Golmen Gazette

Volume 2, Issue 20 January 28, 2010

What’s New? MATHEWS RAP the MAP!!!

February Character Trait is
Trustworthiness!! Reaching for Awesome Performance on the
If you say it, you mean it; if you MAP!!!
mean it, you do it!! 
Test Tip: Read the Question First (Pre-Reading Strategies) Read
Weekly Quizzes & Work the Question First: Know Your Lyrics

Friday ~ Math Check Up, Spelling Test, Reading Skill Although MAP directions may tell you to read the passage first and
Assessment then answer the questions that follow, research and practice show
Daily- Reading towards 100 minutes for the week, that reading the questions first gives you a purpose and direction for
DLR reading. Reading in a testing question is clearly different than
reading for pleasure. What is your purpose for reading? Think of
Future Plans! your STAR or THIEVES method. You are reading for information.
Reading the questions first is like using a magnifying glass. It helps
Feb. 11th Valentines Parties you pull out and SEE the information clearer as you read!
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Feb. 15 Spring Pictures Brain Based Strategy
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Feb. 15 , 17 , Parent/Teacher Previews: When learning a new topic, make sure that you take in all
Conferences you can using your senses: what do you see, hear, or feel about the
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Feb. 18 No School (3rd Snow Day)
be listening for the tone of voice used in the reading passage. How
Feb. 21st No School does the author feel about what he or she is writing?
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Mar. 10 End of 3rd quarter/PBS Big
Word of the Week:
Event
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Mar. 14 -18 Spring Break Visualize: Visualize means to picture something in your
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Mar. 29 Boot Camp mind. You should visualize what the author is trying to tell
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Mar. 30 -Apr. 8 MAP Testing  you! Visualize yourself making a great score on the test!

Yearbooks are on Sale!

Our school year is packed with special memories

that your child will want to remember forever.  Caring Kid for the month of January is:
The yearbook captures the excitement and fun of
this school year in a keepsake that your child will Brandon Gordon
treasure for a lifetime. Order a yearbook
today!   Deadline: February 25, 2011

Standard Yearbook: $ 16.00

Optional Personalization: $ 5. 00

What’s Coming Up?

Reading: Nonfiction Text Features (titles, illustrations, captions, table of contents, index, glossary)
Writing: Friendly Letters
Working With Words: won, that’s, threw, signature, prehistoric, incorrect, independent, incomplete,
invisible, inactive Prefix: pre- Suffix: -ture, -ic Blend: in-
Math: Division
Science: Mixtures and Solutions