NOVEMBER

November 3--SIT MEETING @ 3:00 in Media Center

November 10--Report Cards Issued

November 11--Holiday

November 17--4th Grade Writing Assessment

November 23--5th Grade Spelling Bee at 9:30

November 24--Early Release Day (12:00 P.M.)

November 25-27--Thanksgiving Holidays

     12 POWERFUL WORDS

     At Morgan Elementary we are excited to be introducing our students to the 12 POWERFUL WORDS Program.  Our staff will be modeling these 12 POWERFUL WORDS in daily conversation, questoning, and on quizzes.  We want our students to become comfortable with these words and as a result, students will be less likely to become intimidated by them on standardized tests at the end of the year.  Posters with the 12 POWERFUL WORDS are being placed in all of our classrooms.  Please take a few minutes to review these words and help us by using them in daily conversation with your child.

THE 12 POWERFUL WORDS

     WORD               STUDENT FRIENDLY DEFINITION

1. Trace               List in steps
2. Analyze            Break apart
3. Infer                Read between the lines
4. Evaluate          Judge
5. Formulate        Create
6. Describe          Tell all about
7. Support           Back up with details
8. Explain            Tell how
9. Summarize      Give me the short version
10. Compare         All the ways they are alike
11. Contrast          All the ways they are different
12. Predict            What will happen next