Pouncing into Patton

It was great to see so many of you at conferences on Thursday and Friday!

It's so hard to believe that we are nearing the end of October.

As a team, we have implemented an IXL challenge for the students. As they successfully master skills on IXL, they are keeping track of them on a recording sheet. For every 25 skills mastered, students have the opportunity to choose a prize from the IXL Prize Bin in their homeroom. Each classroom has some prizes in their bin already, but we could really use some help to add to the rewards. If you would be willing to contribute some prizes, it would be greatly appreciated.

Suggested prizes: candy, small trinkets and fidgets, special pens and pencils, stickers, stress balls, etc

Module 5

Parts of an expression

Writing Algebraic Expressions

Evaluating Algebraic Expressions

Better Than Words: Say it with a Selfie/ OMG, Not Another Selfie

Topic 3: Energy

We will determine the relationships among energy, motion, force, and work. We will classify, quantify, and measure different forms of energy. We are in need of materials to build our egg contraptions. If you can help, we will build on Tuesday and Wednesday and launch on Thursday the 24th.

Topic 3 Test Friday, October 25th. There is a Blooket for students to study.

Topic 3: Ancient Egypt and Kush

Harris- We will use Reflex, IXL, and ALEKS to practice reading and math skills. Vocabulary, mean, median, mode, and range will be practiced each week. We will continue working on our crow essay.

Payne- We will work on the RACE strategy for writing and continue our vocabulary unit. We will also practice calculating Mean, Median, Mode and Range each week with out Estimation Jar. Each student should have a grade level appropriate chapter book that they are reading at all times. They are welcome to borrow one from the classroom library and we will go to the school library again soon.

Phillips- We will use Reflex, IXL, and ALEKS to practice reading and math skills. The ALEKS goal is to practice 15 minutes per school day and learn 5 new topics.Each student should have a grade level appropriate chapter book that they are reading at all times. They are welcome to borrow one from the classroom library and we will go to the school library soon. If you able to donate to our class prize box, that will be amazing! Many students are forgetting to charge their Chromebooks. A gentle reminder will be very helpful. This is the time of year when allergies, dry throats, and common colds ramp up. If you could send in a few boxes of tissues and or small bottles of water, that will be great! Thank you so much for supporting our classroom.

Tell me about Plot Mountain.

What was your favorite part of Topic 2 in Social Studies?

Teach me how to do PEMDAS.

Solve. 3 x 3 + (5 - 2)

Why does a baseball travel farther and faster in the Colorado Rockies stadium, than other baseball stadiums in the US?

CHARGE YOUR CHROMEBOOK!

Eat breakfast!

Bring a snack.

BE PROACTIVE!

Christine Harris charris@usd207.org

Aimee Phillips: aphillips@usd207.org

Katie Payne: spayne@usd207.org