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School House Rock Subject and Predicate

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Estimating Products Notes

Photosynthesis Test: Last Chance Work Out

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Stems Xylem Phloem Notes

Roots Notes

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Photosynthesis Notes 2017

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Volcanoes Resource:

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This Week in Room 28

Enrichment:

• Standards Review and MCAS Prep

ELA:

• Simple Machines
• Main Idea and Summary
• Graphic Aids
• Vocab: pulley, lever, wedge, screw, inclined plane, wheel and axel, work, effort, load, force

Math:

• Volume
• length x width x height
• base x height
• Volume of Irregular Prisms
• A + B = V
• A = length x width x height
• B= length x width x height

Science:

• Rocks and Minerals

Social Studies

• Rapid Changes to Earth
• Tsunamis and Earthquakes

Riddle of the Week

Every dawn begins with me

At dusk I’ll be the first you see

And daybreak couldn’t come without

What midday centers all about

Daises grow from me, I’m told

And when I come, I end all cold

But in the sun I won’t be found

Yet still, each day I’ll be around

Bring the solution to the riddle in to Mr. Howe 

by Friday for extra credit

Autism Awareness Month 

A group of students in class has been working on an enrichment project to develop activities in honor of Autism Awareness Month.  As part of their work, they created a bulletin board in the front display case at school and have been making and selling beautiful puzzle piece ribbons.  All of their proceeds are being donated to Autism Speaks, and they have raised close to $100 already!  

If you would like to buy a ribbon (they are $2), please send in your donation, and we will send home your ribbon.

A huge thank you to Kristen Wark who has done a lot to help the group put together their project.

ELA MCAS 2.0 Reminder

Tuesday - Wednesday - Thursday

(April 11, 12, 13)

Please be at school and on time!

Get a good night's rest each night and have a nutritious breakfast

No homework on nights before tests

Dividing Fractions Notes

Whole Divided by Fraction

School Calendar Change

Please note that there WILL BE SCHOOL on Friday, April 14th (Good Friday) due to the amount of snow days this year.  This was voted on by the city's School Committee and recommended by the district's superintendent.

It will be a half day and students will be dismissed at 12:00 pm

The last day of school will be Friday, June 23rd, 2017

This Week in Room 28: April 3rd -April 7th 

A Few Reminders: 

§ Extra help every Tuesday! PLEASE come to make up any work, or ask questions about anything you need help with

§ Report Cards issued next Tuesday, April 11^th

§ ELA MCAS 2.0 test will be April 11th, 12th, and 13th.

§ Sneakers and Helmet on Thursday (no extra gym Friday due to MCAS)

Math:

§ Fractions as Division

§ Dividing Fractions

ELA:

§ MCAS 2.0 Prep 

§ Analyzing Fiction and Non-Fiction 

§ Responding to Reading

Science: 

§ Rocks and Minerals 

Social Studies: 

§ Explorers Unit Final Project 

Very Important Notes:

• PLEASE HELP! Our class could greatly use DISINFECTING WIPES and TISSUES!
• BOOK PROJECTS DUE FRIDAY!
• Grades Close: Tuesday, April 4th 
• Report Cards: Tuesday, April 11th 
• ELA MCAS Dates: April 11^th, 12^th, 13^th – student attendance is INCREDIBLY important
• April Spring Break- April 17^th-21^st
• May 5^th- Spring Picture Day
• ALL work which receives a 70 or below must be signed by a parent or guardian.  This is not meant as a punishment but a way to inform families where extra help is needed.  Regardless if the paper says to be fixed, students should review and improve their work.  Credit is given when students return their corrected work.
• Extra Help EVERY TUESDAY

This Week in Room 28

• ELA
• Genre: Lyric and Free Verse Poetry
• Skills: Simile, Metaphor, Meter, Stanza, & Alliteration
• Language: Context Clues & Homophones
• Vocabulary: barren, meaningful, plumes, expression
• Math
• Multiplying Mixed Numbers
• Multiplication as Scaling
• Math Test Friday
• Social Studies
• Ferdinand Magellan
• Science
• Light Lab
• Light Unit Test on Thursday

This Week Will be Great in Room 28

ELA

• Genre: Poetry
• Vocabulary: barren, expression, meaningful, plumes, meter, alliteration, metaphor, stanzas
• Comprehension: Theme in Poetry, Stanzas & Meter
• Vocabulary Skill: Similes and Metaphors
• Grammar: Homophones

Math

• Multiplying Fraction x Fractions
• Multiplying Mixed Numbers (challenging skill)

Social Studies

• Ferdinand  Magellan

Science

• Light

Important Announcements

• Coin Wars for National Multiple Sclerosis Society continue until Thursday
•  New Books and Reading Logs are being sent home Monday, 3/20/17
• Book Project is due 3/31- projects should be well underway and reflect the amount of time given for the project
• Sneakers every Thursday and Friday
• Extra Help Every Tuesday

Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers Notes

Adding Strategy Notes

Subtraction Strategy Notes

(click links above for expanded view of notes)

Welcome Back!

I hope you all had an excellent break!

Important Notices

• Progress Reports will go out next week
• ELA MCAS testing will be April 11th-13th. This is the week before April Vacation.
• ELA MCAS prep will begin during enrichment (9:00-9:35) next week
• Extra help is every Tuesday and no appointment is needed.  Students struggling with any content are highly encouraged to come, or students who need to make up any work past due.

This Week’s Learning Targets

Math:

• Converting Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
• Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers

ELA:

• Genre: Fantasy
• Reading Skill and Strategy: Theme & Summarizing Fiction
• Vocabulary Skill: Context Clues
• Language Skill: Verb Tenses*
• (*challenging concept- studying and home review will be necessary for mastery)
• Writing: Developing Sequels

Science: 

• Light Energy 

Social Studies: 

• Explorers: The Columbian Exchange

Homework Reminders

• Vocab Hat Organizer due Wednesday (3/1)
• Vocab Hat is due March 8^th (Vocabulary Hat Parade next Friday, March 10)
• Students are responsible for keeping track of their reading log and notes pages for their book project.
• Newbery Book reading should be completed no later than next Friday to ensure time for book project development
• Book Project Due March 31^st
• Students are expected to finish any unfinished classwork 

Verb Tenses Notes

Newbery Book Project

Due Date: March 31st

Our Newbery Award Book Project has been reviewed in depth and all materials have been given to students.  The assignment is due March 31st.  

Students should be reading there books nightly Monday through Thursday (Friday-Sunday: optional, but recommended)  Students should also be filling in the organizers as they read to help them with their final project,   

Students now have all the materials they need to complete the project, besides the two fasteners, which I will provide when they are ready for them. 

Beginning in March, students should be investing a little time each school night to complete their project to reflect the amount of time given for the project.  

A link to all documents for the project is below including directions, templates, and organizers.  If there are any questions, please contact me: 

nicholas.magierowski-howe@leominster.mec.edu 

Book Project Assignment

The recipient of this honor was chosen by their teacher and peers.  A Student of the Month is a student who completes all of their school and homework with their personal 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, for January, we recognize Matt Barboza for his many contributions to our classroom and school...great job Matt!!

Matt Barboza 

This Week in Room 28

THE LAST WEEK BEFORE VACATION

ELA

• Genre: Narrative and Free Verse Poetry
• Skill: Theme, Repetition and Rhyme
• Language: Grammar Review :Prepositions, Prepositional Phrases, Underlining and Italicizing Titles
• Vocab: ambitious, memorized, satisfaction, shuddered
• Poetry Terms: free verse, narrative, repetition, rhyme

MATH

• Common Denominators & Simplest Form
• Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators
• Converting mixed numbers and improper fractions

SCIENCE

• Phases of the Moon test Thursday

SOCIAL STUDIES

• Explorers
• Christopher Columbus and the Columbian Exchange

IMPORTANT DATES 

• NO SCHOOL February 20-24
• Progress Reports issued March 6th
• Book Project due March 31st

REMINDERS

• Extra Help every Tuesday: PLEASE come to make up any work, or ask questions about anything you want to work on.  Students should be prepared with questions and/or work they need help with please.
• Sneakers every Thursday and Friday

Classwork / Homework Reminder

• Students are responsible for writing in their assignments each morning and adding in incomplete work as the day continues. Students are to finish any unfinished classwork for homework.  Please sign agendas every school night!

• Neatness is expected and required in all assignments.  Grade level spelling, capital letters, end marks, and complete sentences are expected.  Assignments not meeting this criteria may need to be redone to reflect expectations.  Effort is the foundation of success.
• When absent, students must get their work from the teacher and should be handed in as soon as possible (ex: absent Monday, work is due Thursday)  

This Week in Room 28

Enrichment

• Biography Project Presentations
• Personal Narrative Read Alouds

ELA

• Unit Focus: People Who Have Changed the World
• Frederick Douglass, Susan B Anthony, Rosa Parks, Jane Addams, Malala, Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Week's Skills and Content Focuses:
• Main and Supporting Details
• Summarizing 
• Author's Point of View and Analyzing Bias
• Context Clues

Math

• Math Mid-Years have been corrected and being sent home today (Monday)
• Students have completed a reflection and will analyze and correct their work
• Order of Operations
• Interpreting Verbal and Written Expressions
• Order of Operations and Verbal and Written Expressions Test Next Monday (Jan 30)

Science

• The Moon and Its Phases
• Moon Journal to be completed nightly!

Social Studies

• Exploration
• Explorers Covered This Week:
• Prince Henry the Navigator
• Bartolomeu Dias
• Vasco da Gama

Important Dates and Info

• Kindness Spirit Week- see posted schedule for details
• Grades Close Thursday
• Kindness Celebration Friday Morning
• Field Trip to Samoset for 6th Grade's Cultural Fair (1:00-3:00)
• Report Cards Issued January 31st (Next Tuesday)

Prince Henry Webquest

Link for Webquest

Book Project Presentations!

Kindness Spirit Week!!!

Next Week in Room 28

ELA

• Latin Roots
• Quotes vs Underlining
• Summarizing Expository Text
• Main and Key/Supporting Details
• Writer's Workshop: Endings and Revising

Math

• Mid Year Test Review Week
• Monday: Comparing and Ordering Decimals and Whole Numbers, Number Forms
• Tuesday: Rounding Whole Numbers and Decimals
• Wednesday: Adding and Subtracting Decimals
• Thursday: Multiplying Whole Numbers and Decimals
• Friday: Multiplying and Dividing by Powers of 10

Social Studies

• Explorers
• Marco Polo
• Silk Road

Science

• Invasive Species
• Launching Moon- MOON JOURNALS!

Important DATES:

• Friday, Jan 13: 1/2 Day
• Monday, Jan 16: Martin Luther King Day: No School
• Wednesday, Jan 18: Mid-Year Math Test
• Friday, Jan 20: BOOK PROJECT DUE!
• Tuesday, Jan 24: Grades Close
• Tuesday, Jan 31: Report Cards

The recipients of this honor were chosen by their teacher and peers.  A Student of the Month is a student who completes all of their school and homework with their personal 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, for December we recognize Anold Ganza and January, Natalie Brady for their many contributions to our classroom and school.

December: Anold Ganza

January:Natalie Brady

Checkout our Final, Published Summary!

Mr. M-H’s ELA Class

January 6, 2017

Summary: “Gulf Spill Super Heroes”

The text, “Gulf Spill Super Heroes”, is a fascinating expository text that discusses the Deep Water oil spill which occurred in April of 2010. The Gulf of Mexico oil spill was incredibly dangerous to the ocean, fishermen, and animals.  Volunteers, scientists, first responders, veterinarians, and many agencies needed to collaborate to help stop the spill and help clean up the community and environment.

Because the oil spill was becoming a dangerous hazard, people collaborated to find ways to fix and clean up the oil. Fishermen were losing money because the animals they needed were affected by the oil.  Engineers repaired the well, but still needed to clean up the mess.  Responders, including NASA, used the view from the sky to see where the oil was coming from. Volunteers dedicated their time to help the community and the animals that were affected by the oil spill.  Scientists used the SWORD to scoop up the large clumps of oil.

Workers, volunteers, scientists, veterinarians, and many agencies worked as hard as they could to help the animals, fishermen, the communities around the spill, and to get the oil out of the water and clean up the mess and environment.

This Week in Room 28

ELA

• Context Clues
• Italics/Underlining or Quotation Marks
• Main and Supporting/Key Details
• Summary
• Latin Roots
• Writer’s Workshop: Personal Narratives

Math

• Estimation and Reasonableness
• Checking Work w Multiplication
• Division Wrap Up & Quiz
• Multiplying & Dividing by Powers of 10

Social Studies

• Exploration
• Why Explore?
• Marco Polo

Science

• Invasive Species

Important Dates This Month

• Jan 13- ½ Day
• Jan 16- Martin Luther King Day- No School
• Jan 18- Mid-Year Math Test
• Jan 20- Book Project Due
• Jan 24- Grades Close
• Jan 31- Term 2 Report Cards

Congrats to Room 28's Spelling Winners:

Matt

Ella

Anold

Best of luck in the school Spelling Bee 

February 10th!

Biography Book Project 

DUE JANUARY 20th

In order to give appropriate time for project, students should have books read and notes taken by the end of this coming weekend!

Clink link below for ALL project documents

LINK: Book Project Documents

January is Kindness Month 

here at Fall Brook!

Click the link below to see some of the ways you can spread kindness at school (or anywhere!)

LINK: Ideas to spread kindness