Pleasant Hill Intermediate School
1204 E. 163rd Street
Pleasant Hill, MO 64080
816-540-3156
January 2014
Important Dates
1/20/14 - No School - MLK Jr Day
1/28/14 - District Spelling Bee - HS PAC at 5:00 pm
2/6/14 - 3rd Quarter Mid-Term
2/17/14 - No School - President’s Day
2/18/14 - No School - Professional Development
2/26/14 - PHIS to watch the MS Musical at the HS PAC
| 5B TEAM NEWSLETTER |
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR STUDENT HAS APPROPRIATE WARM CLOTHING FOR RECESS. OUR RECESS TIME IS 11:30A.M. AND OUR PLAYGROUND IS VERY COLD!!!
Communication Arts--Mrs. Murray, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
We a getting ready to travel to Puerto Rico and the Caribbean islands next week in our reading. It will be a great week to learn more about problem and solution, charts, and suffixes using the Caribbean culture. I have been sending home weekly parent letters. Please check with your student as these have the 7 day vocabulary, spelling words, and comprehension activities to support your student with Communication Arts at home. I will also be sending home a weekly book and homework sheet that has all of the skills we are working on in class. We are working on 4 homeworks in a row completed and turned in and the students will receive a reward recess! We are also studying QAR. We take a look at our questions and decide what kind they are: right there, think and search, author and you, on your own. These help the students to find answers and understand what the text is saying. We will be having a map quiz on Friday, Jan. 17. We will also begin our MAP prep this month. I will be hosting an after school reading group starting Tuesday, Jan. 21. If you would like your student to stay after school until 4:15, please send me an email or call me so I will know who has permission to stay. Students will be able to read, work on grammar, spelling or other reading/writing skills. I am hoping to be able to do this on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Looking forward to a great month! Don't forget to make sure your student is READING nightly!!!
Math--Mrs. Lucht, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
We are presently working on a fraction unit and learning new vocabulary. Some of the words we are learning are mixed numbers, improper fractions, numerator, denominator, and simplest form. I want to remind you that Math Club on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings is to help the students succeed in math. It is at 7:25 a.m. and we eat donuts together. Please encourage your child to attend. They can still do Intramurals on Monday and Thursday. There is also study buddies for help with homework on Wednesday from 3:30-4:30p.m. Thanks for all of your support. Mrs. Lucht
Science-Social Studies--Mr. Haight, Ms. Love, Mrs. Dyer
Science -
We are starting a unit on the human body. We are starting with cells and working our way up to body systems such as the circulatory system.
Social Studies -
We have started our layered curriculum unit on the 13 colonies. Work will be done in class for the most part. If a student wishes to do some work at home, they may do so. The C layer will be done together in class. The B and A layers involve choice. Students do not have to do every item. They will do a certain number of points for each layer.
