The Blue Light Special Food Drive Slide Show

Parent Teacher Conferences

All scheduled meeting times have been sent home.  If you have not received a meeting time, please contact ME, not the school office.  I do not have any more openings available for Monday evening. Since the night is entirely booked, meetings will be VERY timely to ensure all families get their deserved, scheduled time.

Please Note:

• Please be punctual.  If you are late, this time will be taken from the 15 minutes we are assigned.
• Children (student or siblings) are NOT  allowed in room during conferences.

NEW MEETING TIME OPTION: 

If you would like to schedule a different meeting than you were assigned,  please send me an email at nicholas.magierowski-howe@leominster.mec.edu.
We can set one up the week AFTER Thanksgiving in the morning, afternoon, or early evening instead

Looking forward to speaking with you all about your wonderful children!

Vikings Unit Test Study Guide

Know the different places the Vikings traveled to

Know who settled Iceland and Greenland?
 
What did Viking warriors do when they returned home from raiding?
 
What type of government was established in Iceland and Greenland?
 
Know some of the different reasons Vikings went out exploring.
 
What place did Leif Ericson discover in North American?
 
What were the three modern-day countries that formed Scandinavia, the Vikings homeland?

What was the Viking alphabet called?             What were Viking letters called?
 
Besides warriors and raiders, what other occupations/jobs did the Viking people have?
 
Describe what type of armor and weaponry the Viking warriors used…what is different than the way the Vikings are often portrayed?
 
Why did Erik the Red name the land he discovered Greenland?
 
Why is Gardard Svavarsson important to the world today?
 
Why is Eric the Red important to the world today?
 
Why is Leif Erikson important to the world today.?

1.  

Be able to identify the following locations on a map:

• Iceland
• New Foundland /Vinland
• Sweden
• Norway
• Denmark
• Canada
• Greenland
• Great Britain (England/Scotland)
• Ireland

Resources/Notes to Help

Viking small reader

Webquest Teacher Provided Notes

Notes taken from Viking webquest (powerpoint notes)

Mr. M-H: Test Wednesday

Mrs. Lay: Test Thursday 

The recipients of this honor are students who complete all of their school and homework and done so with their best effort, follows the class and school code of conduct at all times, has no unexcused absences/tardiness, displays random acts of kindness, and goes above and beyond.  While many students meet this criteria, this month, we recognize THREE SPECIAL STUDENTS: Kyra, Alondra, and Megan's contributions to Room 28.

Megan Dube








Kyra Kittredge









Alondra Guzman

This Week in Room 28

EXTRA HELP TUESDAY MORNING from 8-830 am

• No appointment needed
• Please bring work you would like to work on or specific questions 

Field Trip Friday!

Our class has just concluded an enormously successful canned food drive for Ginny’s Helping Hands and Food Pantry.  As part of this ongoing community service project, on Friday, November 20^th, our class will be taking a field trip to Ginny’s Food Pantry to deliver donations and make Thanksgiving baskets for families in need. 

We will be leaving Fall Brook School around 9:30 and returning around 2:30.  Ginny’s is located near downtown Leominster on Mechanic Street.  Heather Mazzafero, School Committee member and manager of Ginny’s, will be providing lunch.  Students may also bring snacks/drinks (please no glass!).

Permission Slips are due by WEDNESDAY to  participate

Parents...interested in joining us? ...

Email me!!  nicholas.magierowski-howe@leominster.mec.edu 

What We Are Learning This Week...

Math

• Students will learn how to solve problems involving the order of operations
• Reviewing multiplying, multiplying decimals, and decimal subtraction and addition

ELA

• Read, understand, and compare fairy tales from around the world
• Discuss how setting and point of view impacts a plot
• Compare and contrast characters, settings, and events in a story and between stories
• Write compare and contrast essays on characters
• Edit and revise run-on sentences and fragments
• Continue review of complex and compound sentences
• No Spelling homework this week
• Students will be bringing home fairy tales told from multiple perspectives as ELA homework

Science

• Food Chains and Food Webs

Social Studies

• Preparing Our Food Donations for Shipment
• Vikings Unit Long Boat Project
• Viking Test
• Mr. M-H: Wednesday
• Mrs. Lay: Thursday

Picture Retakes

November 17th 

Spelling Words of the Week: PLURAL

• countries
• liberties
• potatoes
• taxes
• reptiles
• surroundings
• beliefs
• difficulties
• batches
• abilities
• lashes
• identities
• losses
• possibilities
• zeroes
• mosquitoes
• geniuses
• trophies
• families
• cities

Photosynthesis Quiz

The Photosynthesis quiz will be November 13th for Mr. Howe's homeroom. All study materials come from student notes and activities.

Below is the study guide:

 Photosynthesis Test Study Guide

Know the important ingredients of photosynthesis and be able to write a step by step process of how photosynthesis take place (Recipe Card)

Know the four steps to the photosynthesis process (Recipe Card)

Know the two outcomes that come from photosynthesis (Recipe Card)

Know what the xylem and the phloem are, and what their job is in the plant (definition page and Recipe Card)

Be able to explain why Glucose is important

Clearly explain the importance of plant roots

Memorize the Photosynthesis definitions

a.        Producer- An organism that makes its own food (plant)

b.       Consumer- An organism that relies on other organisms for food

Be able draw and label a diagram of photosynthesis

**A word bank will be given on the test**

You should use the recipe card, definition page, photosynthesis diagram, and the brochure to help you study. 

Writing Equations to Represent Word Problems

Multiplying Decimals Review 

(Video Tutorial)- Kahn Academy

Click Here 

Be sure to have one factor going left and right (width) and the other factor going top to bottom (length).  The product of the two factors is the overlapping color.  In the case above, the product is the purple shaded hundredths

tenth x tenth = hundredths

Special Announcements

Autumn Celebration This Friday!

Friday, October 30^th is packed with activities to celebrate the season!

• Creative Arts Buddies: We will be meeting with Ms. Cruz’s class to read stories and do an activity (remember plastic bottles…paint, marker, scrap fabric, and google eye donations still needed).
• Costume Parade: Students also be participating in the annual school-wide parade.  Those who do not celebrate Halloween do not need to participate.  No masks, weapons, face paint please.
• Party in a Bag: We will also end the day with a Party in a Bag.  Students are invited to bring in a small bag of their own treat to enjoy.  Due to severe food allergies, the treat that each student brings will not be shared with other students.  Students are not required to bring a bag if they choose not to.

Parents are welcome to join us for any of the activities…

please contact me by email if you’d like to come in.

NO SCHOOL TUESDAY - PLEASE VOTE!!

Scholastic Book Orders

A book order form from Scholastic Book Club went home this past Friday.  It is not mandatory to purchase books though student purchases give points to classroom teachers to purchase new books and resources for their classrooms.  Order can be returned to Mr. M-H by November 9^th or you can order online.  The website is on the order form.  My classroom code for Scholastic is G2CFF

Friendly Falcons Thanksgiving Food Drive

This year, Mr. Magierowski-Howe’s and Mrs. Lay’s classes will join to form the Friendly Falcons: Community Helpers.  This month, we will be coordinating and running a school-wide CANNED FOOD DRIVE to benefit Ginny’s Food Pantry in Leominster.  Students will be developing speeches, marketing posters, awards incentives, and planning calendars for this activity.  

This will lead up to students taking a field trip to Ginny’s on Friday, November 20^th to deliver the donations and prepare the food baskets to be given to those less fortunate.

We will be collecting items to make Thanksgiving baskets for families and to restock the diminishing supply in Ginny’s Food Pantry.

All non-perishable food items are greatly appreciated, but the following are target items that are one of the focuses of this project:

Soup- HIGH NEED                        Stuffing

Canned Vegetables                     Pie Crusts

Pie Filling                                      Spaghetti Sauce

Peanut Butter                              Macaroni & Cheese

More information about this project will come this week and throughout the month of November!

This Week’s Spelling

Homophones: Words that sound the same when spoken, but have a different meaning and spelling.  Spelling list, activities, and parent sentences are being sent home on MONDAY.

Activities:
Definitions- Write a definition of each word. Some words are homonyms/homographs and have multiple meanings. You may use a dictionary or online resource

 Sentences-  Write a sentence using each word…be sure to include enough context clues to accurately show the meaning of the word.  Underline the spelling word in the sentence.

Parent Test- have a parent (or another adult) give you a test using the supplied sentences. Practice test must be submitted.

Homework Helper Hint: BEGIN WORKING ON ASSIGNMENTS AT BEGINNING OF WEEK.

Assignments Due Friday

This Week in Room 28

This Week in Math

• Find the product of a decimal and a power of 10
• Use models to represent multiplying a decimal and a whole number
• Multiply a decimal by a whole number
• Use a grid to multiply decimals

This Week in ELA

• Identify the mood, tone, and style of a fiction text and support with text details.
• Identify and use homophones and homographs accurately.
• Write mystery narratives using each of the narrative elements (plot, character, & setting)
• Use paragraphs to separate ideas and content based on paragraph structure conventions.

This Week in Social Studies

• Viking Exploration- Greenland & Iceland
• Democracy Spreading
• Erik the Red & Leif Erikson

This Week in Science

• Photosynthesis: xylem, phloem, chloroplasts, & chlorophyll
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It's THAT time of year...

Tissues and Disinfecting Wipes 

are GREATLY needed

Paper Roll Recycling!

We will be doing many activities in the coming months using recycled toilet paper, paper towel, wrapping paper rolls, and shipping tubes.  As you use these products, PLEASE SEND IN THE EMPTY ROLLS!!  

This is an unending request...keep sending em' in!

—Choose ten words, and write the definition for each

—Choose the other ten words, and write a sentence for each. BE SURE to include context clues!

—Write each word three times.

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Due: October 21st

1.heartfelt

2.scorn

3.aboard

4.awareness

5.explore

6.uproar

7.marsh

8.starch

9.source

10.fare

11.barge

12.escort

13.parched

14.forcefully

15.sparsely

16.scarce

17.coarse

18.flared

19.portfolios

20.swords

CHALLENGE

21.Halloween

22.which

23.witch

24.zombie

25.goblin

Please Help! Donations Needed!

Potting Soil
Seeds

For Science Labs to Demonstrate Photosynthesis

Needed As Soon as Possible

Green, White, and Orange Tempera Paint

Scraps of Green, Black, & White Fabric

for Creative Arts Buddies w/ Ms. Cruz

Needed for Friday 10/30

This Week in Room 28 

Math

• Multiply 3 digit by 2 digit numbers
• Solve problems involving multiplication
• Create a model to represent a multiplication problem

Multiplication QUIZ Wednesday

• Use powers of 10 to multiply whole numbers and decimals

ELA

• Read and understand persuasive articles
• Write a persuasive speech by using research-based facts and opinions to the show either positive or negative effects
• Use Latin roots to determine meanings of words
• Identify and explain an author’s points of view
• Reread to build understanding of non-fiction texts
• Use content vocabulary accurately
• Identify and develop complex sentences

SPELLING TEST Wednesday

ASSESSMENTS Friday

Science

• Photosynthesis

Social Studies

• The Vikings
• Who were the Vikings?
• Why and where did the Vikings explore?
• Who was Erik the Red? 
• Who was Leif Erikson?
• Why are the Viking explorations important to the world today?

This Week in Room 28

Math

• Multiply 3 digit by 2 digit numbers
• Solve problems involving multiplication
• Create a model to represent a multiplication problem

ELA

• Read and understand persuasive articles
• Write a persuasive speech by using research-based facts and opinions to the show either positive or negative effects
• Use Latin roots to determine meanings of words
• Identify and explain an author’s points of view
• Reread to build understanding of non-fiction texts
• Use content vocabulary accurately
• Identify and develop complex sentences

Science

• Adaptations Quiz Thursday

Social Studies

• The Vikings
• Who were the Vikings?
• Why and where did the Vikings explore?
• Who was Erik the Red? 
• Who was Leif Erikson?
• Why are the Viking explorations important to the world today?

Extra Help Tuesday 10/13

8am

No Appointment Needed!

Students must bring questions and / or assignments they would like assistance with.

Important Upcoming Dates

• NO SCHOOL
• 10/9 & 10/12

• SCIENCE ADAPTATIONS TEST
• 10/15

• BOOK FAIR
• 10/19
• GRAND DAY EVENT
• 10/16 

• MILE MADNESS
• 10/26

Multiplying 2 digit by 2 digit Numbers 

Using the Standard Algorithm

Click HERE to Watch Video

Nicolle "Nikky" Calixtro-Jaimes

The recipient of this honor is a student who completes all of their school and homework and done so with their best effort, follows the class and school code of conduct at all times, has no unexcused absences/tardiness, displays random acts of kindness, and goes above and beyond.  While many students meet this criteria, this month, we recognize Nikky's contributions to Room 28.

Reading Reminder!

Read through Chapter 47

So, finish 47; do not start 48

Due Tomorrow

Animal Adaptations Study Guide

Thursday, October 15^th.

Below is a copy of the study guide.  Students should use their science notebooks and notes to prepare for the test.

Study Guide

• Know the difference between behavioral and structural adaptations
• Know all of the reasons why birds migrate or move to a new location
• Know the difference between learned behavior and instinctive behavior
• What is hibernation?

Vikings Map Skills Quiz

Thursday, October 8th 

Given a numbered map, students will identify the following locations:

• Sweden
• Norway
• Denmark
• New Foundland
• Canada
• Greenland
• Iceland
• Atlantic Ocean
• Scotland
• England
• Ireland

This Week in Room 28...

This Week in Math:

• Use mental math to multiply a factor by a power of ten
• Multiply 2 digit by 2 digit numbers using the standard algorithm
• Solve word problems involving multiplication

This Week in ELA:

• Use an author’s sequence order structure to help me understand a non-fiction text
• Use Greek roots to help me determine meanings of unfamiliar words
• Identify and develop compound sentences
• Develop a summary of a text using notes and text evidence to support thinking.

This Week in Science:

• Invasive Species Wanted Posters!
• Animal Adpatations Test Dates and Study Guides Were Given Last Week
• Test Date: October 15^th

This Week in Social Studies:

• The Vikings
• Who were the Vikings?
• Why and where did the Vikings explore?
• Who was Erik the Red?
• Who was Leif Erikson?
• Why are the  Viking explorations important to the world today?
• Map Skills Quiz: Thursday, October 8^th