MATH PRE/AP MARCH 27, 2009

NOTE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS:

HOMEWORK:  Complete worksheet reviewing conversions of fractions, decimals, percents.   DO NOT USE A CALCULATOR.  We will have a Pop-Up quiz in reference to this worksheet!

DETAILED PROGRESS REPORT WERE SENT TODAY FOR 5TH PERIOD ONLY!  Please, have it signed and return to Mrs. N. Hernandez.

Keep focus on learning!!! 

TUTORIALS EVERY MONDAY FROM 3:50 TO 4:50 P.M.

Have a great weekend

World Cultures Update

Welcome back from Spring Break! I hope that everyone had a restful break. In World Cultures we are busy learning about East and West Africa. Students should be  studying the African Map. Any student who is missing an African Map should see me ASAP. Students should be learning the country and captial of East African and West African countries.

Grades

Students who have questions about their progress report grade should see me during Advocacy or afterschool.

Reading Update

Tutorials

Reading tutorials will be held on Wednesdays from 3:50- 4:50 p.m. Students may come for help with Reading Responses, Journal entries, to get further help with skills covered in class, and for TAKS assistance. Students may come simply to work on assignments for Reading assignments, but they must have work to keep them busy! Please feel free to e-mail me at aparker1@houstonisd.org if you have any questions.

Skills

This week we are working on recognizing theme in literature. Theme is the message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn.

This Week in Science

This week in science, we continue to study cells and cellular processes. Students should be familiarizing themselves with organelles and their respective functions. Please make sure your child is reading and studying chapter 4 vocabulary for an upcoming quiz.

MATH PRE-AP March 13, 2009

NOTE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS:

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Please, have a nice rest and re-energize your “batteries”.   

  TAKS is around the corner, so right after break we will be working hard to review all  Math objectives. 

On Wednesday and Thursday a detailed Math progress report was sent home and today a school-wide progress report was sent.  Please ask your child to show it to you. 

YES, we have homework during the “break”.  Students have received a TAKS workbook and they have to answer questions from pages 81 through 92.  PLEASE, DO NOT WRITE ON THE WORKBOOK.  Instead use paper and pencil to show calculations and final answer.  This homework probably will take about 60 to 90 minutes. 

HAVE A GREAT “SPRING BREAK”. 

MATH PRE-AP MARCH 6, 2009

NOTE TO PARENTS AND STUDENTS:

Next Monday-Tuesday, March 9-10,  students will take a make-up test Chapter 5.  It is extremely important to analyze and do corrections for all the wrong answers from your Chapter 5 test taken last Monday-Tuesday. 

ALL STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE PAGE 286 FROM MATH TEXTBOOK AS PART OF HOMEWORK (if it has not been completed yet.)

Parents:  correct answers for the test were given to the students;  so it is student’s responsibillity to do the calculations for each wrong answer and prove the correct answer. 

RECIPE PROJECT:  If  your child has not turn in the RECIPE PROJECT,  the last day that I will receive  a  “late project” will be next Friday,  March 13. 

STAY FOCUSED ON LEARNING!

Have a great weekend, 

MATH PREAP MARCH 4, 2009

FRIENDLY REMINDER:

VOCABULARY TEST FOR CHAPTER 4 AND 5 ON FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 2009.

Pin Oak Google Applications

Google provides its suite of office applications and email services to educational instututions for free. Cluster 6C uses these services so that all our students can have access to word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software as long as they have internet access. We are in the process of registering all our students for these services. Use the links below to log-in for the Pin Oak Google Applications.

• Start Page
• Email
• Pin Oak Documents

Renzulli Learning

HISD has contracted Renzulli Learning to make available interactive resources and activities to students and teachers. These activities are tailored to your child’s interests. If your child has not yet registered, please visit the registration page.

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