Week of January 22nd

                        January 21^st-24th, 2020

Happy 2020!

We will have our compliment party this Friday due to many sick kids in the class !!!! 

Book orders are due 1/21/20

Thanks for the donations for the ice cream. The kids had fun making the ice cream and talking about the properties of matter. We could use gift cards to the Dollar Store to use for other projects. WE will be making oobleck this week!

toparaji@iwcs.k12.va.us

Reading: SOLs:

Reading    2.8b Make and confirm predictions

2.8d Set a purpose for reading (text features)

Vocabulary      2.6f Use vocabulary from other content areas

Writing 2.12e Organize information in writing or a visual display.

Science 2.1 Demonstrate an understanding of scientific and engineering practices

a.            asking questions and defining problems 2.3 Investigate and understand matter can exist in different phases

c) heating and cooling can change the phases of matter

(K.3 investigate and understand physical properties can be described by a. color b. shapes/forms c. texture d. relative size & weight)

(1.3 investigate and understand objects are made from materials that can be described by their physical properties: a. objects are made of one or more materials with different physical properties b. when an object is changed in size most physical properties remain the same)

Some friends are not completing their reading assignment on a nightly basis It will be logged the same as last year, and the expectation is that students read 30 minutes. Also, please have them log in two steps and place your signature beside it. On a daily basis, we should have 4 steps. The time may bebroken into intervals. PLEASE SIGN READING LOGS NIGHTLY

Science: We will be working on states of matter( we will be making oobleck in the class on Friday to show changes of matter

Math 2.6- determine the difference of two whole numbers each 99 or less, using various methods; ordinal numbers

Homework

Do your know your power goal?

Monday   MLK day ; holiday

Tuesday: 2 steps; ST MATH

Wednesday : 2 steps; ST MATH

Thursday:Have some quality family time; read for 30 mins and log in two steps; ST MATH 

Friday: 2 steps

Important Dates

*Monday, January 20        240 Steps    Library

*Tuesday, January 21       244 Steps    Engineering

*Wednesday, January 22    248 Steps    P.E

*Thursday, January 23     252 Steps    SOAR

Extended resource 2:05- music and computer science

*Friday, December 24     256 Steps    Art

Upcoming Events

· January 29:  End of the 2^ndNine Weeks/1^stSemester

· January 30:  No School (Teacher Workday)

· January 31: No School (Professional Development Day)

Compliment party on Friday- I have it covered!!!!