March 24-28

Updates

Welcome Back...
Hopefully everyone had a very relaxing Spring Break. With Spring Break being done we have only a a few weeks left in the school year before we are done.

AIMS 
Our class has been working hard all year to prepare ourselves for AIMS testing coming up on April 7th.  AIMS testing covers the core subjects of Math, Reading, and Writing and last that whole week. We at La Paloma are doing our best to boost our schools performance every year, our class is aiming to get positive growth from every single student. Parents you can help by making sure that your child is getting a good nights rest, breakfast, and snacks for this entire week. Also for this week gum is allowed in my classroom, their will also be no homework this week to give students brains a break after testing. Thank you.

Whodunit ?
This Tuesday we have a very exciting SPIN event happening from  6:00 - 7:30 on campus. This is a themed event where students use math skills to go from group to group to solve a crime.  The event itself is free to attend with the only fee coming if you would like to buy a family dinner starting at 6:00 p.m.  Students from my class who attend the Whodunit event will get the opportunity to replace their lowest math score from this quarter.


This week...
Tuesday - Whodunit?
Wednesday - Duds for Dollars
Friday - Character Lunch

What we are doing...
Math- Probability and Statistics, AIMS review
Reading - Hatchet, Persuasive techniques, AIMS review
Writing- Persuasive essays, business letters, Six traits of writing
Science- Structure of the earth, climate, weather.

March 4-7

Updates

Science Fair
Thank you to everyone in my class that got their science fair done. This was a huge part of your science grade this quarter so it is good so many people got it done. Our class did a fantastic job, getting 11 ribbons to take home.

End of the Quarter
There are only two weeks of school left in this quarter! Make sure that all work gets turned in this week and next. Any missing work should begin finding its way towards me from this quarter as well.

This Week...
Tuesday - Choir Concert
Wednesday - Duds for Dollars


What we are doing....
Math - Analyzing graphs, data, mean, median, mode, range.
Reading - Finding authors purpose as well as point of view.
Writing- Using grade level phrases and terms correctly in sentences
Social Studies- Current Events in America
Science- Digestive System

Spelling Words
sailor
salary
saliva
salvage
saxophone
scarecrow
scenario
scenery
salute
sarcasm
satisfaction
sauce
sauna
scarlet
scavenger.