Team Update:
Jim Parks came to introduce us to his birds!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: We kicked off our next major unit this last week covering Medieval Times. Students did a great job formulating questions regarding the Middle Ages to help spark their curiosity and ultimately guide their upcoming learning. We will continue this process this week and take a mapping assessment Tuesday.
Science: This week we looked more closely at symbiotic interactions. Students presented examples of different symbiotic relationships that they researched to the class. Ask your students about the ones that were difficult to look at! Click HERE to see more about what we are doing in class. Next week we will apply what we have been investigation to our anchoring phenomenon: What happened to the trout. Homework this week will be to study as we have a test coming soon!
Literacy: One of the important aspects of our class is to learn to speak fluently in front of a group of people. Many were hesitant at the beginning of the year, but as we began the Historical Fiction presentations last week, students have shown amazing growth. Far too many students were not prepared for the test last week, which was disappointing! Presentations continue this week, as well as introducing Word Art for our March Reading Madness!
English: The students finished up their persuasive essays this week. It was a long and arduous journey, but there was a lot of growth in navigating the writing process. The March Independent Reading Project has officially been assigned! This month students will be creating a "book in a bag" and presenting their work in front of the class. This project is due on Monday, April 3rd. This project is more demanding than previous projects, so it is important that students get started reading right away. We will begin a unit on The Giver this week that will challenge the students to think critically about their world in comparison to the world that Lowry has created in this famous young adult novel. We will also be doing some fun activities like Poetry Pages and Spooky Stories as a part of March Reading Madness.
English: The students finished up their persuasive essays this week. It was a long and arduous journey, but there was a lot of growth in navigating the writing process. The March Independent Reading Project has officially been assigned! This month students will be creating a "book in a bag" and presenting their work in front of the class. This project is due on Monday, April 3rd. This project is more demanding than previous projects, so it is important that students get started reading right away. We will begin a unit on The Giver this week that will challenge the students to think critically about their world in comparison to the world that Lowry has created in this famous young adult novel. We will also be doing some fun activities like Poetry Pages and Spooky Stories as a part of March Reading Madness.
Math: We are continuing to work through our geometry unit. Last week students learned about complex figures, which we will extended this week into surface areas of prisms. March's Go Figure went out last Monday. This month has many different parts, so be sure not to wait until the last minute! It's due Friday, March 30th! This past week we have also started our SAS practice students will compete against the other classes, the class with the most points will not have to do the April Go Figure.
