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Ms. Lisa - Room 105 - Math & Social Studies
February 6, 2012
Dear Families,
Reminders:
Monday, February 6th – IXL weekly 2 hour homework due
(164 lessons total for year due)
Progress Report Acknowledgement Forms Due
Thursday, February 9th – Suessical
Field Trip
Science Fair Project Due – Science Fair 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Friday, February 10th – Permission
Slip & $ due for Renaissance Festival
Friendship Dance 5:30 – 7:00 pm
Monday, February 13th – IXL weekly 2
hour homework due (172 lessons total for year due)
Wednesday, February 15th – Geography
Test on the States of the US
LHMP Full-Color (Hand-drawn) Collage Page Due
Permission Form & $ due for Midsummer Night Dream Field Trip
Thursday, February 16th –
Renaissance Faire Field Trip
Friday, February 17th – Early
Release – Staff Development
Monday, February 20th – No School –
Presidents’ Day
IXL weekly 2 hour homework due (180 total for year due)
Friday, February 24th – Field Trip
to Midsummer Night Dream
Tuesday, March 6th – Field Trip to
Mesa Arts Center - National Geographic Speaker
Math:
We will be focusing on the Buckle Down Math AIMS books. Students
work in their books during class, but will need to take the book
home if they do not finish. Lesson 3 was due last Wednesday. Lesson
4 is due this Wednesday.
The math grade is split into 6 categories (IXL weekly homework by time spent; IXL weekly homework by percentage of required lessons mastered; Oswego timed math facts tests; skill level in-class tests; Buckle Down workbook; and participation). Homework is 30%, Tests are 40%, and Class Work is 30%.
For the IXL requirements our week will run from Monday to Sunday. Students will be required to work on IXL in their grade level for a minimum of 2 hours each week. Additional time spent will earn bonus points. Instead of the 8 lessons per week, students should work to master (with a score of 90 or higher) the number of skills indicated for each week. The number tells how many total IXL lessons should be mastered for the year so far. The grade will be a percentage of lessons mastered to total lessons due. (Note: they will not need to complete the IXL record forms any more.)
We will continue to work on the speed & accuracy of the basic math facts. Students need to be able to answer 100 basic math facts questions in 5 minutes. We are using the Oswego math games website for their sprints. They need to master multiplication and division. Please have them practice at home: http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/mathmagician/maths1.html Here are some other practice sites as well: www.wildmath.com/ http://multiplication.com/interactive_games.htm www.bigbrainz.com/ http://www.algebra.com/tutors/lessons-by-tutor.mpl?tutor=nutshellmath
- Students will
be required to spend a minimum of 2 hours working on IXL a week
- They can
choose which lessons they feel confident to complete each week,
instead of having specific lessons assigned.
- For each
lesson they must either earn a score of 90 or above
- They must
have all grade level lessons completed by the end of the school
year.
- The
assignment week will go from Monday to the following Sunday.