N E W S L E T T E R
Ms. Campbell
Ms. Holt
Monday, September 17, 2012
Anchorage Public School
Spelling
This week’s spelling and
vocabulary words are
taken out of the orange
“Vocabulary from Classical
Roots” workbook lesson 2.
Words
Motel
Motionless
Motivate
Motive
Motor
Numerator
Numerical
Numerous
Challenge Words
Motivation
Motorist
Promote
Promotion
Remote
Enumerate
innumerable
Ms. Harper
Reading/Language/Writing
Students will continue reading
for
informational text using the story “The Night
of the Pufflings.” Vocabulary from the story
are: uninhabited, burrows, stranded, venture,
instinctively, nestles. Students will take a test
on Friday for comprehension of the story and
its vocabulary. This week in language students
will continue recognizing and writing simple
and compound sentences.
Math
This week math will be all about adding &
subtracting.
We will be reviewing the
traditional algorithms and then practicing with
real world problems. We will be delving into
some multi-step problems that involve more
than one operation. We will learn how to set
these problems up with a variable assigned for
the unknown. Thursday we will take a retest of the material from our last quiz to see
how much progress we have made in
mastering these learning targets.
Science
This week students will continue their studies
of adaptations. On Monday, students will do a
bird beak lab to determine the best beak
adaptations for eating certain foods. On
Tuesday, students will study defense
adaptations, specifically camouflage vs.
mimicry.
Social Studies
This week students will continue learning
about how landforms such as rivers and
mountains influence where human activities
are located in Kentucky. Also, we will explore
why the "Bluegrass State- Kentucky" can also
be known as the "River State." We'll examine
the 89,431 miles of rivers and streams in
Kentucky and see how these waterways
provide recreational activities and countless
economic opportunities.
Upcoming Dates:
1. September 18th -High
Attendance Day
2. September 20th Parent
Academy 7:00-8:30.
3. September 27th -Pep Rally
4. September 28th -Field trip
money is due.
5. September 28th 1st midterm
ends
6. October 1st-5th Fall Break
7. October 8th-12th School at the
Zoo
8. October 12th Midterm reports
Just a Reminder:
1. Field Experience at the
Louisville Zoo- Information and
permission slips went home last
Monday in the weekly folder.
Permission slips were due Friday,
September 14th and field trip
money is due by Friday,
September 28th. Please send in
the permission slips as soon as
possible so we can turn in our
lunch counts to the cafeteria.
Thank you.
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