IMPORTANT DATES

Sept 6 - Sept. 19- MAP Testing Continues

Sept. 13- PTO Meeting 

Sept. 28- Early Dismissal @11:00 for Teacher PD

MAP Schedule

*The tests are allocated over 4 weeks. This is to allow students to focus on one test at a time & avoid testing fatigue. Students will be given several time blocks for each test. They are able to take as much time as needed, there is no time limit. Please make sure your child eats a healthy breakfast, as always, and gets plenty of rest! We can't wait to watch them grow this year!*

9/6 - 9/8 (Tuesday - Thursday) : Language Usage 

9/13 & 9/15 (Tuesday and Thursday) : Math

9/19 (Monday) : Science 

WHAT WE ARE LEARNING

LA - MRS SCHMITT

This week students will be taking the Language Growth MAP test (Tuesday-Thursday). We will also continue to work on our retelling strategies that support our thinking and focus while reading independently and practice skills at an adaptive level via the Freckle App.

• Homework:

Weekly Reading Log for week of 9/5-9/9. Students are to read each night for 20 minutes and document their weekly reading every Thursday on the Google Form. The form is posted on their Language Arts Google Classroom.

• Vocabulary Test on Thursday, September 8. Vocabulary Unit 1 words were reviewed in class last week and have been posted on Google Classroom, as well as on the Google Site Resource page titled Vocabulary.  An example vocabulary test has also been posted on Google Classroom. 

MATH: MRS. BENNETT

In math class this week, we will focus on solving addition and subtraction word problems. Students will use evidence from the word problem to support the operation they think should be used. Students will then use a bar model to represent the situation. We will use estimation strategies to check the reasonableness of our answers. Some students will progress to multi-step word problems too.

Homework:

9/6 SS #9 & HMH dashboard assignment 

9/7 SS #10 & HMH dashboard assignment 

9/8 SS #12 & HMH dashboard assignment 

(we will do SS #11 in class due to short week)

9/10 SS Quiz #3 & HMH dashboard assignment due today!

SOCIAL STUDIES: MRS. CRUSH

We will continue our unit of Geography of the United States. Students will understand that the United States has a diverse geography and various maps can be used to represent and examine the geography.  They will identify and map major physical features, including mountains, rivers, lakes, and large bodies of water. They will also examine climate and vegetation maps to explore the relationship between physical features and vegetation/climate. We will be focusing on the Southeast Region first. Students will assessed on the state capitals + states and they will also be researching and presenting a landmark on the Southeast Region. 

RELIGION: MRS CRUSH

The students will begin Ch.1 "God's Goodness" in our Blest Are We workbooks. Students will realize that God created the world, to learn the Scripture account of creation, to understand that God reveals himself as the Holy Trinity, to describe how we respect and care for God's creation, and to praise God with a blessing prayer.  The students will create and share their Student Led Prayers as they did last year. There have been a few changes and will be discussed in class. 

SCIENCE: MRS JACKEL 

https://sites.google.com/ascension-parish.com/k-5science/4