Announcements

         EXLINE UPDATES
{Summer 2009}



	I hope everyone has a relaxing and safe summer.  
        Good luck in Middle School.

	

WEBSITES

*www.studyisland.com (for extra practice)
*www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/freeman (school website)

PLEASE HELP:
•	Please join P.T.A. (Many wonderful things are done for our children.)
•	Please participate in fundraising activities. Moneys go toward 
        school programs and classroom assistance.
•	Save your box tops from General Mills Foods.  Trim around dotted 
        line and send them into school.
•	Stores donate to Freeman when you do the following:  Target {code
        80603} ; Foodlion {register on line at foodlion.com or by calling 1-
        800-210-9569, use your MVP card.} ; Harris Teeter {Use VIC card and
        code 4015}
   
CURRICULUM
MATH
•	Problem solving
•	Place value {Whole numbers and Decimals}
•	Rounding
•	Comparing numbers
•	Measurement {standard and metric}
•	Analyzing data
*       Measurement
*       Fractions
*       Geometry
*       Patterns
*       Algebra
{All students should know their multiplication facts.}
SPELLING:
•	Define words, sentence structure, vocabulary, pronunciation
•	Every Friday we have a Test with 20 words.
HEALTH:
•	D.A.R.E begins September 4th and run through December 4th.}
•	2nd Step / Character Education
*       Growth and Changes
LANGUAGE:
•	“Sentence structure  {comma’s, capital letters, and proper nouns}
•	Expressive writing pieces
*       Persuasive letters
*       Book Reviews
*       Response to Literature
*       Research Report
•	Please work on cursive handwriting
SOCIAL STUDIES:
•	Mapping skills
•	Voting
•	Geography and History of the United States, Canada, and Latin America
SCIENCE
•	Motion and Design/ Simple Machines
•	Lego Robots Mindstorm
*       Weather
*       Ecosystems
*       Land and Water
READING:
•	Cognition – main idea, purpose, vocabulary, supporting details,
        multiple meanings, text features, reference materials, and book parts
•	Interpretation – feelings, mood, & tone, drawing conclusions, 
        predictions, inference, generalization, figurative language, and 
        word meaning
•	Critical Stance – compare, contrast, author’s purpose, analogies,
        author’s craft, cause and effect, fact and opinion, impact of 
        literary elements, evaluate accuracy of information and ideas
•	Connections – comparing two selections – text to text and text to
        real world
***Every student will have an A.R. range and “Independent Reading Level” 
students may not read book with less than a one-point book value.  Students 
should take at least one test a week.  An 85% score is considered passing.



Mrs. Exline