Week of February 21st, 2022
Hello Families!
Happy President’s Day & Week!!!
Check in on your child’s grades and make sure your child is following all assignment directions and staying after school if they have any questions or need help! Encourage them to sign up with a teacher on Wednesday in order to make sure they are catching up with any missing assignments. Please always feel free to reach out with any questions you might have on DOJO or email, schoology or CLEVER!
WE HOLD HELP SESSIONS TO HELP YOUR CHILD!!! PLEASE HAVE THEM TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS!!! These are Held in Mrs. Massa’s link during Recess Monday, Wednesday, & Friday.
Please review the newsletter below for materials needed, important dates, and concepts we will cover throughout the next week:
- Join the PTA HERE: https://vapta-12462441.memberhub.com/store
- COMPUTER HELP: As a reminder, please access this site for Henrico Family Device & Digital Resource Support. Also, click here for information on in-person technical support. YOU CAN TAKE YOUR COMPUTER TO THE NEAREST MIDDLE SCHOOL FOR SUPPORT ON THE DEVICE! It is critical that you take care of your device and keep all programs running smoothly for a seamless educational experience. Use this Google Form: For HotSpots for the internet or any other computer needs.
- LEXIA & DREAMBOX: Please make sure you are completing your Lexia AND Dreambox weekly! These activities will hold weight on your final grade. THIS IS REQUIRED BY THE HVA!!!! - School Wide Lexia Scores Usage!!! WE ARE MOVING UP!!!
LEXIA CHAMPIONS HARRINGTON !! - 86% MET Time usage!!!! - WON by one percentage!!!!
LEXIA CHAMPIONS GOSNEY !! - 85% MET Time usage!!!!! - Great Job!
- Dr. Carrie Link just joined us as our new Elementary Counselor replacing Lisa Eberhart. Feel free to reach out to her at [email protected] with any questions you may have regarding middle school.
- Please make sure you are checking your child’s Grades: Please click here for instructions. Now that semester grades have been finalized, this is a great time for families to review grades in PowerSchool. If you do not have a parent portal account, you can find the instructions for creating one here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFkvfjcGlgd2o_9q-OBvjStjKdExcnGe/view App code = MXZM
- LATE WORK: The third nine weeks, all work that is LATE will be 5 POINTS OFF PER WEEK until a 50 is reached! We want 5th graders to be ready for middle school next year and all of the policies they follow. We have slowly scaffolded the students on late work and counted it as 5 points off their total grade up to this point. Please keep checking the missing work document in order to make sure work is being turned in by your child in a timely fashion.
Harrington Missing Work Document
Gosney Missing Work Document - WELLNESS WEDNESDAY continues this week. Encourage your child to take advantage of this time to catch up on missing work or study for upcoming tests!!! Please reference the Wellness Wednesday slideshow found on the teacher’s homepage in Schoology.
Upcoming Schedule:
- Feb. 21 - 25 Spirit Week
- Feb. 21 - Student Half Day
- Feb. 24 - Elementary Story Time
- March 7 - April 1st - HCPS Survey Open for Parents
- March 11 - School Closed
- March 21 - 27: BBGB Readathon PTSA - More Details Coming
- April 1 - 8 - Schools Closed for Spring Break.
- April 18 - Student Holiday
- May 3 - Student Holiday
- May 27 & 30 - Schools Closed
- June 16 - Student Half Day. Elementary Dismissal at 11:30, Secondary Dismissal at Noon. Last Day of School for 2021-2022
- In Person SOLS - May 4th, 10th, 17th & 25th: More details to come!
What are we learning next week with Mrs. Gosney?
Whole Group Reading/Writing-Figurative Language- We will continue our study of figurative language this week.
Gosney Homeroom Math- We continue to work with fractions this week. There will be a quiz this week on finding equivalent fractions, and changing improper fractions into mixed numbers, as well as changing mixed numbers into improper fractions. All of these are foundational skills that are needed to be successful with adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers which is the next topic in this strand.
Please encourage your child to complete the required 5 lessons on DreamBox weekly. This is required by the HVA and is used as a grade. You can check out the weekly dreambox board here. 76% met their weekly goal last week!
Harrington Homeroom Math- We continue to work with fractions this week. There will be a quiz this week on finding equivalent fractions, and changing improper fractions into mixed numbers, as well as changing mixed numbers into improper fractions. All of these are foundational skills that are needed to be successful with adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers which is the next topic in this strand.
Please encourage your child to complete the required 5 lessons on DreamBox weekly. This is required by the HVA and is used as a grade. You can check out the weekly dreambox board here. Only 39% met the weekly goal last week, please encourage your child to complete at least 1 lesson a day.
What are we learning next week with Mrs. Harrington?
Small-Group Reading- We will continue to meet your child’s need WHERE they are whether that is decoding or comprehending chapter texts. You should read nightly no matter what reading level you are on! DURING READING SMALL GROUP TIME! Please, Please, Please remember that you should be on the computer with Mrs. Massa or Mrs. Harrington at all times. If you happen to walk by and your student is not a TEAMS link or in a waiting room please ask them where they should be. Class DOJO is the best method to reach out to parents to get students to the right spot as needed during this hour. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT PLEASE REACH OUT TO YOUR HOMEROOM TEACHER!!!
Social Studies- Southeast projects were due weeks ago! Please check your child’s grade book or missing work document to see if they are missing this project! If they JUST want the research grade please make sure they indicate this with a CLEVER OR SCHOOLOGY message to me!
Science- We will be focusing on electricity and magnetism. This will include conductors and insulators of electricity. Open and closed circuits and how energy and electricity transfers to radiant, mechanical and thermal energy. The test will be this FRIDAY!!! Please make sure you are using SOLpass to help you prepare nightly!