- Attendance Goal for September: Be a Smartie, Don't Be Tardy
- no tardies for the month of September
- Picture Day: Sept 28
- Picture packets sent home Friday, Sept 22.
- School Portraits Online
- Cheesecake Sales Pickup Friday, Sept 29 1-3:30
Friday - September 29
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- Vocabulary words - week 4 Quiz
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 17
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- Math Ch 2 Practice Test #1; 2; 3; 5; 8; 11; 15
- Chapter Math Test on Tuesday
- PE with Coach Blondi
- Library with Mrs. Torres
- Silent Reading / AR Quizzes
- Math Intervention Group B
- Morning Routine
Thursday - September 28
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- ELA Intervention Group
- Math Intervention Group A
- Vocabulary words - week 4
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 17
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- PE with Coach Blondi
- Math Ch 2.12 - pages 93-96B
- Go Math: PMT 2.12 (on Clever-Go Math-Think Central)
- Math Intervention Group A
- Silent Reading / AR Quizzes
- Social Studies: week 2 - Dividing the Earth
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Cheesecake Items Pickup Tomorrow
- Study Week 4 Vocabulary Words - quiz on Friday
- Reflex Math: Green Light
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Friday AR Goal = 51%
- Bonus: Find prior or current vocab words in your reading, TV, signs, etc.
- treat/reward for each word found--with photo, video or book proof.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- PMT 2.12
Wednesday - September 27
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- ELA Intervention Group
- Math Intervention Group A
- Vocabulary words - week 4
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 16
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- Quotation Marks Worksheet Review
- IXL: FNT Formatting Quotations (50+)
- Math Ch 2.11 - pages 89-92B
- Go Math: PMT 2.11 (on Clever-Go Math-Think Central)
- absent students only: replacement for the in-class lesson)
- IXL: PPM - 3-4 digit multiplication with regrouping (80+)
- PE with Coach Blondi
- Silent Reading / AR Quizzes
- Social Studies: week 2 - Dividing the Earth
- Week 2 Assessment - with proof for each question
- will finish later in the week
- Main Latitude-Longitude Lines of the Earth worksheet
- Week 2 Assessment - with proof for each question
- Math Intervention Group B
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Study Week 4 Vocabulary Words - quiz on Friday
- Reflex Math: Green Light
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Friday AR Goal = 51%
- Bonus: Find prior or current vocab words in your reading, TV, signs, etc.
- treat/reward for each word found--with photo, video or book proof.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- IXL: PPW (80+)
- IXL: FNT (50+)
- Main Lat/Long Lines of the Earth Worksheet
Tuesday - September 26
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- ELA Intervention Group
- Math Intervention Group A
- Vocabulary words - week 4
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 15
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- Music with Mrs. Bird
- Math Ch 2.10 - pages 85-88B
- IXL: GDW
- Silent Reading / AR Quizzes
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Study Week 4 Vocabulary Words - quiz on Friday
- Reflex Math: Green Light
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Friday AR Goal = 51%
- Bonus: Find prior or current vocab words in your reading, TV, signs, etc.
- treat/reward for each word found--with photo, video or book proof.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- PMT 2.9 attempt 2 (not for everyone-Check Think Central)
- IXL: GDW
Monday - September 25
- Classwork
- Morning Routine
- attendance
- AR Quizzes
- Questions
- ELA Intervention Group
- Introduce vocabulary words - week 4
- Island of the Blue Dolphins - Chapter 12
- Update Island of the Blue Dolphins Title, Timeline, & Major Events
- PE with Coach Blondi
- Math Ch 2.9 - pages 81-84B
- Personal Math Trainer (PMT-Think Central) 2.9
- Silent Reading / AR Quizzes
- Social Studies: week 2 - Dividing the Earth
- Week 2 Assessment - with proof for each question
- will finish later in the week
- Main Latitude-Longitude Lines of the Earth worksheet
- Week 2 Assessment - with proof for each question
- Morning Routine
- Homework (students: copy only the words in BOLD font to your agenda)
- PARENTS: Please see homework notes below
- Study Week 4 Vocabulary Words - quiz on Friday
- Reflex Math: Green Light Monday (everyone gets a green light today)
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- Friday AR Goal = 51%
- Bonus: Find prior or current vocab words in your reading, TV, signs, etc.
- treat/reward for each word found--with photo, video or book proof.
- Unfinished Classwork (all unfinished classwork becomes homework)
- PMT 2.9
Homework Notes/Directions
- Vocabulary Words Study Ideas
- Vocabulary Words Study Guide Page
- flashcards
- tell a story
- find synonyms of the word
- label something in your house for an example
- dilemma could be the choice of a cookie or a brownie
- describe your day at school using the vocab words
- pick a paragraph in your silent reading and try to replace some of the "boring" words with a vocab word.
- AR Reading (minimum 30 minutes)
- AR Goals will be assigned by the end of the week
- AR Goals are based on 20 minutes of daily reading (daily minutes will increase each trimester)
- The class reads 20-30 minutes in class most days
- Students must also read another 30 minutes at home each night
- Reading should be 30 minutes, 15-20 pages, or 1 chapter
- These are absolute minimums - every child has different abilities, please email Mr. Miller for clarification of what your student should be reading
- Reading should be 30 minutes, 15-20 pages, or 1 chapter
- AR Goal Progress is graded/updated weekly on Aeries Gradebook
- A score of 10 points means your student is on track to meet their goal
- A score of 0 means your student is behind on their AR goal progress
- The final trimester grade will be based on the Percent of Goal for the student. 100% to goal equals 10 points, 90% = 9 points and so on.
- Students and Parents can check their AR progress at home by visiting Renaissance: Home Connect - login using Clever.com
- Ren Home Connect: (username is 9 digit student ID - password is abc)
- AR Goals will be assigned by the end of the week
- Reflex Math: Green Light (access from home using Clever.com
- a Green Light is required 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) until 100% fluency is met in Reflex and Frax.
- After 100% fluency in Reflex and Frax, student will be required to get a Green Light only on Mondays.)
- Students are given time each day to work on Reflex Math - please verify your student has completed their Green Light.
- Reflex is a graded assignment. Weekly scores can be viewed on Aeries Gradebook
- a Green Light is required 4 days a week (Mon-Thurs) until 100% fluency is met in Reflex and Frax.