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Maxwell
Intermediate
Fifth
Grade
Mrs. Knecht-Strong
Miss Greulich
Mr. Ellars
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Maxwell
Intermediate
102
N. Main Street
Maxwell,
IN 46154
Phone:
317-326-3121
Fax:
317-326-4711
Email:
dknecht-strong@gcsc.k12.in.us
agreulich@gcsc.k12.in.us
jellars@gcsc.k12.in.us
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For the Week of August 13-17, 2012
Math with Mrs. Knecht-Strong:
- Mon L1-6 Prime &
Composite Numbers; HW SL L 1-6; Game “Factor
Capture”
- Tues L1-7 Square Numbers;
HW SL L 1-7; Game “Factor Bingo”
- Wed L1-8 Unsquaring
Numbers; HW SL L 1-8 Game “Multiplication
Top-It”
- Thurs L1-9 Factor Strings
and Prime Factorization; HW SL L 1-9 Game “Name That Number”
- Fri Power Day- in class
assign Journal pg 15 and 22 for a grade; review games from this week
Social Studies with Mr.Ellars: (http://maxsci.blogspot.com)
- Continued
work on states and capitals this week
- Review of
latitude and longitude
Science/Health with Mr. Ellars: (http://maxsci.blogspot.com)
- Students finished
constructing pendulums and have been investigating pendulum systems.
- This week we’ll
investigate the effect of changing variables in the pendulum system, such
as mass and pendulum length.
- A short quiz on the
pendulum investigations is scheduled for Friday, August 17.
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Homework: Make sure students are reading 15 minutes every night and
parents are signing their reading calendar!
- Discuss the Riley Poetry Contest
- Continue working with our Daily Five- read to self, read to someone,
listen to reading, work on writing and word study.
- Continue working with our café board- Comprehension, Accuracy,
Fluency and vocabulary
- Frindle test Friday, August 17th
English/Writing
with Miss Greulich:
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We will introduce our Student Tale Writing
Project this week. Students will begin writing a book that they will later on
publish into a hard back book. Please help your child think of a topic or
person they would like to write their book about. It can be fiction or
non-fiction. Look for a letter coming home explaining this project
in-depth very soon.
Good BEHAVIOR = “FUN FRIDAy”
Please monitor your child’s behavior and responsibility
by checking their assignment notebook each week. Four or less marks for the
week, (codings- see chart taped in the
front of their assignment notebook) earns Fun Friday rewards. Otherwise your child will be meeting with a 5th
grade teacher for study hall to make up missing homework.
We ask that you sign your child’s
notebook at the end of each week to indicate you have checked their assignment
book and have discussed any situations necessary.
Reminders
this week:
*Related Arts Days – Monday, Wednesday, Friday
* Picture Day- Thursday, August 16th
Name ___________________________ Week________________________
How I
studied my multiplication and division facts this week
(Check all
that apply)
Flashcards Games Website Activities
___________ _____________
Must have at
least 45 minutes to earn extra credit for the week
Number of
minutes spent studying facts each day:
Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Total
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Parent Signature _____________________________________________
“Frindle”
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Word
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Meaning
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acquainted
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made aware; informed
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assignment
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something assigned, a piece of work to be done
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essential
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absolutely necessary; very important
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expanded
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made larger; increased in size
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guaranteed
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made certain that something would happen as a result
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procedures
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ways of proceeding; methods of doing things
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reputation
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what people think and say the character of someone
or something is
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worshipped
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paid great honor and reverence to
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Dear
Parents/ Guardians,
Attached
you will find information on how to access SuccessTracker, our online reading
resource. SuccessTracker can help you stay informed on your child’s progress in
reading. Fourth grade students take online bi-weekly reading tests, and a
benchmark test is given at the beginning of the year, after each unit, and at
the end of the year.
1.
Login using the user name and password given on the letter
attached.
2.
From the home page, click on the Parents tab at the top.
3.
Check the rectangle that says review all tests and
activities assigned and completed so far.
a.
Make sure to choose Reading Success Tracker.
4.
Click View assignments and progress.
5.
You may click on anything with an underline to get more
information.
6.
If you click on the test it will show you the exact test.
7.
If you click on View Results you will see your student’s
score and the questioned answered incorrectly.
8.
IF you click on the underlined number next to a red x you
will see the incorrect answer chose by your student.
9.
At the bottom of the Test Results page, you will see the
skills that your student needs to continue to work on. These are skills that
will be focused on in small groups and during center time.
10.
From the Home page you can access an online version of your
student’s reading textbook.
We hope that you will take advantage of
this resource! Please let us know if you have any questions.
Thank You,
Miss Greulich
Reading Teacher
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