Picture retake day is Tuesday, November 16th from 8:30-9:30. November 23rd is an EARLY OUT day. Students will be dismissed at NOON. There will be a Geography Bee here at Poly in December. The date will be up next week. The General Music Holiday Program will be Thursday, December 16th @ 2:15. The Band and Orchestra Holiday Program will be Tuesday, December 21st @ 2:15. Students from Poly Drive will be performing at Barnes and Noble on Sunday, November 21.
3:00 K and 1 (they actually will begin singing around 3:10)
3:30 2 and 3 (begin at 3:40)
4:00 4, 5, and 6 general music (begin at 4:10)
4:30 Select Choir
Each group will sing for about 5 minutes - 2 songs, except Select Choir, which will sing more - not much of a time commitment for anyone.
Conferences
THANK YOU for your time and comments during conferences. As a result of your input, I am sending home a letter to you today outlining grading changes that have taken place. I am switching over to the more familiar percentage scale that most of grew up with and that most schools/teachers use. After reading the letter, please sign it and return it so I know you are aware of the change. I will be calling families this weekend if I do not get a signature back.
Online grade checks
There are some students who have completed work that is not yet due. To try and keep ahead of the game, I have corrected those assignments and entered their grades. If your child has not completed it yet, it is not late. It isn’t even due. J
Reading
We are continuing with our novels. By Friday, students should be finished with them.
Language
Verb forms (to be and helping verbs) will be the focus this upcoming week. We are also working on “stop light writing” which is a systematic, organizational format for organizing writing. Using the stop light metaphor helps the students recall/remember the steps. FYI: The stop light is upside down. We start with green, go to yellow, then red, and finish with green again.
Math
Watch for math fact markers (they look like book marks) to be coming home on Friday. These are in place of the traditional flash cards. The students each have two. One will stay at school; one goes home.
Moli Stone presentations: We will be done by Friday. Then we will be back in to the text book for both classes. You may be seeing the text more often. I expect to get through 3 chapters of math before Winter Break.
Science
We are continuing on with atomic structure, molecules, and compounds. We will be making models of atoms next week. THANK YOU for signing the notebooks for extra credit.
Social Studies
5th graders have large tag board animal continents due next Monday. If they do not have it done, it will be coming home on Friday.
4th graders are working in Chapter 2 learning about basic types of maps (rainfall, population density, elevation maps, regional maps).
Spelling
4th grade spelling words Unit 10 November 8th-12th Vowel + /r/ sounds
BASIC: spark, prepare, cheer, tear, scarf, rare, repair, earring, scarce, weird, sharp, rear, spare, gear, hairy, compare, alarm, harsh, upstairs, square
CHALLENGE: weary, startle, appear, barnacle, awareness
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Fires
flammable, fumes, blaze, panic, extinguisher, stairwell, siren, evacuation
4th grade spelling words Unit 11 November 15th-19th More Vowel + /r/ sounds
BASIC: learn, dirty, worn, sore, thirst, burn, record, cure, board, course, worth, early, return, pure, world, search, worse, thirteen, sport, current
CHALLENGE: curious, thorough, earnest, portion, foreign
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY Basketball
sportscaster, halftime, dribbles, teammate, court, backboard, rebound, offense
5th grade spelling words Unit 10 November 8th-12th Compound Words
Note: There are 3 forms of compound words: closed form, hyphenated form, and open form. All 3 are contained in this week's list. If you want to read more about these 3 forms, you can go to http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm.
BASIC: wildlife, uproar, home run, headache, top-secret, teammate, wheelchair, light bulb, well-known, well-known, throughout, lifeguard, barefoot, part-time, warehouse, overboard, post office, outspoken, up-to-date, awestruck, newscast
CHALLENGE: motorcycle, overseas, quick-witted, stomachache, bulletin board
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: A Job Hunt
employment, want ads, experience, schedule, training, interview, wages, benefits
5th grade spelling words Unit 11 November 15th-19th Final schwa + /r/ sounds
BASIC: cellar, flavor, molar, chapter, mayor, anger, senator, passenger, major, popular, tractor, thunder, pillar, messenger, calendar, quarter, lunar, proper, elevator, bitter
CHALLENGE: stellar, clamor, tremor, circular, adviser
REAL-WORLD VOCABULARY: Architecture and Design
architect, real estate, exterior, interior, dimensions, pantry, design, fixtures
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