Pleasant Hill Intermediate School
1204 E. 163rd Street Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
816-540-3156
November 2012
Important Dates
11/7/12 - Education Foundation Fundraiser Kick-off
11/9/12 - No School - Prof. Devel.
11/11/12 - Veteran’s Day
11/12-16/12 - Fall Harvest Food Drive
11/13/12 - PTO-5th Grade Performance @ IS Gym
11/16/12 - Mid-term
11/21-23/12 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
11/29/12 - DARE Graduation @ PHIS Gym
12/12/12 - Choirs - Perform @ Crown Center
12/17/12 - Assembly at HS PAC
12/19/12 - 3 HR Early Release
12/20/12-1/3/12 - Winter Break
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Purple day specials:
Haight-Computer/Art
Lucht-Art/Computer
Murray- Music/PE
Gold day specials:
Haight: Music/PE
Lucht: PE/Music
Murray-Computer/Art
WEATHER IS CHANGING! PLEASE MAKE SURE STUDENTS ARE DRESSED APPROPRIATELY FOR OUTDOOR RECESS.
Science-Social Studies--Mr. Haight, Ms. Love, Ms. Meyer
Science - We are starting the properties of elements such as weight, mass, density, buoyancy, etc. We also will be studying the periodic table.
Social Studies - We are finishing ch. 3 & 4 on Spanish explorers and colonies. We will test next Tuesday, Nov. 6th. We also will be creating a timeline on Portuguese and Spanish explorers. We will then start looking at French and English exploration and settlement of North America.
Math--Mrs. Lucht, Ms. Love, Ms. Meyer
This is the week we have been waiting for. We are having Pumpkin Math October 31 on Halloween. Please remember that they need their lids cut out and place back on their
pumpkin. Leave the seeds inside. We will be doing graphing, plotting pairs, weighing,
measuring, predicting, averaging. The pumpkins need to be here tomorrow. It is a great activity to learn a ton of math. Thanks to you parents for helping and for getting the pumpkins. We are also starting algebra and working hard in class to understand variables and expressions. The students will be experts soon. Thanks so much for your support. Joy Lucht
Communication Arts--Mrs. Murray, Ms. Love, Ms. Meyer
We will be focusing on main idea and supporting details for the next couple of weeks. We will also be spending each week doing a mini-writing lesson. I have also found a great website that allows the students do do several vocabulary activities. I will be using my jogtheweb account to set up weekly review activities. The students can then practice at home if they have internet access. This week we are using the topic of snakes to help us practice and create our own snake non-fiction summaries. Next week we will go on a virtual field trip to Washington D.C. to learn about national monuments and civil rights memorials. Students will also be needing to replenish their pencils. Thanks for your continued support.
