Classroom Times

Teacher: Mrs. Melissa Hillis

Date:

January 5-9, 2015

Content Areas:
Reading - Unit 2 Benchmark Exam
- story comprehension (who, what, when..)
- author's purpose and main idea
Grammar- Nouns, proper nouns, and one and
more than one
Writing - 4-Square paragraph writing
- Topic: "New Year's Goals"
Mathematics - Unit 3 Exam
- 10's facts: 9+1, 8+2, 7+3, 6+4, 5+5...
- Frames-and-arrows
- Counting and exchanging money
- Time to the hour and half-hour
- Exam on Friday
Social Studies - Maps and Map skills

Important Reminders:
*Please save and send in your Box-Tops
and plastic bottle caps.
*Every Friday is spirit day! Don't forget to
wear blue and white!
*Check out our new class website at:
http://hillis.res.mdso.eportalnow.net/ It is a
work in progress!
*Early Release on Friday, January 9th at
1:00 pm
*Meet the Teacher Night on Thursday,
January 8th at 8:00 pm in room 82.

Special Class Schedule:

Monday- Library and Music
Tuesday- FLES and P.E.

Spelling Words (No Test This Week)

Wednesday- Art

Reviewing all skills for Unit 2 Benchmark Exam.

Thursday- FLES and Host Nation

Skills:
* Digraphs sh and th (ship, wish, that)
* Long a (ate, cake, cage)
* Long i (bike, vine, slide)
* Long o (note, go, slow, smoke)
* Long u (flute, rude, mule)
*Long e (me, see, tree, be)

Friday- No Specials (Early Release Day)

New spelling words, homework, and test will

return next week.

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Contact Information:
* melissa.hillis@eu.dodea.edu
*http://hillis.res.mdso.eportalnow.net/
* School office number: 727-4185/7
* Classroom number: 727- 6454
* Send a note with your child in his
or her daily folder