April 2- April 6

Important annoucements:

·                     Math STAAR April 10^th

·                     Reading STAAR April 11^th

Are you having a hard time logging into Imagine Math?

Tips on logging in to the HISD HUB from home:

1.                   Use Google Chrome.

2.                  Google “HISD HUB”

3.                  One of the first choices should be “PowerUp/HUB – Houston ISD.”  Click on it.

4.                  Click on the orange button near the bottom of the screen that says “HUB Sign In.”  A screen should come up that says “HISD Single Sign On Service”

5.                  Where it says someone@example.com, enter the student’s username.  Username is “student\s1900000” – the numbers being your student’s HISD ID number.  So a student named Jay Smith, with an ID number of 1923456, would have the username of “student\s1923456.”  The word “student” changes the domain to the student domain.

6.                  When typing the username, be sure you are using a BACK SLASH, not a forward slash.  The back slash key is located above the Enter key on the keyboard.

7.                  Password is the student’s birthdate in an 8 digit format. For example; Jan 1, 2010 would be 01012010.

Math: We are continuing our review for the Math STAAR test this week.

Your child has daily math review homework, and if they have any extra time please have them work on Imagine Math online.  

Additional review work:

Reading STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Math STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Reading: The students are finishing up their book club projects. Their completed jobs and bookmarks are due on Thursday, April 4^th.  They will be working on group projects due on Thursday, April 4^th. We have spelling and quizlet this week. Week 26

Science: This week we are continuing plant/animal adaptations. There are some great videos for review: Study Jams  Under the Plant tab: Roots & Stems, Flowers, Plants with Seeds.  Under the Animals tab: Animal Life Cycles à Adaptations Quiz, Monday April 9^th

Social Studies: Civil War: Students will continue to learn about the Civil War, the differences between the Northern and Southern economies at that time, States' Rights, Slavery/Underground Railroad, and a couple of key battles of the war. Civil War Test on Monday, April 9^th.

March 26- March 29

Important annoucements:

• No school on Friday, the 30th 

Are you having a hard time logging into Imagine Math?

Tips on logging in to the HISD HUB from home:

1. Use Google Chrome.
2. Google “HISD HUB”
3. One of the first choices should be “PowerUp/HUB – Houston ISD.”  Click on it.
4. Click on the orange button near the bottom of the screen that says “HUB Sign In.”  A screen should come up that says “HISD Single Sign On Service”
5. Where it says someone@example.com, enter the student’s username.  Username is “student\s1900000” – the numbers being your student’s HISD ID number.  So a student named Jay Smith, with an ID number of 1923456, would have the username of “student\s1923456.”  The word “student” changes the domain to the student domain.
6. When typing the username, be sure you are using a BACK SLASH, not a forward slash.  The back slash key is located above the Enter key on the keyboard.
7. Password is the student’s birthdate in an 8 digit format. For example; Jan 1, 2010 would be 01012010.

Math: We are beginning our review for the Math STAAR test this week.

Your child has daily math review homework, and if they have any extra time please have them work on Imagine Math online.  

Additional review work:

Reading STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Math STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Reading: The students will finish their Historical fiction books this week. Their completed jobs are due on Thursday, the 29^th.  They will be working on group projects due on Thursday, the 29^th. We have spelling and quizlet this week.

Week 25

Science: This week we are covering invasive species and plant/animal adaptations. There are some great videos for review: Study Jams  Under the Plant tab: Roots & Stems, Flowers, Plants with Seeds.  Under the Animals tab: Animal Life Cycles

Social Studies: Civil War: Students will continue to learn the causes of the war, the differences between the Northern and Southern economies at that time, States' Rights, Slavery/Underground Railroad, and a couple of key battles of the war.

Fun Taxes Game!!!

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HAPPY SPRING BREAK!

I hope you are having an amazing spring break, Here are a few things you can do everyday to keep the juices flowing….

Recommendation of 30 minutes minimum a day:

Reading STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Math STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Extra Financial Literacy Quizlet

Science STAAR Quizlet Click here!

Imagine Math/Imagine Reading Roberts Wiki

Read out loud, ask yourself summary and inference questions

Extra announcements:

• ·         Redo exams will be done on Wednesday mornings from 7:00-7:45. Your child will be notified with a slip in their Tuesday folders if they have a redo to do the next morning.
• ·         No school on March 30

Week of March 19-March 23

Math: Finishing Financial Literacy with Test on Thursday

Starting on Friday - STAAR MATH REVIEW. Every day we will be reviewing an objective we learned this year. We will be playing fun games, using task cards, and looking through our math journals to refresh our memory. You can help your child by having them get on IMAGINE MATH during the week. It is online and they have their usernames and password.

Reading: Book club-  historical fiction books (post-Revolutionary War)  

Quizlet and spelling this week.  Week 24

Science: This week we are covering invasive species and plant/animal adaptations. There are some great videos for review: Study Jams  Under the Plant tab: Roots & Stems, Flowers, Plants with Seeds.  Under the Animals tab: Animal Life Cycles

Social Studies: Civil War: Students will continue to learn the causes of the war, the differences between the Northern and Southern economies at that time, States' Rights, Slavery/Underground Railroad, and a couple of key battles of the war.

March 5-9

Math: We will be finishing up learning about the different types of graphs and move on to financial literacy.   

Reading: Book club-  historical fiction books (post-Revolutionary War)  

Quizlet and spelling this week. Week 23 

Science: Life Science J

Ecosystems, habitats, and the interaction of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) things.  

There are some videos for review: Study Jams Ecosystems Tab The videos to watch under the Ecosystems tab are: Ecosystems, Carbon Cycle, Population Growth and Biomes.  

Social Studies: The North Vs the South’s Economy right before the Civil War à one of the reasons for the Civil War

School Wide Grading Policy Update

Grading Update for Re-takes from School Administration

After review of inconsistencies in our current policy for grading re-takes, the following change has been implemented for all grade levels:

·                             When students have not been successful in meeting at least minimum standard on formal classroom assessments such as weekly, end of unit and cumulative assessment.   Students can re-take the assessment for a higher grade; up to 70%.  The re-take must be administered and completed in class under the direction of the classroom teacher.