News From Rooms 310 & 313 January 9 – 13, 2017 Marlow Elementary 912-728-3262 Specials Mon: PE*(P); Art (S) Tues: Tech*(P); Music S) Wed: PE* (P); PE* (S) Thurs: Art (P); Tech (S) Fri: Music (P); PE* (S) *Wear Tennis Shoes Notes Students should review their Interactive Notebooks nightly Good News Club will resume on January 12th Chorus will resume on Wednesday, January 25th Parent/Teacher Conference request forms will come home on Monday, February 9th. Be sure to send a note to excuse your student’s absence Please continue to send in your box tops. You may send them in a Ziploc bag. Thank you! Miss Rebecca Stewart (S) rstewart@effingham.k12.ga.us Mrs. Melissa Phillips (P) mphillips@effingham.k12.ga.us Twitter: @MelissaMES313 Instagram: @mrs.phillipsmes313 Mrs. Jennafer Busbie jbusbie@effingham.k12.ga.us Upcoming Events Jan. 11: Marlow spelling bee. Jan. 11: Report cards Jan. 11: Unit 4 Math Test Jan. 12: Mrs. Phillips out all day Jan. 16: No school. MLK Jr. Day Jan. 18: 4-H Jan. 24: Multiplication Challenge Jan. 25: Ecosystems Test Jan. 26: County Spelling Bee 6:30 @ ECCA Jan. 27: Spirit day Jan. 27: Miss Stewart Out Full day Math We will review Unit 4 and take our unit test. We will review the following concepts. Decomposing fractions Add/ subtract fractions Mixed numbers/ improper fractions Multiply fractions Homework Mon- Complete Mon. Tues- Complete Tues. Weds- Study for test Thurs- Complete Thurs. Test on Wednesday, January 11th. Science We will continue studying ecosystems. We will focus on food chains and food webs. We will look at producers, consumers, and decomposers. Test January 24th English Language Arts This week we will practice the following skills: Similes Metaphors Idioms Opinion writing Citing evidence Comparing & Contrast texts to graphics Our first ELA test will be on Friday, January 20th. This will be a cold read test Social Studies We will continue our study of the American Revolution. Our test will be on February 1st.