Welcome to Ms. Konwinski’s page!
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General Classroom News: The students are encouraged to read with their family, get their own library card, use it, and participate in various activities that are occurring at the local library!!! :)
Each month the students will have a reading project to turn in for their English class. The projects are due Tuesday, April 29. Late projects are not accepted! Please assist your student in completing his/her project in a timely manner. Thank you!
Ms. K's News: I have presented at Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Educaton, Biennual Convocation in Louisville, KY on November 2, 2007 on Special Education Basics: what every educator should know. I am also going to give that same presentation on April 1, 2008 at the Raising Acheivement and Closing the Gap Conference in Greensboro, NC.
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Please always be mindful of the school and classroom rules. Our class rules are as follows:
1. Respect yourself and others by using your MANNERS!
2. Follow ALL of the directions ALL of the time!
3. Raise your hand to speak and move from your seat.
4. Come to class prepared and begin working.
5. Chew your gum outside of school; Eat your food, candy, and drink your beverage IN the CAFETERIA! UNLESS given to you by the teacher!
It is very important that you understand that your grade is not just based on right and wrong answers; it is also based on you showing up to school, your behavior and attitude! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Current Concepts that we are or have been covering include:
ELA: (***Please see the note below***) The students complete daily journal writing. The students continue to have weekly spelling and vocab tests. Please help your student study!!!!! Also, we are working on prefixes and suffixes.
Current ELA Literature: We Beat the Street
MTH: Money
Current MTH Activities: The students have been working on counting money, figuring correct change from a purchase, and we will eventually get into percents and discounts.
SCI: Water
Current SCI Activity: The students are learning about the importance of water and the water cycle.
S.S: Great Depression, World War I
Current S.S. Activity: The students are learning about the Great Depression and World War I, including both of the causes and effects of these events. The students just finished learning about Reconstruction after the Civil War and child labor. They wrote narratives as if they were a young child working in a mill or field.
***We are also spending much time in the Computer Lab working on "Prescriptive Instruction, which assesses where the students are in reading and math. Then it assigns appropriate lessons to assist the students in building up their basic reading and math skills. This website can be accessed and used at home too!***
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