Happy Valentine’s Week!
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Wednesday 1:30-7:00 PM Drop-in conferences (except from 3:45-4:15)
Thursday 8:30 AM – 7:00PM scheduled conferences (email natalie.dudley@thompsonschools.org or call 613-7363)
No school for students Thursday 2/16, Friday 2/17 , and Monday 2/20
Curriculum Foci
Language Arts: argument essay and root word quiz
Social Studies: elements of civilization
Science: scientific processes
Math: Pou; rates and proposals
Welcome back from our 3-day snowy weekend!!
Important Information:
Field Trip: THIS FRDAY! Students need to:
We will be leaving the school around 8:40 AM and we will return to school by 2:30 PM.
Parent-Teacher Conferences:
Wednesday 2/15 1:30-7:00 PM DROP-in conferences (except for 3:45-4:30)
Thursday 2/16 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM -scheduled conferences only
No school : Thursday 2/16, Friday 2/17 and Monday 2/20
Curriculum foci:
Language Arts: root words, argument writing with ”The Pin” and collecting textual evidence
Science: wrapping up classification – TEST TUESDAY, begin cells
Social Studies: thinking like an economist, museum etiquette
Important Information
The field trip to the Denver Museum is NEXT FRIDAY 2/10/12. If you volunteered to be a chaperone, you can expect a letter home by Wednesday detailing what to expect etc. Students will need to bring a sack lunch and a pen/pencil on the day of the field trip. If your student needs a school lunch please have him/her contact a team teacher ASAP.
Parent Teacher Conferences:
Wednesday February 15th – DROP -IN Conferences from 1:30 – 7:00 PM in room 35 (Mrs. Dudley’s room)
Thursday February 16th – SCHEDULED conferences: please email or call Mrs. Dudley to schedule one on these (natalie.dudley@thompsonschools.org); we will also be calling to set up appointment times. Time slots will be 15 minutes from 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM.
No school on Friday 2/17 or Monday 2/20
Curriculum Foci:
Language Arts: root words (quiz Friday), argument in literature/case file assignment; writing homework due Wednesday; new homework due NEXT Wednesday
Social Studies: Thinking like a political scientist and thinking like an economist
Science: Characteristics and classification of living things
Math: PoU; 4th – solving equations
Important Information
Field Trip!!! We are going to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Friday February 10, 2012. Make sure your student has turned in the $10 fee and permission slip. If your student needs a lunch he or she needs to let Mrs. Dudley know ASAP!
Substitute Information: please chat with your student about the appropriate behavior for guest teachers. Due to a district training several Tiger teachers will be in and out in the next few weeks. We appreciate your support with this.
Parent Teacher Conferences
On Wednesday February 15th and Thursday February 16th we will be having parent teacher conferences. As always, your student is welcome and encouraged to attend with you.
Wednesday 2/15/12 conferences will be DROP in from 1:30 – 7:00 PM
Thursday 2/16/12 conferences will be scheduled from 8:30 AM – 7:00 PM.
All conferences will be in room 35. If you would like to schedule a conference please email Mrs. Dudley at natalie.dudley@thompsonschools.org with some possible times and she will get back to you ASAP. If you prefer to leave a voicemail you can call 613-7363.
There will be NO school on Friday 2/17 or Monday 2/20.
Curriculum Foci:
Language Arts: compound sentence quiz (Wed.), root word review quiz (Fri.), argumentative writing
Science: scientific processes; test Wednesday; characteristics of living things
Math: PoU; 4th period – graphing
Social Studies: thinking like a historian; thinking like a political scientist
Hope you all had an enjoyable 3-day weekend.
Important News:
Curriculum Foci:
Language Arts: creating a stance; reading non-fiction; compound sentences
Math: Power of U and 4th hour: circles and angles
Science: Thinking like a scientist; hypothesis, graphing, results, and writing a conclusion
Social Studies: Thinking like a geographer/historian
Welcome Back!!! Happy New Year!
Important Announcements:
Upcoming field trip: The Tiger team will be traveling to the Denver Museum of Nature and Science on Friday February 10th. Students will be bringing home a permission slip this WEDNESDAY. Please return it with the money as soon as possible.
No school in observance of Martin Luther King Junior Day on Monday January 16, 2012.
Supplies: please make sure your students have the necessary supplies for each class! Many kids need pencils and pens. Also, some students need to bring in fine money to the library!
Curriculum Information:
Language Arts: New unit: Argumentative Writing and story analysis; library day this THURSDAY; new homework assignment Wednesday. Instead of reading homework, we will now be doing weekly writing homework. New information will be sent home with students this Wednesday.
Social Studies: How to think like a social scientist. (New class for students)
Science: Thinking like a scientist (new class for students)
Math: 1st and 2nd hour – Power of U pilot program; 4th hour: comparing expressions and circles
Welcome to the last school week of 2011!
Important Anouncements:
Curriculum Foci:
Math: Tangram investigations; semester 1 wrap-up
Social Studies: Globalization assessment
Language Arts: Glogster presentations and unit 2 relfection
Science: Wrapping up ecology and natural selection (catch-up day on Wednesday)
The Tiger team would like to wish you and your families a happy holiday! Enjoy the long break and we will see everyone for 2nd semester on Monday January 9, 2012!!
9 days to go…..!!!
Important Information:
Dance: this Friday after school – 3:00-4:30
Permission Slip: your student will be bringing home a permission slip TODAY to allow him/her to watch a the movie, Elf, the day before winter break. Please sign and return the permission slip as soon as possible.
Curriculum Foci:
Language Arts: writing expository text, root words: logos, nomen/nominis, video/visum, and skopeo; creating Glogsters
Math: scale factor and similar shapes
Social Studies: globalization
Science: adaptions and natural selection
Important Information!!!
JINGLEBIRD is here!! This Wednesday 12/7, students will be participating in a wellness walk-a-thon. All pledges are due TOMORROW!!! Please help support our school in this once-a-year fundraiser! All kids should dress for the weather – we will be outside walking on the track for 45 minutes. Then, we will participate in educational and physical stations. It should be a great day and we hope to raise a lot of money for CBMS!
Spelling Bee – students who want to take part need to go to Mrs. Stoddard’s cottage (65) this FRIDAY 12/9 at LUNCH to take the 40 word qualifying quiz! GOOD LUCK!
Curriculum Foci:
Language Arts – expository writing; synthesizing our research
Social Studies – finishing up Legacy of War unit (assessment tomorrow); beginning globalization unit.
Math – review ratios, proportions, and expressions
Science – biomes, food chains, food webs