Spring is coming! Spring IS coming!
Class Updates:
Social Studies: This week we spent a lot of time investigating the early Middle Ages and Charlemagne and the impact that he had on the Medieval World. This upcoming week we will learn a little bit about the Vikings and their role in the Middle Ages and learn about the social class system known as feudalism.
Science: This week we have answered the question, why should we care about an invader and asked a lot of questions about the trout and sea lamprey interaction. Click HERE to see more about what we are doing in class. Next week we will investigate the anatomy of the trout and sea lamprey to try to answer our questions. Homework is to study as we have a test coming soon!
Literacy: Can you believe it? Another snow day! The majority of our week was spent learning from the Historical Fiction presentations! Students are becoming great public speakers, and we have all enjoyed learning from the research done by classmates! Monday we will be in the computer lab to do a writing module to practice for the statewide assessment that students will take in April. We'll also dive right into Latin Unit 10! Expect another Omnictionary Benchmark, and keep an eye out for some really creative Word Art!
English: Students began the week with poetry pages, which is a part of March Reading Madness. They had a lot of fun designing their poems and came up with some really creative ideas! We started our new unit this week as well, which will focus on the novel, The Giver. Students spent this week learning about some background and vocabulary, and next week we will begin reading and discussing the text. There will be a quiz on sentence fragments and run-ons next week. We will be reviewing this material in class and students will be receiving homework assignments as additional practice. March independent reading projects are due in just about 2 weeks! Students should be working diligently on this project and finishing up their books within the next week so that they have time to write about their found objects.
English: Students began the week with poetry pages, which is a part of March Reading Madness. They had a lot of fun designing their poems and came up with some really creative ideas! We started our new unit this week as well, which will focus on the novel, The Giver. Students spent this week learning about some background and vocabulary, and next week we will begin reading and discussing the text. There will be a quiz on sentence fragments and run-ons next week. We will be reviewing this material in class and students will be receiving homework assignments as additional practice. March independent reading projects are due in just about 2 weeks! Students should be working diligently on this project and finishing up their books within the next week so that they have time to write about their found objects.
Math: We spent more time going over composite figures. I was out sick last Thursday and Friday so we didn't get as far into the curriculum as I had hopped. I will be staying after Monday if anyone is struggling or missing quizzes/tests, because the last two Thursdays have been cancelled. Next week we will be moving onto Surface Areas of Prisms. Just a reminder, the Go Figure is due Friday, March 31st.
