Week Five Full Speed Ahead!

Greetings Wonderful NIAA Parents,

What a great week we had at Newman. Teachers were treated with a buffet of goodies and then on Valentine’s Day our students had the chance to make their friends and teachers feel loved with even more sweet treats and furry critters . Thanks for all the LOVE!

This week in ELAR:

7^th grade is moving from informative text and onto biographies and memoirs. We will read excerpts, located in our school textbooks, from the autobiographies of Eleanor Roosevelt and Malcolm X by Walter Dean Myers

8^th grade also shifting to autobiographies will read about Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglas and President Lincoln.

10^th grade will complete the second article “Big Med” by Atul Gawande and to lighten the mood read two humorous essays by Mark Twain and James Thurber.

ALL classes will begin DropEverything And Read a in ELAR; reading short creative non-fiction essays and writing short responses. They will also collaborate in pairs and revise and edit each other’s writing. Grammar practice homework will continue and a final expository essay is due February 24^th as we have already begun working seriously on those compositions.

REMINDERS:

New Attendance Incentive

Starting Monday, February 17th, we will institute a new incentive for classroom attendance for each grade level. Each grade level will compete to see which class has the highest attendance for the week. One class per grade level with the highest attendance will receive popcorn on the Friday of that week. Please help your child’s class win this prize by making sure that your child is at school every day.

Don’t forget to return your Intent to Return Forms to secure you child’s place for next year!

Family Math and Science Night – Mr. Slight’s Classroom

Plan on being here February 20th for the most fun and interactive night you’ve had in a long time!

7:00 - 7:05 David Slight - Intro and Welcome

7:05 – 7:10 Jayson Lewis – Meticulous Math

7:10 – 7:20 David Slight – What in the Cell Does This Part Do?

7:20 – 7:35 Carissima Freeman – Swimming With the Scum?

7:35 - 7:50 Dan Urban – Go Speed Racer, Go!

7:50 – 8:00 p.m. David Slight, Jayson Lewis, Dan Urban, Carissima Freeman – REAL STAAR POWER!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS

Feb. 17: Inclement Weather

Make Up Day… NOT A STU-

DENT HOLIDAY!

Feb. 24-28: Exam Week

Feb. 28: Last Day of the 4th Six - early release

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