February 17 th
Issue 14
Teacher Information
Heather Bovee 702-5728 or [email protected]
Britta Ferrell 702-5745 or [email protected]
Amy Frandsen 702-5791 or [email protected]
Bryce Singleton 702-5794 or [email protected]
February
17
Book Fair
25
March
4
BizTown
Students will be finding out what their BizTown Job
is this week. Thanks to all the parents who helped
with interviews. This was such a valuable experience
to our students.
Lessons this week have included:
• What is a Quality business?
• How do businesses succeed?
• What are business costs?
Permission slip is in today’s Thursday folder.
Curriculum Celebration from 10:00-10:30
(Come see what we are learning in math.)
Field Trip Chaperones: Please look in today’s
Thursday folder for training information. All
chaperones must complete online training prior to
the field trip.
BizTown
We are currently in the process of rescheduling MAPS;
please look for more information to come next week.
Your Ticket to Read!
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHILD
1
What job are skills or qualities will you show
Today is the last day of the book fair. Thanks to
the PTA for putting on such a great event! It is so
great to see such excitement over books.
when working at BizTown?
2
Did you get anything from the book fair?
3
What is a goal you have for the rest of the school
year?
4
What are you doing at recess in this warm
weather?
5
What is your next writing piece?
Valley Crossing Community School
651-702-5700
Literacy Notes
Reading: During historical fiction, students
learned about difficult times in history. We
share about our reading in many ways. Students
talk about books often. We write post-its or jots
to remember things we want to discuss. We also
write about our reading. One way we write is
called a WRITE LONG. During a write long
students might:
• Name the book they read
• Name the characters and setting
• Summarize the conflict
• Start with a strong idea/inference
• Give examples from the text
• Quote the text
Write longs give students a chance to justify their
thinking.
Writing: We in the brainstorming phase of
literary essay. Students are reading short stories
and coming up with strong ideas. We will be
choosing one story and one idea to write into an
essay.
Word Study News
Bovee: Our suffix study this week includes –able
and –ible words. Students are learning the
generally words that have the suffix –able are have
a base word (enjoyable), and words that have the
suffix –ible have a word root (incredible).
Ferrell: This week we are learning about VCCV
pattern.
Frandsen: We are exploring unaccented final
syllables. These words have a variety of spellings
for the same or similar sounds. This week our
words end in –en, -in, on and –an.
Singleton: WW: We are working on words that
begin with str, scr, and spr. SJ: We are working
with words that have the VCe pattern (write). Then
we are learning to drop the e and add ing (writing).
Math Minutes
Bovee: Students have worked hard on multiplying
fractions, and today they started working on
dividing fractions. We will be finishing this unit
next week, taking the unit test on Thursday or
Friday.
Small group: Students have been exploring linear
functions with graphs and tables. They are getting
very familiar with using y = mx + b. It’s
challenging work!
Frandsen/Ferrell: This week we are working with
polygons. Students are learning characteristics of
certain polygons. Students should know:
• Heptagon
• Triangle
• Octagon
• Quadrilateral
• Nonagon
• Pentagon
• Decagon
• Hexagon
Singleton: We are continuing with Unit 5 about 2D geometry. Students are learning about:
• Comparing the perimeters and areas of
rectangles when dimensions are multiplied
• Creating different rectangles with the same
area but different perimeters
• Understanding square units as a unit of
measure
Theme Scene
4th and 5th graders: We have returned to our Social
Studies textbook. This week we are reading
Chapter 6 and learning about early English
settlements.
6th graders: Our social studies chapter this week is
called “Consumption Patterns in the United States:
The Impact of Living Well”. It fits beautifully with
our economics study. Next week we will be
returning to our “Nature of Science” study.
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