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Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6
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About Me
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Contact Me at Home
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Hours to Visit
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My Links
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Mrs. Marci Flake
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Unpublished at teacher's request
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Please call or email to set up appointments. 7:30-3:00 Monday-Friday.
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Hello from Mrs. Flake
Hope everyone had a great Fall break and ready to get back to work. We will be starting our Animal unit and your child will be making an animal habitat. I sent home letters Friday before the break. The time line and requirements for the habitat are:
Important Dates & Project Timeline
October 19: Project officially begins in class (Animal selection & research).
October 26: Diorama guidelines & rubric sent home; home construction may begin.
November 6: Essay Rough Draft Due (completed at school).
November 13: Essay Final Draft Due (completed at school).
November 16: Completed Diorama Due (brought to school).
November 20: Parent Exhibition Night / Student Presentations! (Time details to follow)
Diorama Checklist
When working on the diorama at home, please ensure it includes:
[ ] A sturdy base (such as a shoe/carboard/plastic box between 9x6 to 14x10).
[ ] A background showing the biome/environment (drawn, painted, or constructed).
[ ] At least 3 natural features represented (e.g., water source, shelter, plants/trees, rocks).
[ ] The chosen animal featured clearly in its habitat.
[ ] Creative use of materials and clear STUDENT effort.
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Spelling Words for week of October 26
Students will be working on vowel diphthongs-/oi/ spelled with oi or oy & /ow/ spelled with ou or ow.
coward
boundary
foundation
announce
boycott
voyage
exploit
poison
toil
decoy
scrounge
moist
choice
boil
ouch
scout
allow
sour
browser
outline
Spelling Rules and Parent tips:
The "Middle vs. End" Placement Rule: Teach parents the simplest rule for picking the right letter pair:
Hear /oi/ in the middle? Use oi (moist, toil). Hear it at the end? Use oy (decoy, boycott).
Hear /ow/ in the middle? Use ou (scout, announce). Hear it at the end? Use ow (allow).
Syllable Chunking: Break long words into clear parts before spelling (foun-da-tion, an-nounce). Have the child spell the diphthong syllable first before adding the remaining chunks.
Spelling daily HOMEWORK:
Monday-write 4x
Tuesday-correct spelling
Wednesday-word search
Thursday-word sort (will start in class)
Friday-Spelling Test
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Reading for Week of October 26
Unit 2: Adaptations
Week 1: How do adaptation help animals survive?
Monday-Survival Adaptations
Tuesday- Vocab and Story "Animal Mimics"
1) mimicry: looking or acting like something else
2) species: categories of living things
3) environment: all the living things and conditions of a place
4) arranged: organized
5) habitat: the place where a living thing lives or grows.
Wednesday-Analyze Text Structure
Thursday-Comprehension
Friday-Test
HOMEWORK: Weekly Story: "How Pecos Bill Got His Name"
Monday: Questions
Tuesday: Vocabulary Antonym (opposite)
Wednesday: Comparisons
Thursday: crossword
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Math for week of October 28th
Daily Topics-Multiplication tips and tricks and practice
Monday-Ch. 4.5 Partial Products to Multiply 2-digit numbers
Tuesday-Ch. 4.6 Multiply 2 digit numbers
Wednesday-4.7 Practice Multiplication strategies
Thursday-Word Problems
Friday-Chapter Review
HOMEWORK:
Monday:
Tuesday:
Wednesday:
Thursday:
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Library
The library has a book search system. You can look up books that are in our school library!
Click here to open a new window and be redirected to the link mentioned above.
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Grading, Test, and Work Policies
Assessments- 50%
Unit assessments will happen at the end of each unit, with a total of 11 or 12 depending of the class. Retakes are an option, I will average the score of the 2 tests. Retakes must be done with in 5 school days of the original test day.
Participation- 15%
Based on engagement, preparation and respectful behavior. Students will be expected to participate in classroom discussions, presentations and debates.
Homework/Classwork- 35%
Student's need to complete digital and traditional work. Late work will be accepted up to the end of the unit for which it was assigned. 1st day late automatically deduct 10%, there will be a 50% deduction if turned after the Friday of the week it was assigned. Once the unit ends it will be a 0.
Extra Credit will be available upon request. Requests must be made with enough time before the end-of-quarter grading deadline, no less than 2 weeks before deadline. Assignments will be based on specific academic topics.
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