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Classroom News
The Week of January 9, 2017
Email: ltolman@houstonisd.org
Website: mstolman.weebly.com

Upcoming Events

Reminders

-Brighter Bites #1: Wednesday, January 11th

-NO SCHOOL: Monday, January 16th (MLK
Holiday)

Coming up

-Early Dismissal: Wednesday, January 25th

at 12:35

Tutorials begin this week! Please be at

school by 7:05am if you are in my tutorial
group!
Math & Reading: Wednesdays &
Thursdays
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Reminders

Report cards went out on Friday, January

6th. Please feel free to contact me with any
questions/concerns.

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Our Learning
Reading: Begin new novel, The One and Only Ivan. Skills: summarization, fact vs.
opinion, inference, cause/effect

School starts promptly at 7:45 a.m. Please

make sure your child is arriving on time.

Vocab & Comprehension Quiz: Friday, January 13th

Writing: Persuasive Unit: Students will learn how to structure a persuasive essay
Math: Students will add and subtract fractions.

Fractions Quiz: Thursday, January 12th

Texas History: La Salle

Week 11 Quiz: Thursday, January 12th

At-Home Practice
This week in writing, we are learning how
to collect ideas as essayists. I challenge
writers to not only collect ideas at school
but also at home!

*Did you know your child can log on to

houstonisd.org/hub and have access to math,
reading, writing, and social studies digital
resources at home? Try it this week!

Vocabulary

(Practice at home and use in every day

conversations!)

Chatter, vast, scurry, linger, ponder,

undaunted, excel, wistful