Golmen Gazette

Volume 2, Issue 22 February 18, 2010

What’s New?
February Character Trait is MATHEWS RAP the MAP!!!
Trustworthiness!!
If you say it, you mean it; if you mean Reaching for Awesome Performance on
it, you do it!! 
the MAP!!!
Test Tip: Turn Questions into Answers
Don’t forget to “turn-over” those questions into your answers!
Weekly Quizzes & Work
Friday ~ Math Check Up, Spelling Test, Another strategy that works well is restating the question!
Reading Skill Assessment When you include the question in the answer on the MAP, you
Daily- Reading towards 100 minutes for the are making all the hype!!! For example, “Why did the main
week, DLR character kick it back with his homies?” could be rephrased
as, “The main character kicked it homestyle with his homies
because…”. This allows you to phrase the question in a way
Future Plans! that makes sense to the reader. You can then read the
passage to look for the answer and details.
Feb. 21st No School
Brain Based Stategy
Mar. 10th End of 3rd quarter/PBS Start with Questions
Big Event Learning ought to generate questions. Can you create a
th th
Mar. 14 -18 Spring Break question on what you just learned? Practice writing your own
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Mar. 29 Boot Camp test questions. After you take a test in class, self-check your
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Mar. 30 -Apr. 8 MAP Testing  paper. What questions do you still have about what you are
learning? Does this make you think of something similar?
Word of the Week
Convince:
Convince means to prove or talk someone into believing something
you say or do.
 Using voice in your writing
Yearbooks are on Sale!  Providing supporting detail
 Persuasive writing practice
Our school year is packed with special memories  Teaching others how to/what something is

that your child will want to remember forever. 

The yearbook captures the excitement and fun Thank you for your time at parent-teacher conferences. I
of this school year in a keepsake that your child enjoyed meeting with each and every one of you, and I
will treasure for a lifetime. Order a yearbook
appreciate all of your support and effort as we work together
today!   Deadline: February 25, 2011
in an effort to provide your child with the tools and skills
Standard Yearbook: $ 16.00 necessary to succeed!
Optional Personalization: $ 5. 00

What’s Coming Up?

Reading: Main Idea and Supporting Details/MAP Review
Writing: Constructed Response Writing
Working With Words: it’s, very, with, overpower, underweight, dislike, dishonest, disappear, disagree,
disturb, Prefix: dis-, inter Suffix: -al
Math: Skill Review
Science: Electricity