Week of September 19 - 23

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend!!   The sun may not be shining outside, but your children are sure shining.  We have started off the week with a great, positive attitude!  This week junior high basketball practice begins, Club Day will be Wednesday, and 8th graders will be taking the EXPLORE test.  Those are just a few activities that will be happening at Hickman County High School this week. 

Ask your children about their spelling contracts and encourage them to complete the nightly assignment.  This not only improves their spelling skills, it also helps with their writing and grammar skills.  In math, we will be learning to solve equations using addition and subtraction, as well as practicing other skills we have previously learned.  In reading, I am teaching the students strategies for reading  a Social Studies textbook.  We discussed how the title, headings, and subheadings help us find information we are looking for.  We will also be looking at maps, learning new vocabulary words, and locating the problem and solution in the text. 

We are having a great time learning in our classroom!  If you would like to join us, come on down!!  We welcome visitors anytime!  If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. 

Hello from Ms. Stairs!

I just want to say hello to all my parents and students!  I hope you are all doing wonderful and finding school enjoyable.  In our classroom, this week we will be learning rules for multiplying and dividing positive and negative numbers, as well as reviewing our rules for adding and subtracting them.  We will also be looking for the main idea and supporting details in passages and short stories that we will be reading.  I feel like they really enjoy and benefit greatly from the spelling contracts we are working on...their spelling grades prove it!

I am so proud of my students for all the hard work they put into their education.  Their hard work definitely does not go unnoticed in our classroom!!!  If you would ever like to join us in our classroom or just wanna pop in after-school for a chit-chat, please come on in! 

I hope you all have a blessed week,

Ms. Stairs  :-)

HAPPY SEPTEMBER!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend!  We may only have four days of school this week, but we are still working hard. 

Textbook reading can be very intimidating to some students.  This week in reading we will be learning strategies that will help us understand a science textbook.  We will be learning how to read charts and diagrams, gain information from headings and subheadings, and how to answer questions throughout the text.  After lots of practice and hardwork, the students will be able to navigate their way through their science textbook with ease.

The students are doing great getting their work completed on their spelling contracts...KUDOS to them!  Writing, practicing, and reveiwing spelling words is more important than just saying and spelling words aloud.  They seem to enjoy the activities! 

Your child should also be bringing home more homework as we progress into more difficult topics.  The homework I give is simply for practice.  I do not give students homework on a topic that we have not discussed in class.  Math especially requires lots of practice and application in order to master the skill.  Ask your child about their homework and encourage him/her to complete it and return to school the following day.

I hope this is a great week for you and your child!!  Feel free to contact me if you have questions or concerns.