Pleasant Hill Intermediate School
1204 E. 163rd Street Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
816-540-3156
February 2013
Important Dates
2/18/13 - No School - President’s Day
2/19/13 - No School - Teacher P.D. Day
3/8/13 - 3rd Quarter Ends - 3 HR Early Dismissal - Teacher P.D.
3/10/13 - Daylight Savings Time
3/14/13 - Spring Pictures
3/18/13 - 5B Qualifying Students to Children’s Lit Fest
3/19/13 - 5A Qualifying Students to Children’s Lit Fest
3/20/13 - PHIS Musical Matinee @ H.S. PAC
3/21-23/13 - PHIS Musical @ H.S. PAC
3/28/13 - 3 HR Early Dismissal - Teacher P.D
3/29-4/2/13 - Spring Break
| 5B TEAM NEWSLETTER
Having Fun in P.E.
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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 studying the events leading to the Revolutionary War such as the Stamp Act, the Boston Tea Party, and Lexington and Concord. This should take us about two weeks. Then we will start on the Revolutionary War itself.
Science - We are finishing up forces and motion. During the next week we will be looking at simple machines. We will test on chapter 13 and then work on a project designing an amusement park ride exhibiting the forces, motions, simple machines, and Newton's Laws that we have learned about.
Math--Mrs. Lucht, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
We are working hard in math to master long division and dividing with
2 digit divisors into 3 digit dividends. Most of us are mastering
long division, but it has been very challenging. Parents, it would be
helpful if you could review your child on their math facts. It would
be great to get flash cards and do some practicing. Unless a student
knows their math facts, they will have difficulty with all of math.
Please check SIS HW link for HW assignments. Also, HW is written in
their planner. We most likely will have HW every night. We do work
on it in class, but then they work independently at home on their HW.
Don't be afraid to help your child with their HW because there is
always more than one strategy to use to solve mathematical problems.
Our next unit will be fractions which is a very enjoyable unit.
Remember that 5 Accelerated Math tests are due by March 8th. Again,
I want to remind you that students can work on practices at home for
AM. You can go to Renaissance Home Connect Link and is on the
Intermediate Webpage. Thanks so much for all your support.
Sincerely, Joy Lucht
HW=Homework
Communication Arts--Mrs. Murray, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
We have been focusing on Pre, During, and Post reading strategies that the students can apply to all of their reading. We have also been working in small reading groups to customize our students’ needs for reading and comprehension. The students have also been working on various grammar skills with verbs. We will take our Unit 3 common assessment Friday, February 8. We will begin Unit 4 Week 1 next week with a look back into history and the civil rights movement.
