<p> THE SERPICO STAR Edition 23 </p><p>February 13 – 17th </p><p>Room 26 is accepting donations of bags of individually wrapped candy (Jolly Ranchers, Starburst, Mints, Life Savers, Butterscotch, etc.) to be used for class rewards.</p><p>Our Friendship (aka Valentine’s) party will be this Friday (2/17) from 2:30 - 3:00 p.m. Students will be allowed to pass out Valentine’s to their classmates. They are also encouraged to create their own Valentine receptacle. These can be brought in starting on Monday, but no later than Friday. Valentines will be passed on Friday just prior to our party.</p><p>The first round of the ISTEP+ testing will begin on Tuesday, February 28th. I do not have our exact testing schedule yet, but I would assume that our testing time will begin at 10:00 each day and conclude by noon each day. If possible, please do not schedule any appointments for your student during these times.</p><p>HERE’S WHAT IS GOING ON IN ROOM 26 THIS WEEK: </p><p>Literature: (Sing Down the Moon) – On Monday we will discuss Point of View, Setting, and Personification. Questions and vocabulary for chapters 1 – 4 are due on Tuesday. Chapter 5 – 9 reading and questions will be assigned on Wednesday. On Thursday, students will learn about traditional Navajo jewelry. They will then design an original piece of traditional Navajo jewelry (due next Thursday 2/23). On Friday, we will discuss foreshadowing. Students will have a quiz over chapters 1 – 9 on Tuesday 2/21.</p><p>Math: (Topic 6 – Understand and Use Percent) – Students will have an in-class assignment over lessons 3 & 4 on Monday. Lesson 5 (Find the Percent of a Number) will be introduced on Tuesday, and the final lesson of the chapter (Find the Whole Given a Part and the Percent) will be covered on Wednesday. An in-class assignment over these two lessons will be given on Thursday and Friday will be used as a final review day. The test over Topic 6 will be given on Tuesday (2/21). Topic 7 will not begin until the first round of ISTEP has been completed.</p><p>Investigations: The first round of our Frontier/Immigration unit concluded this past Friday. We are going to take a little break from Investigations (6 days to be exact) to review some previously learned skills in preparations for the first round of ISTEP. We will resume Investigations on Wednesday (2/22) with our second round of Physics (Forces in Motion & Simple Machines).</p><p>Communications: English: Lessons 10 – 12 spelling and vocabulary tests will be on Monday (2/23). Writing: Students will complete their final revision/edit of their informational writing pieces. On Friday they will share their completed pieces with the class. Grammar: We will begin our study of Level-Three Sentence Analysis (identifying phrases within sentences) on Thursday. Be Respectful; Be Responsible; Be Safe</p>