Pleasant Hill Intermediate School
1204 E. 163rd Street Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
816-540-3156
January 2013
Important Dates
1/3/13 - School Resumes
1/21/13 - No School - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
1/23/13 - District Spelling Bee @ High School PAC
2/18/13 - No School - President’s Day
2/19/13 - No School - Teacher P.D. Day
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Holiday Activities
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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. WE WILL GO OUTSIDE IF THE TEMPERATURE (AND WIND CHILL) IS ABOVE 25 DEGREES. OUR PLAY AREA IS VERY WINDY.
IT'S TIME TO REPLENISH SUCH ITEMS AS PENCILS AND PENS FOR STUDENTS TO HAVE AT SCHOOL FOR CLASS WORK. PENCIL CAP ERASERS ARE ALSO A GOOD THING FOR THEM TO HAVE, TOO!!
Science-Social Studies--Mr. Haight, Ms. Love, Ms. Dyer
Social Studies -
We will be finishing chapter 6 on the settling of the 13 original colonies. Then we will be looking at the events that led to the Revolution.
Science -
We will be starting chapter 13 which is on physics. We will start with forces such as gravity and magnetism. Then we will study Newton's Laws. Finally we will look at simple machines such as levers and inclined planes.
Math--Mrs. Lucht, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
Happy New Year!! We are back in the grove finishing our division unit
in math. This week we will cover prime numbers, composite numbers,
and divisibility rules or how can I tell that a number divides another
number? We start again our five AM tests that are due this quarter.
Our math focus groups will be preparing us for the MAP test and taking
tests in general. We also will be continuing to master our math facts
through the 12s. If the students say they are ever bored at home,
please let them recite math facts to you. LOL We will continue to
write about math and learn how to put math ideas in writing to justify
our answers. Thanks so much for your support and all you do to help
you child succeed in math. Joy Lucht
Communication Arts--Mrs. Murray, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
Happy New Year! We will start our first two days back working on the 6 trait writing skill of organization. Students will be writing about their New Year’s Resolutions. We will also be spending time doing some close reading on what resolutions are. The following weeks will be spent finishing up Unit 3. We will also begin to prep for the MAP test. We will do weekly MAP prep activities along with switching up our bell work and doing some more writing, proofreading and grammar skills. Finally, we will begin Unit 4. Thank you for all of your support this 1st semester and 2nd semester will be AWESOME! I will also be having students recycle or take home any materials they have used for 1st semester. This will help to lessen the load in their binder.
