Monday, January 29, 2018

Weekly Update 1/29/18

Good morning Families!


On Friday, your son/daughter should have brought home the progress reports.  
The reports assessed the "transferable skills" (ie. work habits and participation).  
Those are the boxes that you see checked off.  The standards assessment (content),
which you see on the report cards, was not on these progress reports.  
Please initial the colored half sheet to confirm that you saw each progress
report and return it to advisory teachers by no later than this Friday.  


Another quick note......please check with your son or daughter to ensure that they have pencils.
 We are finding a large number of kids showing up without pencils to class.


This is a very busy week as your child nears the deadline for the science fair project.  
Students should be wrapping up experiments and writing conclusions in preparation for the
Science Fair on Thursday, February 8.  


Morning math with Ms. Johnson will be held on Mon, Wed, & Fri 7:00-7:30 focusing on
geometry and statistics.  Please contact Amy if you are interested in this opportunity for your
child. ajohnson@mymtsd-vt.org


In Math, students will have a quiz on division of fractions on Wednesday.  On Thursday,
students will begin decimal operations. Most students have daily Math homework,
please check in with them.


Social Studies:  This week we are continuing with the first English settlements in the colonies.
 We will finish with Jamestown and move on to Plymouth.  
To Do This Week in Social Studies:
1.  students will need to complete the Jamestown worksheet based on the web game we
played in class
2.  a worksheet with questions related to Plymouth
3.  a Venn diagram worksheet comparing and contrasting Jamestown and Plymouth.  


Language Arts:  Students are reading the novel The Sign of the Beaver which will result
in another opportunity to write an informational paragraph using evidence from the text.  
Each day that we read in class, students are expected to write a summary of what is read.  
What is not completed in class for whatever reason will become homework.


As always, let us know if you have any questions. Have a great week!


Sincerely,


Team Independence

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