Picture Day is Tomorrow!

Students will have pictures made for the yearbook on Thursday, September 17th. If parents want to order pictures, please use the link at the end of this post. The WOHS Journalism Department will arrange for students who had signed up for online instruction to have yearbook pictures made on Picture Retake Day. Your contact person for those details is Karen West, [email protected] That date has not yet been determined.

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White Oak Intermediate School
Picture Day Date: Thursday, September 17
Picture Day ID: EVT968ZMM

September 14-18

Important Dates:

Thursday, September 17th – PICTURE DAY

Thursday, September 17th – PROGRESS REPORTS

Wednesday, September 23rd – Early Release for Teacher Training.

Math Learning Goals: Rounding to the nearest 10

3.2D(R)- Compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, =

3.4B(S)- round to the nearest 10 or 100 or use compatible numbers to estimate solutions to addition and subtraction problems

3.2C(S)- Represent a number on a number line as being between two consecutive multiples of 10, 100, 1,000, or 10,000.

Math Homework:

  • Math homework will be sent home today and is due back next Thursday.
  • Please study your addition facts.  We will have a Mad Minute on Thursday.  Students will have one minute to solve 30 addition facts.  This is not for a grade.  We will set goals each week to improve fact fluency

Science Learning Goals: Changes in States of Matter

3.5C – predict, observe, and record changes in the state of matter caused by heating or cooling such as ice becoming liquid water, condensation forming on the outside of a glass of ice water, or liquid water being heated to the point of becoming water vapor; and

Week of September 7-11

*No School on Monday, September 7 due to Labor Day

Math Learning Goals:  Comparing Numbers

3.2A(R)- compose and decompose numbers to the hundred thousands using objects, pictorial, and numbers. Expanded notation.

3.2B(S)- Relationships in Base 10 Place Value System

3.4A(R)- Solve one and two step addition and subtraction problems within 1,000

3.2D(R)- Compare and order whole numbers up to 100,000 and represent comparisons using the symbols >, <, =

Math Homework:

  • Math homework will be sent home today and is due back next Thursday.
  • Please study your addition facts.  We will have a Mad Minute on Thursday.  Students will have one minute to solve 30 addition facts.  This is not for a grade.  We will set goals each week to improve fact fluency

Science Learning Goals: States of Matter

3.5A – Measure, test, and record physical properties of matter, including temperature, mass, magnetism, and the ability to sink or float

3.5B – Describe and classify samples of matter as solids, liquids, and gases and demonstrate that solids have a definite shape and that liquids and gases take the shape of their container

Week of August 31- September 4

TEKS: MATH

3.2A(R)- compose and decompose numbers to the hundred thousands using objects, pictorial, and numbers. Expanded notation.

3.2B(S)- Relationships in Base 10 Place Value System

3.4A(R)- Solve one and two step addition and subtraction problems within 1,000

 

Math Homework:

  • Math homework will be sent home on Friday and is due back the following Thursday.
  • Please study your addition facts.  We will have a Mad Minute on Thursday.  Students will have one minute to solve 30 addition facts.  This is not for a grade.  We will set goals each week to improve fact fluency.

 

TEKS: SCIENCE

3.2D – analyze and interpret patterns in data to construct reasonable explanations based on evidence from investigations.

3.2F – communicate valid conclusions supported by data in writing, by drawing pictures, and through verbal discussion

3.3A – analyze, evaluate, and critique scientific explanations by using evidence, logical reasoning, and experimental and observational testing

Week of August 24-28

Math Learning Goals: Place Value & Adding and Subtracting with Regrouping

3.2A(R)- compose and decompose numbers to the hundred thousands using objects, pictorial, and numbers. Expanded notation.

3.2B(S)- Relationships in Base 10 Place Value System

3.4A(R)- Solve one and two step addition and subtraction problems within 1,000

Math Homework:

  • Math homework will be sent home on Friday and is due back the following Thursday.
  • Please study your addition facts.  We will have a Mad Minute on Thursday.  Students will have one minute to solve 30 addition facts.  This is not for a grade.  We will set goals each week to improve fact fluency.

Science Learning Goals: Scientific Method (We will have our first Science Lab Friday) 

3.2A – Plan and implement descriptive investigations, including asking and answering questions, making observations, making inferences, and selecting and using equipment or technology needed, to solve a specific problem in the natural world

3.2B – Collect and record data by observing and measuring using the metric system and recognize differences between observed and measured data

3.2C – Construct maps, graphic organizers, simple tables, charts, and bar graphs using tools and current technology to organize, examine, and evaluate measured data

3.2D – Analyze and interpret patterns in data to construct reasonable explanations based on evidence from investigations

3.2E – Demonstrate that repeated investigations may increase the reliability of results

3.2F – Communicate valid conclusions supported by data in writing, by drawing pictures, and through verbal discussions

3.4A – Collect, record, and analyze information using tools, including cameras, computers, hand lenses, metric rulers, Celsius thermometers, wind vanes, rain gauges, pan balances, graduated cylinders, beakers, spring scales, hot plates, meter sticks, magnets, collecting nets, notebooks, and Sun, Earth, Moon system models, timing devices, and materials to support observations of habitats of organisms such as terrariums and aquariums

 

Math Homework and Mad Minute Results Sent Home Today

Math homework will be sent home today.  This is due back by Thursday, August 27.  We will send math homework home every Friday and it’s due the following Thursday.

We are also sending home the results of the Mad Minute from yesterday.  Students have one minute to answer 30 addition problems.  This is not a grade.  Each week we want to see students making progress. Today, each student wrote a goal on the back of their paper of how many they want to get correct next week.   Please encourage students to practice their facts at home.  This will help them reach their goal each week.  Please sign the Mad Minute and return it next Monday.

 

 

Week of August 17-21

Math Learning Goals: Place Value and Addition & Subtraction

3.2A(R)- compose and decompose numbers to the hundred thousands using objects, pictorial, and numbers. Expanded notation.
3.2B(S)- Relationships in Base 10 Place Value System
3.4A(R)- Solve one and two step addition and subtraction problems within 1,000

Math Homework:  

  • Math Homework will be passed out on Friday, August 21.  It will be due the following Thursday, August 27.  We will always pass out homework on Fridays starting this week and it will be due the following Thursday.
  • Please study your addition facts.  We will have a Mad Minute on Thursday.  Students will have one minute to solve 30 addition facts.  This is not for a grade.  We will set goals each week to improve fact fluency.

Science Learning Goals:  Science Safety

(A) demonstrate safe practices as described in Texas Education Agency-approved safety standards during classroom and outdoor investigations using safety equipment as appropriate, including safety goggles or chemical splash goggles, as appropriate, and gloves;