Back to School Night

Back to School Night

It was great to see all the faces that came to "back to school night" I hope the families that attending have a better understanding of the school culture and how we are to be a team to help educate our future. 

Recap: 
classroom expectations
homework procedures ( I will be adopting Ms. Edges process) 
Classroom Dojo
Remind app
Zearn can be done at home

I hope to see more faces at the next event.  (see previous post for additional information about me and the class)

Z.Henry

Welcome Back

Welcome back to school.

Today was our first day back at school and we had some great moments and other time we showed we need to work on behavior expectations. Below is a bit of information about me and what you need for school.

Hi! My Name is Ms. Z. Henry! I am 30+ years young! I grew up and currently live in Philadelphia with my daughter. I enjoy traveling & being with friends and family. I will be your child’s 5th grade Math  teacher for the 2017-2018 school year! This will be my 7th year teaching & my 4nd year at Universal Vare Charter school & I am excited to make this my best year yet!

CLASS EXPECTATIONS

Homework- Math students will have 2-3 assignments weekly packet that is to be completed, reviewed, signed and returned.
Make up – Students will have an opportunity to turn in late work up to 3 days for partial credit.
Prepared- Please have your child prepared to be successful in school by Provided what is needed for All Classes for the year. 
Behavior- Students are to be the best positive selves. This year you can track your child’s behavior with ClassDojo. A letter has been sent out. Please check with your child.


ITEMS NEEDED!

2 notebooks (prefer a composition (marble) book. They last longer.  
Folders with two pockets (durable) 
Crayons or color pencils
Glue sticks
Blunt-tipped Scissors (small) Highlighters
Tissues
Erasers
Pencils (Pencil sharpener)
Ream of plain copy paper (write your child’s name on it) 
Dry Erase Markers
• I suggest purchasing additional supplies at this time (beginning of school) to take advantage of the low cost of supplies.

Contact me!!

Email: zhenry@unversialcompanies.org
Class Webpage: www.mshenryvare.blogspot.com 
School Phone Number: (215) 952-8611
You can also write a note in your child’s contact folder! 

Interactive waves

We are wrapping Chapter 1 "Characteristics of Waves"

Here are some links to explore about types of waves

wave-on-a-string


Waves-and-Sound/Simple-Wave-Simulator


Videos

Science Festival!!!!! OMG

Extra Credit Trip!!

The Science Festival: April 21st to April 29th
phila science festival calendar

http://www.philasciencefestival.org/calendar

·      Are you just staying in the house this weekend? Get out and head to the Science Festival.

o   There is a calendar that you can use to see all event that are happening around the city. (Sunday seem to be the busiest day)

Students can earn extra credit for attending the festival and writing a short report about it.

What do you need:

1)   What event did you attend?_____________________________________________________

2) When and what time did you attend? __________________________________________________

3) Choose a topic you have seen/learned _________________________________________________

4) Write a narrative of your experience on a separate sheet of paper or typed and emailed to me (zhenry@ucvare.org)  See the rubric for the writing.

5) You will need to take pictures (selfies, I know you can) of yourself at the event.  Get a sticker or pin (“I love science”, “I’m a scientist”) and bring it into school.

 

Elaborate energy flow

These are the link for the web surf

maggiesscienceconnection.weebly.com

http://www.cas.miamioh.edu

http://www.eduweb.com

Quiz tomorrow. 3/30

I know many of you sleeping (or should be sleeping). If you are checking the site in the morning here is the quiz you will be seeing during class.

Click on the link below

Adaptation and organism level

Planets research links

For the Explore portion of your Journal you are to use the following links to find your information.

Click on your assigned celestial bodies in the website and fill in the data chart for your objects.

Remember to click on the arrows and read the text/captions 


solar system exploration

kidsastronomy

Planetsforkids