Pamela Robertson
Everything you need to know this week: March 23rd-27th
- Spring Picture Day and Dress of Choice: Friday, March 27th
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, April 10th
- Pay for Dress of Choice: Wednesday, April 15th
- Dress of Choice: Thursday, April 23rd
- Professional Development Day/NO SCHOOL: Friday, April 24th
May
- Spirit Wear Day: Friday, May 8th
- Field Day: Tuesday, May 12th
- 8th Grade Continuation: Wednesday, May 20th
- Dress of Choice and Last Day of School: Friday, May 22nd (Dismissal at 11:30 a.m.)
MYSTERY READER LINK
https://orders.scholastic.com/324HZG Class code: 324HZ
Mrs. Robertson's Reading Class(CKLA)
Skills Unit 5:
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- Lesson 19 Draft and Edit A Narrative Ending
- Lesson 20 Alphabetical Order
- Read “Betrayed”
- Lesson 21 Review ‘a’ › /a/, /ae/ or /e/
- Read “The Wizard”
- Lesson 22 Tricky Spelling: Introduce ‘e’ › /e/, /ee/, or /ǝ/
- Read “Breaking the Spell”
- Lesson 23 Tricky Spelling: Introduce ‘o’ › /o/, /oe/, or /u/
- Close Read “Looking For the Enemy”
- IXL Learning
Mrs. Robertson's Math (Saxon)
- Lesson 1 Months and Years Calendar
- Lesson 2 Counting Patterns
- Lesson 3 Reading a Clock to the Nearest Five Minutes
- Lesson 4 Number Line Thermometer
- Lesson 5 Fractions of an Hour
- Lesson 6 Addition
- Lesson 7 Subtraction
- Lesson 8 Addition and Subtraction Fact Families
- Lesson 9 Unknown Addends
- Lesson 10 Adding Three Numbers
- Lesson 11 Place Value
- Lesson 12 Reading and Writing Numbers Through 999
- Lesson 13 Adding Two-Digit Numbers
- Lesson 14 Subtracting Two-Digit Numbers
- Lesson 15 Rounding to the Nearest Ten and Hundred
- Lesson 16 Adding Three-Digit Numbers
- Lesson 17 Comparing and Ordering, Part 1
- Lesson 18 Some and Some More Stories, Part 1
- Lesson 19 Subtracting Three-Digit Numbers, Part 1
- Lesson 20 Some Went Away Stories, Part 1
Writing: Narrative Writing
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- Write a familiar story that includes setting(s), character(s), dialogue, and, if appropriate, several events, using temporal words and phrases to indicate the chronology of events.
- Write narratives in which they recount a well-elaborated event or short sequence of events, include details to describe actions, thoughts, and feelings, use temporal words to signal event order, and provide a sense of closure.
- Write a personal narrative.
- Create a title and an ending that are relevant to the narrative.
CKLA Knowledge: Domain 10: The Human Body: Building Blocks and Nutrition
- Lesson 1 The Amazing Human Body
- Lesson 2 Anton van Leeuwenhoek
- Lesson 3 Cells and Tissues
- Lesson 4 Organs
- Lesson 5 The Digestive System
- Lesson 6 The Excretory System
- Lesson 7 Nutrients
- Lesson 8 A Well-Balanced Diet
- Lesson 9 A Healthy Human Body
- Domain Review and Assessment
History: Ancient Greece
- Geography: Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea, Crete
- Athens and Sparta as a city-state: the beginnings of democracy
- Persian Wars: Marathon and Thermopylae
- Olympic Games
- Mount Olympus, worship of gods and goddesses
- Great thinkers: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
- Alexander the Great
Science: Human Cells and Digestion
The Human Body: Cells and Digestion Cells, Tissues, and Organs:
- All living things are made up of cells too small to be seen without a microscope.
- The human body is made up of different types of cells including: stem, bone, blood,
muscle, fat, skin, nerve. - Cells combine to form tissues.
- Tissues combine to form organs.
- Organs combine to form organ systems.
The Digestive and Excretory Systems:
- The human body has complex systems, including the digestive and excretory systems.
- The digestive system includes body parts that take in and process food (salivary
glands, taste buds, teeth, esophagus, stomach, liver, small intestine, large intestine). - The excretory system includes those body parts that eliminate some kinds of wastes
- A healthy lifestyle involves performing certain behaviors and avoiding other behaviors.
- The body needs specific foods, vitamins, and minerals in certain quantities to function
properly. - Organizations make recommendations about what nutrients people need to stay healthy.
Parent Resources:

DIBELS Reading Assessment: is administered three times a year and also continuously monitored throughout. You will be receiving the results in Thursday folder after each benchmark.
- Want to know more about DIBELS click here: Parents Guide to Dibels
- Want to know more about NWEA click here: Family Guide To NWEA & Family Tool Kit for NWEA
- EPIC books: https://www.getepic.com/sign-in ( we will use this in class.)
- Reading Rockets: Reading Rockets Articles & Tips for Reading at Home
- Vooks: Animated Video Books for Students to Read Along With
- Phillip S Miller Library: Library Parent Resources
- Storyline Online: Storyline Read Alouds
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Boddle: Boddle Math (students LOVE this)
- Prodigy: Prodigy Practice for Math & Reading (another student favorite)
- Xtra Math: https://home.xtramath.org/ (great for fact practice)
- Khan Academy: Kahn Academy ( great for math support with videos that explain skills and concepts)
August/ September- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated.
October- Responsibility: Being honest and accountable in word and deed. Having a sense of duty to fulfill tasks with reliability, dependability and commitment.
November- Empowerment: We believe children must be equipped with the ability to make good decisions independently of adults. By internalizing the habits and behaviors that demonstrate responsibility, they will be empowered to lead successful, productive lives.
December- Sharing: Developing a willingness to share knowledge, experiences and time to enrich learning, give back to the community through school projects and constantly seek ways to improve through continuous input and feedback
January- Patience: We strive to develop Aspen View students with a level of perseverance and diligence that will instill the confidence needed to succeed in whatever endeavor our students undertake
February- Excellence: Striving to do the best in everything you do, while maintaining a positive attitude and a spirit of self-confidence
March- Compassion: Caring in action. Treating others with kindness, generosity and a forgiving spirit.
April- Teamwork: We will create an atmosphere that fosters collaborative and team-focused success to enrich our students and prepare them for high school, college and a collaboration driven marketplace
May- RESPECT - Showing high regard for an authority, other people, self and country. Treating others as you would want to be treated
STEAM SCHEDULE 10:00-10:45am
*WEEKLY ROTATION*
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Week 1 |
ART |
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Week 2 |
STEM |
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Week 3 |
MUSIC |
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Week 4 |
TECHNOLOGY |