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Dear Parents,
Nothing is more important than the health, well-being and safety of our community. Please take care of yourself, your family and loved ones during this stressful time.
Families are struggling not just with a remote workplace, but with all the complications and adjustments this brings. For some, there is the additional challenge of childcare and/or making sure their children are staying connected with their teachers as well as helping them complete assignments online. Our teachers are working incredibly hard to plan and deliver engaging lessons to all our students through our remote learning platform.
Please continue to encourage your children to attend class regularly via zoom. Talk with your children about their school day and the work they are doing. Check on their academic progress and reach out to their teachers for support. Look for your child’s report card in the mail. Our dismissal time has changed. Students will now be dismissed at 3:07 Monday through Friday. kinder through second will continue to have early release on Fridays at 2:15. Please plan accordingly.
We look forward to having students back on campus as soon as it is feasibly possible.
Sincerely,
Sandra Lomeland, Principal
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What an exciting and fun month January is for Kindergarten! In Science, we are learning about Arctic animals, including penguins that live in Antarctica. We will also learn what animals do in winter. In Social Studies we have been fascinated to learn about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the work he did for equal rights. We are continuing to work on fluency with our math facts and have started working on the doubles plus one facts. Since we are doing distance learning, we are using Reflex Math, to help boost our fact fluency. Students are also using Happy Numbers, an online learning game, to differentiate math instruction for each student. We are learning about using tally marks, putting numbers in numeric order, and adding 10 to any number. In Reading we are learning about characters and settings. We’ve also been learning about the elements of informational text. We are working on long vowel sounds and the sounds of ch, th, wh, and sh in Phonics. Lalilo, another online learning game for Phonics instruction, has been a huge hit with our students. We continue to work hard while learning online but can’t wait to be together in our classrooms again when it is safe! |
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The first-grade team would like to welcome all the first-grade students and parents back to the start of the third quarter and second semester! As a reminder to students and parents, a new semester means that students who work hard could earn an honor roll award at the end of this quarter. The first-grade teachers want to congratulate students who worked very hard during the first semester and maintained A’s and B’s!
We are still working on mastering the 100 addition facts in 8 minutes and we are working our way through the subtraction facts. Math fact fluency is important to being successful at math. You can help at home by challenging your child to complete 25 math facts in 2 ½ minutes or timing the completion of the paper and challenging them to complete it faster each time. This will help build stamina and help them achieve their goal.
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Welcome to the second half of the year! Second grade is extremely sad that we cannot be together at this time. We hope you had happy holidays and that we will see all the children on Zoom. Zoom is important for many reasons and only one is academic. Students feel displaced during times like this and keeping connected to normal things like school, teacher, and peers will help them retain some sense of normalcy. Hopefully, you are staying safe and enjoying this extra time with your children. We really can’t wait for you to drop them off with us sometime soon!
In math we are covering some difficult concepts like adding and subtracting fractions. Charting and analyzing data and multiplying. It’s hard for students to learn new concepts under normal circumstances so if you feel like your child is not understanding please inform their teacher as soon as possible. We are here to help in any way we can.
In reading we continue to use our Open Court curriculum to learn to answer questions about what we read. We are also still practicing phonics rules to become master readers. Please do not skip the reading log practice. Developing readers always need to keep using the skills or they will forget them. We are doing our best to condense the curriculum to make it fit into distance learning.
In science we are finalizing our scientific research for our science fair projects. For this we will dive deeper into the scientific method and learn how scientists conduct their research. We will also learn how to analyze information to create and share our own conclusions.
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3rd Grade Parents,
I hope that your winter break was wonderful. We are sad that we had to start the year off online but we are making the best of it and our students are doing amazing. We hope that our Covid numbers will go down and we can resume on campus learning after our 2 weeks.
I would like to request that students find a quiet environment to work on their daily assignments. Students need to be dressed appropriately and not have toys easily accessible to them. Students need to be in an environment that is conducive to learning. When a student is in their bed with their computers or in their pajamas it makes the student more comfortable and they are more likely to want to take a nap. Your child does not need to be at the kitchen table to do their work unless it is the best environment for them.
I would like to remind you that participating in the zoom meetings are imperative and it will help the students in their learning. We take attendance every Zoom meeting so they need to attend all required meetings. Students are expected to continue to do the daily assignments on Schoology for their teachers. Please make sure to play an active role in your child’s learning and make sure their assignments are being completed. Students will need to come on to Zoom with mute on and their cameras on ready to learn.
For the next month the 3rd grade science teachers will be working with your students to complete their SARSEF science fair projects. We are projected to be done with this by the end of February. Everything for this project will be done online and at home. If your student makes it through to the district competition, with our other school MASSA, they will be going to SARSEF where they can win cash and prizes. We need to make sure the students are giving it their best effort and when it is time for them to do the experiment parents are there to assist them.
We appreciate everything you are doing for your child. We are here for you and your child so please reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
Your 3rd Grade Teachers
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Welcome back 4th graders! We are so excited to welcome Mr. Wilbur and his class to our on campus family!
This quarter we are going to continue studying various cultures around the world for reading. So far, we have discussed life in Cuba through a story about Flor Ada. We have also learned about Juan Quezada and his amazing art he creates with pottery. They have learned that through his art, the people of Mata Ortiz became successful. As we continue to study various cultures, we hope the students will be able to learn life long lessons.
In math, we are still working on improving our multiplication and division skills. Fourth grade will continue to work through the Saxon Math Textbook throughout the year. On the other hand, in science we are beginning our science fair projects! Students will be able to create their own projects as they explore the science method. We are excited to see what they create and discover!
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Hello Mentors and Prometheans!
Happy New Year and Welcome Back to School!
As we all navigate distance learning, we are optimistic and encouraged by the student’s presence online and completing assignments through Schoology. Communication will be the key to our success, and together we can support the students to achieve success.
Collections ELA: Our new unit is Making Your Voice Heard, exploring the many different ways people express their ideas – and themselves. Through the unit students will begin working on a speech choosing a position of exotic animals, if they should be pets or not? Please read the daily update with your student, read the current story with them and discuss the content, as making connections to stories, via their own life, other books or the world at large is in truth the best learning.
Social Studies: We will be discussing the Amendments and beginning our virtual timeline. A syllabus of the remaining of the year will be shared next week. As we will move to the 20th century of US history, you can have great conversations with your student about these events, or research them together.
Open Court: Our next unit is “Celebrating World Communities”. We will read a variety of selections including excerpts from autobiographies, realistic fiction and informational text that provide opportunities to appreciate the similarities and differences between various world cultures. We will learn about growing up on a farm in Cuba, a Mexican potter who used his creative talent to help his whole community become more prosperous, what life is like in a small mountain village in Switzerland, and an artist recalling his childhood growing up in Shanghai. Open Court students will also be working on writing and illustrating their own realistic fiction short story.
Math: Our students will start completing the Math Challenge #22!!! Mentors and Prometheans will have to do their very best to earn 22 ribbons on Study Island
Science: We will be learning about Simple Machines.
Students will have assignments in Study Island to support their instruction and improve overall skills in Math and ELA. These assignments are very important for us to support your student on skills they need to improve and master.
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Hello Parents,
It is unbelievable that we are in 3rd quarter. In January my awesome 6D and 7G Course 3 students learned operations with small numbers in scientific notation, solving percent problems with equations, experimental probability, area of parallelogram, collecting displaying and interpreting data, sequences, graphing solutions to inequalities on a number line, rational numbers, non-terminating decimals and percent, fractions with negative exponents, using a multiplier to convert to a rate, and using similar triangles.
Students also worked on Study Island lessons related to student’s grade level.
Welcome to another amazing semester of 6th grade at AMS! We hope everyone is well and that our young people are rested and ready to get back to business! This semester, we will begin by adding strong introduction writing skills to our composition abilities! We will also continue to practice our close-reading and test taking techniques while we finish up the remaining Study Island lessons! Thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication! Looking forward to a semester of growth and greatness!
Mr. Moore
Social Studies News
Hello Centaurs,
We are well into our 3rd quarter of the year and the Holidays are behind us. Here is what you should expect in Social Studies
· Current events are due every full Friday in all classes. Please be prepared to write your three paragraph report and attach the accompanying article. You’ll get extra credit for presenting the report to the class.
· Please define your word wall words and study them frequently.
· Homework is assigned daily – please check online and with your student
6th Graders:
The 6th Graders are nearly finished with Ancient Greece and their PowerPoint Greek Gods and Goddesses Presentations were great! Next, we move into a in depth look at the Roman Republic and Empire. Rome and Greece had enormous influence on the Western World, including the United States, so we spend a little extra time on these two civilizations. Looking ahead we will be investigating Ancient China and European exploration of the Americas.
Leyla Archakova – 6,7,8 grades
Happy New Year dear students and parents!
So many people start off the new year making resolutions to start anew. I recommend you consider making one that includes math.
In January we will be focusing on Study Island assignments to help the students to master their skills and get prepared for AzM2. We will be covering 2 Study Island assignment per week.
With 6th graders we will also be working on adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, ratio problems, geometry, scientific notation. 7th and 8th graders will be working on systems of linear equations, solving inequalities, probability, adding and subtracting radical expressions, solving absolute value equations, factoring trinomials.
Remember, all your lessons are posted on Schoology. Each lesson has a folder with the lesson title that includes a presentation with new concept and examples with solutions (the same presentation I use to teach using Zoom), a lesson video and your homework. Make sure you submit your work on time.
Looking forward to seeing you in school in a few weeks!
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Social Studies News
Hello Centaurs,
We are well into our 3rd quarter of the year and the Holidays are behind us. Here is what you should expect in Social Studies
· Current events are due every full Friday in all classes. Please be prepared to write your three paragraph report and attach the accompanying article. You’ll get extra credit for presenting the report to the class.
· Please define your word wall words and study them frequently.
· Homework is assigned daily – please check online and with your student
7th Graders:
The 7th Grade Students have moved beyond the Civil War and Reconstruction and are now examining the causes and impacts, negative and positive, of Industrialization of the US that occurred in the middle and late 1800’s. After this we will study the settlement of the West and the conflicts with the Native Americans. They are working on a PowerPoint presentation regarding a 18th century invention or industrialist.
Leyla Archakova – 6,7,8 grades
Happy New Year dear students and parents!
So many people start off the new year making resolutions to start anew. I recommend you consider making one that includes math.
In January we will be focusing on Study Island assignments to help the students to master their skills and get prepared for AzM2. We will be covering 2 Study Island assignment per week.
With 6th graders we will also be working on adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, ratio problems, geometry, scientific notation. 7th and 8th graders will be working on systems of linear equations, solving inequalities, probability, adding and subtracting radical expressions, solving absolute value equations, factoring trinomials.
Remember, all your lessons are posted on Schoology. Each lesson has a folder with the lesson title that includes a presentation with new concept and examples with solutions (the same presentation I use to teach using Zoom), a lesson video and your homework. Make sure you submit your work on time.
Looking forward to seeing you in school in a few weeks!
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My wonderful 8N, Alg2 students learned using the Pythagorean theorem and the distance formula, calculating permutations and combinations, solving systems of linear Inequalities, rationalizing denominators, finding the line of best Fit and Finding Trigonometric functions and their Reciprocals.
Students also worked on the Study Island lessons related to 8th grade level.
During the online instruction, I would like to see all of the students in ZOOM meetings. Your student also needs to log into Schoology daily for the attendance purpose. I really appreciate your help on this.
Best
Social Studies News
Hello Centaurs,
We are well into our 3rd quarter of the year and the Holidays are behind us. Here is what you should expect in Social Studies
· Current events are due every full Friday in all classes. Please be prepared to write your three paragraph report and attach the accompanying article. You’ll get extra credit for presenting the report to the class.
· Please define your word wall words and study them frequently.
· Homework is assigned daily – please check online and with your student
8th Graders:
The 8th Graders are finished with their look at the origins of our American system, including the Constitutional Convention, ideas on government from around the world, and the impact that the Constitution has on our everyday life, from voting, to citizenship to the protection of our individual rights. We will complete our look at American Government with Constitutional Debates dealing with the Constitutionality of a variety of issues in the United States. We will then be looking forward to a quick review of WW I and the Great Depression (Review from 7th Gr) and then on to WW II and Post War America. The students should be looking forward to the Holocaust Project and of course, their trip to CIMI at the end of the year!
Leyla Archakova – 6,7,8 grades
Happy New Year dear students and parents!
So many people start off the new year making resolutions to start anew. I recommend you consider making one that includes math.
In January we will be focusing on Study Island assignments to help the students to master their skills and get prepared for AzM2. We will be covering 2 Study Island assignment per week.
With 6th graders we will also be working on adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers, ratio problems, geometry, scientific notation. 7th and 8th graders will be working on systems of linear equations, solving inequalities, probability, adding and subtracting radical expressions, solving absolute value equations, factoring trinomials.
Remember, all your lessons are posted on Schoology. Each lesson has a folder with the lesson title that includes a presentation with new concept and examples with solutions (the same presentation I use to teach using Zoom), a lesson video and your homework. Make sure you submit your work on time.
Looking forward to seeing you in school in a few weeks!
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Computer Science- Mrs. Noriega |
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Happy New Year!
I am very excited to start this new year with all of you. We know 2020 had many challenges that we all learned from and only made us stronger. Let us start this year strong and remember to…
ctrl yourself, look for alt solutions, delete the situation which gives you tension.
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Music- Mrs. K & Mr. Nigro |
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From the Music Department,
Happy New Year and greetings from the Music Department at AMS-Prince. During this time, all music classes are asynchronous. All assignments will be in Schoology and your expectation is that you will do one assignment per week. In general, we will have a video and a quiz every week. If you have any questions, please contact us through Schoology. If you need extra help, we can set up a zoom with you for more assistance. We miss all the students and can’t wait to have them back in our classes!
Regards,
Mrs. K and Mr. Nigro
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No Clubs will be offered at this time. Please check back with the front office for updates! |
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School Calendar & Jo's Corner |
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January:
Jan 4- Teacher Work day no school
Jan 5- School Resumes
Jan 18- M.L.K Day NO SCHOOL
(18 instructional days)
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Connect with the AMS Prince Office Team
520-293-2676
Office Manager: Ms. JoAnn
jbelvedere@amstucson.org
Front Office: Ms. Jean
jmbelvedere@amstucson.org
Registrar: Ms. Emma
egonzalez@amstucson.org
Connect with Principal Lomeland
slomeland@amstucson.org
520-293-2676
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