Team Update:
Sorry we're late!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: Ask your child about the war that was fought using elephants! We spent a lot of time exploring Ancient Roman civilization this past week and we're going to keep on exploring this upcoming week. Keep on asking great questions!
Science: What happened to the trout in Lake Michigan? Students have been introduced to our new anchoring phenomenon. Click HERE to see more about what we are doing in class. This week we figured out how plants make their own food.
Literacy: We are all focused on the last week of work before vacation. Students in some classes collaborated to write an interesting essay about the world views shared by farmers featured in Fresh, The Movie. Another class performed the Parade of Phobias for beloved Ms. Walsh, and her class! Tuesday is the Mastery test for Latin Unit 6. Essays are due to Google Classroom by Friday!
English: We kept working our way through A Christmas Carol this week, and we are on track to finish reading early next week. We began our week by making collages to represent our understanding of the story so far, and we saw some very creative arrangements! The students are learning to think critically about A Christmas Carol and are developing some very insightful connections between our world and Victorian England. The students received their second grammar tests back early this week, and the results showed that we need to work a little harder on studying the material prior to taking the test. Grammar test retakes are being held on Monday and Tuesday after school next week. We will be wrapping up with A Christmas Carol next week, and closing out the week with a viewing of the film version of Dickens' timeless classic. Remember that December independent reading projects are due on Thursday, December 21st!
English: We kept working our way through A Christmas Carol this week, and we are on track to finish reading early next week. We began our week by making collages to represent our understanding of the story so far, and we saw some very creative arrangements! The students are learning to think critically about A Christmas Carol and are developing some very insightful connections between our world and Victorian England. The students received their second grammar tests back early this week, and the results showed that we need to work a little harder on studying the material prior to taking the test. Grammar test retakes are being held on Monday and Tuesday after school next week. We will be wrapping up with A Christmas Carol next week, and closing out the week with a viewing of the film version of Dickens' timeless classic. Remember that December independent reading projects are due on Thursday, December 21st!
Math: We onto our last week of working through our Rational Numbers unit. We spent last week learning about converting fractions to decimals, then moved onto multiplying and dividing rational numbers. We went fast, as this should be review, but if you still struggling there are many videos and extra practice pages located on Google Classroom to help prepare for your test on Wednesday, December 20th. Don't forget the Go Figure is due Thursday, December 21st!