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Pleasant Valley School
February 2024 Newsletter
News from Miss Sheets
Valentine's Day is on Wednesday, Feb. 14th. Students are welcome to bring treats and valentines to share with their classmates. If you need a class list, please let me know.
February Family Project
Looking Back - Hockaday Field Trip
Box Tops - Keep scanning those receipts!
School Events
Highlights - Keep an eye on the calendar.
Wednesday, Feb. 14 - Valentine's Day Party
Monday, Feb. 19 - No School for President's Day
Friday, Feb. 23 - School Day
Tuesday, Feb. 27 - 100 Day and Read Across America Day
- Students may bring a stuffed animal to read to.
What Are We Learning?
Jr. Kindergarten
Math
- Introduction to numbers 20-23
- Reinforcing teen numbers by sight
Reading
- Introduction to letters: Vv, Xx, Zz, Jj
- Continuing Nursery Rhymes
Science
Earth Science
- Day and Night
- Trees and Seasons
- Weather
Social Studies
Me on the Map - They will be working on creating a book about themselves and where they are on the map. It starts off with them in their room, then their house, followed by neighborhood, and many more before ending in outer space.
Arts
In beginner music, we are learning to play songs with Mi, Sol, and La. In art, we are working on Valentine's Day projects and continuing our texture projects.
1ST GRADE
Unit 3: Tens and Ones
Counting, Place Value, Time, and Money
Reading
UNIT 3 THEME: Imagine That - Next week is Week 6
- Essential Question: How can we use our imaginations?
- Reading Workshop: Read traditional stories and understand the elements of the genre.
- Week 6) eat, play, so, their, some
UNIT 4 THEME: Making History - Starting Feb. 20th - April 4th
- Essential Question: Why is the past important?
- Reading Workshop: Read biographies and understand the elements of the genre.
- High Frequency Words: Week 1) new, thank, always, found, please; Week 2) were, pull, every, any, very; Week 3) away, our, light, never, pretty; Week 4) again, how, read, soon, both; Week 5) carry, going, been, words, does; Week 6) other, right, may, give, number
Science
Topic 5 - Living Things
How do the parts of plants and animals help them?
Social Studies
Topic 5 - One Nation, Many People
How do so many different people make one nation?
Arts
In beginner music, we are learning to play songs with Mi, Sol, and La. In art, we are working on Valentine's Day projects and continuing our texture projects.
2nd Grade
Unit 4: Length
Measurement, Addition and Subtraction, and Line Plots
Reading
UNIT 3 THEME: Our Traditions - Next week is Week 6
- Essential Question: What makes a tradition?
- Reading Workshop: Read different types of traditional tales and understand their elements.
- High Frequency Words: Week 6) group, book, almost
UNIT 4 THEME: Making a Difference - Starting Feb. 20th - April 4th
- Essential Question: Why is it important to connect with other people?
- Reading Workshop: Read narrative nonfiction and understand its elements.
- High Frequency Words: Week 1) sometimes, mountains, young; Week 2) being, talk, song; Week 3)above, family, music; Week 4) color, questions, area; Week 5) horse, problem, complete; Week 6) since, usually, friends
Science
Topic 4: Earth's Processes
Essential Question: What can cause land to change?
Social Studies
Topic 5: Making a Difference
What makes someone a hero?
Arts
In music, we are practicing our singing and composition skills. In art, we are working on Valentine's Day projects and continuing our texture projects.
3rd Grade
Math
Unit 4: Fractions
Equivalence and Comparison, Measurement, and Data
Reading
Unit 3 THEME: Heros - Next week is Week 6
- Essential Question: What makes a hero?
- Reading Workshop: Understand historical fiction and its elements.
- Trade Book: The Hero Two Doors Down - Due Feb. 15th
- Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: encourage, defeat, distinguish, achieve, command
- Week 6 Project: Compose an opinion speech about why it is important to take advantage of opportunities to be heroic.
UNIT 4 THEME: Events - Starting Feb. 20th - April 4th
- Essential Question: How do communities change over time?
- Reading Workshop: Know about biography and understand its elements.
- Trade Book: Sonia Sotomayor - Due April 4th
- Unit Academic Vocabulary Words: benefit, generation, advice, consumer, familiar
- Words of the Week: Week 1) community, donate, convince, generous, transformed; Week 2) slavery, abolitionist, violence, equality, influential; Week 3)succeed, determined, impressed, eventually, imagined; Week 4) destroyed, opportunity, sustainability, reclaimed, constructed; Week 5) heritage, immigrants, interview, permission, arrival
- Week 6 Project: Create an informational poster about how part of a city or town has changed.
Science
Topic 5 - Life Cycles and Traits
Essential Question: How do the traits of living things vary?
Social Studies
Topic 5 - Citizenship and Civic Engagement
How can I participate?
Arts
In music, we are practicing our singing and composition skills. In art, we are working on Valentine's Day projects and continuing our texture projects.
6th Grade
Unit 5: Algebraic Thinking
Equivalent Expressions and Equations with Variables
Reading
UNIT 3 THEME: Modern Technology - Unit Test on Feb. 15th
Essential Question: How is modern technology helpful and harmful to society?
Trade Book: A Wrinkle in Time - Due Feb. 15th
Writing: Argument Essay: Do we rely on technology too much?
UNIT 4 THEME: Imagination - Starting Feb. 20th - April 4th
Essential Question: Where can imagination lead?
Trade Book: Sword and the Circle - Due April 4th
Writing: Short Story - What might happen if a fictional character were to come into the real world?
Science - Middle School Course 1
Topic 7 - Minerals and Rocks in the Geosphere
What events form Earth's rocks?
Social Studies - Middle School World Geography
Topic 4 - South America
What should governments do?
Topic 5 - Europe Through Time
We will be looking at the atlas portions of this unit and then moving to topic 6. The content in this section will be studied in more detail next year in ancient history.
Topic 6 - Europe Today
What makes a culture unique?
Arts
In art, we are learning about space and practice perspective drawing. End of unit project is drawing a 3-D maze. In music we are continuing to work through our practice book. We are also continuing to learn the music for festival this spring.
Contact
Email: teacher@pvsmt.org
Website: pvsmt.org
Location: 7975 Pleasant Valley Rd, Marion, MT 59925, USA
Phone: 406-858-2343