Pleasant Hill Intermediate School

                                               1204 E. 163rd Street                  

                                            Pleasant Hill, MO  64080

                                                    816-540-3156                 

                                                     September 2013

Important Dates 9/20/13 - 3 HR Early Dismissal - Professional Development 9/27/13 - 3 HR Early Dismissal - Homecoming 10/7-11/13 - Scholastic Book Fair 10/9/13 - Picture Re-Takes in the AM 10/18/13 - End of First Quarter 10/24/30/13 - Parent/Teachers Conferences 10/29/13 - Evening Conferences 11/1/13 - No School

5B TEAM NEWSLETTER Science Experiment for 5B

Midterm is Friday, September 20.  Midterms will be emailed on Friday. 

Communication Arts--Mrs. Murray, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer

We had our first MAP quiz in Mrs. Murray and Mrs.  Dyer's class.  The kids have also created pic collages and sticky notes grammar on the iPads.  Soon we will have a blog where you can view all of our creations!  We will begin our study of tall tales on Monday, Sept. 16.  Our next Map quiz will be on Sept. 24.  The kids have also set their first quarter goal of reading pages.  We collected data and based on that data the students set their own goal for first quarter.  They should be recording their pages in their planner.  Please help by signing this for them as an accountability check.  We also completed our first writing assignment that was our baseline for writing assessments.  The writing grade is comprised of 75% writing assignments and 25% grammar and spelling assignments.  This will be a little different than in the past, because we are putting a huge emphasis on writing proficiently.  Nightly homework is reading.  As for spelling and other class work, it will be done in class unless they need extra time to finish.  Please feel free to contact us if there are questions regarding anything.  We appreciate your support for lifelong readers and writers.

Math--Mrs. Lucht, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer  

We are already almost ready for mid-term.  We have been working hard studying place value and patterns, properties of math, powers of 10 and exponents, and multiplication patterns.  Your child will have some homework, but it will be limited. They do have time to complete their homework in class.  There may be some leftover for home.  There is math club on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 7:25 until 8:00 a.m.  We do math games, eat donuts, and go over our homework and get help.  I could so use parents to help buy donuts.  I just buy the donuts in the bag.  Also, on Wednesday after school, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Ms. Dyer has Study Buddies to get help with homework or projects or make up testing. Make sure your child is picked up on time. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me!!  Thank you so much for your support!!  Mrs. Lucht

Science-Social Studies--Mr. Haight, Ms. Love, Ms. Dyer

Social Studies - We are studying Native American cultures.  We will look at the connection between environment and lifestyle.  We should test over that (ch. 2) in approximately two weeks.  Then we will do a powerpoint presentation over a specific Native American tribe.

Science - We are looking at the periodic table and how it is organized.  We will then be looking at the phases, or states, of matter.  We should test over ch. 11 within the next two weeks.