Dear Parents,
This month is just clicking along! We have a lot going on this week, so let me fill you in on a little bit about it.
We will have a Valentine's Day party on Friday from 1:00-1:25. We have everything we need, so thank you to all our volunteers who are sending in snacks! We will be making Valentine's day cards for our friends at the Guest House!
We also have a fundraiser for CAA - the "One and Done" fundraiser. 100% of the donations will stay at Centennial to help support our students! All students who donate will get a spirit stick. Students who donate $20 or more will get an additional special spirit stick. Please email me with any questions.
We are having another writing test practice to get us ready for the State Writing Assessment in March! Students will take this practice test on Friday from 7:45 - 10:15.
Parents, please also return the school choice/address verification forms. Please do not send in the forms without the attached documentation. Look at the highlighted section on the form to see which types of address verification are acceptable. If you do not return this paperwork, your child will NOT be registered for middle school.
Now, let's take a look at the week ahead...
School Events
Mon, 2/10 Happy birthday, Ben and Yesenia!
Tues, 2/11 My homeroom library visit; "One and Done" fundraiser due
Wed, 2/12 Greek & Latin test (Blitz Reading I only)
Thurs, 2/13 WWII Test (Mrs. Chambers's homeroom only); Magazine First Copies due (my ELA only)
Fri, 2/14 Writing Test Practice #3, Valentine's Day Party @ 1 o'clock
SOCIAL STUDIES
(Mrs. Chambers's homeroom)
We are finishing our WWII unit! The kids love this unit; it's full of so much interesting historical information.
Monday: SS5H6.b Describe major events in the war, including the Holocaust. Students will watch the BrainPop video about the Holocaust. Students will also discuss the Japanese internment.
Tuesday: SS5H6 Explain the reasons for America's involvement in WWII. Students will watch the video, History Channel: Story of Us. Students will receive their study guides.
Wednesday: SS5H6 Explain the reasons for America's involvement in WWII. Students will play Bazinga to study for their WWII Test.
Thursday: World War II TEST
Friday: NO SOCIAL STUDIES
LANGUAGE ARTS
POW Topic: WE ARE FINISHED WITH POW FOR THE YEAR! We will continue to write essays in language arts classes. From now on, morning work will be different for each language arts teacher.
No Shurley English
Morning Work
Students need to write 4 informational essays over the next few weeks. They will have a list of topics to choose from. *Other language arts classes are working on a language arts practice packet this week!
Language Arts Class
We are creating magazines for the lower grade students. Students will be put into groups to create the magazines. Each student will work on a specialized role as a part of their magazine team. Students will be working on these magazines for the next two weeks. Magazine first draft due Thursday!
READING 1
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Common Core ELA Standards
RI.5.8. Explain how an uthor uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
Students will continue our usual schedule this week, but I will be pulling small groups for students to analyze two passages about Pearl Harbor.
Phase 1: Book Hooks (7:45 - 8:05)
Mr. Bryan, our student teacher, will be reading Holes by Louis Sacchar as a read aloud for the next couple of weeks.
Phase 2: Independent Reading (8:05 - 8:35)
Students will be independent reading on days that they are not being pulled for small groups.
Phase 3: Student Choices (8:35 - 9:00)
READING 2
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Common Core ELA Standards
RI.5.8. Explain how an uthor uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
Whole Group (Monday)
This month is just clicking along! We have a lot going on this week, so let me fill you in on a little bit about it.
We will have a Valentine's Day party on Friday from 1:00-1:25. We have everything we need, so thank you to all our volunteers who are sending in snacks! We will be making Valentine's day cards for our friends at the Guest House!
We also have a fundraiser for CAA - the "One and Done" fundraiser. 100% of the donations will stay at Centennial to help support our students! All students who donate will get a spirit stick. Students who donate $20 or more will get an additional special spirit stick. Please email me with any questions.
We are having another writing test practice to get us ready for the State Writing Assessment in March! Students will take this practice test on Friday from 7:45 - 10:15.
Parents, please also return the school choice/address verification forms. Please do not send in the forms without the attached documentation. Look at the highlighted section on the form to see which types of address verification are acceptable. If you do not return this paperwork, your child will NOT be registered for middle school.
Now, let's take a look at the week ahead...
School Events
Mon, 2/10 Happy birthday, Ben and Yesenia!
Tues, 2/11 My homeroom library visit; "One and Done" fundraiser due
Wed, 2/12 Greek & Latin test (Blitz Reading I only)
Thurs, 2/13 WWII Test (Mrs. Chambers's homeroom only); Magazine First Copies due (my ELA only)
Fri, 2/14 Writing Test Practice #3, Valentine's Day Party @ 1 o'clock
SOCIAL STUDIES
(Mrs. Chambers's homeroom)
We are finishing our WWII unit! The kids love this unit; it's full of so much interesting historical information.
Monday: SS5H6.b Describe major events in the war, including the Holocaust. Students will watch the BrainPop video about the Holocaust. Students will also discuss the Japanese internment.
Tuesday: SS5H6 Explain the reasons for America's involvement in WWII. Students will watch the video, History Channel: Story of Us. Students will receive their study guides.
Wednesday: SS5H6 Explain the reasons for America's involvement in WWII. Students will play Bazinga to study for their WWII Test.
Thursday: World War II TEST
Friday: NO SOCIAL STUDIES
LANGUAGE ARTS
POW Topic: WE ARE FINISHED WITH POW FOR THE YEAR! We will continue to write essays in language arts classes. From now on, morning work will be different for each language arts teacher.
No Shurley English
Morning Work
Students need to write 4 informational essays over the next few weeks. They will have a list of topics to choose from. *Other language arts classes are working on a language arts practice packet this week!
Language Arts Class
We are creating magazines for the lower grade students. Students will be put into groups to create the magazines. Each student will work on a specialized role as a part of their magazine team. Students will be working on these magazines for the next two weeks. Magazine first draft due Thursday!
READING 1
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Common Core ELA Standards
RI.5.8. Explain how an uthor uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
Students will continue our usual schedule this week, but I will be pulling small groups for students to analyze two passages about Pearl Harbor.
Phase 1: Book Hooks (7:45 - 8:05)
Mr. Bryan, our student teacher, will be reading Holes by Louis Sacchar as a read aloud for the next couple of weeks.
Phase 2: Independent Reading (8:05 - 8:35)
Students will be independent reading on days that they are not being pulled for small groups.
Phase 3: Student Choices (8:35 - 9:00)
- Continued independent reading
- Creative writing (write your own book)
- Write computer code
- Create Valentine's Day cards for children in the hospital at NEGA
- Jackie Robinson's Barriers essay contest
READING 2
HOMEWORK: Read 30 minutes every day.
Common Core ELA Standards
RI.5.8. Explain how an uthor uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which points.
Whole Group (Monday)
- We will read a passage about World War II, specifically about Pearl Harbor. Students will read the article and text-map, searching for the following items: title, subtitle, photo, caption, bold print, topic sentence, concluding sentence.
- Instructional Conversation: Analyze two first-person accounts of Pearl Harbor, one written by a Japanese fighter pilot and another by an American naval gunman.
- Computer: Write a shape poem using a website on Edmodo.
- Mr. Bryan: Read the book Holes by Louis Sachar.
- Mr. B: Discuss fiction genres. Compare and contrast fiction and nonfiction genres. Cut and color a fortune-teller to quiz your classmates on genres!
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