy of your child's C.R.C.T. results will be available for you to pick up at our school on Tuesday-Thursday, June 9-11, 2009 from 9:30 to 12:30. Any reports not picked up between June 9-11 will be distributed at the beginning of the 2009-2010 school year.
And DON'T FORGET!!!!
In my quest to have all of the LONG Division information grouped together, I am reposting the information in one location.
Print out the worksheets, watch the videos, follow the PowerPoint, and MASTER long division. :)
Dear Parents,
I have exciting news... You can now place your Scholastic Book Club orders online!
Browse all the great monthly Club selections at low prices and order online - all while helping our classroom earn FREE books, software, and resources.
Here's how it works:
www.scholastic.com/parentordering
Class User Name: simpson_mountainview
Password: please
Remember, placing your online credit card order is completely safe and secure.
Ordering online is the most convenient way to use Scholastic Book Clubs. You can order anytime, right up until the online order due date. And this month, our class can earn additional FREE books, just for trying this online ordering service.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely,
Mr. Simpson
Area – Performance Task Understand the meaning of a square unit Model by tiling the area of squares and rectangles using square units (square unit, square inch, square foot, etc.) Determine the area of squares and rectangles by counting, addition, and multiplication with models Explain the relationship represented by a formula (area)
Students took the standards and constructed an office using the square tiles to plan a 9 by 12 office. They measured, cut out, and labeled furniture models to be used to filled their office. To duplicate (or practice) this skill at home, try this: Download Area andperimeter - office - performance task
Add to that Reading about Regions of Georgia, pages 260 to 272 and Questions 1-6 on 272.
Finally, read Franklin Delano Roosevelt chapters 1 through 3 in the booklet and complete packet chapters 1-3.
This is a good website/powerpoint to walk you through some of the basics of the ITBS scores.
http://curriculum.risd41.org/documents/itbs_analysis/ITBS_info.ppt
Any score under 75 is an area to work upon. Any score over 90 is a strength to rely upon. If you happen across a score less than 50, be concerned. We may need to setup a conference to discuss any scores you wish explained.
The bottom of the ITBS page has bars that either go to the left or to the right. To the left is negative, doing less than the national average. To the right is positive, doing more than the national average.
Remember, Due to the county upgrades, I will be unable to access my email to answer any questions over the holiday but PLEASE write down those questions and I will try my best to explain the data to you.
Parent Survey for Standards-Based Report Cards
The Cobb County School District encourages parents to participate in the online fall survey for the new standards-based report cards. As part of the ongoing development process, a survey link has been posted to the Cobb District website to gather input on the recently distributed K, 1, and 2 report cards. Please visit www.cobbk12.org/generalinfo/survey.htm to respond. The survey will be open until Dec. 1, 2008.
The "fall chill" in the air, combined with an added workload and the microbial "gunk" floating around, creates a recipe for disaster. The need for students to stay HEALTHY is becoming increasingly difficult as much as it is becoming increasingly IMPORTANT. This time of year is packed full of learning and missing even a day can back up the workload and make things go from bad to worse. To add to that, daylight savings has kicked in and we are even more likely to have sleep issues.
A lack of good sleep is a recipe for disaster on so many levels. In an article from News-Medical.net, children are not only at risk for poor focus, decreased retention, a lack of performing task, but also increased behavior problems. Here are just a few articles on SLEEP that I found on the internet to back-up the articles I read in Parent, Parenting, Psychology Today, and other magazines. Take a look at the research... sleep does a body good.
I feel compelled to give you a "heads-up" as to how much material and how fast the material you should expect in the upcoming weeks.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
Listening/Speaking: Students are going to be expected to listen more carefully, speak more fluently, and develop better "Listening/Speaking" ability in preparation for their Informational Reports.
Reading: Expect a larger number of skill-based work to be coming home. We are driving deeper into Informational Text Features are we look at the differences (and skills) necessary to read non-fiction.
Writing: We are working towards more "report-like" writings with less coming from the writer’s interpretation and MUCH more from facts they have found.
English/Grammar: We are finishing Verbs and students will need to be able to switch easily between past/present/future tenses and spell those verbs correctly.
MATH:
Multiplication is no longer the focus as we move to answering, "What is the relationship between multiplication and division" through problem solving and algebra. Oh, and yes, that is right - ALGEBRA. Finding the variable will become our focus after this week. - The last week in November and the first week in December will be devoted to Geometry so we will need to finish multiplication AND division (and algebra) before then. :)
Science will jump off where we left off by "digging deeper" into fossils and remains of past plants and animals. SHORT unit packed into two weeks.
Social Studies: Government is wrapping up with a quiz Wednesday on the three branches of government then the final test on Friday over everything from the three levels to the three branches and everything in-between. Know your 3 branches for all three levels.
Health: Body systems. We will begin our discussions of the physical body with the heart and circulatory system.
If you're starting for feel your palms sweat and cold chills, then you've got the point that it isn't going to be a cakewalk - that was Fall Festival. Yep, it is time to get serious.
Our Spelling lesson turned into a speech lesson as the /s/ sound was a topic that led us to practicing saying the /s/ sound in various words. That led us to THIS website (hosted by the University of Iowa) where each sound is shown through interactive animation of the structures inside our mouths. Very cool.
ByTheWay, it says Phonetics but is spelled phonetically, hence the confusion.
http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
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